ok... i got a problem here please help

[kronik]

ok.. my roomate has playe dffxi for a while now and i wanted to get into it.. i got a harddrive form someone that didnt use it.. they had it in the system when they bought it and only used it for socom..not ffxi.. well anyway i put the hard drive into my ps2 and go to load playonline.. or install whatever i cant get past authenticating i get dnas error 401 a hardware error.. is this because i have moved hdd to another ps2 or possibly because we have 2 ps2s on same router anyone with info please help we use mediacom internet and a belkin router.. any fixes would be greatly appreciated

[Ellipses]

Re: ok... i got a problem here please help

When you move a HDD from one PS2 to another you need to reformat it with the HDD utility disc. The HDD is linked to each specific PS2, and that link is used by DNAS for authentication. It's the formatting process that does this.

[nazlfrag]

Re: ok... i got a problem here please help

As Ellipses says, just find the right tool for your platform, you should be fine. You need the HD formatting tool and a PC for this operation, as far as I know?

[Ellipses]

Re: ok... i got a problem here please help

No PC required. There's a disc included with the PS2 HDD, HDD Utility Disc or something along those lines. It has error checking and formatting and such on it. Install the HDD, boot off that disc, format, then install FFXI.

[kronik]

Re: ok... i got a problem here please help

um...does anyone have that disc to format... i will pay either in gil or us dollars name your price.. also i read on wikipedia that.. "contrary to popular belief, a complete reformat is not needed to exchange HDD units between systems" jor something... also.. is i called scea and they asked if i had two on the same router... . does anyone else have two ps2s on one router... if ther is a problem with doin that please let me know.. thanx

[Ellipses]

Re: ok... i got a problem here please help

Hmm. I guess I could be wrong on the reformat. That's what I've always heard, but Wikipedia might be right. You might ask SCEA (if you didn't already) whether they offer replacement Utility Discs.

Have you tried temporarily disconnecting the other PS2? That should let you know one way or the other whether having two PS2s on the same router is the problem (I really don't see why that would be the case, as that's kind of what routers are for).