yeah... this kind of stuff has been around for a while. Look up "HD Advance". The older PS2s (the larger ones) actually have a slot for a 3.5" IDE hard drive. There's another version of HD Advance out there that will allow the use of an external USB hard drive.
The only thing you need for HD Advance is the DVD, a network adapter(to connect the hard drive to the fat PS2) and a hard drive. No modification necessary.
People seems to have missed out that this is a slim PS2. The slim ones do have the IDE-interface, but u need to solder to get hold of them in the current state so u could use HD loader or HD advance. But if it's true that HD advance can also use USB HD's, this would be a blessing for those with the slim model.
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Kris @ Jan 11th 2008 4:54PM
yeah... this kind of stuff has been around for a while. Look up "HD Advance". The older PS2s (the larger ones) actually have a slot for a 3.5" IDE hard drive. There's another version of HD Advance out there that will allow the use of an external USB hard drive.
ryan @ Jan 11th 2008 5:04PM
This works on an unmodified PS2, though.
stealth @ Jan 11th 2008 9:56PM
So did HD Advanced.
This is such old news.
'Insert engadget tardy compliant here'
Paul @ Jan 11th 2008 6:38PM
The only thing you need for HD Advance is the DVD, a network adapter(to connect the hard drive to the fat PS2) and a hard drive. No modification necessary.
NovaLand @ Jan 12th 2008 3:14AM
People seems to have missed out that this is a slim PS2. The slim ones do have the IDE-interface, but u need to solder to get hold of them in the current state so u could use HD loader or HD advance. But if it's true that HD advance can also use USB HD's, this would be a blessing for those with the slim model.
tekdemon @ Jan 12th 2008 5:08AM
NovaLand, apparently they've had an external USB adapter for the HD Advance for a long time now.
ulovemikeroch @ Jan 14th 2008 8:22PM
But you can also play burned games without any swap disks, fliptop mods or mod
chips.