My PS 1 just died! Why is it that the simple problems always become huge problems? I use imgburn. This software will let you know if something is not right. For instance I was burning some dreamcast games.
Hey guys, Since my Smart Cartridge arrived today, I've been getting copies of games i have, but are damaged. (basically downloading copies of games i already own, but are too damaged to be backed up directly) However, i've hit a small snag, any game with a.cue and.bin file, doesnt appear to run properly on my PS1. It runs fine on the emulator ePSXe, yet on my PS1, it'll run but with problems. Heres an example: Kurushi (Also known as Intelligent Qube) - Included a.bin and.cue.
Ran fine in emulator, when burned and placed in PS1, game ran but with NO audio except sound effects (Running, moving cubes, etc.). Im assuming, that because the game runs fine in the emulator that its me burning the disk wrong, so heres what i've been doing with backups that are.bin and include a.cue: Uncompress backup (most i get are in.ecm format) Open.cue file in UltraISO Select to burn the image at 8x (Lowest my macs SuperDrive will go ) Disk is burnt, and ejected. Boot up PS1 with.Mod Wait for original disk to stop spinning, and remove. Insert backup Game boots, with the problems mentioned above, the same problems occur with most games i got with a.bin and.cue, the game runs but no background audio/music I am aware i can use Alcohol 120%, but most tutorials i found mentioned 'Select RAW-DAO' but my version of Alcohol 120% doesnt have this? Regardless if i select the 'Play Station' protection or not.
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I have also tried IMGBurn, opening the.cue file and then burning, but no dice. If it helps, the contents of the.cue are as follows. Click to expand.If im honest, that cue file looks incorrect, it mentions 1 track, when i believe the game has more than this (different background musics/etc.) Any help/info would be most appreciated. I believe you also need these details: PS1 Console (Phat and Gray ) BIOS: SCPH-7502 PAL Region.Mod: External hardware modification via the I/O Port. (Check below for more information) Mod: The mod im using is a cartridge that plugs into the I/O port of this PS1 Console, its actually a cheat cartridge, but because when the cartridge is booted, the disk stops spinning, im able to swap out an original disk for a backup game.
(Like the swap trick, only this time the disk isnt spinning while swapping) Works great on the backups I've done thus far (except the ones with the issue mentioned above). The Cartridge is called 'Smart Cartridge.'
Contents. Getting Started Before you continue, you’ll need a blank CD and five minutes to spare. Download and Install Simply click on this link to download and run ImgBurn: Burning an ISO Image Now to get started burning your ISO file. Open up ImgBurn and the first thing you see is a nice splash screen as the program loads. You’ll see a nice selection menu from where you choose which operation you wish to do with ImgBurn. Select the top left option, “Write image file to disc” as shown below: From here you get the main selection menu as shown below: Now this is the main window for ImgBurn, and despite all the text and controls, it’s fairly easy to use.
From here you select the file you wish to burn with clicking on the browse folder icon. This will bring up the file browser in which you use to lead the application to the ISO file you wish to burn: Now after selecting the file, the window will update to display your selection. Here you will select the burn speed and if you wish to have the disc get verified, which you should select. Verification will double-check that what’s written to disc is identical to the ISO file you have, in order to prevent issues caused by bad CDs, glitches in the burn process, and more. If the verification fails, burn it again with a lower speed setting. To begin burning the image to the CD, click the large button/image at the bottom-left (the illustration of a file being transferred to a CD). After it burns you will see a confirmation dialog like the one below.
At this point, you can close the application and continue. Troubleshooting If the ImgBurn software gives you any errors or the resulting CD is not correctly burned/bootable/usable, read on for possible resolution options.
If you experience any error messages during the CD burning process, try the following in the order below:. Retry the burn at the slowest speed (either 1x or 2x). CD burning can be a whimsical and frail operation, burning at the slowest speed possible usually resolves most issues. If you’re attempting to write the ISO image to a CD-RW (erasable, rewritable CD), try again with a regular single-use CD-R. If you’re burning to a DVD±R, try burning to a CD-R instead. If you’re burning to a CD-R and your PC supports writing to DVD discs, trying burning to a DVD±R disc instead.
Try the burn with a different brand of CD-R media, some of the cheaper brands are not fully compatible with all CD-writing software. Try using a different program to burn the CD and see if it gives you a different error message. For example, follow instead. Try the burn from a different PC, if you have access to one.
Finishing Up Congratulations, you’re all done. That wasn’t so hard now, was it? If you’ve followed the above instructions but still can’t get your PC to boot from the CD, check out our guides. An optical drive that supports both CD and DVD discs actually contains two separate lasers, one for each.
In such combo drives, especially in laptops, it is common for one of the read/write lasers to fail, leaving only the other working.