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The guy from POL said a new PS2 wouldn't work due to when everything was installed the first time it was installed to only work for that PS2.
Wha....? So...he's saying that when you plop the install disk in...the PS2 magically encodes the disc to only work for that PS2? Maybe I'm misunderstanding. But I call bullcrap if that's what they mean.
Do NOT rely on POLs tech crew. They are the most absolutely useless group of tech people (even worse than EB! O_o) that you will ever work with. Their answer to
everything is "Throw that away, and buy a new one of these." To
everything. OK. First things first. Get that DVD cleaning kit. It's cheap and for all you know that's the problem. Try that.
No dice? Maybe your PS2's getting a few grey hairs. I'm looking over my HDD and network adapter, and I see no reason why you can't remove it. The only thing you do when you "install" it is slide it in and ***** it in. It doesn't attach to anything at all. So I don't see why you can't put it into another PS2, unless it's a clever marketing ploy (not like they even promote the HDD anyway. Looks like Xenosaga and FFXI may be the only games to ever support it).
If you want to run an experiment, and have a friend with a PS2 (hopefully not with the first model, those things cause all sorts of problems apparently), see if you can transfer the HDD over and run FFXI or not.
Oh, and as far as registration codes go,
they are tied to the account, nothing else. So, when FFXI is first installed onto the computer/PS2, all you have to do is set up your account and you're good to go. If anyone tries to tell you that PC and PS2 codes aren't interchangeable or won't work on the other platform if created on another, you tell them you know someone (me) that runs his account that he created with his PC codes on BOTH PC and PS2 with absolutely no problems whatsoever. ...not to mention it even says in the manual that they
are interchangeable.
I'm looking for my HDD manual, I don't remember where I put it. I don't see any reason why you can't take it out and put in into another PS2. I mean, all I did was slide it, ***** it, and restart the PS2. ANd it was ready to go. Not like it was complicated...
Edited, Tue Dec 7 15:01:54 2004 by seraphimhunter