Extremely new to this and getting a little overwhelmed.

Geisty · 12-11-2008, 09:32 PM

Hi guys, I have been searching around online the last couple days and am getting totally overwhelmed with what I need to do to mod my psp. I have the fat psp with ofw 3.90. All I want to do is be able to play psx and neo geo games on my psp. I looked around for a battery for it so I can try to pandora it, but I've only found slim psp batteries, so I was looking at ones to buy, but not sure what places are legit. Second, once i get the pandora battery not even sure what cfw to get. I watched some vids and read some guides and I think I would be good actually putting on popsloader and the new geo emulater (also dont know what the best one is and for what firmware).

Any help would be appreciated. If anyone could just lay it out for me what steps i need....get this battery, this firmware, etc. Try not not to flame pls lol!

Fayko · 12-11-2008, 09:37 PM

Use the easy cfw guide in my sig make your own pandora its really easy from there you should update to 4.01 m33-2 its also in my sig ( 4.01 m33 updater ) and then once that is installed ...LOl you will take the popsloader (Again in my sig) and take the 3.80 popsloader and place it how i tell you to in the pops folder. Hope this helps

Geisty · 12-11-2008, 09:51 PM

Yes that helps alot. For the Pandora's battery, I looked around were I live and they only sell the psp2000 batterys. So if i pandora the one I have in there now, I wouldnt have a battery to use for playing. Unless anyone is selling one for a decent price or know where I can order one from...just not sure where from.

Also any info on the neo geo emu?

Thanks again

Fayko · 12-11-2008, 10:05 PM

Well for the battery if you got a good soldering skill you can revert your pandora phat battery back to normal ive also heard of time machine but ive never used nor looked up information on it. Im sure the psp mods shop is selling one your welcome to look their trustworthy and cheap. Just incase you dont see the button
http://www.pspmod.com/shop

As for the neo geo emu.

this one looks good
http://www.pspmod.com/forums/downloa...?do=file&id=13

Never used a neo geo so idk if this one will be to your likeing but its only one i found.

Geisty · 12-11-2008, 10:15 PM

Thanks much, you rock. Gonna check the shop out and give this a spin...hope I dont end up having to buy a new psp lol.

Thanks again.

Fayko · 12-11-2008, 10:17 PM

nah even if you brick your psp its a very easy fix. You just need a pandora and mms lol
Glad i could help

cstanleyf9 · 12-12-2008, 12:07 AM

hmmm I know a friend of mine couldn't find a phat battery for sell so he just bought another used psp and that had lower firmware on it. allowing him to downgrade and upgrade without even using it. and sold his other one... I'm not saying you'll have that luck. but all old psp's probably still have the phat batteries inside of them. you could always just buy another psp to get a phat battery. you can never have too many psp's

Fayko · 12-12-2008, 12:09 AM

Buying another psp would be more expensive then just buying a couple batterys lols

cstanleyf9 · 12-12-2008, 12:36 AM

wow. I went on gamestop.com to see just how expensive a phat went for. and I couldn't find one. hmmm wonder if that's just in my area. or if gamestops are not selling phats anymore? but yeah no doubt it's cheaper to get a battery :P

could probably get 2 and still be saving a bit of money.

Fayko · 12-12-2008, 12:39 AM

2-3 batterys for 1 phat most likely
3-7 for a slim

Gamestops refurbish consoles are crap bought an xbox from em and its so loud you cant play it with out killing yourself

Kain0o0 · 12-12-2008, 12:44 AM

Hey man, its understandable to be a little overwhelmed especially since theres so much information out there.
I would say the best way to go would be a pandora battery and MMS. There are alot of guides out there but the 2 i would suggest are hercules guide in the guide section and my guide at Tweaks & Projects

Your concern about the slim battery is unfounded since you can still turn a slim battery into a pandora. If you dont think you have the steady hand with a soldering iron then you should consider buying one, that way you can have a good one even without risking your original battery.
A magic media stick is easy to do since its all software.

Now in regards to which firmware rev to use, its your choice. The newer fw revs have all the bells and whistles from sony, their only downfall is that some of the older homebrew apps are not compatible with new fw.
The downfall of older cfw is that some of the new games will not work with them.
Just install any cfw you can get into your psp, once you have cfw you can change revisions as many times as you want to find the best one for you

Fayko · 12-12-2008, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Kain0o0

Hey man, its understandable to be a little overwhelmed especially since theres so much information out there.
I would say the best way to go would be a pandora battery and MMS. There are alot of guides out there but the 2 i would suggest are hercules guide in the guide section and my guide at Tweaks & Projects

Your concern about the slim battery is unfounded since you can still turn a slim battery into a pandora. If you dont think you have the steady hand with a soldering iron then you should consider buying one, that way you can have a good one even without risking your original battery.
A magic media stick is easy to do since its all software.

Now in regards to which firmware rev to use, its your choice. The newer fw revs have all the bells and whistles from sony, their only downfall is that some of the older homebrew apps are not compatible with new fw.
The downfall of older cfw is that some of the new games will not work with them.
Just install any cfw you can get into your psp, once you have cfw you can change revisions as many times as you want to find the best one for you

Basicly everything ive already said....

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Your concern about the slim battery is unfounded since you can still turn a slim battery into a pandora. If you dont think you have the steady hand with a soldering iron then you should consider buying one,

You dont need a soldering iron for the slim battery just a knife and if you hardmod a slim battery you can revert it using a pencil...

i suggested him 4.01m33 for a reason... Its been out for awhile now and its in the middle so almost everything works for it.

cstanleyf9 · 12-12-2008, 01:25 AM

probably trying to win the comp

ƒR()§†H@X · 12-12-2008, 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Fayko

Use the easy cfw guide in my sig make your own pandora its really easy from there you should update to 4.01 m33-2 its also in my sig ( 4.01 m33 updater ) and then once that is installed ...LOl you will take the popsloader (Again in my sig) and take the 3.80 popsloader and place it how i tell you to in the pops folder. Hope this helps

hercules guide was updated with the rains installer whitch makes 4.01 m33-2 mms so telling him about the 4.01 m33 updater wasnt really needed,but overall good job.and to the owner of this thread all i gotta say is from what ive seen fayko has learned enough to give good advice,and honestly i dont believe you can go wrong listening to him.its good when people apply knowledge and then help out others with this knowledge and i commend him for such.good job fay <3

Fayko · 12-12-2008, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by ƒR()§†H@X

hercules guide was updated with the rains installer whitch makes 4.01 m33-2 mms so telling him about the 4.01 m33 updater wasnt really needed,but overall good job.and to the owner of this thread all i gotta say is from what ive seen fayko has learned enough to give good advice,and honestly i dont believe you can go wrong listening to him.its good when people apply knowledge and then help out others with this knowledge and i commend him for such.good job fay <3

Well thank you lol <3 I informed him of my 4.01m33 because i never used rains and i wanted to make sure everything worked for him. I live to help people