Getting Ready To Mod

[Nate Benton]

Okay, I got my PSP Silver Slim yesterday as a gift.

It came with a 1GB Pro Duo stick

Now, today I went to GameStop and bought a 3.6v 2200 mAh battery. This will be my *REPLACEMENT* battery. I'm going to use the battery that came with my PSP as the Pandora battery (3.6v 1200 mAh).

Is it possible to create a Pandora battery and Magick Memory Stick with the material I have?

If so, after I have downgraded, is it possible to format and reuse the 1 GB stick?

The battery I bought today was pretty expensive, and I was too broke to buy another stick.

I can reuse the magick stick as a normal stick afterwards, right?


Also, if all above is true, can someone link me to a really good tutorial for the type of material I have?


Much appreciated

~Nathan.

[canadianbacon]

1. Yes, it is possible, you have all the required items, you do need a PC (xp or vista)
2. Yes you can reuse the stick.
3. Again, yes you can use the stick again.

Here's the guide to make the BATTERY.
http://www.pspmod.com/forums/psp-har...-res-pics.html

Once that is done, here are the files for the memory stick:
http://www.pspmod.com/forums/downloa...?do=file&id=22

[Nate Benton]

Thank you very much mate
This is going to be an evening project for me and my father.

I appreciate it much!

You've just made my night!

[canadianbacon]

Thank you very much mate
This is going to be an evening project for me and my father.

I appreciate it much!

You've just made my night!

Well good luck, and remember you don't need to solder anything if you don't have soldering skills.

Good luck.

[Nate Benton]

remember you don't need to solder anything if you don't have soldering skills.

Well that makes it even easier

[Nate Benton]

I'm about to cut this thing open, however I was told something by a guy at EB earlier.

Is it possible to actually softmod the battery with a program?

That way I don't have to cut the battery open and risk ruining it?

[Lord Xenu]

Would you believe I just modded mine with the exact same setup? The 2200 I bought doesn't allow the old battery cover on but lasts twice as long.

You can re-format the memory stick and it is as good as new (like me, though I backed up my game data).

Also when I cut open the battery it sparked and smelled bad, accidently grazed the lithium battery, but it still worked. So be careful and don't cut into it deeply.

Also I bought my 2200 battery for 25$, a steal. What you pay for yours?

[K-Wurx]

It is possible Nate but you need a PSP with CFW already installed on it...If you don't have access to one then I'm afraid your only option is to hardmod it which, as I told you, is quite esy to do...Remember, the hardest part is getting the battery open

[Lord Xenu]

Very true. That damn battery had me up until 5 AM! I spent 3 hours trying to open it and bust that damn pin off! I never realized the chip would be so small, it seems bigger in the pictures...

For those of you who don't know that chip is so small 4 of them could fit on your pinkie nail. Nearly impossible to solder, at least for me, and I have made a few PCB's in my time(not to say im that great at it, but I have no idea how anyone could have such a steady hand...

[sippinthebundy]

Please delete my post, entered in error

Thanks

-=sippinthebundy=-

[Nate Benton]

Well you're lucky, Lord Xenu, I looked all over and the best price I could find was 45 dollars -_-'.

There was always the Internet, but with all the crazy holiday shipping going on, it'd take years to get the battery, so I bit the bullet, lol.

Well I gave up on the battery last night, my father was watching a movie and asked if we could do it today. So with his help, I'm sure I can get the darn thing off. Lord Xenu, why didn't you just save your time and use the method that doesn't require the soldering? :P

He's generally good with this kind of stuff, so hopefully we won't see too many sparks

I'll give you guys an update.

Once I'm all modded I hope to stick around the community and maybe contribute a litttle. This is a great thing you guys have going