Sony PS2 Slide Card

VDDZ · March 9th, 2004, 04:50

I'm sure some of you have heard about this thing, I nearly got one off ebay for half the price, but they took it down as modchips ect are not allowed. I was wondering if they are worth a shet. Do they work well? Does it make any visiable damage to the system? Is the damage reverceable? Where do babies come from? Will it void my warrenty? Thanks in advanced.

__________________

Image made by someone at deviantART.com, I lost their name, sorry...

PentiumPro · March 9th, 2004, 05:10

Perfect timing with the babies thing. Become a comedian.

Um, and I don't know... the answer to your real question.

__________________
CPU: P4 3.0GHZ Prescott HT @3.6][MB: Asus P5LD2][RAM: 1GB][Video Card: ASUS EAX800/ I.E. Radeon X800 256MB][Optiwrite DVD+R/RW 8x][40GB WinXP SP2-OS][250GB SATA Storage(Full)][120GB EIDE Storage (Full)][160GB Sata Storage][And one badass case!]

VDDZ · March 9th, 2004, 05:16

I'll consider it, but that was somewhat a fluke

__________________

Image made by someone at deviantART.com, I lost their name, sorry...

Syed Fawad · March 9th, 2004, 15:32

What exactly does it do? Any images?

__________________

Asus K8N (nForce3)
AMD64 3000+ (754)
768MB DDR 400MHz (PC 3200)
nVidia Geforce 6600GT 128MB (AGP)

Aquamark3 - 53,000

"Good friends mustn't always be together. It is the feeling of oneness when distant that proves a lasting friendship"

scottlc · March 9th, 2004, 16:29

Babies come from the stork. That's about all I know on this matter

.

EDIT:

BTW.

__________________
Computer: White MacBook (late 2008) - OS: Mac OS X 10.5.7 - CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.1GHz - Memory: 4GB DDR2 PC2-5300

LuZi · March 9th, 2004, 16:42

The Slidecard is a simply way to play backuped ps2games.
I own one. And this thing works really fine. You have to remove the front blend of the dvd drive, but if you are careful you can add the frontblend later again, so you wont loose your warranty. But everytime you want to play a game you have to boot from swap magic and open the dvd drive manually(without the buttons). It nerves, but works =)

__________________
Be sure to be not sure.

Modem1 · March 9th, 2004, 23:00

So it's a way to play illegal games? Wonder why this thread hasn't been closed so far.

__________________
Hiya!

Windows XP Professional VLE
MSI K8N Neo2 Motherboard
Athlon 64 3500+
2GB PC-3200 Dual Channel Ram (2X 1GB)
2X 160GB 7200 RPM HDD's (Raid-0)
2X 200GB 7200 SATA HDD's (Not raided...yet)
GeForce 6800GT 256mb
ViewSonic 19" LCD
Comcast Cable Internet - Local servers downloading at about 850KB/sec. Handy.

Serath · March 10th, 2004, 01:35

not "illegal" games. Just a way to actually play your legal backups on a PS2 without voiding your warranty

__________________

madmonkeyboy · March 10th, 2004, 01:41

why would people want to play backups of there PS2 games?

is it because they are worried about the origional wearing out?

or is it so they can play them when they have "loaned" the game to a friend?

__________________
*sig removed, please refer to the new sig regulations next time*

Serath · March 10th, 2004, 01:54

maybe they have a little brother who likes to step on things? Modchips and other work-arounds are actually designed to play your backup copies in case your original dies from scratches, children, or nuclear blasts. They just happen to be seen in a bad light as pirate aids.

__________________

Syed Fawad · March 10th, 2004, 02:36

Backups or rather "imports" seems like a much legitimate word.

I think this slidecard is too much of a fuss to use. Modchips tend to give better results. I will not further comment as they are not allowed to be talked here.

__________________

Asus K8N (nForce3)
AMD64 3000+ (754)
768MB DDR 400MHz (PC 3200)
nVidia Geforce 6600GT 128MB (AGP)

Aquamark3 - 53,000

"Good friends mustn't always be together. It is the feeling of oneness when distant that proves a lasting friendship"

VDDZ · March 10th, 2004, 03:53

Modchips are not allowed to be talked about? Well if this is a problem, I'm sure a mod will close this post, sorry in advanced if it is, but one) my brother $%#@'s disks up, I've had to buy 3 replacements for my PS, and that thing was a god at reading scrached disks compaired to my PS2. And B) I like to try a game before I buy it, and I'm not willing to pay $5 per game at Blockbuster just to find out a game sucks.

