First PSP Modchip Announced - Undiluted Platinum!

Posted May 26, 2006 at 9:58AM by QJ Staff Listed in: Firmware, Hacks & Exploits, Mods, News Tags: psp modchip, Undiluted Platinum

Undiluted Platinum PSP Modchip

So it seems the race with Sony - finding new exploits as the Playstation Portable's firmware gets updated - may soon be over for good: The first PSP modchip, Undiluted Platinum, will soon arrive, acting as a flash replacement. According to the manufacturer, it will now be possible to use older or even custom firmwares!

The chip has been designed to fit entirely inside the Playstation Portable. Unsigned homebrew code will run even on the latest PSP systems!

We don't have much more details to offer yet apart from the picture, but more information will arrive next week - so stay tuned for more updates - we're as excited as you are!

Discuss: [Undiluted Platinum Forum Thread]

Admin Note:Right now this is not 100% confirmed and should be treated as a rumor, although the means in which we were informed of this product leads us to believe that it is indeed legit. Due to security and legal concerns, we are unable to provide more details on the source of the information. We will have more news in the upcoming weeks!

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Comments

# so... — Itaintrite 2006-05-26 05:05

it'll only run older firmwares right? that means there are still limitations to what it can do. hmm i wonder if this will also be the case with the ps3. oh well.

# Backups — Guest 2006-05-26 05:05

Will this allow you to play backups, as I cba to lug all my UMD's around with me when I want to play a game.

# poop — Guest 2006-05-26 05:09

im mike jones

# ? — Guest 2006-05-26 05:11

o0k... i have a 1.5 psp...why wuld i need this??

# true?? — Guest 2006-05-26 05:12

How do we know this is real? maybe it's just some dude that got bored and made a "modchip" in 3d.

Is there anyone who can confirm(with proof) that this chip is true

# 1.5 — jsharrad 2006-05-26 05:13

I have a 1.5 psp but this would be nice to have to be able to develop for the psp and be able to play all the latest games too. I'd upgrade if I knew I could always run unsigned code at will :)

# how long? — tinglemaps 2006-05-26 05:14

i have feeling that this, much like the original PSone's modchips will not be all in all successful at allowing new games to be played while mantaining it's wonderful benifits...

fireware 3.0 update will check for this or something

# . — Guest 2006-05-26 05:14

People with 1.50s don't need this, but it will allow 2.6 users who are willing to install it to have 1.50 firmware.

Here come all the noobs asking how to play ISOs with it...

# . — Guest 2006-05-26 05:15

excellent. this would be even cooler if it was a mod of the 3.00 firmware

# nice — DN2004 2006-05-26 05:16

sounds good to me! probably cost like $200

# LOL — Guest 2006-05-26 05:16

Hey jas0nuk

Your right, psp forums gonna be flooded with noobs asking how to load and dax ect. *long exhail* :)

# hello — Guest 2006-05-26 05:18

4. » ?

o0k... i have a 1.5 psp...why wuld i need this??

you dont need it. only if they will make custom firmwares that will have all the abilities of the latest firmware while still run homeraw>>

# Destructo 2006-05-26 05:19

This would be good for people with any firmware including 1.5. You will be able to have a custom firmware, such as a firmware with funcionality of 2.7, but still can run unsigned code as a 1.0 or 1.5.

# eh howmuch will it cost? — soapinmouth 2006-05-26 05:20

well i ave 1.5, the onlyreason ive wantedto update was for, nvm nothing really good.

# ... — Guest 2006-05-26 05:22

Actually, second announced, first real

ANyway, looks exciting!

# geez — Guest 2006-05-26 05:24

Buying a new PSP would be better than this...imagine that sony releases a firmware that detects and rejects this piece of Hardware, then what? 100-200$ wasted..

Also Sony will probably drop the price again by christmas so there is no point in this (specially since UMDs cant be burnt)

# g — Guest 2006-05-26 05:24

im on 1.5 but want to have ps3 intergration in m,i psp

# exhail — Guest 2006-05-26 05:25

exhail :)

# ... — Guest 2006-05-26 05:28

its obviously nothing official, its made in 3d, looks so simple and easy to make

# SUPERCOOL — tekn04 2006-05-26 05:28

THAT"S ACTUALLY SOOOOOOOOOOO COOL!!!! i updated to 2.7 without even knowing about homebrew, then i stumbled across this page, and was depressed.

but who cares, now their's a modchip!!!!! WOIOOOHHHHHHOHO HOHOOOOOOOOOOOO OOO!!!

:) :) :)

# omg — Guest 2006-05-26 05:29

oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god

# hmm — Guest 2006-05-26 05:33

Well those people with 1.5 thinking "why the hell do I want this" well if it allows you to run the higher firmware without actually updating it might have a purpose. I want to run the camera without updating and I hope this allows that.

# saviour — Guest 2006-05-26 05:34

this will be my saviour

i havent been here for a month cause my 2.01 psp is broken

i get a new one next week i think but it will be with 2.7 i quess or the people at sony are very lazy and dont upgrade the refurbished psp,s

which would be wonderfull but i dont caunt on it

so if this comes out it would be real great

because now my only option is to get the new 2.7 and never use it again cause i dont play those sony games at all or sell my new coming 2.7 psp and buy a 2.01 or even better a 1.5

# Cool, but... — brins0 2006-05-26 05:38

I wonder how many different firmwares this will support at once, and how you would select them? Maybe it could sign code for you, live, or bypass the checks, so you wouldn't need to have other firmwares on it...

We'd still haev the problem with the PRXs tho, if we all still ran 1.50, so it would not catch on till we have custom firmwares available... and then, why use a modchip, when you could just flash the custom one directly onto ure psp...

Would still be pretty smart, and i'd pay upto £50 for it, merrily...

# RITE! — Guest 2006-05-26 05:39

OK for anyone with any doubts, this will let you run ISO's

ON 2.7, custom firmware WILL come out

in other words, you will have a 2.7 with the capabilities of 1.5, 2.7 and more, GET EXCITED!

# Solder???????????????????????? — Guest 2006-05-26 05:42

mmh..need more info

It will require opening up your psp -- so its gona be a no go for most noobs....

