PS2 Compatibility
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PS2-Compatibility
Early PS3 FAT CECHAxx/COK-001 and CECHBxx/COK-001 : Full compatibility with GS+EE and Rambus memory. Later CECHCxx/COK-002 and CECHExx/COK-002W had instead of EE+GS a single GS and lacked the Rambus memory.
Early PS2 FAT with EE-GS on SCPH-15000
PS2 - GH-010 - labels
PS3 - COK-001 - labels
Chipnumers @ SKU's
| PS3 Model | Mobo Model | Mobo serial | PS2 (EE/)GS | PS2 Rambus | PS2 bridge | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CECHAxx | COK-001 | 1-871-868-12 1-871-868-22 1-871-868-32 |
CXD2953AGB | K4R271669F or K4R271669H |
CXD9208GP2 | |
| CECHBxx | COK-001 | 1-871-868-12 1-871-868-22 1-871-868-32 |
CXD2953AGB | K4R271669F or K4R271669H |
CXD9208GP2 | |
| CECHCxx | COK-002 | 1-873-513-21 1-873-513-31 |
CXD2972GB | none | none | |
| CECHDxx | SKU never released | |||||
| CECHExx | COK-002W | CXD2972GB | none | none | ||
| CECHFxx | SKU never released | |||||
| CECHGxx | SEM-001 | 1-875-384-21 1-875-384-31 |
No PS2 Compatibility hardware | |||
| CECHHxx | DIA-001 | 1-875-368-11 1-875-368-31 |
No PS2 Compatibility hardware | |||
| CECHIxx | SKU never released | |||||
| CECHJxx | DIA-002 | 1-876-912-32 | No PS2 Compatibility hardware | |||
| CECHKxx | DIA-002 | 1-876-912-32 | No PS2 Compatibility hardware | |||
| CECHLxx | VER-001 | 1-878-196-31 1-878-196-41 |
No PS2 Compatibility hardware | |||
| CECHMxx | VER-001 | 1-878-196-31 1-878-196-41 |
No PS2 Compatibility hardware | |||
| CECHNxx | SKU never released | |||||
| CECHOxx | SKU never released | |||||
| CECHPxx | VER-001 | 1-878-196-31 1-878-196-41 |
No PS2 Compatibility hardware | |||
| CECHQxx | VER-001 | 1-878-196-31 1-878-196-41 |
No PS2 Compatibility hardware | |||
| CECH-20xx | DYN-001 | 1-880-055-31 | No PS2 Compatibility hardware | |||
| CECH-21xx | SUR-001 | 1-881-945-11 | No PS2 Compatibility hardware | |||
| CECH-25xx | JTP-001 | 1-882-481-21 1-882-481-31 |
No PS2 Compatibility hardware | |||
| CECH-25xx | JSD-001 | 1-882-770-11 | No PS2 Compatibility hardware | |||
| CECH-30xx | KTE-001 | 1-884-749-11 | No PS2 Compatibility hardware | |||
| CECH-40xx | MSX-001 | 1-886-928-11 | No PS2 Compatibility hardware | |||
| CECH-40xx | MPX-001 | 1-887-233-11 | No PS2 Compatibility hardware | |||
Software
See: Emulation#ps2emu
All consoles have hardware information. In GameOS you can call Lv2 Syscall 393 (0x189) sys_sm_get_model
to get your consoles information. In Lv1/Hypervisor its in the repository nodes sc 0x5B lv1_get_repository_node
with Parameters "sys","hw","config" usually noded as "sys.hw.config#0" or something. These information are mostly
technical related and not just apply to the software emulator, but the PS3 system as a whole.
Result examples:
20 00 00 00 FF FF FE FF <--> a backwards compatible console 4E 00 FF FF 0A 03 BC 3C <--> on Hypervisor Page 4E 00 FF FF 01 07 BC BF <--> CECHJ04
In binary formation:
0010 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1110 1111 1111 <--> a backwards compatible console 0100 1110 0000 0000 1111 1111 1111 1111 0000 1010 0000 0011 1011 1100 0011 1100 <--> on Hypervisor Page 0100 1110 0000 0000 1111 1111 1111 1111 0000 0001 0000 0111 1011 1100 1011 1111 <--> CECHJ04 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0100 0000 0000 0000 0000 <--> Mask:Gelic WLAN, new consoles use WLAN via USB 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0100 0000 0000 0000 <--> Mask:Backwards Compatible Flag
XMB checks this flag and if == 0, it will give following message: "This model of the PS3™ system is not compatible with PlayStation®2 format software."