h1ten

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Hey all, i want to buy a psp with Dark Alex firmware 3.40. I just have a few questions? I want to really know all the basics. How hard is it to get psp iso's and make them playable on the PSP? Is it all layed out on the psp memory card simply like iso in one folder, movies in other etc. Which website is best for psp torrents? Should i get one with Dark Alex or is there a better firmware. Is there some sort of guide out there? Just some basic info would really be appreciated. Also is thereanything i should be aware of? Bugs and stuff?

BTW I tryed the dark alex website but i just get a symbol in the middle on the page.

Thanks a lot

echoecho

AFAIK in order to use dark alex's firmware you need a copy of GTA: liberty city stories! So you might try hunting that down before you spend too much time looking for isos.

h1ten

well he is giving me GTA vice city stories and a bunch of other games, on the memory card, he has it all set up i just unpack and go, he says it ready to use, some games just need a UMD inside some don't. But i just want to know where is the best place to get iso's afterwards and what i do with them? Is there a torrent site that allows me to get iso ready to copy over to psp instead of winrar files. Also if a game is like 500mb how come other people has store like 10-15 games on one memory stick- that makes it 5-7.5 gb's right???

echoecho

Are you saying that you don't know what winrar files are? cause google's a wonderful invention!

BlackPearlSpace

I dunno about buying something off someone else already made. But for the sake of this let's assume that it's what he says it is. You'll have to figure out a way of ensuring that it is. Like test before paying, or something.

PSP isos are fairly easy to find in the usual places, private trackers like demonoid and gaming specific ones will have them in spades.

The memstick, once formated for the psp (by the psp) will contain a folder tree structrue that is easy to understand:

I forget what it looks like plain jane, because I have irshell on mine (which sucks) there is a folder for ISOs and you just dump them in there, and they run off the XMB under games/memory stick. simple. some will need there to be a UMB in the drive.

I don't know how basic you need, so I'll just say that you go to USB connection on the XMB, and hit X. then...oh yeah, you need the miniB to USB cord, obviously. The one I have is awesome, it's the USB splits into both a min-B and a DC power cable at the one end, so you can charge the battery off the USB. nice. Anyway, from there it's just cut n paste the .iso file into the \ISO folder. easy.

There are websites such as http://psp-news.dcemu.co.uk/

and http://pspupdates.qj.net/ that will tell you all about modding, hacking, and homebrew for the PSP. You will not find any mention of ISOs other than where they say they are illegal and won't discuss them. Cause they are. You'll have to find you're info there, and you're ISOs elsewhere. These are pirated copies, don't forget.

Dark Alex has a custom firmware, and there is a new alternative written by some russians, that allot of people seem to like. but I hear they are essentially the same, as far as what they enable you to do. the russian one came out lately, and I haven't read up on anything in about 2 months.

memsticks are 1GB (or less but who cares) 2GB, 4GB, and I think now even 8GB (but they're like 400 bucks last i looked). ISOs range in size from about 300 megs for a small game like lumines, to about 1.4 GB for some. most are about 800MB. apparently the sandisk cards are faster than the sony ones.

If it's already been modded with the custom FW, then you don't need to worry about too much, just find the games and enjoy. You don't need GTA:LCS if it's already been done. If it hasn't been done, and you're getting a fresh PSP and wanting to mod it youself, you've got allot of reading to do, because you're clearly a noob. It's faily involved as you're rewriting a new OS to the flash memory of the thing.

And finally, never ever hit the network update. there is another confirm to press, but still. it'll update the firmware to the oficial latest sony one, and yer fucked. they put it right next to the USB one, so be careful.

I'm sure you've got more questions now. but basicly, don't tackle doing the modding yourself without some serious legwork. if it comes pre-modded, then yer fine. if you have a minute while you're looking at it, you can confirm the DA custom FW in the XMB by going Settings>system settings>System information>system software = 3.40 OE-A (unless it's B or C now)

good luck

h1ten

BLACK PEARL SPACE- Thanks for the great info will get back if i need anymore

I am buying of ebay, psp's is all this guy sells and his feedback confirms this (300+)
He has pre-loaded the psp with some games and some dvd's full of them. I get a 1GB stick but will i buy a 4gb soon. Seems like it is pretty simple.

P.S



Yes i know what they are but i was reading up on google and some torrents are not as iso but need to be 'made' into iso's no worries i will just download proper games as iso's.
Thanks

R32

when you get ur psp upgrade it to 3.52 M33. It's better than 340oe and you have 99% full no-umd support so u dont have to use the disc and it saves battery life cuz your not using the disc. you can get it here: http://forums.maxconsole.net/showthread.php?t=70693

and if you need help installing the fw pm me.

h1ten

Thanks when i get used to it a little i will git it a go but for the while i just wanna play around on it.
BTW what program should i use to compress the games?
Thanks

Nacrema

Thanks R32. Once you have said software, then what? I know what to do with ds modding, (for lack of better word) but im kinda new to this.