PS2 - Real info request.

[CrystalWeapon]

it be nice if we could change the hard drives out with a bigger hard drive

It's more than just the HDD, the ram on the ps2 is laughable by today's standards.

[Cupofnoodles]

wow i thought it was just a ROM issue that the ps2 owners were having

[Nattack]

you dont, acshully, there is another way. but you dont even need it.

unless you wanna be awesome. it let me play mgs3.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

It's more than just the HDD, the ram on the ps2 is laughable by today's standards.

It was laughable to it's day's standards too.

[Cupofnoodles]

PS2 Specs from wiki

Manufacturer Sony Computer Entertainment
Product family PlayStation
Type Video game console
Generation Sixth generation
Retail availability
Availability by region[show]
Units sold 150 million (as of January 31, 2011)[1][2]
Media DVD, CD
CPU 64-bit[3][4] "Emotion Engine" clocked at 294.912 MHz (launch), 299 MHz (newer models)
Storage capacity
PlayStation 2 memory card (8 MB officially supported)
PlayStation memory card (1 MB)
40 GB Hard Drive (add-on)
Graphics "Graphics Synthesizer" clocked at 147.456 MHz
Controller input DualShock 2
Connectivity 100 Mbit Ethernet/modem (requires adapter on SCPH-10000-50000 models), 2 × USB 1.1, 1 × IEEE 1394 interface

[bungiefan]

It's possible SE might be able to change the allocation of space, but that would require every PS2 and Xbox user to reinstall the game, most likely. And that is a potential serious problem for some PS2 users who have PS2s that cant read discs.

Reinstallation wasn't required when they expanded the FFXI partition from 5 GB to 8 GB when Zilart was released in Japan. When you ran the Zilart disc, the partition was expanded after the install completed.

[Cupofnoodles]

whats funny is im looking at ps3's specs and it says 256 mb video memory and 256 mb of ram WTF why can we have a console with today's standards....

[bungiefan]

You can. But you would need one of those ever allusive fomat disks.

HDD Utility Disc and PSBBN won't format a non-Sony HDD. They scan for Sony's custom HDD firmware, and any drive that doesn't have it is not detected by the HDD support. Only the 40 GB hard drives from Sony have the required firmware. No other size is available.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

HDD Utility Disc and PSBBN won't format a non-Sony HDD. They scan for Sony's custom HDD firmware, and any drive that doesn't have it is not detected by the HDD support. Only the 40 GB hard drives from Sony have the required firmware. No other size is available.

I know someone who has a PS2 with a 120g HDD. It's the ugliest thing you'll ever look at. lol

[Cupofnoodles]

HDD Utility Disc and PSBBN won't format a non-Sony HDD. They scan for Sony's custom HDD firmware, and any drive that doesn't have it is not detected by the HDD support. Only the 40 GB hard drives from Sony have the required firmware. No other size is available.

Im pretty sure if you dig enough into the internet you could find the firmware, i just looked for it about 2 minutes and found traces of it, if i find anything i'll post it.