PS2 Tool Questions

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  1. FlamingSpaz

    FlamingSpaz Rising Member

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    Hey people!

    I got a DTL-T10000 Tool a few weeks back and I've finally had time to open it up. I'm going to use this thread to ask questions as I go along (I don't want to bump many years old threads), hopefully y'all can help!

    - Does the tool function without HDD2? I am going to replace HDD1 with another drive so I don't wear it out but there's no space for a 4th HDD, so could I just leave HDD2 unplugged?
    - Is it possible to put the tool into ypbpr mode?
    - Where do I get DSNET and other tools from?

    Thanks!
     
  2. sp193

    sp193 Site Soldier

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    You don't need HDD-1, although HDD-0 is required. But if your set has the DTL-T14000 installed, it needs HDD-1 installed for the DVD emulation function to work.

    Why not just take out the original disks and store them elsewhere? Anyway, they aren't known to be special.

    I would also recommend that you make images of your disks before you do anything.
    I made two mistakes when I got my TOOL. I reset the root password and I did that before I imaged my disks. Especially because there isn't a need to log into the TOOL directly.

    You can obtain the DSNET tools from the SONY PS2SDK.
     
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    It doesn't have an emulator board installed, but yeah I'll just take them out.

    I did image the drives before I started messing with it. Also because I haven't seen it documented before, here's the decrypted password for all of the accounts with passwords:

    root:Administ
    q:q
    w:w
    e:e
    d:d
    s:s
    a:a
    z:z
    x:x
    c:c
    i:i
    v:v
    v12:v12
    r:r
    p:p
    f:f


    All of the letter accounts just run tools from /usr/local/sony/diag/, then shutdown the tool.

    After all of that, I'm currently having two issues:

    [spaz@archbox sce/bin]$ ./dsedb -d 192.168.128.54 -r
    dsedb (Version 0.1.65 Fri Dec 3 16:57:19 JST 1999)
    getprotobyname(ip) - Success
    cannot connect
    zsh: segmentation fault (core dumped) ./dsedb -d 192.168.128.54


    I'm not sure why I can't run dsedb remotely, or am I just doing it wrong? After trying to fix that for a while and failing I just logged into the tool directly to try running a retail game, but after running reset 2 100 (or 180) it just stays on a black screen no matter how long I wait. Nothing interesting on the PC side either:

    DSC_0164.JPG
     
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  4. slipshod

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    Update your flashrom to the latest you can find. Latest I could find is t10000-rel300.bin. Should solve your issues booting retail games whilst logged in to the TOOL unless it's a drive/laser issue. Documentation required to flash is in the SDK documents (setup3.0.pdf or something on mine) which i'm assuming you already have. Or flash using ProDG Target manager. Hope this helps.

    Also, the documentation explains this but make sure you update in TOOL mode and not WS mode unless you want to overwrite your backup flash bank. Just read the docs and it's really easy to figure out!
     
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    Thanks!

    Your dsedb build date looks very old. You should probably try a newer version.
    Mine were dated 2003.

    That ROM version is suspiciously old. Did you set the mode switch to TOOL mode?
    If it is set to WS mode, you should probably not flash it because WS mode is not used for development and was left as a brick-recovery mode.
     
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  6. FlamingSpaz

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    Thanks for the tips, will try them out. The switches are in CD/DVD Drive and TOOL mode.

    I also burnt a master patched copy of MGS3 which works in a debug ps2 but not the tool. I hope that's not a sign of a bad drive/laser :(
     
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    It doesn't work because the version of the flash ROM that you are currently running, does not have it implemented.
    Initially, the developers booted software on Master Discs with a custom program (that they have to write on their own), which uses LoadExecPS2.

    You need to get the ROM sorted out. I don't know if any TOOL ever had that early version of a ROM for its TOOL mode, but it sounds suspicious...
     
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    Before I flash the new ROM, Is it possible to dump the old one? Would anyone have any use for that?
     
  9. rama

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    Definitely dump the old ROM first. Also, as people said before, check if you're running in TOOL mode.
    I think there's dip switches that you need to check.
     
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    I don't know how you're going to dump the old ROM though.
    But I guess that it isn't particularly useful because all TOOLs have that old ROM for WS mode. Unless it isn't exactly the same ROM...
     
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    Wouldn't any of the bios dumper tools be able to do this?
     
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    I think that PS2Ident is the only one that will attempt to dump the whole chip, not just the content of rom0 (which is a subset of the content on the chip). But if that's okay, then there is nothing much else to worry about.

    PS2Ident does not support being booted from the host interface, while the PCSX2 ROM dumper's USB device drivers are very old.
     
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    So since there's no Magic Gate support, he has to burn a CD or DVD?
     
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    He has to boot it via dsedb. The TOOL (at least with his ROM version) doesn't support booting from MasterDiscs directly.
     
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    l_oliveira Officer at Arms

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    They have a 4MB ROM region split in two 2MB banks. It's done that way so you can have the two ROMs always visible and flashable. The TOOL/WorkStation mode switch under the lid within the system faceplate swaps them around. And of course it's likely that the rom flashed onto the WS region is 1.00 or the earliest possible as it's not supposed to be flashed.
     
  16. FlamingSpaz

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    Unfortunately I'm still getting "cannot connect", even with a newer version of dsedb (1.26.1).

    The switch at the front is definitely in TOOL mode, here's the output of dsidb which shows the configuration of the DIP switches at the back

    DSC_0165.JPG

    Anyone got any ideas? The only other thing I can think of is that the tool shows the hostname as "localhost.localdomain" but dsnetm should still be listening on the LAN IP address right?

    Edit: I don't think that does show the switches on the back. The back switches are _^__^_^^
     
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  17. sp193

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    Are you sure that you entered the IP address of the TOOL correctly (dsedb -d <TOOL IP address>)? The IP address that the TOOL got is displayed when it has finished booting up.

    The DSW602 board's DIP switch is inside the TOOL, which is not the WS/TOOL switch and is not the rear DIP switch either.

    dsnetm on the TOOL will be connected to /dev/mrp0 (the default), not the network.

    If you want, you could check whether the TOOL/WS mode switch s connected properly to the TOOL or not.
     
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  18. FlamingSpaz

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    Ok, after some fiddling I updated the dsnet package and flashed the newest firmware from the tool itself. It can now boot games!

    dsnetm still isn't working, but at least there's an error message now:
    DSC_0172.JPG

    Yup, same as the one shown on the TOOL side.

    I'll probably do this to verify, might have knocked it loose when I was messing with the HDDs
     
  19. sp193

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    Congratulations!

    It is working, otherwise you would not have been able to connect.
    The SAM driver doesn't work on any TOOL.

    Now that you have the ROM flashed to a newer version, you could simply flip the switch and press the RESET button. If the ROM version does change, then it is working fine.
     
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    haha yep I just tried that, it does indeed switch to the older firmware.

    Now I just need to figure out why dsedb still won't connect remotely.
     
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