Booting DVDr with ar 1.6 +neo 2.5

[Utkarsh]

Hi guys (especially Charlie)

Is there any way i can boot DVDrs with a 1.6 on a neo 2.5 chipped pal console? i have doa2 hardcore original for the TOC

[Utkarsh]

anyone? i have the ar 1.7 and 1.9 isos downloaded..can those be used in any way

[Utkarsh]

bump..charlie plz help..i really wanna play dvdrs on my ps2 and the ar versions higher than 1.6 are not available in my country.. please advise

[charlie_ps2]

Hi sorry for the delay - had trouble getting back onto the forum.

I've advised people that the AR2/1.7 & 1.9 bnackup will boot behind AR2/1.x with the dongle in. I know that works but not with all old versions.

The difficulty that I haven't tested is the holding down of reset from the first boot of AR2/1.6 through to the point when you release it for the published DVD-R boot method (after using the swapped in AR2/1.9). If that works then DVD-Rs will boot.

If not, then dump the Neo2.5 for the Origachip which does everything. DVD-Rs are a one step boot with DVD Region X, AR2 (any) or Memory Manager 16 plus it boots import originals.

[Utkarsh]

i didnt quite get what u meant by "boot behind" :| .. could you please explain

and my neo 2.5 has this mode selecter where i press eject to select the type of cd such as original,dvdr,cd backup etc.. how would the reset work in this case..

tnx in advance..u rule charlie :)

[charlie_ps2]

Originally posted by Utkarsh
i didnt quite get what u meant by "boot behind" :| .. could you please explain

and my neo 2.5 has this mode selecter where i press eject to select the type of cd such as original,dvdr,cd backup etc.. how would the reset work in this case..

tnx in advance..u rule charlie :)
Hi Utkarsh,

By 'boot behind' I mean that you do a conventional CD swap without codes by booting with the old AR2/1.6 original and swapping in the AR2/1.7 or 1.9. This should then behave again like AR2 originally did and you can try with your DVD-Rs. You'll have quite a bit of experimenting to do.

You're at the limit of my knowledge here because I haven't used the NEO2.5. The 'published' DVD-R boot method for NEO2.5 is:

1 Power on the PS2 & press EJECT
2 Insert the GS2/AR2 CD 1
3 Power off the PS2 for 5 seconds

4 Turn on the machine by holding the RESET button until the green light on the RESET button and the blue light on the eject button begin flashing - release RESET button

5 After 25 seconds the disc tray will automatically open and you must swap the GS2/AR2 disc with an original DVD-ROM based PS2 game which has a larger TOC (table of contents) than that of your DVD-R copy (click here for a TOC size database) - you have 5 seconds to perform the disc swap before the disc tray automatically closes

6 Once the disc tray closes the RESET button light will become red and joypad operation will be interrupted for 5 seconds at which time the RESET button light will begin flashing green.

7 Select START GAME

8 Select WITHOUT CODES - the disc tray will automatically open
Swap the original DVD-ROM based game with your DVD-R backup copy - you have 5 seconds to perform the disc swap before the disc tray automatically closes

9 Press X to begin loading the game


Hope all this helps

[Utkarsh]

hi charlie

i tried what u said but the ar 1.7 did not boot...i just got a black screen.. :(

any help is appreciated

[Utkarsh]

bump