LuZi, does it do any long/short term damage to the PS2? I remember the swap trick for the PS required you to take the disk out wile it was still spinning.

Edit:
Fawad: I want to keep my warrenty intact as I payed $20 for an extra year (I got it used am afraid that the lense will go out on me, it is a version 3, are those one's known for bad lenses?)

__________________

Image made by someone at deviantART.com, I lost their name, sorry...

Modem1 · March 10th, 2004, 05:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by VDDZ

Modchips are not allowed to be talked about? Well if this is a problem, I'm sure a mod will close this post, sorry in advanced if it is, but one) my brother $%#@'s disks up, I've had to buy 3 replacements for my PS, and that thing was a god at reading scrached disks compaired to my PS2. And B) I like to try a game before I buy it, and I'm not willing to pay $5 per game at Blockbuster just to find out a game sucks.

See, what you just said there, is that you download games to play on your machine (hence, ILLEGAL), and that, is why it is not allowed to be discussed here, because it is mainly used for illegal purposes. Such as this case.

__________________
Hiya!

Windows XP Professional VLE
MSI K8N Neo2 Motherboard
Athlon 64 3500+
2GB PC-3200 Dual Channel Ram (2X 1GB)
2X 160GB 7200 RPM HDD's (Raid-0)
2X 200GB 7200 SATA HDD's (Not raided...yet)
GeForce 6800GT 256mb
ViewSonic 19" LCD
Comcast Cable Internet - Local servers downloading at about 850KB/sec. Handy.

Syed Fawad · March 10th, 2004, 16:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by VDDZ

Modchips are not allowed to be talked about? Well if this is a problem, I'm sure a mod will close this post, sorry in advanced if it is, but one) my brother $%#@'s disks up, I've had to buy 3 replacements for my PS, and that thing was a god at reading scrached disks compaired to my PS2. And B) I like to try a game before I buy it, and I'm not willing to pay $5 per game at Blockbuster just to find out a game sucks.

LuZi, does it do any long/short term damage to the PS2? I remember the swap trick for the PS required you to take the disk out wile it was still spinning.

Edit:
Fawad: I want to keep my warrenty intact as I payed $20 for an extra year (I got it used am afraid that the lense will go out on me, it is a version 3, are those one's known for bad lenses?)

Heh. I got my system chipped after exactly 90 days, and it has been over two years. It is still working just like new. I have a V5 in case you're wondering.

__________________

Asus K8N (nForce3)
AMD64 3000+ (754)
768MB DDR 400MHz (PC 3200)
nVidia Geforce 6600GT 128MB (AGP)

Aquamark3 - 53,000

"Good friends mustn't always be together. It is the feeling of oneness when distant that proves a lasting friendship"

scottlc · March 10th, 2004, 13:24

I think that we should just end this discussion right here.

__________________
Computer: White MacBook (late 2008) - OS: Mac OS X 10.5.7 - CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.1GHz - Memory: 4GB DDR2 PC2-5300

LuZi · March 10th, 2004, 16:23

Of course it could damage your drive. You see, The DVD Drive has no protection, so the dust is really a problem(so it shouldn't stand near the floor(Boden, heißt das so auf englisch???) and of course you have to be careful when you open the drive, you have to do it slow and you should not rup extremely. It has always worked for me and i use this thing since october 2003.

__________________
Be sure to be not sure.

VDDZ · March 10th, 2004, 22:09

Ah see, V5, does anyone have/had a a V3 go out on them? (V3 have 8 scerws on the base and 2 on the top base(?) for a total of 10, the Serial Number begins with U2, and the Date Code is 0D, and bios is 30001)

btw, does this thing work on the white PS2 that is bundled with GT4?

__________________

Image made by someone at deviantART.com, I lost their name, sorry...

**Kane** · March 16th, 2004, 16:51

I actualy have one of these.
I purchased the original PS2 and had it chipped about 6 months later to play imports, but as it was an early chip, it was really no different to the slide card method.
The Slide card method is actualy more reliable for me, and as it doesn't require dissasembling the PS2 to use it.....
I'd suggest you search for the website of this tool to check out it's compatibility.

__________________

>Site Live<
Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators.
Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible
Celes: (Desktop) Phenom II X4, 4Gb DDR2, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 32Gb OCZ Vertex SSD, 500Gb RAID HDD, Windows 7 Home Premium
Erika: (MCPC) Revo3610, Windows 7 Home Premium
Kimiko: (Craptop) HP Mini 210

**mikeshoup** · March 16th, 2004, 22:34

Well, if you can afford it/do it, I do recommend soldering a real chip in it. There are also no solder mods which work real well (I use it on on my of PS2's). The no solder mods still require swapping, but you don't have to screw around with a slide card.

