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PSP Custom Firmware Thread

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DaCocoBrova

Finally bought a new PSP, but then pushed the demon onto someone else. Jesus.
navanman said:
From what I've read on MaxConsole, using M33 driver is recommended for the time being.
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That's the only one that worked for me.
 
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xBerserker

Member
I'm running 3.80 M33-2

I was running some genesis games after installing the 1.5 add-on and it freezes the psp after a few minutes of use. Anybody else getting this?
 
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mauaus

Member
-xBerserker- said:
I was running some genesis games after installing the 1.5 add-on and it freezes the psp after a few minutes of use. Anybody else getting this?
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Time to move to 3.xx buddy i hear picodrive is descent
 
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lastendconductor

Put your snobby liquids into my mouth!
Pimpwerx said:
Oh snap! Haven't tried any games yet. I can't believe the Sony loader could be broken by this upgrade. Hmm...am I gonna have to downgrade back to 3.71? Is the M33 loader any good? I've been using NP9660 since it's compatible with everything and really fast. Hope this gets ironed out soon. I wonder if this is something Sony did when they changed the firmware around. PEACE.
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This is what DA has said about it:

DA said:
Ya se ha comentado que Sony ha hecho la mayor remodelación de codigo en el driver fatmsmod (el que lee el sistema de archivos de la ms) en toda la historia de los firmwares. Para que el archivo haya pasado de 185 KB a 85 (desencriptado), deben haber hecho un cambio gigantesco de codigo. 80 KB binarios en este tipo de prx's kernel que no tienen mierdas (crt0, libc, librerías estáticas, etc), son bastantes lineas de código, miedo me da saber que le habrán hecho al driver original para dejarlo en este estado smile_:p
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Rough translation; Sony has rewritten the entire memory stick access library. (that's why ISO reading is giving problems)
 
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homez99

Member
I was trying to play Final Fantasy VII earlier via POPS, but I got to the first fight and the game glitched, with the screen going all messed up with colours and such, and it froze in this state. This is my first experience with POPS, and this was my first multi-disk eboot. I used a compression ratio of 9 on it, could that have been the problem?
 
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lastendconductor

Put your snobby liquids into my mouth!
homez99 said:
I was trying to play Final Fantasy VII earlier via POPS, but I got to the first fight and the game glitched, with the screen going all messed up with colours and such, and it froze in this state. This is my first experience with POPS, and this was my first multi-disk eboot. I used a compression ratio of 9 on it, could that have been the problem?
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It's normal. They broke it with the new FW version, you have to wait for a new popsloader* plugin.

*allows you to load previous version of the PSX emulator.
 
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homez99

Member
DKnight said:
It's normal. They broke it with the new FW version, you have to wait for a new popsloader* plugin.

*allows you to load previous version of the PSX emulator.
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Ah ok, I'll keep that to one side, got plenty of other things to play in the mean time.
 
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Kuran

Banned
Hm, I noticed a lot of slowdown that wasn't there in the previous CFW whilst playing Outrun 2006.. I hope DA can find patch this somehow.
 
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DaCocoBrova

Finally bought a new PSP, but then pushed the demon onto someone else. Jesus.
Kuran said:
Hm, I noticed a lot of slowdown that wasn't there in the previous CFW whilst playing Outrun 2006.. I hope DA can find patch this somehow.
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Make sure the clockspeed didn't go back to the default. Happened to me last upgrade, even though the in-XMB fw menu said otherwise.
 
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Mejilan

Running off of Custom Firmware
Yeah, I'm pretty annoyed by all this, and would like to downgrade back to 3.71 M33-4, but wouldn't you know it, my Pandora battery is kinda borked and none of the various installers I've checked out work with 3.80 M33, so I can't restore it. :(
 
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ZeroTolerance

Junior Member
Mejilan said:
Yeah, I'm pretty annoyed by all this, and would like to downgrade back to 3.71 M33-4, but wouldn't you know it, my Pandora battery is kinda borked and none of the various installers I've checked out work with 3.80 M33, so I can't restore it. :(
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Anytime i try to install the 3.80 update my psp bricks. It goes up 99% and then I get a error message.

When I try to go from 3.52m33-4, it still does not work....what could possible be causing this ?
 
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Mejilan

Running off of Custom Firmware
You've tried from 3.71 M33-4 and 3.52 M33-4?