Then im guessing you will have to remove some hardware..and solder this chip in..wont be easy for a noob

i seriously doubt it will be solderless- plug and play chip..hehe

# sigh — Guest 2006-05-26 05:43

tekn04, there is not a modchip. there is a rumour of its existence. dont get ur hopes up so much.

# yay! — The_Skizzy 2006-05-26 05:44

thank heavens for a dust free environment and a micro soldering gun

# Flash replacement? — Vipre77 2006-05-26 05:47

So has anyone else considered the possiblity that this could be used to recover a bricked PSP?

As for the people that apparently have no clue what a mod chip is good for, here's a clue. It doesn't matter what firmware you have. 1.0/1.5 have limitations as to what games you can run. 2.7 has limitations on what homebrew you run. A mod chip can conceivably remove all of those limitations for everyone. The 1.0/1.5 people could run ISO loaders to play even the newest games much more easily. Theoretically, no screwing around with modifying the ISO file would be needed to make it work. The 2.7 firmware folks get access to running all the homebrew they can handle while maintaining the ability to use all the new official stuff.

As for being able to detect this chip, that's definitely a concern. I guess it will depend on how the chip functions. If the PSP is unable to distinguish it from the original flash rom, then it may work seamlessly. Many mod chips out there can be detected by the console. My PS1 is chipped and Legends of Dragoon and a lot of the later gen titles for that system won't work (even original discs) if the chip is powered on. I ended up installing a toggle switch on the front my PS1 to turn the chip on and off.

# NOOO! — Guest 2006-05-26 05:48

AARRGGHH! DON'T RELEASE THE CHIP YET! Sony's waiting for a breakthrough before they release 3.0 so they can patch the firmware to lock the breakthrough out!

WAIT TILL 3.0'S OUT, THEN RELEASE THE CHIP! That way we've got all the 3.0 features as well as 1.5!

# Only way it could work — Vietone 2006-05-26 05:53

Dual Flash.

One Flash with Sonys newest firmware, and then on the modchip is Firmware 1.5 or 1.0.

This is the only way it could work. For a system that get updated regularly (I consider 1-2 updates a year), This wont work unless you have two firmwares installed.

So it has to give you the option of booting to the PSP firmware, and then the option of booting from the modchip firmware. Other then that there is no other way around it. The downside to this is that you will constantly have to switch back and forth depending on what you do.

unless the maker of this modchip broke the encryption system and does the same thing as PS1 and PS2 modchips ( Sends the PS a valid code saying its a real disk, instead of a fake), then dual booting is the only other method.

# hmm — Guest 2006-05-26 05:53

nocomment

# hmm — Guest 2006-05-26 05:55

could this possible act as increased flash memory? maybe a small hard drive could be inserted, like the quarted sized ones, or even a secong due card slot? just an idea

# Omg need! — Guest 2006-05-26 05:59

OMG NEED THAT !!!!!! MOM MOM can I have a lot of money pls

, pretty excited

# yay — Guest 2006-05-26 06:02

***** yeah thats what im talking about!!!!!!

# cool — Guest 2006-05-26 06:09

I bet this thing pisses off all the 1.5 users who refused to update, now all the peeps who did update and were able to play around with the new functions are going to be able to go back......

...no more bragging rights for the 1.5er's, and they wont be able to flame the people who did update

# 34: Haha, hope you wasnt serious, becuase I would kick your a$$ if it was so, Cartman. — Guest 2006-05-26 06:10

This will open the doors for many many people to the homebrew scene, which mean more interesting appz and other stuff will be development.

Not the best moment for Sony when they are coming with the PSemu.

# OMFG — Guest 2006-05-26 06:14

Well if this is indeed true, I think I'm gonna be soon selling my ceramic & black F/W 1.5 on ebay, before they become too cheap.

HOWEVER:- If the chip is going to be $200 then I may as well buy a brand new F/W 3.0 when they come out.

So I suppose I WILL be sticking with my 1.5's thanks very much.

F/W 1.5 RuleZ

# great :-| — infraBLUEkid 2006-05-26 06:14

hmm, my psp recently got water damaged, now that this may work, i have to make the choice of going for a new 2.01+ psp that might be downgraded, or go for a used or the rarely new 1.5...

# . — Guest 2006-05-26 06:18

ByteW: nobody can confirm that

it is fake, custom FW? wtf? why would we need modchip to flash the FW into it? there is no custom FW (i dont count the Media Edition), and no modchip can make custom FW from regular FW....and another thing is...how the f**k it can disable checking for SONY´s encryption key??? Some people really need a good sleep...definetly...

# Sort of agree w/Vietone — Vipre77 2006-05-26 06:18

I'm no programmer, but I am an engineer, and what you're saying seems to make sense. AFAIK, the UMD discs aren't really "encrypted." They just have a signature added to the code which essentially acts as a security key. I don't know if there's a way that you can bypass the check for the signature without re-writing the firmware and if someone knew how to do that, it probably would have been done already. Someone else alluded that already. If we could make custom firmware for this thing, why couldn't we just flash it directly to the PSP? That leads me to believe that you're correct in your assessment of a dual-boot configuration with some sort of front-end that runs when you boot the PSP asking which firmware you want to run.

The part I find fascinating, though, is the prospect that you could potentially use this to recover a bricked PSP. I think all you'd need is a utility to copy a rom image of firmware 1.5 from the mod chip to the PSP's flash rom. Then you could update the PSP firmware to the latest version and keep 1.5 on the mod chip. I can see something like this creating a new market for people buying bricked PSP's on teh cheap and fixing them up.

# calling fake — SupaDawg 2006-05-26 06:22

I'm going to call this a fake. While a PSP modchip is possible and not all too difficult to implement (IE adding a second firmware chip on a toggle circuit) the PSP's Firmware is pretty prohibitive of it doing anything special.

That said, if this is a fake it's a damn well prepared fake. logo and chip mockup in 3D space takes time to whip together.

I'll believe this when i see a manufacturers page for a start and then when we get some tech docs. Otherwise it's just (another) chip rumor.

