P L A Y S T A T I O N   2 - S W A P   T R I C K

  A swap trick has been discovered for playing import / backup Playstation games on Playstation 2. The trick is discovered by people in Japan, which only works for PS games (not PS2). The swap trick involves opening the PS2 case, remove the disc spindle lock from the DVD drive, and perform the swap trick during the booting sequences. However, because the swap trick involves disassembling the PS2, it is very risky and could cause permanent damage to your system, and you should only treat this as a reference, we are not responsible for any damages you made to your PS2.

  Playstation 2 Swap Trick

(To play import PS games on PS2)

  • STEP 1: Open the casing of PS2, take out the DVD drive
  • STEP 2: Take out the disc shape CD spindle lock from the DVD drive, put the DVD drive back to the PS2.
    CD Spindle
  • STEP 3: First insert an original PS2 game disc into the DVD drive to let the system knows a disc is in the drive. Make sure you put the CD spindle lock on top of the disc to notify the machine that the DVD drive is closed
  • STEP 4: Swap in your import PS game, the PS2 will be changing into Playstation mode, the Playstation logo will show up on screen
  • STEP 5: After the PS logo appears, the disc spinning speed will slow down, immediately swap in an original Playstation game to let the machine to read the protected track.
  • STEP 6: After the screen turns black, immediately swap back the import disc in the drive, make sure you put back the CD spindle lock on top of the disc (must do this quickly)
  • STEP 7: The import PS game boots up!