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All official hard drives run special firmware, which implements some additional proprietary ATA-commands. Additionally, they have a special sector containing security information. Thus, official software requires official Sony PS2 hard drives. Homebrew software such as OPL does not require any of the proprietary commands, which means that a generic hard drive can be used as well for this purpose. | All official hard drives run special firmware, which implements some additional proprietary ATA-commands. Additionally, they have a special sector containing security information. Thus, official software requires official Sony PS2 hard drives. Homebrew software such as OPL does not require any of the proprietary commands, which means that a generic hard drive can be used as well for this purpose. | ||
The [[PSX]]'s internal hard drive implements the same proprietary ATA-commands, which are required for the console to boot. That's why the PSX's hard drive can only be replaced by another PSX's hard drive or one of the official Sony PS2 hard drives (which however only have a capacity of 40 GB, vs. 160 GB or 250 GB in the PSX). | The [[PSX]]'s internal hard drive implements the same proprietary ATA-commands, which are required for the console to boot. That's why the PSX's hard drive can only be replaced by another PSX's hard drive or one of the official Sony PS2 hard drives (which however only have a capacity of 40 GB, vs. 160 GB or 250 GB in the PSX). | ||
The [[Arcade_Boards#Konami_Bemani_Python_2|Konami Bemani Python 2 arcade system]], which is built around a standard SCPH-50000MB PS2 console, also uses hard drives customized by Sony in the same way. | The [[Arcade_Boards#Konami_Bemani_Python_2|Konami Bemani Python 2 arcade system]], which is built around a standard SCPH-50000MB PS2 console, also uses hard drives customized by Sony in the same way. |