# infraBLUEkid — Vipre77 2006-05-26 06:29

Don't get your hopes up. Simply adding a flash rom probably won't fix your problems. If you dropped your PSP in the toilet (PLOP!), then you've probably damaged more than just the flash rom. Actually, I'd probably wager that the flash rom on your PSP isn't damaged at all. Maybe some corrosion on some of the leads, depending on how clean the water was and how long it was swimming around in there.

# Tittyboppers — Guest 2006-05-26 06:33

forget it if it's over 200 because you could get a new PSP for that much. I'm gonna buy a second PSP with 2.7, and then downgrade my 2.0 to 1.5

# oy — Guest 2006-05-26 06:34

I'm not a noob but I am a pirate and if this modchip doesn't allow to play ISOs then it just lost a lot of interest.

# YAY! But does anyone know how much mod-chips, like for xbox, usually go for? — Guest 2006-05-26 07:01

This is the answer to my prayers. Right before the next batch of REALLY good games AND the PSX emulator...This is going to be awesome...As long as it doesn't cost too much. If it's like $200 dollars or something expensive like that, then why bother with it...just get another PSP...

# fake — Guest 2006-05-26 07:04

this is so fake, theres nowhere in the psp this would fit... at all... not even a mini mini mini pcb board will fit inside the psp anywhere... theres just simply not enough room... and looking at the size of that... hell no it wont fit :)

# These guys are BS — Guest 2006-05-26 07:04

These are the same guys that SPAM every USENET newsgroup on the net with their password protected files and false claims. I would not trust them on ebit due to their past antics. They just want to generate ad revenue from hots on their site me thinks..

# hmm — ultimax 2006-05-26 07:04

a modchip. sounds good. but i think that the firmware updates may have checks for a modchip.

so the best idea would be to have 2 flashes, with a toggle switch. one with the latest fw, one with 1.0.

only thing is, it would be hard to toggle the switch. unless the switch is the menu button and start pressed together or something...

i remember hearing that someone successfully booted from external NAND memory once. nothing became of that, as far as i know.

# hmmmm — RaiderX 2006-05-26 07:07

could be fake, the only way it would work with ANY firmware, even higher than 2.7 is that itll have to be a dualboot chip that holds two firmwares on it, NO UPDATE that sony makes can check for that, its just not possible. and if it did, what is it gonna say? "Please remove yor hacked hardware before running this game."?? hah!

# . — Guest 2006-05-26 07:08

violator: spare me your moral outrage and go get laid, *****. :)

# wow1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!! — Guest 2006-05-26 07:14

sweet!!!!!!!!!! !

# FLAME! — RaiderX 2006-05-26 07:21

FLAME!

# . — Guest 2006-05-26 07:25

nah, my ISO downloads just finished. I'm gonna go play. have fun with your principles.

# bad idea — JoeDaStudd 2006-05-26 07:28

y bother this would instantly cos sony to do something stupid like make a even higher firmware. and if it doesnt work it will screw everyones psp up. so bad idea in my mind

# Raider X — Vipre77 2006-05-26 07:32

"...and if it did, what is it gonna say? "Please remove yor hacked hardware before running this game."?? hah!"

Yes, it could say exactly that. My PS1 is chipped and with certain games, even legit disks, it won't load the game and puts a message up on the screen saying that the hardware has been modified and advises you to contact Sony's service department to get it fixed. I had to put in a toggle switch to turn off the chip when playing those games. That means that I've got to use my originals for Legend of Dragoon. :(

# fake — Guest 2006-05-26 07:36

this is *****ing fake, theres no way that would fit in a psp.

also, if this was a real chip, trust me, you'd have heard about it by now. groups who make chips do a fantastic job at getting the word out. they don't *****ing spread "rumors", they're out to make money, they quickly sell the chip to as many distributors as they can...they'd never deal with a site for end-users like PSP-updates...they sell straight to distros.

good job to whatever *****got photoshopped the picture of DMS4SE black pro chip though! KEEP ON REACHING FOR THAT RAINBOW!

# dumbass's — Guest 2006-05-26 07:49

All you people saying "i have 1.5, why would i need this? are freakin retarded. How about being able to keep the capabilities of running homebrew in kernal mode on 1.5 or maybe even 1.0, and still be able to play the latest games. And you people saying that "FW V3.0 will be able to detect it or something" are equally as retarded. This is probably going to work just like the modchip for the xbox, it simply is a chip that holds a different version firmware, you flip the modchip on, bam, you boot to FW V1.0 and load ANY HOMEBREW YOU WANT. You turn the modchip off and then it boots from the FW that is actaully ON THE PSP and BAM, you can play all the latest games and the latest FW WONT be able to detect it because the chip is disabled/not getting any power, which makes it invisible. Just like the chips on the xbox, how else do you think people have modded xbox and are still able to play on xbox live with the same xbox. You turn of the chip when you want to play xbox live and it boots fromt the original bios.

I think this is long overdue but nonetheless i will be one of the first people to buy one of these for my psp.

# heh — Guest 2006-05-26 07:49

"also, if this was a real chip, trust me, you'd have heard about it by now. groups who make chips do a fantastic job at getting the word out. they don't *****ing spread "rumors", they're out to make money, they quickly sell the chip to as many distributors as they can...they'd never deal with a site for end-users like PSP-updates...they sell straight to distros."

Since when? Do you remember how the gamecube chips came out? You'll hear more about this one soon.

It's obviously by people who make chips for all 3 other popular consoles being chipped at the moment. This should be a secure method of using whichever firmware you like, including old ones, until the hardware is updated.

The most interesting thing about this chip will be the *custom* firmware they've made. There are a few neat features incorporated.

And wtf are you talking about selling through pspupdates? PSPupdates was incredibly slow to break this news. It hit xbox-scene first, and obviously Xantium knows the (very popular) group behind the mod. If you like Vipers and DMS, this one is for you.

# hehand — Guest 2006-05-26 07:51

Additionally, this mod has been completed for a while now (over 6 months). Naturally, they waited until all the homebrew hackers who provided free solutions for earlier firmware exhausted their ideas. Additionally, it allowed as much time as possible for Sony to show some of their cards.

