For those of you who want to Mod your PSP but aren't to sure how. :D

Second post now and I think the creation of this blog is coming along pretty well, but as always I will continue to work on it.

Now on to the good stuff, Well to mod an unmodified PSP you are required to have a few things first :

#1- An MMS (Magic Memory Stick)
[this is a device which is just a regular pro duo memory card that has been specially formatted to allow your PSP to boot into service mode when used with a pandora battery]

#2- A Pandora Battery
[This is a device which causes your dead, bricked, or regular healthy PSP to boot into what is known as "Service Mode" which is a mode created by (SCEA-aka Sony) for the repair and refurbishing of dead, bricked or semi-bricked PSP's]

Note: A Pandora Battery can be made from a regular PSP battery by using the tool I linked to in my previous post.

An MMS Maker can be found >here<, This is self explanatory and easy to use,
Just follow all of the instructions that are provided.In the directions that come with this it asks you to place eboot.pbp & 500.pbp in the folder with the program those can be downloaded here.

>eboot.pbp< & >500.pbp<

If you are unable to find a friend who has a pre-modded PSP and can create the pandora battery for you, then you may wind up having to purchase a cheap one somewhere on the internet but dont worry I've seen them as low as $3.90+ a few bucks for S&H.

Once you have the MMS made and you have obtained a Pandora battery then your ready to go.

---------The How To is provided Below :) enjoy---------

Warning: Make sure that any battery you use has a full charge to be safe or at least 80% but no lower or you may brick your PSP due to the battery dying while the flash rewrite is in progress and you'll have to start the mod process all over again.

Step 1) Place the MMS that you made into the memory card slot in the PSP and keep reading lol.

Step 2) Insert the Pandora battery and wait for it to boot, Once it boots if you followed all the instructions then you should be prompted with a screen that says

Press X to install 5.00 M33 Custom Firmware.
Press O to install 5.00 Sony Original Firmware.

Choose X as this will mod your PSP to 5.00M33, then let it run until its finished.
Once its complete it will say "Press X to restart the PSP" please do as it says.

Step 3) You have now officialy Modded your PSP, and now all you have to do is update it to the latest custom firmware patch which can download here >Patch<.

[You should always have the power cord plugged in during the update process]

Download Patch and hook up your PSP to the computer with your usb cable then move the Update folder that you downloaded from the Patch link to

"#:/PSP/GAME/"

Note: '#' should be replaced with whatever drive letter your computer has assigned to your PSP. Once the file has been copied over unplug the usb cable and go over to the Game Icon and scroll down to memory card run the update labeled 5.00 M33-6 follow the instructions to install it then once its done it will reboot. Now you have finished modding your PSP.

For more information on what all you can do with a Modded PSP check >here<.

First Post many more to come. :)

Well here goes for starter's I'll link you to a tool that's rather helpful for those of you who's PSP's are already modded.

"PSP Tool 1.00" by:Raing3 [Works great for phats but not slims]

"OS Pandora Battery Tool 0.52" [This is the one to use for slims]

PSP Tool v1.00 is a multi-purpose application designed for the PlayStation Portable console to perform various general management functions with the console. Initially PSP Tool was designed just for extracting the IPL from the Memory Stick but has since expanded and incorporates many other diagnostics functions.

It now includes a function to switch between pandora and normal mode on your battery however this feature only supports the phat series PSP's. You must backup the eeprom.bin before converting to pandora then when your done 'modding your psp' you just flash the battery with your backup eeprom.bin) all these features are available directly from the menu in the program.

This release also includes the ability to direct connect umd through usb to your computer for access to data stored on the disc.

[[Note: I do not condone the illegal ripping or use of stolen games. All information provided is for educational purposes only, and all files that are presented through this blog are neither stored on this server or any other server that is owned by either me, or blogger.com]]