Potentially blown Intel MMX chip on PS2 TOOL PCI card - queries

Okay, I think you have answered the emulation HDD question. It MUST be on a secondary IDE cable to the motherboard. If you open your unit up and discover a second HDD then I bet that is the case. So, let's go with the primary master being connected to the PCI card.

On the Xbox DVD emulation card there is a separate IDE out, which IS grey come to think of it and it does NOT connect to the main IDE line, so it must be operating along the same lines.

I now have 64Mb detected. I was given 2 x 32Mb this afternoon.

I think there is a low level format function within the BIOS. I should do that to set-up the new HDD. Then perhaps try and get something on to use as a boot partition. I'll let you know how I get on - thanks Unclejun! ;-)

(Re not opened unit: time and lack of motivation. Understood, but ain't you just dying to pop that lid and see the unit with your own eyes? Perhaps I am a sad individual, but it was in bits across my desk the day I bought it lol)

 

You shouldn't do the low-level format unless the hdd has a problem, just plug it in your computer, make a partition and format it, or hook up a floppy drive on the pci card and start the 20-floppies windows95 install while waiting for me to open it and dump the hdd.
By the way, what do you prefer, an image made by Ghost or similar software, or a plain old "dd"?

Of course I'm dying to open it, as I'd like to turn on the scph10k I bought last september and haven't pulled from its box, or install the ps1 devkit, or install a fresh irix on my indy as I can't retrieve that damn password, or...the list is near infinite, I 'll stop it right now.
I will open it soon, maybe even this week, stay tuned!

xbox, what's that? wrong thread!

 

I think I'll run the low-level to just make sure the HDD (which came from a recycler) is fully operational and has no issues. It will take a while, but it shouldn't do any harm surely?

As for the image - whichever is easier for you. I don't have Ghost, it screwed up a piece of software I had so I got rid of it.

I think I will hook up a FDD, but I'll have to search out those Win95 floppies or grab off eBay. Not something I thought I'd ever need again!

Ah, the PS1 dev kit - nice!

 

I left the unit running all night and by the time I got up this morning the preformat was complete without any errors. The HDD is fine.

Now begins the hunt for Win95 on FDD!

 

Fitted an FDD, the connection to PCI and power. It seems to work fine. I don't have the right discs yet, but when I inserted a blank floppy I had kicking about it did try to access it and came back with "Error, please insert system disc and hit enter".

 

Find yourself a license and I can provide the disk images. I've also got Win98 1st edition in floppy form but thats a hell unless you have every disk on hand at the instant it demands it.

Not totally sure but I think the disks I took this image from had the license embedded in the floppies.

 

Hi Ape, I have gone though every piece of junk PC I have, every old bit of paperwork and rummaged about in the attic and garage without any success. I can't even find a Win95 PC (and I had one) which still had a licence sticker on it. I do however think I can obtain a Win98 licence.

I don't suppose Unclejun (or anyone else for that matter) knows whether the PS2 Tool would support / operate okay using Win 98? I don't like to assume anything.

Thanks to Unclejun for his images and PA for confirmation of the dipswitch settings on the motherboard. They are ALL set to the DOWN position (towards the rear of the unit). That rules out any problems with those things.

Getting closer to the end, I can feel it. :110:

 

I've got a spare license you can have, I have not tested the key myself but the box it was in has been long since formatted and you'd be the only license holder once I wipe the file it's stored in, assuming the images don't have the license embedded.

I'm still testing the waters so to speak as to how far as the concept of warez goes, but seeing as theres links to the Wii SDK and HL2 source without removal I'm going to go ahead and give this to you unconditionally if you want it. Not like MS is losing any money over Win95 anymore.

From my experience with Win95/98 and the software designed for both I'm going to go ahead and say you'd probably be fine with Win98, but I strongly urge you to grab a cdrom drive and use Win98 SE as the 1st edition is harder to get drivers to work flawlessly. The OS itself is a bit more clunky and tempermental than SE as well. Win95 isn't much better but at least the drivers work properly.

 

The PC part of the Tool will surely work under 95/98 but you won't have access to the ps2 part as the software used to control it, "dsnet", is only distributed as a linux package.

 

Ah, okay, so I need to obtain Linux. Which version, do you know? Is it red hat 5.0 or something?

 

Redhat 5.2 on mine.

 

Okay, is this something else I'll net to obtain on floppy discs? Sorry to hear about your PSU mate. Thank goodness that machine has standard PC parts.

 

redhat 5.2 iso: http://public.www.planetmirror.com/pub/redhat/linux/redhat-5.2/en/iso/i386/?fl=
I could make an .iso myself, but I have only a french version.
You better plug in a cdrom drive as slave on a dual ide cable, I think the award 4.51 bios supports boot off a cdrom.
My PSU is fine, my english a bit lesser

 

It does, I've installed Win95 many a times on that bios myself.

As for your English, it's better than some native speakers I've met.

 

Unclejun, it's true you need not make any apology for your English, it's far more consistent & more accurate than my French mate. :nod:

We've been speaking on & off on MSN throughout this PS2 Tool debacle and it turns out that Unclejun has Scottish blood (dating back to approx. 12/13th century) and I have French blood (dating back to 15th century). I'd be prepared to swap Glasgow for Paris if you want to come home? ;-)

 

I've got the setup files for Windows 95, and Windows 95 OSR2 - OSR2 is pretty stable, supports USB/Firewire, and is basically Windows 98 without the bloat. I have the files around but I'll have to hunt for the license (written down somewhere).

 

Hi folks, thanks for the continued offers. Just so I don't waste anyones time I have been offered Win95 (authentic) on floppy & CDrom by a guy in Glasgow. He should be giving it to me this week. I'll let you know how we get on.

 

just 2 cents
it is possible to use desktop for retrieving/make a dump and more over these HDDs from the TOOL

 

Thank you! I am sorry for not responding before now, but nothing to report. My mate still hasn't turned up with Win95. Might call him today. On another note, I went out and bought an additional IDE cable and have managed to get a CDr that works hooked up to the PS2 Tool. So, perhaps I would not need Win95 on floppy discs after all ;-)

I also managed to obtain a Pioneer DVR-S201 drive, which is an external SCSI 2 type authoring drive. These are one of the few that apparently work with the Sony Master Discs. I doubt I'll ever actually use it, but it means it's atleast a more complete system. Drivers not needed, I got the manual and other bits and pieces, but no SCSI 2 adapter for the PC (will look for one later).

Anyone know whether you can use a SCSI 2 with a different termination such as Serial on a unit like this as I have seen them on eBay and that would mean I could use the drive with a PC I have upstairs.

 

I finally found the time to turn the TOOL on yesterday to try a few things.
The boot options (TOOL, WS, DRIVE, EMU) trigger the leds under the hdds, and they are red ones, you only have two of them turned on at the same time.

I logged on the system in single mode to check the contents of the primary hdd, that went without any troubles, then I thought, what's the use of the second hdd, the one hooked up to the board behind the PCI pentium card.
So I hooked up the second hdd as the primary master, and well, linux booted too
The contents of the 2 hdds are basically the same except for a few changes in the linux configuration,e.g. the second one uses dhcp instead of a manual network config, no big deal...

So I'm confused, do I have the emu board in my TOOL or not?
I'll start a new thread soon.

Parris, you should download the redhat 5.2, you won't go far with w95...
I still haven't found a suitable screwdriver yet, I'm thinking of doing the hdd dump directly on the TOOL.