# Yay! — Guest 2006-05-26 07:53

I'd get that. If this could be a Flash chip (like a replacement for that one sony gave us) and there could be a trick stratagy sony has made:Dude Makes Exploit (fanjita makes GTA eLoader for all FW)Dude describes exploit online (the eLoader for 2.6 and lower is downloadable)So ny Discovers Exploit (as done with the kxploit and eLoader)Sony Creates New Firmware for the flash chip(2.7)Sony adds irresistable features for others to upgrade (Flash)every stinkin' person see's higher versionPeople downloadXXXHOME BREWXXX - That's there sony's plan but with a flash card every one can revert (AND HOPEFULLY dummies like me (no offense) won't ever upgrade) good thing i resisted (and others too) upgrading 2.7. oh and this is AWESOME!

# WOOT! — Guest 2006-05-26 07:56

This thing will be AWESOME! Yes, it is worthwile for 1.5 users to get this. Imagine running BOTH 2.7/3.0/whatever and 1.0/1.5. Sweet homebrew goodness + emulation + latest Sony games + all new features of new firmware = Happy me.

# hi — Guest 2006-05-26 08:00

#2 - well duh

#4 - well this is for people with 1.52+ ***** brain

#5 - thats way too realistic to be made in 3d, but mabey it was taken from some other board

#7 and #16 - i think that would be knida impossible because the chip would boot the chosen firmware instead of 3.0 or what ever

#20 - the smartest person in the forum (no really!)

#26 - ah, thats a point

#29 - another good point

#30 - errrrr.... ***** off!

#32 - what a waste of web space

#34 - lol

#37 - spot on (right)

# w00t — Dremth 2006-05-26 08:04

kickass

# NOPE — Knocturnal 2006-05-26 08:23

if this may end up costing $200 or more then why not just buy a second psp...

Also has there ever been a mod chip for a handheld before

?

# as wonderful as this would be.. — Illegal Machine 2006-05-26 08:23

nocomment

# Yeah right. — Guest 2006-05-26 08:30

Jesus christ, you people are gullable. ONE fake picture gets made with a 3D modeling program or photoshop designed to look like a microchip and you fools jump all over it.

When are you people going to get it through your heads that with all of these fakers out there, that anyone can just say "OMG WE HAVE A CHIP 4 U 2 USE LOL!!" and you TOOLS buy into it.

There is NO PROOF other than some *****tily photoshopped picture of a microchip. For crying out loud, you people jump all over somethign without a SHRED of proof.

This is fake, it's crap, and it's not even funny. You people need to grow some brains.

# the call — Guest 2006-05-26 08:31

I just called ACTEL and talked to tech support about the pro asic plus.

They don't know anything (or don't wanna talk) about the pro asic plus being used in psp's, or about Undiluted Platinum in general.

Maybe someone who really knows alot about psp hardware should contact them. "Fanjita,MPH"

God I hope this is true.

# 1505 — Guest 2006-05-26 08:34

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# Guest 2006-05-26 08:34

What's with all the talk of 1.5? It specifically says in the article that it plays older firmware. Are all of you so new to the scene that you don't know of 1.0? Remember the days of unsigned code?

# as wonderful as this would be.. — Illegal Machine 2006-05-26 08:35

Ive been reading the comments, and I would have to agree with those that are calling fake.

1. Most noobs can't even figure out how to get NesterJ running on thier 1.5's (if they have them) and could NEVER EVER crack open a PSP and successfully install/operate a piece of hardware like this.

2. the PSP flash has some kind of wierd synchronization that makes it tough for people to swap out the chips like that. otherwise this would have happened last year for sure.

3. the PSP has little to NO room for something like that under the hood, and even if it did, you can rest assured that you simply can't take off the faceplate and find the spot that it would connect to right there on top. removing the screen (not the faceplate) is a royal pain in the ass, and the parts are soooo delicate, and clean that LOTS of people would destroy far more than they would be modding.

4. the cost would be SO high, while many users would shell out the $$ for it, but it would be cheaper to buy a core system PSP 2.7 and keep one thats current, and one thats 1.5 as opposed to having a 2.7 that can boot up mulitple firmwares

5. I'll believe this when I see it, as for now I'll consider it AS real as the Datel keyboard that never made the shelves for whatever reason, and the bluetooth dongle.

# yea i can — Guest 2006-05-26 08:41

what hurts the most,

is having a psp update post.

having so much to say,

please let DS go away.

and that I know it,

that DS taste like sh*T,

haven't seen you the other way,

when PSP updateeees.

o0o0o0o0o0o my rap is off the hook!

# Humho — Guest 2006-05-26 08:45

Agreed with the above guy, its fake no doubt, the 2 main reasons being:

1) To my knowledge, The PSP has no "extra" space to fit a modchip in. I could be wrong though...

2) If it is true, Sony will merely find a way to limit its use on higher firmware 2.7+, thus unless the producer of the chip can then update the chips firmware... its a bit redundant.

# yea — Guest 2006-05-26 08:47

# yea — Guest 2006-05-26 08:48

# !!! — Darkatomz 2006-05-26 09:11

that is AWSOME!!! would this be illegal (if it were real)?

# true. — Guest 2006-05-26 09:13

to #78, the chip has space to fit, i managed to insert some chips in for my personal speriments, and the chip 99% bypasses firmaware id guess. Like psp turns on, the chip injects, you choos normal or chip, and then the chip lets normal go, either it injects completely in system. it sounds very real to me.

# This is real — Guest 2006-05-26 09:14

Its real and i have proof!!!!

c it said in the picture ActelProASIAC. actel is a real comapany and the chip is real!

Flash Devices

M7 ProASIC3: Flash-based, ARM-enabled, reprogrammable devices with 250 k to 3 million gates

ProASIC3: Flash-based, reprogrammable devices with 30 k to 3 million gates

ProASICPLUS: Flash-based, reprogrammable devices with 75 k to 1 million gates

ProASIC: Flash-based, reprogrammable devices with 100 k to 475 k gates

as u can c the mod chip was desing to repgrogram falsh devices! so it can alter flash 0 and flash 1!

