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Anyone else having issues with their PS2 since they put in the HDD? It would seem there is something amiss with the older model PS2s. Here's my problem:
I cannot connect to any online game since I put the HDD in. I have an IP, a MAC address, all that seems to be going fine. It gets through the first "connecting to the internet" phase in SOCOM 2 and FFXI setup, but locks in DNAS Authentication, and gives me an error message (-613). "Check your network setup, communication error." My network setup has not changed, and functions perfectly for the 5 other devices I have hooked up to it. Now, even if I take the HDD out, I cannot connect online. It would seem something went wrong within the PS2 once the HDD went in (the HDD functions fine otherwise, transferring files to and from work).
So I call Sony. First time, they have no idea how to help. They say to check my ISP, see if they made any service changes. They didn't. I call them back. They are still clueless, and keep blaming my network setup, and claiming that I have a firewall installed. I do not run a firewall at home, I say, and the PS2 functioned fine online last week, prior to the HDD. "Open ports in your router" they say. I counter with the fact that I HAD tried that already, even though I had never had to forward ports to the PS2 to get online previously.
After reiterating those two points about 4 or 5 times, they offer to repair it free. So I ask how long. 3-5 days for them to send me an airbill. Shipping time to get there. 15-20 business days from that point to get it back. We're talking over a month total time. I say that is unacceptable. I've paid $150 (socom 2 + HDD), and I expect better than that. They offer to replace it with another *refurbished* 30001 model. For the amount of time I'd have to wait for the damn thing, I'd expect better than a refurbished launch PS2.
*****A WARNING TO ALL SOCOM 2 PLAYERS [at least those with older model PS2s] ************
Don't buy the HDD yet, or don't install it. The Sony rep would not take responsibility for the fact that SOCOM will no longer work for me online. They say that "SOCOM 2 does not yet support the HDD, and may not work AT ALL if the HDD is installed." In other words, you will need to take the HDD out to connect online to download some phantom update that they have no ETA on for it to all work again. A friend of mine, also with a 30001, cannot even get the game to boot up when the HDD is installed.
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If anyone else has this problem, or something similar, post it here. The more information we can collect on the problem, the more likely we can find a solution.
Anyone else having issues with their PS2 since they put in the HDD? It would seem there is something amiss with the older model PS2s. Here's my problem:
I cannot connect to any online game since I put the HDD in. I have an IP, a MAC address, all that seems to be going fine. It gets through the first "connecting to the internet" phase in SOCOM 2 and FFXI setup, but locks in DNAS Authentication, and gives me an error message (-613). "Check your network setup, communication error." My network setup has not changed, and functions perfectly for the 5 other devices I have hooked up to it. Now, even if I take the HDD out, I cannot connect online. It would seem something went wrong within the PS2 once the HDD went in (the HDD functions fine otherwise, transferring files to and from work).
So I call Sony. First time, they have no idea how to help. They say to check my ISP, see if they made any service changes. They didn't. I call them back. They are still clueless, and keep blaming my network setup, and claiming that I have a firewall installed. I do not run a firewall at home, I say, and the PS2 functioned fine online last week, prior to the HDD. "Open ports in your router" they say. I counter with the fact that I HAD tried that already, even though I had never had to forward ports to the PS2 to get online previously.
After reiterating those two points about 4 or 5 times, they offer to repair it free. So I ask how long. 3-5 days for them to send me an airbill. Shipping time to get there. 15-20 business days from that point to get it back. We're talking over a month total time. I say that is unacceptable. I've paid $150 (socom 2 + HDD), and I expect better than that. They offer to replace it with another *refurbished* 30001 model. For the amount of time I'd have to wait for the damn thing, I'd expect better than a refurbished launch PS2.
*****A WARNING TO ALL SOCOM 2 PLAYERS [at least those with older model PS2s] ************
Don't buy the HDD yet, or don't install it. The Sony rep would not take responsibility for the fact that SOCOM will no longer work for me online. They say that "SOCOM 2 does not yet support the HDD, and may not work AT ALL if the HDD is installed." In other words, you will need to take the HDD out to connect online to download some phantom update that they have no ETA on for it to all work again. A friend of mine, also with a 30001, cannot even get the game to boot up when the HDD is installed.
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If anyone else has this problem, or something similar, post it here. The more information we can collect on the problem, the more likely we can find a solution.