Console Help!

[Palazzo]

I don't think I've ever come across a PS1 game that didn't work on my PS2.

[Furore]

Yeah you are hard pressed to find one. I'm a collector, have three PS2s each from a different region, and a very large collection of games. Some do slip through horribly. It's still a WHOLE lot better than the PS3 software emulation compatibility though.

As for the chip, you can normally find one in the services section of your newspaper. Or you can buy them online making sure you get a good one and installing it yourself. A chip can be well worth the money if you want to play games of every region on the one console. Especially since a lot of games are cheaper imported. Plus there's more you can use. Downside? Well a void warrenty.

Hope this helps you.

[Bleachfangirl]

Thank you! I'll try that out. The only bad thing I can't install anything. If I bought one of those chips, can I just bring it to a store for them to install it for me? I went searching for what the chip was, and lots of results came up for a mod chip. Is that right?

[LocoColt04]

No one will install mod chips on consoles in stores. Opening the system voids the console's warranty, so dealers don't want to be held responsible if anything goes wrong with your system. The only way to have a chip installed is to either do it yourself, or find a friend who's already done it and is willing to do it for you.

[xenty]

my ps2 will not read any disks and i Tried cleaning them but it says that nothing is there so please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Furore]

Are they copied by any chance?
If that's the case, you can't use them legally, and I'm NOT going to relate how to use them. That would be immoral.
Or they could be the wrong region...
Like if you bought them on ebay.
Oh and sometimes the lasers go bad, or just out of alignment. If that's it you might want to get it professionally fixed. You could do it yourself with a little background knowledge, but I'd recommend getting a professional to do it, if you have no idea on how to fix it.

[Draken Benvolaid]

Fur's right, things go haywire at times and internal things brake. It all depends one each individual system. Sony's selling a white PS2 cuz third party game companies seem to still be making quality games. So if you need a new one, they're plentiful.

PS3 news, if you still want one with backwards capabilities.
60 gig harddrive ones are being discontinued in production. They're the only ones left with that ability. Some online stores are already sold out and whatever is in stores will not be replenished except existing shipments. 80 gig ones are being pushed and 40 gig ones (whenever they come out) don't have that capability. Good luck finding a 20 gig, there's almost none to be found.

I'm sort of lucky, yet not really. I bought a 60 gig 2 weeks before the price drop. It broke, but got a replacement from Sony with little hassle except for the wait.

So Sony really stands by their warranty.

[Larick]

ok i still hae yet to figure out to go online with my psp
i have DSL can some1 help me

[Naota]

first you have to have a wireless router.

Then you have to configure it. Then you just connect to the wireless network.

Don't post anymore here. If you have any questions, PM me.

[Victoria]

Don't listen to Naota. He's right about the wireless router thing, but you don't have to stop posting here and PM him only.

The steps are these:

1. Navigate to Network Settings.
2. Configure for Infrastructure Mode.
3. Scan for an access point. (Which would be your wireless signal with your router. Whichever SSID name you gave it.)
4. Select said access point and insert the WEP key.
5. Test the connection and you should be able to connect.
6. Done!

[Djinn]

Merging this with the console help thread, i'll leave a permanent redirect so other people can search it without going into the help thread.

Also, don't tell people to stop posting unless you have the authority to, thats what the moderating staff are for.

[Larick]

Don't listen to Naota. He's right about the wireless router thing, but you don't have to stop posting here and PM him only.

The steps are these:

1. Navigate to Network Settings.
2. Configure for Infrastructure Mode.
3. Scan for an access point. (Which would be your wireless signal with your router. Whichever SSID name you gave it.)
4. Select said access point and insert the WEP key.
5. Test the connection and you should be able to connect.
6. Done!

question, whats a wireless router

[Victoria]

....A wireless router is a network router that broadcasts a signal for wireless communication. Via laptop, Nintendo DS, PSP, etc.

[Larick]

is it an acsessery or is it in the modem

[Victoria]

80% of the time it is an accessory you have to purchase separately. The other 20% of the time is that there is a particular model of DSL modem that has a router built into it.

So yes. If you have cable, even DSL, you need to buy a router. You'll know if you have a router. Seriously. It has 4 ethernet cable connections.