ProASIC - The Nonvolatile Reprogrammable Gate Array

Based on a 0.25µ standard Flash/CMOS process, ProASIC™ 500K devices combine high density and low power with nonvolatility and reprogrammabili ty. With a unique architecture offering predictable performance, improved utilization, and greater routing efficiency, ProASIC 500K devices allow designers to easily meet performance goals.

ProASIC Benefits:

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Embedded Two-Port SRAM with Dedicated FIFO Control Logic

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Read-back security feature

check out their site!

http://www.actel.com/products/devices.aspx#flash

[B]

U CANT ARGUE THIS LOL!![/B]

by ur trusted servant virons :)

# @virons — Guest 2006-05-26 09:18

so what, it could (and it prolly is) just be a blank chip

# *****ing sweet — Guest 2006-05-26 09:19

I hope it's solder-less.

And whoever called Actel, those chips are used on pretty much every mod-chip for xbox.

# virons — Guest 2006-05-26 09:19

virons you are *****ing moron pal, ACTEL makes flash memory for anyone, not just modchips.

# hmmm — q_dmc12 2006-05-26 09:24

This should raise some eyebrows.. /8-)

# c — Guest 2006-05-26 09:26

COOOL

# YEAH — Guest 2006-05-26 09:27

OMG

# Guest 2006-05-26 09:28

Fanjita has something to compete against!!!!

Yeah, would this be illegal if its real?

I think so, but i'm really not sure.

Though some guy did get arrested for having stolen software and modchips, so probably.

# To Number 3... — Guest 2006-05-26 09:28

Who?

# OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!! — Guest 2006-05-26 09:47

OMG-OMG-OMG-OMG-OMG-OMG-OMG-OMG-OMG-OMG-OMG-OMG-OMG-OMG-OMG-OMG-OMG-

OMG-OMG-OMG

oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god

# OMG — Guest 2006-05-26 09:54

COOL

# Guest 2006-05-26 10:08

lol clear it up for them...

# awesome — Guest 2006-05-26 10:14

this is the best news i've heard for months now i can paly 2.7 games on my psp without worrying about the firmware version. i wonder how iso loaders will work with this mod chip since with a 2.7 we will have all the prx files we need.

i just have a few questions.

#1 on this chip once we have say a 2.7 firmware on it can just delete the 2.7 and install a 1.0 firmware.

#2 how much do you think this mod chip will be priced at any price range estimate would be nice

#3 where will we be able to get one of these(what site)

#4 how soon is very soon? could we expect it before the end of june?

as you can tell i'm very excited about this new mod ever since the last mod chip was a fake

# . — Guest 2006-05-26 10:15

The chip does look fake. If it were real it the picture would look a lot more practical, like a desk or work station, not be in a white void with no real distiction of where it is. Plus Undiluted Platinum's promises sound too good to be true and if his claims want to be supported he'd release a video showing us some of those tests he's talking about.

Even though this stuff if most likely bullsh*t I'll stay skeptical until the 'project' is just abandoned and we never hear about it again.

# Undiluted Platinum Co-Creator — Guest 2006-05-26 10:16

Hi everyone, I just want to clear things up with this stuff everyone is talking about. This mod chip is currently through testing stages and is going great. We are just clearing up one last problem that can easilly be sorted. But for now I can tell you a few great features this chip includes!

First of all, this chip supports all current firmwares up to date.

We plan to release this very soon! It will also load all current firmware's up to date, and will also load 1.00 firmware files.

Homebrew will now be supported on all firmwares including 2.70! So you do not need to worry about upgrading your psp no more. You will now be able to use the 2.70 features while still being able to run your favorite homebrew app or game.

We do plan on releasing future chips in the future and we plan on releasing a custom made memory card. This new memory card will support 5-10 Gig and will be able to be loaded using our "Undiluted Platinum" chip

# ADMIN Request! Please! Urgent! — Guest 2006-05-26 10:23

When I submitted my previous post, I accidently submitted way more than 1. Could you please delete my duplicates. Thank you.

As for #100....

#1 on this chip once we have say a 2.7 firmware on it can just delete the 2.7 and install a 1.0 firmware.

----You are capable of switching and loading different firmwares. But you cannot install the 1.00 because the firmware files on there are automatically loaded from the chip

#2 how much do you think this mod chip will be priced at any price range estimate would be nice

----We have not come out with any prices yet, but do expect it to be well under $75.00 US dollars

#3 where will we be able to get one of these(what site)

----We are going to be getting a new site up where we will sell them, and we will also have other sites that will be selling them.

(stay tuned for more info on this! :))

#4 how soon is very soon? could we expect it before the end of june?

----It just depends, we can release it now if we wanted to, but we want it to be error free and work great. We dont want people having to return them because they cannot get it working and its full of errors. But as in soon... It means in july or before july. We will not try to release it any later.

Thank you once again!

Undiluted Platinum (Co-Creator)

# Guest 2006-05-26 10:30

Undiluted Platinum,

The duplicate posts were taken care of. If you truly are the co-creator of this product (you never can tell in the comments), please contact us at Contact@qj.net - we have a few questions for you regarding various topics about Undiluted Platinum.

Thanks,

Jake DeTommaso

Content Manager

QJ.NET

# nt — StrawHat 2006-05-26 10:30

PS2NFO make me laugh, they got,

REMEMBER WHERE YOU SAW THIS FIRST

THIS IS 100% REAL!!!111

MORE NEWS NEXT WEEK

bakas

# Undiluted Platinum Creator — Guest 2006-05-26 10:34

Hi everyone, I just want to clear things up with this stuff everyone is talking about. This mod chip is currently through testing stages and is going TERRIBLE. We are just clearing up one problem that can not be sorted. But for now I can tell you a few great features this chip includes!

First of all, this chip is just a bunch of BULL *****. We plan to release this (non-working) chip very soon, so that we can take ALL you muddafugga mowney! It also will not load any current firmwares at all and will not load 1.00 firmware files either.

