[BlackDragon90]

Oh, I did.
And I know that it takes the longest that way.

I just wanted some experiences of other users because I didn't imagine it to take THAT long.
I'm just unsure because nothing happens.

edit: Uhm...I have a XenoPS Modchip, anyone else dumped the bios with that chip?

Problem solved...the first USB Switch seems broken

 

[snootyjim]

Just did it with the help of Action Replay Max Evo edition, worked perfectly, just had to tweak the settings a bit as I had the old z7.exe rather than the z7a.exe.

 

[machina2o2]

Alright I cant seem to do this for the life of me. I had a really cool friend dump my original bios for me which i still have but hes moved away and i saw that it would overall be better if the dumping was done over in 2.0 even though you can convert the old bios. Can someone provide an easy to understand way of doing this? I read the RF and DUMBIOS guides but there outdated or require software I dont have such as a PS1 game.

 

[Zastai]

Alright I cant seem to do this for the life of me. I had a really cool friend dump my original bios for me which i still have but hes moved away and i saw that it would overall be better if the dumping was done over in 2.0 even though you can convert the old bios. Can someone provide an easy to understand way of doing this? I read the RF and DUMBIOS guides but there outdated or require software I dont have such as a PS1 game.

If you don't have a modchip, the steps I posted above are probably the least painful way of doing it - but they do require you to purchase the swapmagic software.

 

[Geddonbacon]

Joy. Too bad my PS2 is dead and doesn't work anymore (that's why I'm using PCSX2). Guess I wont be able to get a new bios. :dead:

 

[Fire]

it worked fine for me thanks

 

[ian209]

just a question, does anyone know if it is possible to dump the bios using this tool with a Slimline PS2? (V12, SCPH-70012)

it's already modded with a Matix MX4 modchip

 

[Beliar]

@ian209
I have an european slimline and it (seems to have) worked.

But i have no modchip so if you have problems this might be it.

 

[BlackDra]

ok here is how i did it: i have old model (the fat one, i think version were something like V7 or so) of ps2 (unmodified) and swap magic 3.5. i put that dumper to my usb stick (fat-formatted 512 mb mp3 player) and renamed it to swapmagic.elf, which i put in swapmagic-folder. then i booted my ps2 normally with swapmagic disc on drive. it started dumpin' right after it had loaded the elf. and all this on one usb stick, so you dont need 2 sticks to dump bios without modchip

 

[ian209]

eh? I'm not even sure how to "boot" elf files....

 

[RenMcCourtey]

...
Procedure (assumes swapmagic; may require the Coder version):
...

Thanks Zastai, Your instruction will be very helpfull to me. I'll first try to find way how to dump WITHOUT moding or SM just over network but I doubt I'll be successful so I'll use your advice. Thanks.

 

[Haru]

ok i have a problem here

i poped the dumper cd in the ps2 and the cd booted
then it says: waiting for USB mass device to be ready

i've got 2 empty usb sticks one Fat and one fat32 formated
wenn i connect one of them to the ps2 the stick starts to flicker and nothing happens
i tried both sticks on both usbports

can anyone help me?

help anyone

edit: ok i got it to work

 

[ian209]

Okie, i just successfully got it to work with my self-built PS2:

specs:
V12 SCPH-70012 motherboard
PVR802w laser
V13 case with 80mm blowhole and fan
Matrix Infinity MX4 modchip (It worked with the modchip turned on)
Comsoft laser Fix V4

 

[Heihachi_73]

SCPH-39002 machine here, no chip, no cheat devices, no USB sticks, just the as-new console with the full Tekken series (including PSX), and GTA3. Not a single thing about a 39002 on the net either. :/

 

[ChipmunkUK1]

UK SCPH-75003 here, as bought from Tesco's... Swap magic then the dumper ISO.. worked great.

Got my new P2b file , it's the first time i've ever had a proper bios from my own console :emb:

 

[Fr6nk3nst31n]

just got my new SCPH-77001(modded with Matrix infinity 1.93) i had the bios dumped to a kingston 1gb microsd using a micro sd >usb adaptor

 

[Haldrie]

I have a SCPH 30001R PS2 and the only way I could run the dumper was via HDLoader through the Independence Exploit. The only problem I ran into was that it froze when it tried to dump the DVD diff file so I never got past that part. Could this be a conflict with HDLoader?

 

[skid]

Haldrie, it might be. Try loading the dumper elf via uLaunchElf instead of HDLoader.

 

[Haldrie]

I got it to work now. I set compatibility mode 3 on WinHIIP and it finally made a full dump .

 

[OminaeYu]

Anyone know which versions of the Action Replay Max Evo you can use to dump the bios?

I see snootyjim was able to do this but I have found nothing on google for tutorials and what versions worked.