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I know some people on this forum use some form of mod to play imported games. I'm currently having a problem where I put in my SwapMagic boot disk, and it doesn't load. It says either "Cannot Read Disc" or "Please Insert a PS2 format disk." when it tries to load.

If anyone can help me with this, I woud be very grateful. It would be a shame not to be able to play the imported game I got.

Sorry for the double post, but I fixed that problem and find myself having another.

Now whenever I hit "load program" in the disk menu it just takes me back to the PS2 browser.

Well ,maybe could be that your ps2 hasnt got the chip that let you use the pirated game , but the thing you say i never heard of it

swap magic 2-3 is getting old, for me it doesnt read games from 2004-05.

wheni got mine, v3.6 i think, the first time was fine, second took quite some attempts to make it read, third, i've spnt hours and its not read yet :/

thats the dvd one btw. the ps2 is old, but it can play other more scratched discs much easier

what is that famous swapmagic?

Swap Magic is a disc that allows you to play imports, homebrew, and back-ups on your PS2 without a mod-chip. My Swap Magic is Ver. 3.3 and it works fine with all the newest games.

@ Requiem - Are you using the Flip-top or the slide tool?

Requiem wrote:Sorry for the double post, but I fixed that problem and find myself having another.

Now whenever I hit "load program" in the disk menu it just takes me back to the PS2 browser.

Hmmmmmmmm I had a problem of those too... I couldn't read any game on my old PS2. I later found out that the lens was... obliterated. Assuming you haven't destroyed your lens by accidentaly smashing it like I did, it's probably just dust on your lens. DVD laser lens cleaners should do.

Do not use cleaning liquid on your lens, or it'll burn.

I used to have that stuff for he ps2...hated it though.

Get version 3.6 (i think this is the newest).

ReiMehari wrote:I used to have that stuff for he ps2...hated it though.

What the hell? Swap Magic is frickin' AWESOME, 'specially for us Europeans.

Unless you play online, you're better off just getting a big PS2 compatible hard-drive. You'll pay a little bit more, but it's more convenient than the swap method and even the regular method.

i have Swap Magic version 3.6 and it plays //G.U. fine. i think the problem is your PS2.

I was trying to do the tape and tissue mod, but it looks like you can't do it with your FAT ps2... I didn't find that out until I took it apart -.-' What would my best bet be for soft modding my ps2 than? Fliptop + SM3.6, Slider +3.6 something else?
Thanks for the help!

Zer0 wrote:Or if you know what you're doing, you can softmod it, and play imports, backups, and games off the hard drive without paying anything or getting any rare thing to help you :]

That's what I meant. The only drawback is that you can't play online off the hard-drive.

taimer2u wrote:I was trying to do the tape and tissue mod, but it looks like you can't do it with your FAT ps2... I didn't find that out until I took it apart -.-' What would my best bet be for soft modding my ps2 than? Fliptop + SM3.6, Slider +3.6 something else?
Thanks for the help!

Tape and Tissue? Are you working with the New or Old model PS2? By Fat you mean t he old model as opposed to the Filing system, right. If you don't play online I would suggest getting a PS2 compatable hard-drive and usind a Memory card exploit to boot the games. If you need to play your "Back-ups" online, I would use the swap magic with flip-top case. It's annoying to have to use 2 discs every time you want to play a game. Having to use the the slide-tool makes it even more annoying.

Keep in mind. Games (backups) that you want to play online need to be patched with a new DNAS code to work.