Homebrew will not be supported on any firmwares including 1.50 if you are to buy this chip! So you do not need to worry about mod chips for your psp any more. You will now be able to brick your PSP without being able to play your favorite homebrew app or game.

We do plan on releasing future chips in the future and we plan on releasing a custom made memory card. This new memory card will support 5-10 BS and will be able to be loaded using our "Undiluted Platinum" sh*t

# release date — Guest 2006-05-26 10:34

when is this comming out?

how much will it cost?

will it unbrick a psp?

# What else does it do — Guest 2006-05-26 10:35

could this increase ram?

that would be amazing for emulators n64 possibly gba and although doubtful possibly psx

# to platinum — Guest 2006-05-26 10:40

That sounds great, but does that mean a new chip would need to be purchased every time a new firmware comes out? Wouldn't it be best to wait at least until firmware 3.0 before releasing?

# yeah — Guest 2006-05-26 10:42

This is 100% true , #109 is saying the truth , anyways this modchip is not legal but all I can say is way to go , as long as no sony guy visits this forum sonywon't do a thing.

# modchips are not illegal — Guest 2006-05-26 10:48

modchips aren't illegal in anyway. you cannot find a single law that bans them. Even DMCA does not ban them Sony doesn't own that PSP, you do. No company has successfully ever won a modchip lawsuit. Likewise, no criminal charges have been pressed against anyone for buying/selling them. ever.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mod_chip

All that said, I will believe it when I said. THere have been a long list of PSP pipedreams that never came to fruition.

# Idiots. — Guest 2006-05-26 11:00

Sony checks this site every day,

probably on an hourly basis.

They're always 2 steps ahead of us,

and people don't seem to realize that.

To #90, you CAN'T compare Fanjita

with the manufacturers of this so called

"mod-chip". Fanjita was a righteous dude

who coded most of his work in his spare

time FOR FREE, while this is *supposedly*

made by a full-fledged company for profit.

# What if its programmable. — Guest 2006-05-26 11:19

Nobody ever heard of the Matrix chip for Xbox it came with a programmer so you could reflash it anytime when updates came out. So if this is true and they do release it I imagine it will hopefully be programmable to all the people that are saying wait till 3.0 before releasing or will i need a new chip after sony updates. If its real its real and it would be great if not then whatever who cares. It would allow to take full advantage of the psp if what its supposed to do is true.

Mongule

# damn — Guest 2006-05-26 11:19

here we go again, 114 comment long flame war. well ya know what, FLAME ON *****ES!

MICHAEL JACKSON

MIKE JONES

GENE SIMMONS

YO MOMMA

OH YEAH!

# Amen — Guest 2006-05-26 11:23

aT #113.... That's right!! PRAISE FANJITA (from proud owner of 1.50 Firmware PSP, 2.o Firmware PSP, and 2.70 Firmware) He made my PSPs more valuable, he made my PSP more fun, he made it easier, and better for developers. PRAISE HOME developers, they make all the applications, games, emulators... NONE of them get recognized.... Fanjita(the only one to get ANY recognition for his work) , and several other coders/developers need recognition.

# not good — Guest 2006-05-26 11:51

do u realize since sony will be coming with more and more firmware updates. a different chip would probably have to be developed.. that is if u want to update your firmware to support the upcoming psp goodies...ie... gps ...cam..downloadable demos

# w00tz — aonhagen 2006-05-26 12:13

WOOT!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!

# Dear "Jake DeTommaso" (QJ. NET Staff) — Guest 2006-05-26 12:14

As being the Co-Creator, I can contact the original designer and get him to e-mail you guys ASAP. We are a group of people that are local to eachother and can contact eachother very easily. I just barely found out that one of the members already was releasing info about this, and because I check QJ every day, I seen that it already got here to the front page. But I will have him e-mail you all the specific info and then you will be able to contact him with the questions you have.

Thanks,

Undiluted Platinum (Co-Creator)

# I will — Guest 2006-05-26 12:43

I need this.

# . — Guest 2006-05-26 12:51

well, if this disables the default flash memory, theres no way it can be caught

unless there is some sort of protection on the game itself, because firmware updates will do no help

1.5 users will benefit from it, because people will be able to test much more "custom" firmwares

one might come out for 1.5 to flash and enjoy everything

the best thing this company must do is to sell the modchip for cheap.

this will mean rivers of sales, then re-invested on improvements :)

# Yeah!!!!!!! — Guest 2006-05-26 12:54

nocomment

# Yeah!!!!!!! — Guest 2006-05-26 12:57

I'm not going to use souder to install this, I.m going to use super glue! Yeah!Suckers!!! !!!

# Yeah!!!!!!! — Guest 2006-05-26 13:02

Yeah!!!!!!!

# we all seen it — Guest 2006-05-26 13:05

"I seen that it already got here to the front page"

i wonder if the "co-creator" of a mod chip would speak so well...

# #126, yeah — RaiderX 2006-05-26 13:18

I agree, he seems to speak like the classic faker, bad grammar and it just leads me to not believe him, I think that guy is fake

PROVIDE A PIC OF WHATEVER YOU HAVE IF YOU ARE THE REAL CREATOR!!!!!!!

I mean, he would at least register here to comment...

# Its real — Guest 2006-05-26 13:20

I promise.

# u should have seen this comin... — Guest 2006-05-26 13:40

this makes punejap *extra* horny.....hehehe

# cant wait for more details — Guest 2006-05-26 14:09

nocomment

# Wait — Guest 2006-05-26 14:18

Yo. Im jesus dudes. I can make your psp work even if you bricked it. I made it rain last night. And i sex your mom everynight.

This chip is BS

# Yea... — Illegal Machine 2006-05-26 14:21

Armored core does suck these days. Silent Line was the last good one, o well.

you still need to stop impersonating me tho.

# Meh — Guest 2006-05-26 14:27

This would be nice, but what woudl be nicer is for someoen to crack the digital signing that Sony used to make the demo for "Coco Roco", it would probobly be less work to crack Coco Roco's digital signing, too. Plus, if they did that, that would make it so our homebrew progs can work with any future system. After all, Sony can't just change the digital sign without causing problems with older EBOOT's of their legit game Demo's, right?

