Booting Mystery (KICHO & DENCHO PROGRAM)

Posted: 04 May 2008 at 1:32pm | IP Logged

I recently purchased a psp fat that had a "custom OS". Me, being the total n00b that I am figured it was using CFW. Anyway, it starts up, displays some bootlog type text, and the screen goes black (power still on). Here's a screenshot:

Upon powering on, it scrolls through the fist few lines very quickly. It stalls for just a sec or 2 when it says "is format? -- already". It displays the rest of the text quickly after that, and a few seconds later the lcd turns off. The power is still on, but I get no response by anthing I do. It also seems to take about 5-7 secs to power off when holding the power button in the "up" position

I've scoured the web and forums for any info related to this with no success.
If anybody can help me get my psp to the point where I can make it usable I'd appriciate it.

Thanks in advance - Illuminus

edit: grammar

Posted: 05 May 2008 at 8:32am | IP Logged

That's acutally why they were selling it.  They tried to figure it out, but couldn't.

I'm hoping that I can get it going once I get my mem stick and battery in the mail.

Thanks

Posted: 05 May 2008 at 11:21am | IP Logged

leo_resiFAN wrote: hey can u plug it in the pc???

I hooked it up with the usb cable.  Windows (xp) recognized it as a device, but  couldn't find drivers for it.  Are there some drivers out there I should download? 

Posted: 05 May 2008 at 4:51pm | IP Logged

SoulSnatcher wrote: Hmmm, get a Pandora battery, dump this stange thing and install a real firmware. Give me a dump, I wanna see this!

I downloaded some tools that should allow me to dump the NAND and flash of this psp.  I'm looing forward to getting my Mem Stick and TOOL Battery (which should work the same as a pandora's battery from what I've heard).

Just to make sure, I should be able to put the psp into usb mode with a pandora's battery, correct?

Posted: 05 May 2008 at 8:23pm | IP Logged

RealG187 wrote: I would like a dump too, to be safe dump it twice and compare the CRC. Post this on a forum like maxconsole too.

If I can dump this I'll make certain that I upload it and pass out links in all the forums. 

Thanks for the advice about maxconsole..  I actually PMed cory149 - the guy who is responsible for the most recent NANDtool I could find.

EDIT:  yes this is a psp fat, and just to make sure, what program would everybody recommend for doing this sort of dump?

Posted: 07 May 2008 at 9:42pm | IP Logged

Just another update for everybody while I wait for my mem stick & battery.

One individual has already offered support via instant messenger.  I would like at least one other person available to talk to when I do try to dump this.  I know that tons of ppl have told me it's easy, but I REALLY don't want to screw this up.  If there's anybody out here with lots of experience in this field  please feel free to volunteer.  I'll be adding my contact info in my profile of this forum.
Also, is it okay to post links to other fourms on this site?  I want to be able to share all of the info that I've gathered so far, but I don't want to piss off any mods.

Somebody asked me to try using USBhostfs on this, and see what my results were.  I just want a second oppinion on this before I potentially do any harm (I've read about usbhostfs, but don't know it's inner workings).  Windows does recognize the psp when the power is on, but only as an unknown device (probably because it doesn't have a mem stick?).  Also, whatever bit of software this is says USB check ... NG - so maybe it'll get me some more info.

Posted: 08 May 2008 at 12:56pm | IP Logged

I have a Memory Stick Pro Duo high speed 1GB.  It just came in the mail today!  I heard somewhere that there were problems with installing cfw with larger ones.

After puting it into the psp and powering it on, the read indicator lit up and flickered rapidly (similar to a hard drive's led when reading data).  So I then tried to see if I could put data on the Mem Stick with the psp as it is, but it still shows as an unknown device in WinXP.

I'm still waiting on the battery.

I'm off to town to get a card reader.  I've found a few for sale at reasonable prices.  *wish me luck*

Posted: 09 May 2008 at 10:04pm | IP Logged

I'll look into it once I dump the NAND and get some CFW installed on this system.  Thanks for the advice.  (I have an Actiontec dsl modem/wifi router in one)