[Larick]

ok thanks, sorry im not very good with computers, ill see if i can get the thing to work

[Dragonsrus]

Got a strange one for you.
Right heres how the story goes:
Got a copy of FF8, tried to play it on a new PS1 and got freezing of a sort, as in it would play the movies at the rate of maybee 2 seconds a minute.
Fast forward five years, new shop, different country, 6 different game sets later. I get the same glitching problem from a playstation 2 round about 2 years old. I buy a new PS2 when the old one starts to break down as in wont play ANY games at all. A few weeks after purchase i decided to try the two versions of 8 on it the one from 7 years ago plays, the one from 3 years ago gets to rinoa on the first movie and stops.
I play on with the 7 year old for a few weeks, then i find that im experiencing slow down only not as bad. A few weeks ago i tried it again and wouldn't go past the squaresoft logo? The thing that baffles me is every other game has always played perfectly on all bar one machine.

[Larick]

ok im having problems with my psp memory card again i just downloaded that "internet radio"
and afterword i had problems, every time i click on "saved data utility" it just sits there and i have to turn off my psp, then when i click on the "music memory stick" my psp freezes, and then i cant get into "monster hunter freedom", or "final fantasy tactics", but my "jeane d ark" works perfectly, can some1 please help me

[Victoria]

From what you just said, I assume the "Internet Radio" is giving you problems. Put your memory card in your computer, and delete the Internet radio. >_>

If you find everything is fixed, then there you have it. But seriously though, that does sound like the problem. Or part of the problem at least.

[Larick]

sorry i left out the part that i deleated it already and i still have the problem
my thoughts r i got a virus when i downloaded that

[Victoria]

Most likely. I really don't trust anything other than my own MP3s that I put in there. Try deleting the game data of the games that are giving you problems and regrettably start over. That's just an idea, though.

I honestly don't know what else to tell you.

[Larick]

i dont think the game data is the problem cause i cant even get to the main screen of the game cause when it checks my memory card it freezes, i just think ill just buy a new memory card and transfer my data, but thank u anyway toph

[Sephiroth31]

My brother got a PS3 for his birthday and I was wondering if you could plug in PS2 controlers in it because If you can I haven't out where to yet.

[xXViviXx]

Hey people! I bought a pre-owned PsP the other day and then I bought 'Patapon' that new game? except I can't play it. lol It just switches on, saves my game then just keeps loading....

I heard that I would need to upgrade my psp so I connected it to the internet and downloaded one but I couldn't install it afterwards!

My psp is a 3.30.

Please help me!!

[L Lawliet]

Since the PS3 backwards compatibility thread is locked can someone tell me if the 80GB PS3 is compatible with all the FF's from VII to XII? Except for XI which I'll get for the PC (if I ever convince my parents to let me pay for a monthly fee).

[Draken Benvolaid]

For a tough review of the current consoles with some laughs, I suggest the Zero Punctuation review which came out last week.

The Escapist : Video Galleries : Zero Punctuation : Console Rundown

Which is better is still your choice.

[Dark Squall]

K, ppl.
I just got a PS3 and when I turned it off...The controller keep glowing red!

OH yea...How can I make the controller wireless coz I couldn't use it without the USB shit!!

If anyone said read the manual I'll be pissed coz it's Japanese manual and I'm not Japanese!

Soooo.....Help!

[Meier Link]

The only thing I can think of just unplug your controler from the USB cable and then hit the PS buttonon the controaler itself (the one in the center of the controler) to activate it wirelessly. All of Sony's official PS3 remotes should be set up to run wireless out of the box with out having to change anything. Any time you unplug the PS3 controler from the USB it always turns itself off and you have to turn it back on by use of the controalers power button.

As for the controaler staying I am not sure if that is normal I have never noticed it with my PS3, then again I never really looked haha. Then again it might just be a charge indicator unless you mean you are turning your consol off from the switch on the back of the PS3, then I am miffed. Could just be a defaulty controaler if that is the case.

[Dark Squall]

MAN!!! Thanks that really helped!

You're not Japanese by any chance, right? Coz the Japanese are so smart and I'm damn stupid ..Or it's just me w/e . BTW I'm not kissing your ass

[xemrac]

i have yellow dog linux 6.1 installed on my ps3 and i cant seem to delete i format it and its still there i was just wondering if anyone knew how to get rid of it