Current state of the PSP world (custom firmware)

[AlexJ]

I've read I need to run kxploitpatcher first because I'm using offical 1.5 and not an custom firmware. Is that right?

EDIT: I ran it anyway and it seemed to cause no harm. Following the rest of the instructions now...

[Harrison]

Oh yes, sorry. You do first need to do that as you are on 1.5.

First you need to copy the kxploitpatcher and kxploitpatcher% folders from the 1.50only dir into the ms0:/psp/game/ directory on the memory stick and then run it. And once that is done you can do the rest.

[AlexJ]

3.51 M33 all went OK

Now I just need to update to Rev7. I've got the file but the readme's not much help. Do I copy the M33_7 folder that contains EBOOT.PBP into the GAME folder? Format memory card first?

[Harrison]

Their update readme files are not much help are they.

You need to copy the M33_7 directory that has the EBOOT.PBP file in it over to the memory stick, and place this in the ms0:/PSP/GAME150/ directory, then run it.

These updates are not full firmware updates, but just patches so they don't take long to run.

[AlexJ]

Great, then just bang the .iso in the ms0:/ISO/ folder and go I guess.

[Harrison]

Yes.

You may also like to know about the M33 recovery menu. If you hold down the right collar button when you switch the PSP on you will get the boot recovery menu appear. You can change lots of useful settings in here.

The most useful part (and the part where you can't mess anything up) is in the main Configuration menu. In here you can switch the UMD mode between normal and NoUMD. If it is set to normal more game ISO images will work, but you will need to have a real UMD game disc in the PSPs drive all the time. With NoUMD selected you don't need a disc in the drive, but not all games will work.

ANother useful option I always set is Hide corrupt icons, otherwise you will get lots of corrupt icons in the games list when using homebrew such as emulators.

Also if you find some homebrew or emulation doesn't run try changing the homebrew kernal from 3.51 to 1.5 as that may help.

[AlexJ]

Okay tried running an ISO with no success. Basically the screen went blank after the PSP splash with no MS activity light and all buttons including power stopped working. Removing and reinserting the battery allowed me to restart. Is that just a faulty ISO or is something wrong with my config? (It did the same in both UMD and NoUMD modes)