Hello, I have a PS2 TEST DTL-H30000 U. It is original (non-mod). I would like to play it via FMCB card. But it can't read FMCB CD to install. Does anyone has the same console & play w/ FMCB? Please send me the necessary folder (BADATA-SYSTEM, BOOT, OPL, SYS-CONF) & content (.ELF, .inc, etc...) in the card. Or please tell me your experience about create FMCB card for non-mod PS2 TEST,Thanks.
Hi, I'm sure the 3000X versions of the TEST PS2 cannot decode magicgate and therefore cannot install FMCB, or DVD players etc. The 3010X and above versions have magicgate enabled. On the other hand though your TEST PS2 can boot and play "mastered" discs just fine.. edit: http://assemblergames.com/l/threads/the-many-unusual-types-of-test-ps2.7223/ Have a read of this topic to give you some idea of what you TEST can or can't do.
I know you can install FMCB FHDB directly to the hdd,give that a try if you have the network adapter and a hdd.
I have tried both methods and neither have seemed to work on my unit. Its missing the MagicGate function which is necessary for FMCB, I'm pretty sure.
Yes, you are right. The hdd install also requires the magicgate decryption too. My DTL-10000 will not boot from the hdd (browser 2.00), whereas my SCPH-10000 will. Neither of the 3000X models I had (past tense) would either.. I've never owned a 3010X revision and don't know if they need any additional software to perform magicgate decryption etc. My DTL-50002 on the other hand worked fine with memory card and hdd magicgate, although DVD players were disabled. With hindsight I shouldn't have sold the DTL-50002, as it was the best of both worlds. With the exception of a disabled DVD player, it was a perfect multi region PS2.
It depends on the ROM version, really. I don't quite remember a DTL-H30000 U, but I know that there's the DTL-H30001 (B-chassis, v1.10). If the DTL-H30000 U is a later console with the newer ROM, then it may support MagicGate file decryption and hence FMCB/FHDB. However, the files signed for a DEX (DebugStation) is not transferable to a CEX (PlayStation 2). This means that the FMCB installation has to be made on the DEX itself and there are no known alternative methods to this. Only the FMCBInstaller v0.97. supports the DEX. FHDB is not affected because no signing is involved.
My TEST PS2 (DTL-H30000 U) back side has one label. It show some message about the "MagicGate". Does it means it supports this function? By the way, I would like to try "Master Disc" after fix its DVD laser lens.
It is a D-chassis, manufactured by SONY KISARAZU. I have a dump from the Japanese DTL-H30000 model, and it has ROM v1.50. Sadly, I checked its ROM, and discovered that its SECRMAN module is a secrman_for_tool module (the module which has no file decryption functionality). All DebugStation units support MagicGate - but it does not determine whether it will support decrypting MagicGate-protected files. If you get the optical drive fixed, I would be interested in a PS2Ident dump, if you don't mind helping me with that. BTW, if it can still read CD-ROMs, you could make a CD-ROM Masterdisc instead.
Hi SP193, I am trying to install the FMCB 1.95 (follow your post on PSX-SCENE). It installs successfully. But the app (*.elf) is only uLauncher.elf. How can I add some ELFs I need (HDLoader,HDTV,ESR,etc...) into the card? Thanks~
So your DEX can support FMCB, after all? You can copy their respective executables into the APPS folder. The installer will copy them. You may also need to customize FREEMCB.CNF to have entries for your extra programs. Alternatively, you could go for one of those "noobie packs"...
That would be great, I didn't think any 3000X versions supported magicgate decryption, can we confirm that they have support if they state magicgate on the rear label, or do we need to identify the motherboard?
I'm quite sure that all of them have the MagicGate logo. After all, all of them must support MagicGate to be able to communicate with memory cards, although they just don't support file decryption. The only real way, is to check the ROM by dumping it. Also hence why I asked if he could make a dump. I'm assuming that there is support for file decryption, if the SONY engineers bundled a DEX SECRMAN with the board. Those units that don't support it have the TOOL versions of SECRMAN. At first, I used to think that only those early (B-chassis) DEX units won't support it, as the DTL-H301xx consoles are all D-chassis consoles. Apparently I have encountered a dump from a D-chassis DTL-H30000 that has no support for it. Well, it's possible that this model still existed before SONY decided to make all of them with file decryption support, meaning that the chassis model is not an indicator of whether file decryption is supported. EDIT: the DTL-H30000 had a GH-010. I think that the DTL-H301xx consoles that I saw, had GH-013 boards.
In the end what really matters is the version of the mechacon chip. Debug units with mechacon chips that have krypto elf features enabled will have different firmware (so the number stamped in it will be different). I'm not talking about the dumpable BIOS, but the mechacon itself. Mechacon chips with MG krypto elf feature disabled have the marking "CXP-102064" with revision number "-751R". That's the same mechacon chip you find on PS2 TOOls.
To add on, I also have photographs of units with -702R (DTL-H30001 E), -003R (DTL-H10000). The DTL-H10000 with -003R is the one with 0101JD as the ROMVER. BTW, the DEX has a different firmware from the TOOL. The DEX has -752R instead of 751R. All these DEX units have the TOOL SECRMAN module, which also prevents file decryption because it won't register the callbacks for file decryption. Unless someone finds a DEX that has a newer ROM, but an old board. The DTL-H30000 ROM that I have is 0150JD, but doesn't support file decryption either; it has the TOOL SECRMAN and the -752R MECHACON firmware
If you feel like testing, you could try the secrman from the BIOS from my DTL-H30101 unit, but I think that test was done before and it didn't work.
Sadly, it's not mine. :/ And yeah, I also think that we made tests about that before and the "Shinjo" DTL-H10000 seems to be a unit that looks CEX-like... but doesn't work as one.
