By: Lief Ericson

Hey guys & girls, this is a tutorial on how to boot PlayStation 2 ISO’s on the PS3 (20/60GB NTSC/JAP) via an external HDD. Those with a 20 or 60GB launch PS3 are in luck! That is, if you’re a pirate. Use at your own risk, we at ps3-hacks / Dashhacks Inc. cannot take responsibility if you damage your ps3 with this tutorial. Remember, we will not tell you where to get ISOs from… That said, lets continue…

What you need:

* Swap Magic 3.6+/3.8 (Must be an original, burned copies do NOT work).
* Launch PS3 (20/60gb) - NTSC/Japanese (Must have emotion engine, only launch PS3’s had this).
* Flash Drive (or PSP in USB MODE will also work).

If you are a Japanese PS3 user you need to rename the folder BADATA-SYSTEM to BIDATA-SYSTEM -This guide will assume you are a USA user and call the folder “BADATA-SYSTEM in the download pack.

1. Download the USBAdvance Tutorial File Pack.
2. Extract the contents of the folder USBADVANCE to the root of your flash drive/PSP.
3. Boot up SWAPMAGIC and once loaded into the menu screen, people who are using swapmagic v3.6 press UP (on D-Pad)+L2 on your PS3 controller to browse through your flash drive. People that are using Swapmagic v3.8 go to the SMBOOT menu and select uLaunch from there. In the pack provided uLaunch is SMBOOT1. Go to configure, select any button you want (I usually use X or O), go to MISC and select FILEBROWSER binding it to the selected button, go down and hit ok. Now go to the browser. (Props to Crono for telling us how to use v3.8 Swapmagic). If you are unable to view your flash drive, then it is not compatible (use another one).
4. Copy the BADATA-SYSTEM folder and USBLD_01.ELF file to your Virtual Memory Card (on PS3).
5. Go inside BADATA-SYSTEM folder and cut/move the Pictures and SWAPMAGIC folder to ROOT the Virtual Memory Card.
6. Remove your FLASH DRIVE, press the PS button and quit the game and go back to XMB and launch swap magic.
7. At this point you should move the Playstation 2 ISO’s of your choice to your external HDD/flash drive. You need to have them properly formmated and copied over via USBExtreme or USBUtil (is included in file you downloaded above). If you are not sure how to do this, there is a quick tutorial that guides you through the process. Make sure your USB/Flash drive is plugged into your PS3.
8. Once booted, browse and launch USBLD_01.ELF
9. 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

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This is one for PAL systems! Again, Use at your own risk, we at ps3-hacks / Dashhacks Inc. cannot take responsibility if you damage your ps3 with this tutorial. Remember, we will not tell you were to get ISOs from… Let’s continue now…

What you need:

* Swap Magic 3.6+/3.8 (Must be an original, burned copies do NOT work).
* Launch PS3 PAL PS2 (60gb units)
* Flash Drive (PSP in USB MODE will also work).

1. Download the USBAdvance Tutorial File Pack [PAL].
2. Extract the contents of the folder USBADVANCE to the root of your flash drive.
3. Place the Playstation 2 ISO’s of your choice to your external HDD/flash drive. You need to have them properly formated and copied over via USBUtil(is included in file you downloaded above). If you are not sure how to do this, there is a quick tutorial that guides you through the process. Make sure your USB/Flash drive is plugged into your PS3.
4. Boot up SWAPMAGIC and once loaded into the menu screen, people who are using swapmagic v3.6 press UP (on D-Pad)+L2 on your PS3 controller to browse through your flash drive. People that are using Swapmagic v3.8 go to the SMBOOT menu and select uLaunch from there. In the pack provided uLaunch is SMBOOT1. Go to configure, select any button you want (I usually use X or O), go to MISC and select FILEBROWSER binding it to the selected button, go down and hit ok. Now go to the browser. If you are unable to view your flash drive, then it is not compatible (use another one).
5. USB Loader should start running now. 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
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Powerslave wrote:

It was also the vast understanding that NO release day PAL systems have the EE+GS+RAM hardware on their motherboards, but have the GS chip. Only the USA/JAP 40 & 60GB models have ALL the PS2 hardware on-board. This is only supposed to work with JAP systems that have that hardware. Also, of course, this will not work on ANY console that doesn't have PS2 BwC, which were the later released 40GB, 80GB, and 120GB models. There are people also reporting that it is NOT working on PAL systems, but they are probably the ones that have no BwC.

The original instructions for the JAP/NTSC say specifically, that you must have the Emotion Engine, which is the CPU. The GS chip is the GPU, so this should not work on ANY PAL system.

ISO size is also restricted by the Fat32 "4GB -1Byte" file size restriction; and, all the PS3 will see is Fat32 formatted USB devices. This is why HDD LOADING was used on the PS2, which is the raw file dump of the game to the HDD. This was the wrong way to approach PS2 backups, because GOOD games will be unplayable, because they are too big.