Hi guys, need some of your expert advice on PSP.

I own an old fat PSP using 3.40 OE-A firmware. Its been good for me ever since I first installed it. No problem playing games or movies. I can play FF:CC and GoW without problem.

Only thing is, I think it would be right for me to keep current with the latest firmware. I've been away from the scene for too long, so to read back all the issues regarding previous version of firmwares is painstaking.

Can you suggest what is the best/stable firmware that I can depend on for a long time. I'm not looking into upgrading my firmwares in a weekly basis. Once a year is good for me. It would help if you guys give me a rough guide on what to do first and next. A good guide link would help too. Thx in advance.

faster faster i waiting le

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Added on November 10, 2008, 12:56 am
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This post has been edited by myboo_1988: Nov 10 2008, 12:56 AM

guys.. i wan to know... dead pixel is can see since the LCD is off ( mean psp off )... yesterday nite i was get shocked.. because my screen got some dirty.. somethings a brown color.. i try to clean it with cotton.. my hand... even put a little bit water on the dirty surface.. but the dot still there.. i so wonder izzit inner surface area.. mean the psp lcd casing.. it is possible inner surface get dirt ?

got a pic of the dirt? easier to show it here..

Alright,you may not face any obvious problems when playing certain games even though it requires a firmware higher than your current firmware,but savedata errors are very common where it may freeze quite a number of time when playing your game.Happened to me before.

Now,about upgrading,you should either ugrade to 4.01m33 or 5.00m33.They're both very similar and equally good.I shall provide you with a guide on upgrading to 4.01m33 as the installer for it is a little better.There actually are two easy methods to upgrade your psp firmware.

1) Normal way : 3.40oe-a --> 3.52m33-4/3 --> 4.01m33
2) Reflashing way : 3.40oe-a --> 4.01m33.

I'd recommend you to use the second method as it saves much more time and it's very good as well.I've not bricked,even once using it

Check my guide on this upgrade method right HERE

Just follow the 4.01m33 part (Ignore the 3.71m33 files and so on).

Good Luck!

guys, my psp, whenever i play games with "heavy" graphics it started to stuck for a sec n sometimes display "LOADING" at the corner of the screen (depends on a game), some just lag for a sec then ok.

before, its ok even on the same game (im referring to STAR WARS : THE FORCE UNLEASHED) now still playing the same game, but keep stuck for a sec on different scene n level.

this goes to when i play NFS : CARBON OWN THE CITY, this happens when my car reaches full speed, the game will be stuck a sec.

its not a problem to me as if its stuck forever and need to reset, but just wanna know why, before when i first play the game everything's ok, but now keeps on stuck. why ah?

locoroco2 out! sedut!!!
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hi.. thx for the help..
here is some photos
there is 1 silver dot..
i dunthink is dead pixel..




zoomed..


hope u all can help me.. thx

my newest mod

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/775275/+680

dirt looks like internal 1..

im having a tiny dirt inside too, didnt bother much about it

CSO or ISO, usin what firmware....

carbon got problem with cso file, even if using 3.71 version. uncompress to iso format

using above 3.71 got problem reading most of the cso format, uncompress them to iso as well

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just realised i posted in wrong thread DOH

This post has been edited by daijoubu: Nov 10 2008, 05:13 PM

Ohh... like this mean is dirt oni.. im so worry izzit a DEAD PIXEL in my psp..

lol at 1st i thought it was dead pixel but after looking at it carefully its just a dot of dirt. but its abit irritating at times lah. especially playing in dark.

oh yeah, wetfusion/penmarker. you guys know how in the hell will a dirt get to my screen on in inside? is it by the UMD door?

no idea... just ignore it lol

i guess it's not the cso and iso related. because it's ok before. so, i guess the memory card already filled almost full with data, that's why causing the data access time longer. try delete some data and left more blank space, see what is the outcome.

This post has been edited by david888: Nov 10 2008, 09:48 PM

hello just asking here.
have you ever played viewtiful joe on a psp?
mine is using cfw 4.01 m33, the problem is it cant be played on my psp.
hmm.
is it the firmware or the game that i dl is f***en error?

Kurt Cookie,no,nothing to do with your firmware.It's just that your UMD mode is not set up rightly.Google up on it and you will not get help on it here as it's illegal.

maybe?

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Added on November 10, 2008, 11:12 pmu google it.some hw got chance to fix the dead pixel using one software..but not 100%gurantee

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Added on November 10, 2008, 11:14 pmyea dead pixel i have experience it..got 2 type of dead pixel...u google it n see la..youtube got teach hw to remove dead pixel also

This post has been edited by myboo_1988: Nov 10 2008, 11:14 PM