__________________
mikeshoup.com | Facebook | Twitter

moomoomoo · March 17th, 2004, 00:45

Hmm.. great caution should be taken with those that require lots of wires to be installed (17+), a steady hand is required as well as a low-wattage, fine tipped iron! In short, 10x harder than soldering in a ps1 mod. Best to get someone else to do it, or take it into a shop... that does modchips. I had a dead ps2 come in the other week - guy had killed it due to breaking two pins of a chip on the board.

March 9th, 2004, 04:50	#1
VDDZ Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: in a box under the stairs in the corner of the basement half a block down the street from Jerry's Bait shop, You know the place. Posts: 505	Sony PS2 Slide Card I'm sure some of you have heard about this thing, I nearly got one off ebay for half the price, but they took it down as modchips ect are not allowed. I was wondering if they are worth a shet. Do they work well? Does it make any visiable damage to the system? Is the damage reverceable? Where do babies come from? Will it void my warrenty? Thanks in advanced. __________________ Image made by someone at deviantART.com, I lost their name, sorry...

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Switch to Linear Mode Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

March 9th, 2004, 05:10	#2
PentiumPro Leading the way. Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Simi Valley, California. USA Posts: 836	Perfect timing with the babies thing. Become a comedian. Um, and I don't know... the answer to your real question. __________________ CPU: P4 3.0GHZ Prescott HT @3.6][MB: Asus P5LD2][RAM: 1GB][Video Card: ASUS EAX800/ I.E. Radeon X800 256MB][Optiwrite DVD+R/RW 8x][40GB WinXP SP2-OS][250GB SATA Storage(Full)][120GB EIDE Storage (Full)][160GB Sata Storage][And one badass case!]

March 9th, 2004, 05:16	#3
VDDZ Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: in a box under the stairs in the corner of the basement half a block down the street from Jerry's Bait shop, You know the place. Posts: 505	I'll consider it, but that was somewhat a fluke __________________ Image made by someone at deviantART.com, I lost their name, sorry...

March 9th, 2004, 15:32	#4
Syed Fawad -PM to advertise here- Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: In an average country of an average planet of the solar system of an average star of an average galaxy of an average cluster. Still not average... Posts: 8,262	What exactly does it do? Any images? __________________ Asus K8N (nForce3) AMD64 3000+ (754) 768MB DDR 400MHz (PC 3200) nVidia Geforce 6600GT 128MB (AGP) Aquamark3 - 53,000 "Good friends mustn't always be together. It is the feeling of oneness when distant that proves a lasting friendship"

March 9th, 2004, 16:29	#5
scottlc Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: St Andrews, Scotland Posts: 1,577	Babies come from the stork. That's about all I know on this matter . EDIT: BTW. __________________ Computer: White MacBook (late 2008) - OS: Mac OS X 10.5.7 - CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.1GHz - Memory: 4GB DDR2 PC2-5300

March 9th, 2004, 16:42	#6
LuZi Crazy White Boy Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 90	The Slidecard is a simply way to play backuped ps2games. I own one. And this thing works really fine. You have to remove the front blend of the dvd drive, but if you are careful you can add the frontblend later again, so you wont loose your warranty. But everytime you want to play a game you have to boot from swap magic and open the dvd drive manually(without the buttons). It nerves, but works =) __________________ Be sure to be not sure.

March 9th, 2004, 23:00	#7
Modem1 Ph33r teh hammy! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Near Seattle, WA Posts: 496	So it's a way to play illegal games? Wonder why this thread hasn't been closed so far. __________________ Hiya! Windows XP Professional VLE MSI K8N Neo2 Motherboard Athlon 64 3500+ 2GB PC-3200 Dual Channel Ram (2X 1GB) 2X 160GB 7200 RPM HDD's (Raid-0) 2X 200GB 7200 SATA HDD's (Not raided...yet) GeForce 6800GT 256mb ViewSonic 19" LCD Comcast Cable Internet - Local servers downloading at about 850KB/sec. Handy.

