CPS3 No CD Games - How to Reflash the Simms

Whats up everybody,

I had brought this up before, however I was given incorrect answers. It is believed that a No CD Third Strike can be used to rewrite the memory simms just like any other CPS3 game, this is incorrect.

I have 2 NoCD Third Strike cartridges at the moment, and 3 different motherboards on which I conducted my research. One of the NoCD Carts is Asian, one is Japanese. When you select Memory Rewrite from the test menu, the system just resets, even when the CD Drive w/ original CD is plugged in.

I have come to the conclusion that in order to write the simms on a No CD game, you need the CD Version security cartridge. After the simms are burned, you then switch the cartridge from the CD Version to the No CD Version.

I have a CD Version comming in the mail early next week. I'll test my theory, which i'm 95% possitive its correct, and post the results.

-B

i dont even have a working mvs now due to the 2 slot being bad but this CPS3 no cd or cd version stuff has been interesting to fallow.

If only they had a no cart version

billd420: Do you know if a no cd version will boot up in a cd version, and still access the cd?

That’s to question, if the actual cart controls weather the cd is access or if the actual cps3 board controls that.

Methinks it’s the cps3 board.

Yes you can boot a NoCD version from a CD version install. The CD Drive appears to be disabled upon boot however. If you try to re-write the Memory Simms in the test menu from a NoCD cartridge, the CPS3 resets. However, if you reboot the CPS3 with a CD Version cartridge, and select rewrite simms, it will go through the 45 minute process. Also, when the CD Drive is connected to the NoCD setup, it will open and close, but will not read the disk. It spins briefly to read the TOC, but doesn't get further than that.

Oh yeah and according to USPS.com, my CD Version cartridge will be in today. I'll test the re-write theory this evening, even though i'm fairly certain what I was talking about in my first post is correct.

-B

The theory was correct. In order to reflash a NoCD game, you must have the CD version security cartridge. After it loads, you can then switch to the noCD cart.

-B