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1. Swap magic 3.6 for free mcboot how to#
2. Swap magic 3.6 for free mcboot install#
3. Swap magic 3.6 for free mcboot mod#
4. Swap magic 3.6 for free mcboot archive#
5. Swap magic 3.6 for free mcboot rar#

Insert a blank CD-R in to your DVD+-RW drive. While you still have the flash drive inserted, go ahead and copy the OPL0.9.3.ELF file from OPL0.9.3.rar to the root of the flash drive as well. Extract the contents of noob.rar to the root of the flash drive. Insert a USB version 2.0 flash drive in to your Windows computer and format it as FAT32.

Swap magic 3.6 for free mcboot install#

OPL0.9.3.rar – This is an application that we’ll install after the PS2 is modded and Free McBoot is installed, which will allow you to play game ISOs from USB or over a network.ĭownload all of these tools, extract them in to their own folders, and let’s get started. ULaunchELF_v4.12_CD.rar – This is the uLaunch application that we’ll burn to a CD-R (not DVD+-R) to launch the Free McBoot installer. Noob.rar – This is a suite of tools that you’ll copy to a FAT32 formatted USB flash drive. The file that we insert will be the payload to launch unsigned code.ĬOGSWAP.rar – This is the payload application, called CogSwap. This is what they’re for:Īpache1.1.rar – This application will be used to create an ISO image of your legal PS2 DVD game disc.Īpache3Preview.rar – This application will be used to modify a file inside the ISO you created of your legal PS2 DVD game disc. All of these tools, as well as the method, are 100% tested and working on my own hardware.

Swap magic 3.6 for free mcboot rar#

Lucky for you I’ve collected all of the required tools and put them in one RAR archive.

Swap magic 3.6 for free mcboot archive#

I even found tutorials from 2014 that mentioned the sites were gone and that you needed to use an archive site like Wayback Machine to access archived copies of the sites to get the tools. Downloading Tools and Setting Upīecause the PS2 scene died a long time ago, most of the websites that hosted the tools to do this are long gone. Although a PS2 slim is required to do this, after the Free McBoot application is installed, the memory card can then be used in another PS2 slim manufactured 8B or earlier, as well as any fat PS2! Because of this, some people have made a business out of selling PS2 memory cards that already have Free McBoot on them online, so if you have a fat PS2 or an 8B or earlier slim, you could just purchase one of those cards and use it straight away. The goal here is to install a hack application called “Free McBoot” on a memory card. It should be noted that a PS2 slim is basically required for what we’re about to do because you’ll need to swap discs on the fly while the unit is running.

Swap magic 3.6 for free mcboot mod#

Anything newer than 8B may require a physical mod chip be soldered in. PS2 slims that were manufactured in 3rd quarter 2008 came with different versions of firmware, so it’s a crap shoot. If your date code is 8C, the mod may or may not work. Mine is 4C, which means it was manufactured in the third quarter of 2004.įor this to work, you’ll need a PS2 slim with a date code of 8B or earlier. The second digit in the date code is the quarter of manufacture, A through D for first through fourth quarter of that year. The first digit in the date code is the year of manufacture. Here’s what the date code looks like on the PS2 slim. You must have a PS2 slim that is manufactured before the 3rd quarter of 2008. Find Your PS2 Slim Manufacture DateĪ not on the version of PlayStation 2 slim required. The list looks like a lot, but you should have most of this stuff lying around if you already own a PlayStation 2.

If you take a look at this and decide that it’s not for you, you can forgo this entire guide and spend around $10 on eBay to achieve the same result. So I went down in to the basement, dug it out of a box, blew the dust off it, and got started.īefore you read through this guide, let me save you some time. I didn’t know such a thing existed, but hey – I’ve got one of those. While researching Vita homebrew, I came across a video from 2012 where someone demonstrated a soft mod for the PlayStation 2 slim. What scene isn’t booming in 2018? The PlayStation 2 scene. The PS Vita scene has blown up in 2018 and a flood of new mods and homebrew are out.

Swap magic 3.6 for free mcboot how to#

I recently did a write-up on how to softmod a PS Vita and a PlayStation TV.