SCPH-7003: Can't find USB or Host

[zephyrj]

Hi, when use FreeDVDBoot and launch biosdrain from a USB drive (mass) from uLE the biosdrain utility loads up but then fails with the message:

USB not found, and HOST is not available, not continuing

I've tried the v2 release marked as "latest" and v1 and I get the same results.

PS2 Slim Info: Console: SCPH-7003 Browser: 1.4.0 CD Player: 2.00 PlayStation Driver: 1.11 DVD Player: 3.10E The console seems in decent shape and plays games ok

[F0bes]

Thanks for the report. What brand USB device are you using? Can you reproduce the issue with another USB device? When I have time, I may implement a longer wait time for the USB driver (or a retry method). Unfortunately I can't really tell when a USB device is available so the standard is to just wait for a few seconds.

[zephyrj]

The USB device is: ID 0781:5567 SanDisk Corp. Cruzer Blade I'm afraid I haven't got another spare USB to test, sorry. I did get the same outcome when trying to dump the BIOS on a (Phat) SCPH-39003 with the only difference being that I used FreeMcBoot to launch ULE. So it points to my USB drive being the likely culprit

I have since managed to get a BIOS dump (using the same USB drive) but it only worked when I copied the elf file off of the USB, onto a memory card and then executed it from the memory card. This method worked on both the (Slim) SCPH-7003 and (Phat) SCPH-39003.

[Metal-Shadow]

The same thing is happening to me (PS2 Slim). I'm running FreeDVDBoot and can see "biosdrain.elf" in "mass:". "biosdrain.elf" runs, but I'm seeing the same message as zephyrj.

I don't have a memory card connected and am using the USB drive from https://www.bestbuy.com/site/pny-32gb-attache-4-usb-2-0-flash-drive-2-pack/6382188.p?skuId=6382188.

[Maru0214]

I had the same situation as me, but I was able to fix it by using a different USB memory.
When I used a 4GB USB memory from an unknown manufacturer, "USB not found" was displayed and the execution of "biosdrain" was interrupted, but when I used an 8GB USB memory from a famous Japanese manufacturer, it was successful. Finally, since I'm Japanese, I use Google Translate. Sorry if it's hard to convey.

[F0bes]

Hello, I recently changed the FAT driver in PR #21 which is waiting to be tested and then be merged. I recommend creating a 1GB FAT32 partition and leaving the rest unformatted. Ensure that it is configured to be MBR and not GPT. If all else fails, I recommend trying a different USB. Which we see from @Maru0214's experience can be the root cause.