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How To convert ISO to CSO
If you have PSP with cfw and you converted your UMD's to ISO's, you already know the advantages of ISO's. But some of those ISO's are very big in size. There is a way to compress them and make them smaller : CSO! It stands for Compressed ISO. It is a small effort with great benefits.
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How To Create a ISO of your UMD
If you own a PSP with custom firmware, you can play backups of your UMD's. You keep these backups on your Memory Stick. Imagine how convenient this is! You can have your PSP on the go without carrying seven UMD boxes with you
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How To Install 5.03 GEN-C on a PSP 3000 / PSP 2000 TA088v3
If you own a PSP 3000 or a PSP 2000 with a TA088v3 motherboard, you can install custom firmware! 5.03 GEN-C enables you to play ISO/CSO files, play homebrew,…
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How To Upgrade an Old CFW to 5.00M33-6
If you own a PSP with an old custom firmware and you want to update it, you came to the right place. Hellcat's Recovery Flasher will help you through. It will update your PSP to 5.00M33-6. From there you can upgrade even further to a cfw of the "GEN generation"
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How To Create a Magic Memory Stick
A Magic Memory Stick (= MMS) is your key to enter the world of Custom Firmware. It's not that difficult to create one.
Requirements:
- a PSP (no CFW needed)
- Rain's UltraLite MMS Maker
- Official firmware 5.00, renamed as 500.PBP
- Windows 2000, XP, Vista or W7
- a Memory Stick Pro Duo (64MB – 4GB)
Let's go to work !
- Download, unzip and rename the 5.00 OFW to 500.PBP
- Download and unzip Ultralite MMS Maker v1.2, make sure the exe file is in the same folder as 500.PBP
- Connect your PSP to your computer and enable a USB Connection
- Doubleclick the exe file of UltraLite MMS Maker (Vista and W7 user may need to select run as administrator)
- Select the correct drive letter for your PSP
- Make sure Format MS is checked
- Hit that Make MMS button
- You're all done now!
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How To Create a Pandora Battery
If you have a PSP with official firmware and you want to enter the magic world of custom firmware, chances are great you need a Pandora battery. The Pandora battery can unbrick a PSP and/or put your PSP into Service Mode. This Services mode enables you to install CFW. There are several way for obtaining a Pandora Battery:
- softmod a normal battery (requires a PSP that already has CFW)
- hardmod a normal battery
- buy / borrow / steal /… one
Softmodding a normal battery
This requires :
- a normal battery (fully loaded)
- a PSP that already has CFW and that is capable of creating a Pandora
- the Pandora Installer software
- a Magic Memory Stick
Make sure your PSP can create a Pandora battery. Every PSP fat and a PSP Lite with a TA085v1 motherboard can do this. More info on
To create a Magic Memory Stick (MMS) go to
How To Create a Magic Memory Stick
OK, now let's do do the hard work (ahum):
- Download and unzip the Pandora Installer software
- Connect your PSP to your PC and enable the USB Connection
- Put the folder you unzipped inside X:/PSP/GAME
- Insert your Magic Memory Stick.
- Insert the battery you wish to "pandorize" (fully loaded!) and start your psp.
- On your psp go to Games >> Memory Stick >> Pandora Installer for 3.XX R4b.
- Press X and select the Battery Options.
- Select dump battery serial to file and press X
- Now select the option Make Battery Pandora
- Once Pandorized (it only takes a second!) go back to the main menu.
- Once there choose Quit.
Hardmodding a normal battery
I don't recommend doing this as if often goes wrong.
For hardmodding your battery you'll need following :
- a safety pin / nail scissors
- a cutter
- (a pencil)
- steel nerves
- an original battery (slim or fat) see list below
If you're still certain to go on with this. Here's how it goes:
- Use the cutter to seperate the 2 halves of the battery. Don't use too much pressure. Cut a few times on the shortest side (left side)
- Put away the plastic casing.
- Now we need to locate the right chip on the battery. It has the number S93c56 on it. It has the letters IC04 next to it.
SLIM BATTERY :
FAT BATTERY :
- Cut the leg as indicated on the pictures by using nail scissors. Be very careful !
- Put the battery back together using some tape.
- Now you have a Pandora battery
List of working batteries:
- Sony "standard" Li-ion 1800 mAh
- Sony PSP-280 2200mAh
- Datel, PSP Battery 3600 mAh (X2)
- Datel, PSP Battery 1800 Max Power
- Datel, PSP Battery GO MAX (Model # GM1000, uses AAA batteries) note: If you remove the batteries, it resets the serial back to all 0's
NOT working batteries:
- 3.6v 3600 mAh Battery Pack (Silver letters) (Model PSP-360) (Fake)
- 2600 mAh Mega Battery Pack (Fake)
- Atomic Battery Pack 3.6V 1800mAh
- Sony PSP-280 2200mAh (Fake)
- Sony PSP Bloc-Battery pack 3.6v 1800 mAh
- Battery 3600mAh, unknown brand, (china made model NK-RH008) (Fake)
- Battery Pack, unknown brand, (lithium) 3.6v 3600 mAH (Fake)
- Intec 1800 mAh Li-ion
- Intec 2200 mAh
- UltraLast e-Boost 3.7v 2200mAh Li-PO battery
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Is My PSP Hackable?
Not every PSP is hackable! This means not every PSP can run custom firmware. To find out if your PSP model is hackable we need to collect some information:
- the type of the PSP
- The firmware of your PSP
- the motherboard of the PSP
PSP Type
This one isn't that difficult. But if you are having doubts about this, check
How To Determine the Type of Your PSP
If you own a PSP GO then your PSP is not hackable. A PSP fat is always hackable. And a PSP lite or a PSP brite is (partially) hackable depending on the motherboard and the firmware.
PSP Firmware
To know the current firmware of your PSP, check
How To Find Out Your Current Firmware Version
PSP Motherboard
If you have a PSP 3000 or a 2000 PSP with a TA088v3 motherboard, your PSP is not completely hackable. This means the type 2000-models are the tricky ones.
To find out for sure what motherboard you have in your 2000 PSP, I recommend you to upgrade to official firmware 5.03 an the run PSPident in combination with ChikckHEN R2. If your firmware is above 5.03, then no custom firmware for you, I'm afraid. To see how to install ChickHEN R2, take a look at
Once ChickHEN R2 is installed, download and unzip PSPident and put the PSPident folder in X:/GAME/GAME3XX . Now disconnect from USB And navigate to Game >> Memory Stick >> PSPident on your PSP. You should see something like this.
If your have a 2000 PSP model with a TA088v3 motherboard your PSP is partially hackable IF your firmware is 5.03 or lower. Firmware 5.50 and higher made your PSP 2000 TA088v3 unhackable.
Go to How to install 5.03 GEN-C on a PSP 3000 / PSP 2000 TA088v3 to install custom firmware.
The table below gives you an idea what the possibilities are.
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How To Install ChickHEN R2
PSP 3000 (2000v3)-users can install ChickHEN R2. It is a homebrew enabler. But is also opens doors to Custom Firmware fot PSP 3000 (2000v3) owners.
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How To update your CFW
If you already have a Custom Firmware and you want to update it to the lastest version, you should follow this How To. If your current cfw is lower then 5.00M33-6, make sure you update first :
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How To Convert PSX Games To Your PSP
Your PSP is capable of playing PSX games. But of course we need to convert those old black discs to something we can use on our PSP. Here is how…
