dropped psp

[pavlos]

I brought a psp, I was downgrading, it got knock off the side, it hit the floor but there is no visible damage, after it would only switch to green for 20 secs and the screen stays black, I was told it was bricked, so I tried to repair it with a pandora battery, using a guide to start with, but could not get the cmd prompt to accept the mspformat cmd
so looked for a installer, found one here from psp4noobs, used it and then tried to turn on my psp and I still got the same problem can anybody help.
thanks
pavlos

[Gandalf]

Originally Posted by pavlos

I brought a psp, I was downgrading, it got knock off the side, it hit the floor but there is no visible damage, after it would only switch to green for 20 secs and the screen stays black, I was told it was bricked, so I tried to repair it with a pandora battery, using a guide to start with, but could not get the cmd prompt to accept the mspformat cmd
so looked for a installer, found one here from psp4noobs, used it and then tried to turn on my psp and I still got the same problem can anybody help.
thanks
pavlos

Phat or slim??

Computer operating system??

[pavlos]

Originally Posted by Gandalf

Phat or slim??

Computer operating system??

phat.

[Gandalf]

Originally Posted by pavlos

phat.

Computer operating system????? XP, Vista.... ??????

[pavlos]

Originally Posted by Gandalf

Computer operating system????? XP, Vista.... ??????

My machine runs on xp.

[Gandalf]

Originally Posted by pavlos

My machine runs on xp.

Are you using a card reader or another PSP to work on the mem stick?

[pavlos]

Originally Posted by Gandalf

Are you using a card reader or another PSP to work on the mem stick?

Did do,(card reader) when I downloaded the installer from psp4noobs, as I could not make it run mspformat using the guide, this info is in my first post however. thanks

[Gandalf]

Originally Posted by pavlos

Did do,(card reader) when I downloaded the installer from psp4noobs, as I could not make it run mspformat using the guide, this info is in my first post however. thanks

Try this HERE

This does not use the mspformat and I have used a card reader with it. It installs 3.80m33-5 the upgrade to 4.01m33-2 is easy from there. Use that post for instructions and download the file attached to that post.

[pavlos]

Originally Posted by Gandalf

Try this [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

This does not use the mspformat and I have used a card reader with it. It installs 3.80m33-5 the upgrade to 4.01m33-2 is easy from there. Use that post for instructions and download the file attached to that post.

Thanks for the huge amount of help. However my psp only stays on for about 20 secs, and my PC doesn't recognize it, as being attached.
it did on my old computer even though it had been dropped. hence why I brought a pandora battery which when inserted in the psp, makes the psp stay on. any suggestions.

sorry for the late reply, tried yesterday, but my internet went down.

[Gandalf]

Originally Posted by pavlos

Thanks for the huge amount of help. However my psp only stays on for about 20 secs, and my PC doesn't recognize it, as being attached.
it did on my old computer even though it had been dropped. hence why I brought a pandora battery which when inserted in the psp, makes the psp stay on. any suggestions.

sorry for the late reply, tried yesterday, but my internet went down.

That's what a pandora battery is supposed to do. It will not operate the PSP normally. It is made to be used with the magic memory stick on boot up.

Use the regular battery or the AC power supply when trying to make the memory stick. The PSP has to be on, USB cable connected and in USB mode for the computer to recognize it and the creation program to run.

Once you get the magic memory stick made you disconnect all cables, power supply, and battery then put the mem stick in the PSP then insert the pandora battery and follow the instructions on the screen.