4GB hard drive/battery for psp

[kost88]

hey i was just curious to know if anyone knew if there are any compatibility issues for CFW with this 4gb hard drive they have out now.they claim it to be a hard drive and a battery.so would that mean i could have 8 gigs of mem with my sony 4 gb and this hard drive?or would i have to use just one at a time. Thanks

[blacker09]

1 at a time, ur talking about the datel one right?

[sinphaltimus]

I have the datel one - it came as two devices, a 3600mAh battery - (GREAT I LOVE IT) and a 4GB Compact Flash HDD (which I modded to made it a reader for more HDDs). The HDD connects to the back of the PSP screw holes via plastic pegs and it plugs in to the PSP (interfaces with it) via a ribbon cable with memory stick adaptor that plugs in to the PSP via the sav slot as a memory stick via..via..via..Viva Las Vegas! - Ehem, sorry.

The package should not cost you for than 60 bux by today's standards and the HDD is slower than a memstick. The battery is well work it though. and the extra 4GBs is good enough for homebrew.

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[SomeGuyNamedMatt]

what kind of hard drive is it

think you could swap it for a ipod harddrive

would that be sweet or what it might run into voltage problems
but u could wire it to the power

[sinphaltimus]

It's a CF Disk

ATA/IDE magicstor 4.0 GB Model:GS10040A-11 47

[SomeGuyNamedMatt]

Originally Posted by sinphaltimus

It's a CF Disk

ATA/IDE magicstor 4.0 GB Model:GS10040A-11 47

CF Disk Compact Flash?

so its not a HDD?

[sinphaltimus]

It's both. Or should I say it's a CF Microdrive. It has so many names.

CF Microdrive Definition

Definition of: Microdrive

An ultra-miniature hard disk from Hitachi Global Systems. The Microdrive was developed and introduced by IBM in 1998 and acquired by Hitachi in 2002. The Microdrive uses a single platter the size of an American quarter that holds up to 8GB. Using one or two GMR heads, the entire mechanism is built into a Type II CompactFlash form factor.

I'll be right back, I have a sudden urge to kill my parents.....

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[kost88]

ah that sucks.is the sony 8gb compatible with CFW yet.i thought i read something about it not working for some firmwares.

[sinphaltimus]

I think it is from 3.90 up.

[SomeGuyNamedMatt]

Originally Posted by sinphaltimus

It's both. Or should I say it's a CF Microdrive. It has so many names.

CF Microdrive Definition

Definition of: Microdrive

An ultra-miniature hard disk from Hitachi Global Systems. The Microdrive was developed and introduced by IBM in 1998 and acquired by Hitachi in 2002. The Microdrive uses a single platter the size of an American quarter that holds up to 8GB. Using one or two GMR heads, the entire mechanism is built into a Type II CompactFlash form factor.

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that was a very informative post thanks! it was funny to i give it a 9.8/10
u lost points for not having visuals

but my overall goal is to put a HDD in my PSP any help is much appreciated

i have seen people do it using a usb but i am still very skeptical

But i wouldn't mind taking out my umd drive ether a guide would be GREAT!

[sinphaltimus]

Originally Posted by SomeGuyNamedMatt

that was a very informative post thanks! it was funny to i give it a 9.8/10
u lost points for not having visuals

but my overall goal is to put a HDD in my PSP any help is much appreciated

i have seen people do it using a usb but i am still very skeptical

But i wouldn't mind taking out my umd drive ether a guide would be GREAT!

- That hdd in umd hack is certainly missing a guide. I have a feeling the hacker got a job and owns the exclusive rights and maybe cashing in on it somewhere. That's my suspision. But anyway, it's done with a hacked ipod. The ipod OS is hacked and reprorammed with some minimul linux kernal that runs a USB server much in the way USBHost works between a pc and psp in irshell. The ipod os is the communication mediator between the PSP and the ipod hdd. It would be a real sweet solution for the folks who are suffering from their umd drives going bad. Trust me "Everyone" is waiting for the guide...

[team21leader]

ive think about geting a hdd into my umd drive. im working on it just wait a wile and ill give you the tutorials

[sinphaltimus]

Sweet. I have a general idea of how it works but as far as programming chips or writing code, I'm lost.