Q: What PS3's can use this method of PS3's?Ī: Basically USA and Japenese Launch Consoles (20/60gb) that contain the Emotion Engine (PS3 Models CECHA, CECHB, CECHC, CECHD) Q: How do I know if my unit is a LAUNCH UNIT?Ī: Check model number on back of PS3, if it is a launch unit it will be one of the follow: CECHA, CECHB, CECHC, CECHDĪ: We have had reports that some people got this working on NTSC consoles with EE (backwards compatibility). If its not a 'launch unit' it will NOT WORK RIGHT NOW. Q: But my PS3 is backwards compatible, why doesn't this work?Ī: It does not work with SOFTWARE EMULATION (which is what your PS3 most likely has). (does not work on ANY pal systems at the moment). There you have it a properly copied game to your HDD, just pop it in your PS3 and follow step 8 from above.Ī: No, support for PAL is expected to be released soon. Now you can name the game and hit start.ħ. Select your Disc Drive the PS2 game is in, Media type (most are DVD's) and your USB/Flash drive.Ħ. Open up the USB EXTREME tool on your compute.ĥ. Put a PS2 game into your disc drive (if the game is already on your computer you can mount it with Alcohol 120)Ĥ. (Ignore if you downloaded it in last tutorial), and extract the folder USB EXtreme to you desktop.ģ. Download the USBAdvance Tutorial File Pack. How to copy PS2 ISO's to a external USB/flash driveġ. And there you have it, if you followed this tutorial properly you should see the Playstation 2 ISO's there and just click and launch Once booted, browse and launch USBLD_01.ELFĩ. Make sure your USB/Flash drive is plugged into your PS3.Ĩ. If you are not sure how to do this, there is a quick tutorial that guides you through the process. You need to have them properly formmated and copied over via USBExtreme (is included in file you downloaded above). At this point you should move the Playstation 2 ISO's of your choice to your external HDD/flash drive. Remove your FLASH DRIVE, press the button and quit the game and go back to XMB and launch swap magic.ħ. Go inside BADATA-SYSTEM folder and cut/move the Pictures and SWAPMAGIC folder to ROOT the Virtual Memory CardĦ. Copy the BADATA-SYSTEM folder and USBLD_01.ELF file to your Virtual Memory Card (on PS3).ĥ. If you are unable to view your flash drive, then it is not compatible (use another one).Ĥ. Boot up SWAPMAGIC and once loaded into the menu screen, press UP (on D-Pad)+L2 on your PS3 controller to browse through your flash drive.

Extract the contents of the folder USBADVANCE to the root of your flash drive/PSP.ģ. Download the USBAdvance Tutorial File Pack.Ģ. * Flash Drive (PSP in USB MODE will also work).ġ. * Launch PS3 (20/60gb) - NTSC/Japanese (Must have emotion engine, only launch PS3's had this). * Swap Magic 3.6+/3.8 (Purchase here or here) How to play PS2 ISO's on PS3 via USBAdvance (aka USBLD) QUOTEONLY WORK with the first generation PS3 with Emotion Engine built-in: Naw, I dont think we have to gut our PS3's for swap magic to work

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