Rainbow Six 3 PS2 CD not working on PC

[Shauryya]

So today I dug up some old cds from the attic and found this old beauty: Rainbow Six 3 for the PS2. It was a hell of a game and addicting to the core. My only regret was not finishing the game before my PS2 went up in flames(literally!). Anyways, I decided to get the PSCX2 emulator and finish the game once and for all. Installing the emulator and borrowing the BIOS from a friend who still, incredulously, has his PS2 in an air-tight box, I decided to run it.

To my dismay, after putting the CD in, there was nothing but a blank screen for about 7 minutes. After that the emulator booted back to default settings and showed the Browse and System Configuration screen. After a bit of digging around and all, I found that there were different plugins and different settings for the emulator. Playing around and following instruction found on the net didn't help and I had to uninstall and reinstall the emulator. The game still doesn't work. I haven't tried any other CD or a game downloaded from the internet yet, but it'll still be the same situation.

Interestingly; however, there was this section of the emulator that caught my attention. Don't know what to make of it, but still think it might be helpful:

Plugins opened successfully.
Bios Found: USA v02.20(10/02/2006) Console
BIOS rom1 module not found, skipping...
BIOS rom2 module not found, skipping...
BIOS erom module not found, skipping...
# Initialize memory (rev:3.70, ctm:392Mhz, cpuclk:294Mhz detected)

PlayStation 2 ======== Hard reset boot
ROMGEN=2006-0210, IOP info (CPUID=1f, CACH_CONFIG=14000200, 2MB, IOP mode)
<20060210-142424,ROMconf,PS20220WC20060210.bin:11824>
# Total accessable memory size: 32 MB (B:2:8:0) (370:2:7c30)
# TLB spad=0 kernel=1:12 default=13:30 extended=31:38
# Initialize Start.
# Initialize GS ...
# Initialize INTC ...
# Initialize TIMER ...
# Initialize DMAC ...
# Initialize VU1 ...
# Initialize VIF1 ...
# Initialize GIF ...
# Initialize VU0 ...
# Initialize VIF0 ...
# Initialize IPU ...
# Initialize FPU ...
# Initialize User Memory ...
# Initialize Scratch Pad ...
# Initialize Done.

EE DECI2 Manager version 0.06 Apr 7 2005 21:09:14
CPUID=2e20, BoardID=0, ROMGEN=2006-0210, 32M

(IsoFS) Invalid partition descriptor encountered at block 0x10: ''
Patches: No CRC, using 00000000 instead.




Can anyone please help me. My system specs are:
Acer aspire 5745G
Intel i5 430M 2.27Ghz
Nvidia Geforce GT 330M
Modular Samsung 4GB laprop RAM (2*2) 833Mhz or something

The emulator is installed in Program Files(x86).


Thanks in Advance


P.S. As a side note cause of the Windows 10 Upgrade pop-up, does Windows 10 Upgrade touch your data which may or may not have dubious origin like Tor or some songs downloaded from the net or this emulator and stuff?

 

[Gavin Mathis]

Well, every game does not work perfectly on PCSX2. Check this to see how Rainbow Six 3 works with the emu http://pcsx2.net/compatibility-list.html. Also, try making an ISO file of the game instead of booting straight from the CD. Use a program like MagicISO or ImgBurn.