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**empulse** · 11-10-2005, 02:23 PM

I am searching for High Res photos of the insides of the PSP. And if possible has anyone identified any of the chips inside? Do we know which chip is the firmware? I had hoped that some would have surfaced by now.

I just ordered a crashed/broken PSP on ebay, and i want to gut them. I would love to know what exactly is inside this thing. I would love to throw a manual/ebooklet together of whats inside, maybe it might encourage more tinkering on the hardware end of things.

Any links would be greatly appreciated.

emPulse

**iball®** · 11-10-2005, 02:29 PM

Mod-chip? Not needed at all.
Custom firmware with ability to run unsigned eboots off the memorystick hacked into it? Definately needed.

**empulse** · 11-10-2005, 02:39 PM

Not really suggesting a Mod-CHip so much as I would like to know how people are getting video/TV out, How are PS2 controls connected to the board. In that area i am more interested. Altho I have been thinking about a chip with simple selectable banks for storing legal Sony firmware, but this is solely to satisfy my need to take things apart, and usually take away a little knowledge and add more misc computer parts to my closet (i wish you could see the graveyard of hardware's past).

emPulse

**mincho** · 11-10-2005, 02:42 PM

http://files.pspupdates.qj.net/cgi-b...0,0,0,0,51,943

hope this helps

**empulse** · 11-10-2005, 02:46 PM

Thanx!

Okay, that was not so good after all. That was little more than what i see when I check out some of the parts websites. It just shows the motherboard with the label motherboard. Someone has to have been curious and opened one up..?

TeamX did the USB thing.. i wonder why they never released any info..

oh well.

emPulse

Dibblah · 11-11-2005, 02:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by empulse

Thanx!

Okay, that was not so good after all. That was little more than what i see when I check out some of the parts websites. It just shows the motherboard with the label motherboard. Someone has to have been curious and opened one up..?

TeamX did the USB thing.. i wonder why they never released any info..

oh well.

emPulse

If you're looking to see only how the PSP2TV connects up, watch
http://teamxtender.com/install.avi

Cheers,

Allan.

Dibblah · 11-11-2005, 02:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iball

Mod-chip? Not needed at all.
Custom firmware with ability to run unsigned eboots off the memorystick hacked into it? Definately needed.

I'd disagree here. With a modchip installed (hardware switchable), a dev doesn't have to worry _at all_ about bricking their PSP.

Otherwise, all we are going to get is something like MPH's loader (Or it's copies).

Oh. And for anyone wondering why the loaders can't use (for example) /PSP/GAME/LOADER/FIRMWARExxx, the way they work is very simple - They (decrypt and) load the prx into memory, do a search and replace inside the prx:
FLASH0: becomes
MS0:/F0

Then executes each prx.

BTW, has anyone had any success recompiling MPH's loader with support for preunencrypted / patched firmwares? I've got over the initial _init -> loaderInit (SDK change), but I'm having issues with it after that.

11-10-2005, 02:23 PM	#1
empulse Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 64 Trader Feedback: 0	Photos of PSP Internals.. I am searching for High Res photos of the insides of the PSP. And if possible has anyone identified any of the chips inside? Do we know which chip is the firmware? I had hoped that some would have surfaced by now. I just ordered a crashed/broken PSP on ebay, and i want to gut them. I would love to know what exactly is inside this thing. I would love to throw a manual/ebooklet together of whats inside, maybe it might encourage more tinkering on the hardware end of things. Any links would be greatly appreciated. emPulse

11-10-2005, 02:29 PM	#2
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11-10-2005, 02:46 PM	#5
empulse Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 64 Trader Feedback: 0	Thanx! Okay, that was not so good after all. That was little more than what i see when I check out some of the parts websites. It just shows the motherboard with the label motherboard. Someone has to have been curious and opened one up..? TeamX did the USB thing.. i wonder why they never released any info.. oh well. emPulse Last edited by empulse; 11-10-2005 at 04:20 PM..

11-10-2005, 02:39 PM	#3
empulse Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 64 Trader Feedback: 0	Not really suggesting a Mod-CHip so much as I would like to know how people are getting video/TV out, How are PS2 controls connected to the board. In that area i am more interested. Altho I have been thinking about a chip with simple selectable banks for storing legal Sony firmware, but this is solely to satisfy my need to take things apart, and usually take away a little knowledge and add more misc computer parts to my closet (i wish you could see the graveyard of hardware's past). emPulse

11-10-2005, 02:42 PM	#4
mincho . . Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Southern California Posts: 1,884 Trader Feedback: 0	http://files.pspupdates.qj.net/cgi-b...0,0,0,0,51,943 hope this helps

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