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brad-lin / FreePSXBoot

Exploit to allow loading arbitrary code on the PSX using only a memory card (no game needed)
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SCPH-5501 BIOS 3.0 (03/11/96) #54

Closed DNA64 closed 3 years ago

DNA64 commented 3 years ago

As I reported on YouTube I have two SCPH-5501 systems and both have BIOS 3.0 (03/11/96) A, as reported by both UniROM and tonyhax. I tested both systems using BIOS 3.0 (11/18/96) as you suggested, using two different memory cards on both systems, and both of them locked up immediately after selecting the memory card.

brad-lin commented 3 years ago

The exploit has been tested successfully on SCPH-5501: https://github.com/brad-lin/FreePSXBoot/issues/37

Can you double check that your memory card is correctly flashed? Read it back and compare the files.

DNA64 commented 3 years ago

Well, the memory card was one issue, which is odd since I did use MemcardRex 1.9 with my Dex Drive and had no issue with the other card which worked fine. I will have to remember to verify the data after writing. The other issue is I'm just a senile old man imagining things 🤣

The date code is 11/18/96, which is scary because I swear I even double-checked both of them! I've re-tested both of them using a higher quality card I was using on my main 5501 system, and they both work perfectly!

To my defence, there was hardware differences :P (Jokes) Issue Closed 👍