How To Install POPSloader for 5.50GEN

By installing POPSloader on your psp you enable your beauty to play those old PSX classics. So FFVII, Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil,… Here we come!

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How To Install Plugins

A psp with custom firmware can handle plugins. These plugins can be almost anything : a screenshot tool, a homebrew organiser, a battery saver,…

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How To Install CFW 5.50 Gen-A

Well, I hope you saw the warning above. If you own a 3000 PSP (brite) or a 2000 PSP (lite) with a TA088v3 motherboard you should NOT use this method. If you have one of these models you should install Custom Firmware 5.03 GEN-C for HEN. Take a look at the next pages to get you started :

How to determine the type of your psp

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Requirements:

• a PSP fat or a PSP lite (non TA088v3 !!) with custom firmware 3.52 M33-3 or higher. If you don't have custom firmware yet, go to:
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• a battery (78% full or more !!)
• the 5.50 GEN-A files
• all plugins disabled (yes, I said ALL !). To learn how to disable these go to:
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• a backup of your Memory Stick (savefiles, music, video etc…)

Let's go to work!

• Connect your PSP to your computer and go to Settings >> USB Connection
• Open Windows Explorer and check the letter of your PSP (here i'll use the letter X)
• Unzip the 5.50 GEN-A files to the root of your PSP's Memory Stick (try 7-zip for a change). This means to X:/
• Quit the USB connection on you PSP
• On your PSP go to Game >> Memory Stick >> Update PSP ver. x.xx and press X

  
   

• Your PSP will start to do some checking. After that you can press X again and the update will start.
• It looks like your PSP is doing an official update of your firmware, but be assured it is a custom firmware. You should see the text PSP System Software 5.50. Press Start.
• Now press Left on your D-pad to scroll through the small print. Accept the User Agreement.
• A few hits on your D-Pad. Once more : press X. Wait a few minutes till you reach 100%.
• If your PSP asks you to press X to restart DO SO! If you skip this step you won't be able to use the cfw !
• Et voilà! You enter the world of custom firmware.
  

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