Swap magic w/o slide card

I don't see why everyone complains about the flip-top cases. I have one, and I will admit, it was a stubborn SOB to install. It wasn't the instructions, they were fine, and very handy, its just that the case was molded improperly. It has this extra plastic piece jutting out that wouldn't allow one of the screw sets to meet. But an exacto knife solved the problem. (Lol, I also disconnecte my ribbon by mistake, I seriously shit a brick, but tweezers fixed that problem as well).

ANYWAY...

As long as youre careful about it, installing the flip top is really hassle free. I've been using it for probably about a year now and it runs beautifully. The discs dont click or anything meaning there are no loose connections between my disc and the mechanism on the top of the case that holds the spinning disc in place. Im always paranoid about ruining the laser but just be careful not to touch or drop anything on to it as you would with any old school CD Stereo.

I use my flip top as a backup for the incompatible games on the HD Loader. There really aren't too many games that are incompatible. I mean, for the amount of games that ARE compatible with it, it definitely outweighs the cost of the set up and the games that don't work. I also use the flip top for imports or burned copies of imports because it can be a serious hassle to put those on the HD. It requires swapping since the discs cant be read if they are burned. Or theres the external enclosure + HDL DUMB program but that means you have to be constantly taking the drive in and out of your Playstation. And my paranoid theory is: The less you mess around with your hard drive, the less of a chance there is for there to be some sort of corruption making you lose the 20-some games you have on there. Its my second biggest fear next to losing/corrupting my memory cards.

So, in conclusion I suppose, I would recoomend a Flip-Top whole heartedly. I think I got mine on consolesource, with the newest version of the Swap Magic (3.6) for only around 20 bones. It makes a great addition to the HD Loader, which I also recommend very much.

www.ps2hd.com has a plethora of gear to for HD Loader, like patches and stuff, but thats for those people using the memory card exploit that can update the HD Loader such. Memory Card exploits are a whole different ball game, and too risky for my precious hundreds if hours of gameplay data. The best thing they have is the compatability list that is updated everytime a new game comes out, and forums for discussions on how to get such-and-such game to run. They were bought out by a different site recently, and I havent bothered to check if they are back up and running so don't be pissed if the site is down. One sec...

Ok, it works. Jajaja.

Jam it back in, in the dark.