Custom Firmware on your TA-88v3 (PSP-2000 only!)

Fancy a bit of custom firmware on that PSP-2000 TA-88v3 motherboard? Well you can now as Xenogears and Becus25 of the Dark-Alex forums have released a M33 custom firmware enabler.

So what does it do? Custom Firmware Enabler v1.0 Temporary Loads M33 custom firmware via ChickHEN R2 to your PSP’s RAM, allowing many of the M33 CFW features to be used, however not all (for example play PSX games) Yes ISO and CSO files will run…..

This works on Ta-88v3’s and other motherboards. But NOT PSP-3000’s so please don’t try or you’ll brick your PSP.

Here’s the release notes from Xenogears and Becus25 (Translated from Spanish, so there are some errors)

What is?
A program that activates the functions of the M33 custom firmware using ChickHen.

What do I need?
- A PSP Slim (Slim only works with, regardless of the plate you have)
- Firmware version 5.03.
- ChickHen R2 (minimum)

Compatibility:
- The functions are the same with the 5.00 M33, all work except:
- Recovery (Se cree may be anticipated that an alternative power to set the homebrew CFW)
- Pops (PSX Games)

Installation:

- Copy the folder to your psp CFWEnabler in X: / PSP / GAME /

To be like this: X: / PSP / GAME / CFWEnabler / EBOOT.PBP

How to use:

Starts ChickHen from the picture section. Then start the homebrew called for CFW Loader ChickHEN.
The first time you need CFW to install modules into the flash memory with the option Circle (Do not override, simply add modules, it is a safe process.)
Then press X to start the CFW.
You are in a CFW!

FAQ:

- Can load isos? – Yes, yes you can.
- Do you like my PSP Slim is fucking plate? – Yes, it does not matter.
- Does my PSP3000? – No, not working, at least.
- Can you break my console? – It is true that he writes some files in internal memory, but does not overwrite anything, so this is not problematic.
- When you turn off the console I have to repeat the procedure? – Yes, you have to repeat it, but do not have Flash modules each time.
- And you can not prevent either procedure? – Could be avoided if we could do an IPL compatible, so you need information PreIPL.
- Is expected to be in the future rectify the current problems? – It is possible, but is not guaranteed anything.
- Is expected that a future compatible with PSP3000? – You might try, but is not guaranteed anything.
- Does the M33 SDK? – Yes, it works.

Acknowledgements:

- A Dark_AleX for the M33 modules.
- Especially him, who knows who he is, and that is part of the credit for helping him.

Un Saludo.

Thanks to n00b81 for the tip!

Source: dark-alex.org

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No 5.50 M33 Custom Firmware this time around.

Alex of Team M33 (Dark-AleX.org) has posted on their website that there are no plans to develop M33 custom firmware based on Firmware 5.50 which was released recently. While 5.50 did add support for sub folders and a new “news” ticker similar to the PS3 to the PSP’s XMB. M33 feel this one is worth skipping.

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Dark_AleX has released LEDA .01, this is a Legacy Software Loader which allows 1.5 kernal to be loaded without having to be installed each time there is a new version of M33. Very handy, it even works on PSP Slim units! Since this is a beta, at the moment its not compatible with all 1.5 kernel homebrews out there. But compatibility is being worked on.

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PSP Custom Firmware 5.00 M33-6 Released

Dark_AleX has released Custom Firmware 5.00 M33-6. This same update is DAX’s attempt to correct the low speed Memory Stick issues that has been somewhat of a problem for some users since 3.71 firmware was released.

5.00 M3-6
———-

Changes in 5.00 M33-6:

- Fixed a bug that made unbootable psp without memory stick or with a bad one.

Source: Dark_AleX

You also might need Official PSP Firmware 5.00 below:

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PSP CFW 5.00 M33-4 Released!

Dark Alex has released PSP Custom Firmware 5.00 M33-4. CFW 5.00 M33-4 brings various bug fixes as well as a new shut down option from the VSH menu. Great for quickly turning off your PSP.

Changes:

- Speed selected for umd/iso was not properly locked in some new games that used scePower_EBD177D6 instead of scePowerSetClockFrequency to change speed.
- UMD/ISO speed settings now apply to PSN games too.
- Fixed libupdown.prx connecting to dark-alex.org instead of sony when npsignin_plugin checks for a new version and m33 update is enabled.
- Iso file descriptor was not closed in driver deletion
- Added a shutdown command to vshmenu.

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5.00 M33 out now

Its only been a few days and Dark_AleX has released Custom Firmware 5.00 M33 at lightning speed.

Apart from the obvious firmware number change (see below), this update comes with a bug fix.
Dark_AleX:

Bug fix: when changing speed in xmb, and the psp turned the brightness to 0 automatically the speed was reseted to 222 again.

The readme also mentions that users of the save state plug-in will have to wait for an update due to problems with compatibility.

You will need Official PSP Firmware 5.00 below:

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* NID resolver: Fixed scePowerGetCpuClockFrequency issue. This is the same bug that happened in 3.80 M33-1, it won’t happen again ??

* Fixes recovery problems that have appeared in prior version (incorrect position of back string in language others than English, enable, and disabled strings not translated in plugins, hide pic0+pic1 couldn’t be changed, language file in flash1 wasn’t working..

* Spanish recovery translation typos fixed.

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Dark_AleX has released PSP custom firmware 4.01 M33. This new custom firmware edition from DAX brings 4.01 kernel support and features from firmware 4.01, multi language recovery support and many minor bug fixes. Custom Firmware 4.01 M33 does not have a XMB recovery menu or savestate support at this stage, this will follow in future updates possibly 4.01 M33-1 or 4.01 M33-2.

4.01 M33 can be downloaded and updated on 3.80 M33 upwards using the network update feature or use the download links provided.

* Extract the archive. * Copy included UPDATE folder to X:/PSP/GAME

* Place the official firmware 4.01 update EBOOT, named as 401.PBP, in the newly created UPDATE folder
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Custom Firmware 3.90 M33-3 Released! DAX has released a small update to 3.90 M33. Improving the compatibility of the M33 no-umd driver. This can be downloaded and updated from your PSP, using the Network Update feature. Or use the download link below.

* March33 NO-UMD driver compatibility has increased to support games like Coded Arms, Patapon, Harvest Moon Innocent Life and probably others affected by same errors.

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Dark~Alex has just released his new firmware: 3.90 M33-2! Here’s the changelog:

Changes:
– Improvements in plugins loading code:

* Fixed some problems with problematic cards due to filesystem not mounted.
* Now plugins should read the faster.
* Problem fixed with lines with spaces at the end.

- Added the rest of regions to the recovery option fakeregion.

- (PSP SLIM): Added patches in nand ipl to allow Booster multiiplloader and TimeMachine iplloader to boot from nand.

Note: only 3.90 M33-2 and higher can be booted from nand in slim with those ipl loaders,
not official Sony firmwares or previous versions of M33.

Changes in updater:

- The 3.90 eboot downloading code is now more stable, no more freezes after selecting AP
– Memory stick write in the 3.90 downloading code is delayed the maximum possible for faster operation
(the system prefers big chunks of data written at once).

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