Guys.. Planning to get a PSP for my own to spend my bored time. Well.. Im wandering whats the different with high speed 4GB MSPD with normal 8GB MSPD? Are the reading speed vary?

Ok guys.. I had spend my time on reading all the PSP beginner thread on page 1. But then still confuse with some of the issues. Will going to get myself a psp in a day or two this week. Well here is my question, hope some senior can help.

1. Kernel & firmware is it the same? I saw some thread that some people are mentioned as kernel but some mentioned as firmware. Are they the same?

2. Do PSP Slim still need the kernel/firmware 1.5 in order to use the homebrew thingy? I really confuse with this as most of the thread i google around mentioned only PSP need it. But i wander they means PSP Slim or PSP FAT need it or not as well.

3. If 1.5 kernel needed, do i need to downgrade the PSP slim kernel/firmware to 1.5 then use a special tools to emulate it to the latest kernel/firmware again? Quite confuse with this part also.

4. I knew that Pandora batt is a hardware/device for do modding or unbrick a psp. Then how about magic stick? Is that a software or hardware?

Hope can get some simple and easy understanding explanation from all senior psp's owner. And lastly, please dont FLAME me on my noob question, since the section is for PSP Beginner so i hope can get some useful information. :bow:

This post has been edited by fylon: Jul 21 2008, 11:26 AM

@blackamikaze
Ya mate. Thanks for the answer. Well i guess i read too much guide and get myself confuse with the information i get.

Only downgrading and unbricking the PSP then Pandora is needed right? Thanks for all the information mate. Appreciate it alot.

@kamikraze
Fren, i do face the same problem with u last time when i first bought my PSP. And the same game as u mentioned gave me problem. MH2! The psp got shut down half way while loading the game. And i found out that the problem were came from the memory card actually.

The reason is because im using a pirated MSPD (which bundle together with the PSP when i bought), problem resolved after i changed the memory card to original one. Guess probably is cause by the slow witting/reading speed.

@toottut89
Did i? I just refer to kamikraze's case where i had face the same problem as him. And also, i dont even mentioned the game name, i just a cap alphabet to represent it as well. If my post and sentence above were considering as privacy talk, than mod are please to delete my post.

Lastly, no offence as i dont think that my post above were pointing to privacy talk. Its more to telling other forumer what are the source or main reason which cause the problems.

@kamikraze
No problems. Just i got my problem solved with changing into an original card. Oh yea.. Btw, im using sandisk M2. Well.. Just wanna save few bucks up. I had just sent my previous MSPD to claim warranty. Hope can get a good one back.

Oh yea, btw are u MSPD is ori type? If its original type, it shouldnt have problem i think. If its ehem type than that might be why u unable to play that game.

@kamikraze
Did the MagicGate function on ur PSP is been recognized? If not then probably ya mmc is not the original type. Im waiting for mine from RMA.