I don't know, perhaps try running KeyCleaner (by ChillyWilly, IIRC)?
 
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User2k

Member
ZeroTolerance said:
Anytime i try to install the 3.80 update my psp bricks. It goes up 99% and then I get a error message.

When I try to go from 3.52m33-4, it still does not work....what could possible be causing this ?
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You have to be using 3.71M33 to update. I don't know if you were already, didn't quite catch what you meant by the post.
 
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SleazyC

Member
Good thing I held off for a bit. I had read about the fatmsmod change and how it was causing slow down and currently people are playing around with decrypting the 3.52 fatmsmod.prx and seeing some improvements. I don't think you can just yank it from 3.52 though, think I remember reading that you had to do some header changes.
 
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DoubleTap

Member
Lesson learned. Next time, I'm definitely going to hold off on updating until I get some feedback of some sort. The stuttering is annoying but not enough for me to mess with the flash memory.
 
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SleazyC

Member
For anyone thinking of updating, here is a user-input list from maxconsole of memory sticks that currently are experiencing problems. Definately not the end all but it is somewhere to start from if you are looking to update to 3.80 m33-2

Not working
Sony 4GB
Sandisk 4GB Gaming
Sandisk 1GB Gaming
Lexar 4GB (works on homebrew but not ISOs)
Sony 1GB

Slow but working
Sony 4GB
Sony 4GB
Sandisk unknown size
Sandisk 4GB Ultra II
Sandisk 4GB
Sandisk 4GB Gaming
Sandisk 4GB Ultra II
Sandisk 4GB (no slowdown with M33 driver)
Sandisk 4GB (no slowdown with M33 driver)
Sony 8GB
Sandisk 4GB Gaming
Sony 4GB (no slowdown with M33 driver)

Working
Sandisk 4GB
Sony 2GB
Sony 2GB MSX-M2GS
Sony 2GB HighSpeed (fake)
Sandisk 256MB
Sandisk 2GB
Sandisk 512MB
Sandisk 4GB Ultra II
Sony 8GB MSX-M8GS
Sony 1GB
Sony 2GB
Sandisk 2GB M2 (in an MS adapter)
Sony 1GB - "only one comment: I used this card as a Magic Memory Stick to write 3.71 M33-2 with DCv3 to my PSP slim. After that, I tried one ISO game, Silent Hill Origins. It was choppy. Then I installed 3.80 M33, then 3.80 M33-2. I reformatted my card with windows, as FAT32. Then with PSP, and 3.80 M33-2 formatted to FAT instead of FAT32. Now it's not choppy. Works fine."
Sony 4GB
Sony 1GB
Sandisk 2GB
Sony 4GB
Sandisk 4GB Gaming
Sandisk 2GB Gaming
Sandisk 4GB Gaming (formatted as FAT32)
Sandisk 4GB (formatted as FAT32)
Sony 1GB (fake)
Sandisk 512MB
Sony 2GB (fake)
Sandisk 4GB
Lexar 1GB Platinum II
Sony 4GB
Sony 8GB
Sony 32MB
Sandisk 4GB
Lexar 4GB
Sandisk 4GB
Sony 4GB (fake)
Sandisk 512MB
Sony 1GB
Sony 1GB
Sandisk 2GB Ultra II (reformatted under 3.80)
Sandisk 4GB Gaming (formatted as FAT32)
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clav

Member
My Lexar 4GB loads games and homebrew fine. Just the games are running slow for a splilt second during load screens.
 
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SleazyC

Member
HaloFans said:
My Lexar 4GB loads games and homebrew fine. Just the games are running slow for a splilt second during load screens.
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TaKeRx said:
Yeah... I don't know about that list. My Sony 8gb works flawlessly.
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It's a list compiled from people posting on maxconsole's forums stating that they were having slowdown or problems. It can be taken with a grain of salt but is worth noting before updating if you still are cautious.
 
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DoubleTap

Member
HaloFans said:
My Lexar 4GB loads games and homebrew fine. Just the games are running slow for a splilt second during load screens.
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I second this. I have a Lexar 4GB as well. It's funny how that list has the Lexar 4GB on both "Not Working" and "Working".
 
