SCPH-20400 power supply

Just managed to get one of these plus the network card for my PS2 SCPH 10000 but without the HDD power supply. Can anyone tell me what size connector it is and how many amps I need from a replacement. I was thinking of getting one of those laptop replacement power supplies but need to make sure I have the right size tip, amperage and polarity.

Thanks
gunrock

 

the shape of the connector is not a standart connector as found on a laptop, it is kinda strange looking.
might take a picture later, have to dig it out, so cant tell you the requierd power either right now.

 

It's a SCPH-10200, which is basically a 12V, 1.5A adaptor with a proprietary connector. The adaptor is a 100V-only adaptor, so you must use a step-down transformer with it.

Like richi902 wrote, it's most likely that you won't find a laptop's adaptor with the same connector.

 

Oh bugger... Thanks for the info. Looks like I'll need to try and get someone in Japan to try and get me one.

 

The DTL-H10020 power supply is 100-240v...

 

I have some brand new in box. PM me if you need it.

 

Bump! Ok, so the adapter that tichua sold me (thanks bro!) has arrived and I hook up my disk into the drive, cable it up and plug the power in and.... nothing. No lights, no whirring and no disk or fan spin up....

I haven't my multimeter to hand to check the supply but I wonder if it's the pcbs in the case? Can anyone tell me if when you plugin it into the power, it should power up, right?

 

You're gonna need the HDD system driver on a PS2 memory card and a correctly formatted HDD with Browser 2.0/PSBBN installed for a SCPH-10000 to boot from and use the hdd in the official PS2 OSD/browser.. I think the new version of FMCB has HDD capacity now and replicates the official HDD system driver, but you will still need the files on the HDD.. You could also use the official NTSC J HDD disc that came with the HDD. If you get stuck i have the files somewhere that you need to sign your own driver to your memory card. It's a bit long winded, and requires a tiny amount of hex editing..

SCPH-10000 and SCPH15000 needs the driver, but i'm pretty sure SCPH-18000 has it built into the rom, obviously SCPH-3000X or later has the internal HDD.

 

The official System Driver for PCMCIA consoles have ATAD checks on them. Meaning that only official harddrives work with them.

I have some positive experiences with an non SONY 120GB Maxtor harddrive in the SONY casing but I have to use patched/modified software to have the OSD boot with it.

 

I didn't know the PCMCIA consoles had additional ATAD checks.. Are these in addition to the later console checks? I am using a hex edited/signed memory card driver and a fixed MBR install of Browser 2.00/PSBBN on a 300GB Maxtor in the Sony HDD enclosure. That explains why mine boots ok!

 

I'm not that daring, I kept myself to the limit of 120GB. I have an 120GB Maxtor HDD installed on my 10k PS2 (but then I have a huge collection of 10K harddrives lol...).

 

Ok. Thanks to everyone who replied, so I need either Free McBoot or uLE of the right version (or official software - which I don't have) to get the ps2 to boot from it. But at the moment I want to know if the power led on the drive case should light up and the drive spin up if I plug the ppwer supply in?

 

It will ONLY power on when something tries to initialize it for access. Like for example if you have the power supply connected and while running uLE you hit "HDD:", that wil cause uLE to attempt initalizing the HDD interface for access. That will cause the HDD to power up and spin.

 

That's correct. The new FMCB v1.9 series replaces the system driver update, and supports non-Sony HDD units too. If the Sony system driver is used, it'll only support Sony disks.

That's technically true, although the ATA support code within the boot ROM of the SCPH-18000 is dysfunctional. This console model was obviously conceived for them to clear their stock of obsolete console components with development minimal costs, so its boot ROM was from (or based on) the launch expansion bay unit (SCPH-30000) that doesn't support the CXD9566R (PCMCIA) SSBUSC. The system driver is hence required.

No. It's because the system driver update uses a retail ATAD module. Everything Sony has that isn't in ROM has this "Genuine SCE HDD" check, and this includes the installable system driver update.

 

Thanks l_olivieria and sp93 for sharing the in-depth knowledge. So I softmodded with FMCB 1.93 (which is an amazing bit of kit) and it just powers into life! Didn't like the hd though (cable select jumper maybe), so I guess I need to play with that a bit more.

 

Glad your finally getting somewhere with your PS2/HDD.. There won't be any "actual" jumpers on the HDD inside the Sony enclosure, only the small two pin cable that runs to the Master/Slave slider switch on the outside of the case. Does your HDD contain any files, or file system? Or has it been formatted with uLE at all? It may power into life as you say, but contain nothing.. If you see what i mean?

Slightly off topic sp193, I have a signed/hex edited Sony memory card system driver on my memory cards, and this will boot my official 40GB HDD's and my generic maxtor HDD's too.(with the relevant Browser 2.00 files installed). Is this because I signed and edited it, or have we missed something?

UPDATE: I have made a little guide with the needed files if anyone wants it, PM me i you want it, as i think the files are copyright!!

 

If it accepts non-Sony disks, it was modified to not check for a "Genuine SCE HDD". However, regardless of whether it was tampered in that way or not, Sony disks will always be accepted.

What's wrong? Congratulations on getting it working right, by the way.

If you didn't install anything onto the disk yet, you need to get a working HDD OSD installation made onto the disk. The HDD OSD will have to be a modified copy that supports non-Sony HDDs.

 

Do I actually need HDD Osd if I plan to use OPL?

 

No, only if you want to see your HDD in the browser/PSBBN, and boot games from it directly (from HDD OSD) etc. OPL will function just fine without HDD OSD..

 

Yes, I use an FHDB 1.93-based setup in ROM OSD mode on a 250GB Samsung drive, with OPL and other homebrew installed. Runs like a dream, only thing is that the "inner browser" is pretty much useless outside of MC management, and if you elect to run an MC-less setup, the inner browser will lose even that usefulness.

Even if you use the HDD OSD along with SP193's HDLGameInstaller (or newest releases of hdl_dump), the loader installed to the game partition is a mini version of OPL without GUI or VMC support (others could clarify this point). So, HDD OSD or not, with a modern PS2 setup if you're running retail games from HDD you're using OPL (projects related to POPS not included for obvious reasons).