# hmmm — Guest 2006-05-26 14:31

Somebody at xbox-scene adjusted the brightness/contrast of the image. You can see the solder pads. Looks like it would be a tough install:

http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/4511/upface2xs11ez.jpg

# Jesus Christ! — Guest 2006-05-26 14:51

Holy *****! whyTF do people not trust this site. THEY CHECK THIER SOURCES!!! THEY ARE MORE CREDIBLE AND RELIABLE THEN MOST OF YOU NOOBS THINK! Im sick of retards thinking they cant trust this site. WHEN HAS PSPUPDATES LET YOU DOWN???

# ?134 — Guest 2006-05-26 14:55

thanks for the clearing up, but whats with the clear acrylic peice soldered on to the top right?

# great — ZYXWVUT 2006-05-26 14:59

Great! ima go practice soldering since im a noob, and YOU ALL SHOULD GO LEARN TO SOLDER! IT HELPS!

# PS1 emu anyone? — Guest 2006-05-26 15:12

for 1.5 users I remind that 3.0 will have a ps1 emulator, just a thought but I think many ppl would want to keep their isos and having this emu.

# Uh, sounds fishy. — FreePlay 2006-05-26 15:18

[23:11] Yeah there are quite a few issues with it

[23:11] first off it's too big to fit in a PSP[23:11] [23:11] second off there's no software for them to run on it

[23:12] third off there's no way for it to connect to the PSP

[23:12] and fourth off the psp is 3.6v and the alcatel thing on there is 5v and there are no power converters

[23:12] How can you tell about the size??

[23:13] The size of the Alcatel chip they're using

So... Fishy. We've got no public evidence, but we have a photo and some pretty outrageous claims. Just like when we had the fake Xbox 360 chip...

Anyways, we'll see.

# brick fix — Guest 2006-05-26 15:18

if this acts as a flash replacement u think it could fix a bricked psp

# well — Guest 2006-05-26 15:20

pspupdates has had rumors before.

Xbox-scene, on the other hand (the first site to post this news) does NOT support rumors. That bull***** psp chip posted about a long while back certainly didn't show up there. Nor do any fake 360 or xbox stories. Xbox-scene knows the developer, as they make PS2, GC, and a not-so-great xbox mod.

Anyone with half a brain should be able to tell which mod team is behind this, just LOOK at the pcb and logo. Common sense.

The most talked about fakez0r reason is obviously: It's too big. Yep, it sucks. going to have ghetto looking setups, but don't worry. There will be replacement cases out soon to zap more of your money.

I like it when people are skeptical instead of jumping on every news story they see. But, come on kiddies. You all screamed that the 360 firmware was fake too. Don't trust the images you see (even though they are real), no one is trying to prove that an image means anything at all. Obviously anything could be on that chip. (And WTF is with the kids posting links to Actel's site and stuff? What's wrong with you?)

Rather than trusting the images, trust the sources. Not this site, as they will be the first to tell you that they can't confirm it. Xbox-scene knows, maxconsole knows. Both direct access to all the major mod creators, and get their news stories directly from them. The major mod company behind this one sent the pictures themselves.

# sweetass — Guest 2006-05-26 15:53

if this is indeed true, i'll definately be buying one

# hells ya — Guest 2006-05-26 15:56

im so excited if this works

# Illegal? — Guest 2006-05-26 16:05

woudletn something like this be illegal?

# ... — Guest 2006-05-26 16:24

nothing about this is illegal...its just a modification to something....

and yea im not keeping my hopes up about this....because a picture is worth 1,000 words!....of bull*****...

***** like this happens all the time and half the time it ends up being fake...soo lil kiddies who are already cumming in their pants and crying to mommy just wait...sit back and wait till more info comes out....(though i seriously doubt u will hear anything more)

# has anyone looked inside the psp — Guest 2006-05-26 16:24

Wow theres no room ... i think its a replacement part not an add-on ...

# So much spam — Guest 2006-05-26 16:35

Please, someone, remove all the noobz posts. Also remove all the lame retarded ones, so that 5 posts remain...

Honestly, I cant believe how incredibly annoying are some ppl!

# hush, kid. — Guest 2006-05-26 16:39

like yourself. shut up and let people express their opinions.

# this will be fake — Guest 2006-05-26 17:07

trust me this will be fake like the 360 mod chip remember that? real *****ing disapionting just dont get exited, remeber THEY SAID TAKE IT AS A RUMOR!! oh and comet #135 just cuz its on pspupdates dont mean its real the360 chip was on 360updates too

# YAWN !!!!!!!!!!!! ahhhhhhhhh! — shredd 2006-05-26 17:15

"We don't have much more details to offer yet apart from the picture"

really? so that means its all speculation .....again!!!

why didnt you just wait til you had some more information then?? do you have to write a certain number of articles per day?? so if you dont have anything to report you must make up whatever crap you can come up with?

wouldnt the quality & trustworthyness of this site be better if you put REAL stuff on here, & if for a day you dont have anything, just stay passive til you do.????????

apart from the homebrew stuff , QJ.net is getting worse by the second, you have to dig though TONS of pure junk to find the real news , think i will from now on just check the homebrew stuff and not pay any attention to the rest, will look for other sites to get UNDILUTED REAL news, although the PSP section is probably the best on QJ.net......................

# PS2NFO — Guest 2006-05-26 18:33

Well... PS2NFO claim

"100% real just in case you had any doubts"

I'm still having my doubts.... >.

# コレには驚いた — Guest 2006-05-26 19:06

なんと言うか、結構すごいですね。

でも、本当に入るんですか？このチップが。

# . — Guest 2006-05-26 19:21

This is definitely turn out to be fake. It promises way too much and there isn't enough evidence to support its own weight. Fake. Fake. Fake.

# ? — Guest 2006-05-26 19:21

It is only a rumor? It is confirmed?

# .... — soopergooman 2006-05-26 19:44

The hits on here must be through the roof today. Modchip Kewl, looks awfully big. But I supposed if a dood can install a radio transmitter in his psp, nothing is impossible. Look forward to a finished product. I have a 2.7 that i'd love to go back to being able to use pspradio and djsp. i have my 1.5, but i want my cake and get to eat it too.

