Darksoft's CPS3 SuperBios Cart conversion service(MuLtI-GaMe)+Standard SH2 cart conversion
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Lemony Vengeance
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You know not the drama of what you speak. It would behoove you to remain silent on this matter. We do not deal in conversions or bootlegs in this forum.
A big thumbs up from me for Mitsurugi's services. I recently had Mitsurugi-w perform two cps3 security cart revivals one a custom SH2 and the other a normal SH2. He also performed battery replacements on 9 CPS3 security cards, 14 CPS2 B boards.
Everything was returned to me in perfect working order. The solder work was amazingly clean. He also worked with my shipping requirements. (I split shipments so all of my boards would not be at risk in one big shipment).
Everything was returned to me in perfect working order. The solder work was amazingly clean. He also worked with my shipping requirements. (I split shipments so all of my boards would not be at risk in one big shipment).
FreedomGundam
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I would definitely throw money in that direction.
I have one of Darksoft's SuperBios cart done by Mitsurugi-W, and I couldn't be happier with it.
However, even though I have 2 SCSI drives and 2 separate SCSI cables, my CPS-3 setup is still very often flaky in terms of reading discs...
Check out darksoft's blog, there was a post where he said he was able to use a SCSI to HDD adapter instead of the CD drive.
It would be nice if there was a patch to not even look for the CD drive and just boot from the simms, though I'm not sure that's even possible.
It would be nice if there was a patch to not even look for the CD drive and just boot from the simms, though I'm not sure that's even possible.
We have looked into it. And as stated above there are off-the-shelf solutions that work. They are a bit pricey it seems. If anyone finda a fairly affordable one then please share with the class.
Any SCSI drive should work if the jumpers are set correctly. I bought refurbed units from ebay pretty cheap. They are much louder than the originals because of the higher speed (does not load faster, though) but they will last longer.
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Today I confirmed that the SCSI2SD board (http://www.codesrc.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=SCSI2SD) works perfectly as a drop in replacement for the cps3 SCSI CD drive. For $75 AUD it's a lot cheaper than the board that darksoft tested previously.
Seems to. I only tested 3rd strike. I got mine in codesrc's last batch for use with another system. I didn't realize it could be used as a CD drive as well, but after setting it to CD mode and writing the CPS3 iso to micro SD with 'dd', it works great. I'm going to pick up another when he does another batch, just to mount underneath my cps3 board.
Edit: as a bonus, you don't even have to hook up the molex power cable; it is low power enough to run completely off the SCSI ribbon cable.
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Michael (codesrc) actually just told me that he is switching from producing these himself, to having them produced in larger batches and manufactured in China. He expects the next batch may be ready as early as next week and told me he'd let me know.