PS2 Original Card Test 1.0.1.0

[El_isra]

This application tries to auth memory cards on both ports with developer MagicGate.

Original memory cards support this, while no bootleg card seems to do so (tested with 7 of them).

If the card passes the test it could be a good sign that you have an og card.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
To avoid issues, please make sure to unplug and re-plug the cards before running the test ELF.
It seems like when cards are authenticated once with retail keys they can't go back to developer keys until they're disconnected.

 

[El_isra]

Bugfix:
Initial release had a bug on card auth protocol.

Please remember to unplug and re-plug the cards you wanna test before running the program!

 

[El_isra]

El_isra updated Original Card Test with a new update entry:

minor details

• tidy text output a bit
• Inform if there may be no card plugged

View attachment 44770

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[El_isra]

El_isra updated Original Card Test with a new update entry:

better testing / testing loop

now the program can perform endless tests. just press start to test again, X to go to OSDSYS

A warning has been added inside the program regarding card replug to make sure it works

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[Berion]

Why "Formatted:0"?

Does test is destructible? I mean, it is possible to stuck with auth card by dev keys forever or it is something fully done on PS2 side, not card side?

It is possible to turn normal PS2 MC into COH's dongle?

 

[El_isra]

Why "Formatted:0"?

I'm just printing all the information mcgetinfo() provides!

Does test is destructible? I mean, it is possible to stuck with auth card by dev keys forever or it is something fully done on PS2 side, not card side?

The original memory cards use by default the developer keys, retail SECRMAN just issues card command 0x7F, Wich basically tells the card to use retail MagicGate, this remains the same untill card looses power.

Even if it had some effect unplugging and replugging should fix it.

To the eyes of the card, it will be as if it was plugged on DTL-H Unit

It is possible to turn normal PS2 MC into COH's dongle?

Nope

 

[TnA]

Nope

Not at all (possible), or not yet?

 

[El_isra]

Not at all (possible), or not yet?

not at all, how are we gonna make the memory card controller chip use arcade keys? only solution would be to replace it with a donor from dongle. wich defeats the purpose

Best route is to buy SD2PSX and use the soon to be public SD2COH firmware

 

[El_isra]

El_isra updated Original Card Test with a new update entry:

more precision and simplicity

this new version of the tester app will check support for arcade magicgate (the keys used on system246 right card port) rather than developer magicgate

This brings the following advantages:

• no more need to unplug and replug the cards if they were inserted prior to the test program being launched
• better detection of high quality clones (see below)

A fellow developer made me aware of the existence of some high-quality memory card replicas, which...

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[1052]

@El_isra the first MC is not original. This can be seen in FreeSpace. It is necessary to add a limitation on FreeSpace since all MCs larger than 16 MB are not original. The application does not see the second MC. It is also not original (8 MB) and supports MagicGate according to KELFBinder.

 

[Kevstah2004]

Can you add the ability to show or dump the mcid? in both decrypted & encrypted form.
OSDatel & FreeVast had a seperate NTSC & PAL ELF for it before FMCB intergrated the signer.

The KELFBinder MagicGate test only shows the encrypted or decrypted? kc & kbit of the kelftool signed SYSTEM.XLF, not the end result encrypted kc & kbit of the signed osdmain.elf from your card,
HDProjectX will show the decrypted osdmain.elf kc & kbit in the bittable.bin

 

[El_isra]

@El_isra the first MC is not original. This can be seen in FreeSpace. It is necessary to add a limitation on FreeSpace since all MCs larger than 16 MB are not original. The application does not see the second MC. It is also not original (8 MB) and supports MagicGate according to KELFBinder.

whats the card on the first port? an MMCE device?

 

[1052]

@El_isra here are MC0 and MC1 from my test (these MCs have a black drop on the board and support MagicGate according to KELFBinder):

 

[jolek]

Wow.
I have almost the same set:

The only difference is this notation:

 

[1052]

@jolek please test your MCs using Original Card Test and KELFBinder.

 

[El_isra]

I will later on send a test build that logs the messages over network (you can catch it with ps2client listen command)

I would like to see the card responses, maybe they also used copies of the original controller firmware

 

[goh]

@El_isra here are MC0 and MC1 from my test (these MCs have a black drop on the board and support MagicGate according to KELFBinder):

Bro, your original card looks fake to me, if you can, open it up and post pics.

 

[jolek]

Test your MCs using Original Card Test.

Here it is:

The first memory card (mc0) is the one on the left:


To be add. Long ago I used [140202]KELFTwinSigner-bin.7z to install PS2 DVD Player modifications and it worked on both memory cards.

EDIT: Another memory cards:

mc0 is on the left. mc1 is on the right: