A few questions about noBD

[Wailky2008]

Hello Aldo, its's been quite a while how is life right now? I hope all is good

I wanted to inform myself on what you can and can't do on the latest evilnat 4.92.2 noBD cfw, because i have a CECHC of which its ribbon cable connector on the mobo side has many issues (clamp/clip is missing, its hard to use makeshift plastic to get a connection going)

I had to literally press on that place with my finger so I could finish the update as i was stuck on a update loop (8002f14e) when trying to install normal CFW 4.92.2 evilnat. Now im finally able to be in xmb but on normal cfw of course.

I really wanted to know if using noBD is really THAT bad or if its alright for my situation. I'd just want to play PKG games or ISO possibly of PS3 and of course since its a CECHC PS2 too. Do these work or not? If these work, what patches would I need to apply? I would like to give that console some purpose and love by playing some games on it before it eventually ylods 😀, I have set max 68C already using cfw tools.

If noBD actually doesnt sound that bad id install that instead of trying around different plastics to connect the ribbon cable. But I want to clarify on one important thing:
If i install noBD cfw on a normal cfw ps3, will I get that whole update loop fiasco again? no right? I really don't want to experience that back and forth again 😓

Thank you and wish you all the best!
Wailky

[aldostools]

Hello @Wailky2008,
Thank you for your message. Everything is good here, thanks God!! I hope you're well too.

noBD option in webMAN MOD is basically a LV1 memory patch applied to address 0x712790.

It is basically the same hardcoded patch used by Evilnat CFW noBD. The main difference is that the CFW noBD has it enabled when the system starts in any mode (PS2, recovery, GameOS, linux, etc.). The noBD option in webMAN MOD is not permanent and can be enabled or disabled at any moment.

The main reason why I implemented it, was because a PS3 repairman user asked for this feature, because it avoids the reinstallation of CFW noBD during the pairing of new BD drives. There could be other use cases, but that is the one that I remember.

[Wailky2008]

im glad you are doing well and thanks im doing good too!
Oh okay i see, so in terms of ISO and pkg what works and doesnt on a noBD firmware and webmanMOD set to noBD? because like you have seen i dont have the best of options for now and i just wanted to know if noBD is really that bad in terms of compatibility

if i can run PKG games and ISOS, preferribly of PS2 too using the CECHC backwards compatibility instead of netemu that would be great and i would install noBD

and when i install noBD update it doesnt give me update lop because daughterboard is not connected so i have heard

If i think more about it, when i set webmanMOD to noBD i can run games and apps normally fine as long as webman is loaded?? when daughterboard is not connected

[aldostools]

Actually I haven't used much that option since my PS3 doesn't have issues with the BD drive. So I rely on the feedback of other users for this feature. As far as I know, noBD lets use PKG and PS3 games in folder format started through app_home/PS3_GAME icon.

Some users have reported using ISOs with noBD, although I assume these are incorrect reports since Cobra is basically a MITM payload, that intercepts the SCSI commands sent by the BD driver and redirect it to another source to let read the disc content from other sources, like ISO, remote files or external drives in exFAT or NTFS format. Although depending on the damage to the BD drive, it may be possible for the SCSI controller and Cobra to still communicate with each other.

Once the noBD patch is applied by webMAN MOD, it remains in LV1 memory until the next reboot. So webMAN MOD doesn't need to be running all the time. Even in the latest versions, it is possible to mount some games using only wm_proxy with webMAN MOD unloaded.

PS2 games only work from internal HDD, so you cannot use ps3netsrv with them. PS1 Classics and PS2 Classics should work with noBD since they are PSN packages that read the game from the HDD without use the BD drive.

[Wailky2008]

Oh okay, thanks!
Id have to see if i can get a good connection with the ribbon cable and the mobo connector

If it doesnt work then I guess noBD will suffice
In order for cobra to work It seems like it really needs atleast a connection with a daughterboard.

[Wailky2008]

Hi Aldo, im back with a interesting update
I went on with my loss and installed noBD update, i still kept the daughterboard connected, the blue light came on but i never was able to remarry it, a pin on the connector is lost
I tried a ps3 ISO just for the sake of it and, it worked?? it loaded fine as if my console never had issues to begin with! I went ahead and tried a ps2 iso and it ran too using the gxemu of cechc. That really made my day as that was my only worry about having to use noBD.
now I haven't tried loading ISOs with the daughterboard detached but i think its because the system can still enact insert, eject, laser reading commands because that still worked when i was retrying to remarry the drive? im 100% sure that i have noBD firmware and even webmanMOD says noBD in its startup message

Also i was wondering on how to get the gxemu v4 addon mod to work for ps2 games? the only thing i can do with it is display a notification with the temps and fps.. i thought it would show as an overlay if not atleast when pressing the ps button like in netemu? Do overlays not work in gxemu because its loading a ps2 OS or am i just installing it wrong
there is also a gxemu config to install and it mentions only for my model and im super confused