Will the BIOS dumper break my ps2?

[mono]

I have been looking at PCSX2 lately and everything looks good except for the BIOS dumper. I want to have a ps2 emulator on my laptop, but still have my ps2 working also. I am wondering- what exactly does the BIOS dumper do?

[Koji]

I have been looking at PCSX2 lately and everything looks good except for the BIOS dumper. I want to have a ps2 emulator on my laptop, but still have my ps2 working also. I am wondering- what exactly does the BIOS dumper do?

Duuuuude... I'm totally having a case of deja vu...

http://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-Does-the-...eak-my-ps2

Specifically from that thread...

http://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-Does-the-...#pid300983

All the bios dumper does is copy the bios ROM off the PS2, it does not in anyway harm the PS2.

[Dante3hs]

As youve been told before... no it wont harm your ps2 in any way. You will still be able to play games on it perfectly fine.

[Saiki]

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/D/dump.html

(n) The act of copying raw data from one place to another with little or no formatting for readability. Usually, dump refers to copying data from main memory to a display screen or a printer. Dumps are useful for diagnosing bugs. After a program fails, you can study the dump and analyze the contents of memory at the time of the failure. Dumps are usually output in a difficult-to-read form (that is, binary, octal, or hexadecimal), so a dump will not help you unless you know exactly what to look for.
(v) To output an image of computer memory.

[jesalvein]

No need to make another thread