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SupahBlah

Banned
Dragona Akehi said:
Does the same problem occur with ISOs?
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I'm not sure I've yet to play any games on 3.80 I'm just going from maxconsole etc.

gta vcs = iso works fine as far as tested
gta vcs = cso (compression3) is choppy as hell (works fine on 3.52/ 3.71)
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It would explain why the list has the same sticks under "working" and "not working" as some people try CSO and others are trying ISO.

Can't put that much faith into the list when its not set testing conditions.
 
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spineduke

Unconfirmed Member
Dragona Akehi said:
Does the same problem occur with ISOs?
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Yes, but it's not as pronounced. Some wouldn't even notice the difference.

Edit: The same items are on both lists because some people do have problems while others don't. My blue 4gb Sandisk is affected, while many mention that their Sandisks work fine.
 
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M3wThr33

Banned
CSO is COMPRESSED. That means it has to spend processor cycles decrypting it.
God, I can't believe we're still having this discussion YEARS after this came out.

Lexar has the slowest read speeds and Sandisk is the fastest. You can find programs to test it.
 
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Mejilan

Running off of Custom Firmware
I haven't noticed any stuttering, slowdowns, increased loads, or missing games/saves with my blue/opaque 4gb Sandisk, FWIW.
 
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Mejilan

Running off of Custom Firmware
Excellent! I think I've discovered a way to get my Slim back to 3.71 M33.

I found a basic Pandora installer (Hellcat's) that's been ported to 3.80 and successfully reconverted my borked Pandora into a vanilla one. It's now in the process of downgrading my Fat to 1.50. 78%!

From there I'll upgrade it to 3.71 M33-4 and use UPMS Installer Emerald to reconvert my now-working vanilla Pandora into a trusty multi-purpose Pandora that should be able to flash 3.71 M33 over my Slim's 3.80 M33-2!

Woo! (I hope!)

Edit 1 - Holy shit. 1.50! What horrible memories. *bizzarf*

Edit 2 - Upgrading to 3.52 M33. 26%

Edit 3 - Upgrading to 3.71 M33. 63%

Edit 4 - Fat's fully loaded with 3.71 M33-4 and the 1.50 v2 patch. Now to get started with UPMS and get my battery upgraded to handle my Slim...
 
LiquidMetal14

LiquidMetal14

hide your water-based mammals
Mejilan said:
Excellent! I think I've discovered a way to get my Slim back to 3.71 M33.

I found a basic Pandora installer (Hellcat's) that's been ported to 3.80 and successfully reconverted my borked Pandora into a vanilla one. It's now in the process of downgrading my Fat to 1.50. 78%!

From there I'll upgrade it to 3.71 M33-4 and use UPMS Installer Emerald to reconvert my now-working vanilla Pandora into a trusty multi-purpose Pandora that should be able to flash 3.71 M33 over my Slim's 3.80 M33-2!

Woo! (I hope!)

Edit 1 - Holy shit. 1.50! What horrible memories. *bizzarf*
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Arise my son, you are reborn!
 
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Linkhero1

Member
Mejilan said:
You MUST be at 3.52 M33-3 or 3.52 M33-4 to install any M33 CFWs 3.71 or higher.
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I'm new to this so I didn't know that I needed to install 3.52 M33-3 first. After installing 3.52-3, can go straight to 3.71 M33?
 
The Faceless Master

The Faceless Master

Member
Linkhero1 said:
I'm new to this so I didn't know that I needed to install 3.52 M33-3 first. After installing 3.52-3, can go straight to 3.71 M33?
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yes.

btw, you can go straight from 3.52 m33 to 3.52 m33-4, the minor "m33-x" updates are cumulative
 
The Faceless Master

The Faceless Master

Member
BMAN said:
I can confirm that both the 4 GB Sony and the 8 GB Sony Memory Sticks work perfectly with 3.80 M33-2.
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there is so much to consider when people talk about what stick works... is it a real stick, how was it formatted, what was it formatted with, etc...
 
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Phatcorns

Member
You know what absolutely sucks balls? That watching DVD's and Blu-ray's with remote play does not work... At least videos from my PC with the media server works, although I haven't tested it yet.
 
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Mejilan

Running off of Custom Firmware
UPMS Installer is currently using my restored Fatty to create a multi-purpose Pandora. This will take a good long while.

But I'm this much closer to getting Dragon Quest VII working again!

As far as I'm concerned 3.80 M33 has a way to go before it matches 3.71 M33-4.
 
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