March 10th, 2004, 01:35	#8
Serath Super Evil BadGuy Villain Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: KY, USA Posts: 116	not "illegal" games. Just a way to actually play your legal backups on a PS2 without voiding your warranty __________________

March 10th, 2004, 01:41	#9
madmonkeyboy Old Gitt!! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Ipswich, England Posts: 338	why would people want to play backups of there PS2 games? is it because they are worried about the origional wearing out? or is it so they can play them when they have "loaned" the game to a friend? __________________ sig removed, please refer to the new sig regulations next time

March 10th, 2004, 01:54	#10
Serath Super Evil BadGuy Villain Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: KY, USA Posts: 116	maybe they have a little brother who likes to step on things? Modchips and other work-arounds are actually designed to play your backup copies in case your original dies from scratches, children, or nuclear blasts. They just happen to be seen in a bad light as pirate aids. __________________

March 10th, 2004, 02:36	#11
Syed Fawad -PM to advertise here- Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: In an average country of an average planet of the solar system of an average star of an average galaxy of an average cluster. Still not average... Posts: 8,262	Backups or rather "imports" seems like a much legitimate word. I think this slidecard is too much of a fuss to use. Modchips tend to give better results. I will not further comment as they are not allowed to be talked here. __________________ Asus K8N (nForce3) AMD64 3000+ (754) 768MB DDR 400MHz (PC 3200) nVidia Geforce 6600GT 128MB (AGP) Aquamark3 - 53,000 "Good friends mustn't always be together. It is the feeling of oneness when distant that proves a lasting friendship"

March 10th, 2004, 03:53	#12
VDDZ Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: in a box under the stairs in the corner of the basement half a block down the street from Jerry's Bait shop, You know the place. Posts: 505	Modchips are not allowed to be talked about? Well if this is a problem, I'm sure a mod will close this post, sorry in advanced if it is, but one) my brother $%#@'s disks up, I've had to buy 3 replacements for my PS, and that thing was a god at reading scrached disks compaired to my PS2. And B) I like to try a game before I buy it, and I'm not willing to pay $5 per game at Blockbuster just to find out a game sucks. LuZi, does it do any long/short term damage to the PS2? I remember the swap trick for the PS required you to take the disk out wile it was still spinning. Edit: Fawad: I want to keep my warrenty intact as I payed $20 for an extra year (I got it used am afraid that the lense will go out on me, it is a version 3, are those one's known for bad lenses?) __________________ Image made by someone at deviantART.com, I lost their name, sorry...

March 10th, 2004, 13:24	#15
scottlc Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: St Andrews, Scotland Posts: 1,577	I think that we should just end this discussion right here. __________________ Computer: White MacBook (late 2008) - OS: Mac OS X 10.5.7 - CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.1GHz - Memory: 4GB DDR2 PC2-5300

March 10th, 2004, 16:23	#16
LuZi Crazy White Boy Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 90	Of course it could damage your drive. You see, The DVD Drive has no protection, so the dust is really a problem(so it shouldn't stand near the floor(Boden, heißt das so auf englisch???) and of course you have to be careful when you open the drive, you have to do it slow and you should not rup extremely. It has always worked for me and i use this thing since october 2003. __________________ Be sure to be not sure.

March 10th, 2004, 22:09	#17
VDDZ Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: in a box under the stairs in the corner of the basement half a block down the street from Jerry's Bait shop, You know the place. Posts: 505	Ah see, V5, does anyone have/had a a V3 go out on them? (V3 have 8 scerws on the base and 2 on the top base(?) for a total of 10, the Serial Number begins with U2, and the Date Code is 0D, and bios is 30001) btw, does this thing work on the white PS2 that is bundled with GT4? __________________ Image made by someone at deviantART.com, I lost their name, sorry...

March 16th, 2004, 16:51	#18
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,303	I actualy have one of these. I purchased the original PS2 and had it chipped about 6 months later to play imports, but as it was an early chip, it was really no different to the slide card method. The Slide card method is actualy more reliable for me, and as it doesn't require dissasembling the PS2 to use it..... I'd suggest you search for the website of this tool to check out it's compatibility. __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Phenom II X4, 4Gb DDR2, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 32Gb OCZ Vertex SSD, 500Gb RAID HDD, Windows 7 Home Premium Erika: (MCPC) Revo3610, Windows 7 Home Premium Kimiko: (Craptop) HP Mini 210

March 16th, 2004, 22:34	#19
mikeshoup Old Man Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Denver, CO, USA Posts: 289	Well, if you can afford it/do it, I do recommend soldering a real chip in it. There are also no solder mods which work real well (I use it on on my of PS2's). The no solder mods still require swapping, but you don't have to screw around with a slide card. __________________ mikeshoup.com \| Facebook \| Twitter

March 17th, 2004, 00:45	#20
moomoomoo Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: UK Posts: 845	Hmm.. great caution should be taken with those that require lots of wires to be installed (17+), a steady hand is required as well as a low-wattage, fine tipped iron! In short, 10x harder than soldering in a ps1 mod. Best to get someone else to do it, or take it into a shop... that does modchips. I had a dead ps2 come in the other week - guy had killed it due to breaking two pins of a chip on the board.