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research/raw/web/psx-place-igr-loader-disable.md

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Source file#

research/raw/web/psx-place-igr-loader-disable.md

Source Notes: PSX-Place IGR / Loader Disable#

URLs:

  • https://www.psx-place.com/threads/popstarter.19139/page-4
  • https://www.psx-place.com/threads/popstarter.19139/page-15

Checked: 2026-06-21

Captured Observations#

  • Page 4, post #64: krHACKen tells Peppe90 to try attached PATCH_9.BIN in the POPS folder.
  • The stated purpose is to disable the bugged ELF loader and allow IGR to exit normally.
  • Page 15, post #285: krHACKen recommends $IGR5 in CHEATS.TXT for OPL-like IGR with no popup.
  • The same page explains black-screen exit as likely incompatible BOOT.ELF and suggests disabling POPStarter's ELF loader or recompressing/replacing BOOT.ELF.
  • BloodRaynare clarifies that users can still launch POPStarter from OPL; the risky part is IGR-ing back into the incompatible target.
  • A user later reports that placing "that bin" in the POPS folder avoids the black-screen freeze but exits to the PS2 Browser instead of OPL.

Site Decision#

The site treats PATCH_9.BIN as the high-confidence loader-disable artifact, but keeps the $NOPAL/PATCH_9.BIN seed mapping as a conflict pending archive/package recovery.