Beers for you!

# go to hell — Guest 2006-05-26 19:48

bunch a noobs on here. all you idiots that updated. if you were dumb enough to update to 2.7...you can't install a mod. i wouldn't doubt it tho...it's been long enough. reverse engineering (especially on the "open source" psp) wouldn't take long considering some of the talent and $$$ in the modchip game.

# no — j_dawg469 2006-05-26 19:50

not confirmed, but there is hope

# LEGAL! — Guest 2006-05-26 20:01

Regarding legality, modchips have been declared legal in Australia.

I'd rather stick with my 1.5 though, not as much risk.

# awsome — Guest 2006-05-26 20:05

HELL YER, I have a 1.5 PSP but would be awsome to get this chip ( if its not a rumour ) imagine playing homebrew on 2.7 or even up to 3.0 and future firmware releases....now that would be cool

# ta da — Guest 2006-05-26 20:25

hahaha @ #106

whiners,,,illeg al this , illegal that ,,,,,, the internet is not a state or country, its also known as the 'world wide web',,,,,,,,,,,,,,, , ring a bell??? eh??

so when some idiot yells "its illegal!!" . well then congratulations that you know where you live !! hurrah!!

but it's most likely NOT going to apply to all readers.

# STUPID SONY !! — Guest 2006-05-26 20:30

***** you japanese !!

# huhuhu — Guest 2006-05-26 21:18

cheers

# hullo — Guest 2006-05-26 21:21

Well isn't this something? I saw this earlier today but hadn't the time to post about it till friends had left.

I suggest everyone go on about their lives and not worry about this too much, remember, all this was possible, with some extrem soldiering know how and the right hardware, awhile back. "dual boot project" Ring a bell anyone?

# Please be REAL — LordSturm 2006-05-26 21:30

You stupid people!

This mod chip, if real ( and i hope for its realism. ) will allow you to write to your flash chip EVEN if your psp is bricked.

So yes...

- This mod chip IS an un bricker.

- This mod chip MAY allow dual booting.

- This mod chip WILL allow 2.70/3.00 to 1.50 downgrades.

- This mod chip will allow you to run Home brew on 2.70.

- This mod chip will void your warranty.

- This mod chip IS NOT ONLY FOR 2.01+

- This mod chip makes your PSP IMMORTAL to bricking.

I'm assuming the mod chip is a supplement to the original flash chip, which makes it sound less likely to be existent.

With all this said, i can also assume the modchip will take control of the USB device on the psp when the psp is off to allow USB based "flashing" of the psp drive.

All entirely possible, but too much of a dream.

# CHECK OUT POST 36.... — Guest 2006-05-26 21:51

I FEEL HE MAY BE A N00B WHO UPGRADED AND IS PISSED OFF, IM ON 1.5 AND ALL OF THE HOMEBREW AVAILABLE CAN COVER THE NEW FEATURE AVAILABEL IN 2.7 SO HEH., NEW FEATURES OF 2.7, LIKE LOCATION FRREEE TV, OH HOLD ON DOESN'T PSPTV DO THAT EHEHEH. HOMBREW 4EVA

# Price? — Guest 2006-05-26 21:53

Don't tyou think that this will be expensive because it is the very 1st chip?

# to #165 — Guest 2006-05-26 21:54

I agree completely.

People should read your post, because it explains everything and it makes n00bs more aware of what a modchip is.

# ;; — Guest 2006-05-26 23:13

这是个好消息

# Modchips are real — Guest 2006-05-27 01:25

Ok first of all room will not be an issue. Most likely it will replace the flash originally installed. And if this is a fake then so are the ones for the PS, PS2, XBOX, and Gamecube. If they do release this one there may be a modified case that is included.............I guess time will tell.

# 呵呵 — Guest 2006-05-27 01:31

楼上的笑死我了，看了一大推英语，突然冒出楼上的

哈哈

# 坚决支持楼上观点!! — Guest 2006-05-27 01:43

看了好半天才看明白写的是什么,哎呀,看来自己英语也学差不多了，我的是1.5的,以后也不用担心要变砖头了,哈哈!!

# Italian — Guest 2006-05-27 02:21

è una grande ca**ata, ma ci credo!!! lo prenderò subito!

translation:

it's fake, but i believe that it's true!!! i will take it really soon!!!

# AGGGHHH — Sr_Moska 2006-05-27 02:34

#171 and #172:

Your mothers!!!

Write in english dammit!!!! If I cand write in english, then they can!!!

This chips IF real, sounds expensive

# Nice — Guest 2006-05-27 02:34

I will be getting one of these straight away, and the price of this will not be that expensive I would say about £40-45 depending on where you get it.

# #175 — Guest 2006-05-27 02:51

What a retarded thing to say.

# ????????????????? — Guest 2006-05-27 03:44

its not very nice to say that

# Let's fk sony & Janps up! — Guest 2006-05-27 03:55

If the new's true, all the current sony's consoles will have modchips and the issue will drive sony's big men

mad...hurraaaaaaaaaaa aaah! That means: 索尼又要成为无辜的受难者了，

可是“153. » コレには驚いた” 到底是怎么回事呢？那是个真正的日本狗还是汉奸呢。

# Not unexpected — Guest 2006-05-27 03:59

If you've played games as long as i have u would know. that the modchip was coming! Any way this guy is not faking it. if you look at shape of the modchip it fits perfectly.

1. It's suppoed to basicaly run hacks and exploits. let alone emulators. on 3.0(for those who don't know.)

2.It was going to come soon~er or later.(except it)

c.Even if it's not realy y not believ it. it's not going to hurt.

# Not unexpected — Guest 2006-05-27 04:05

i have 1.5

# help the noobs. — Guest 2006-05-27 04:08

help the noobs out. when they do come. it takes a second.

# Annoying 1.5 people. — Guest 2006-05-27 05:05

Hey, to the idiot who is calling others idiots becasue they 'updated' to 2.7, not all of use had a choice in that. Not everyone was able to just throw down all the money they charge for this thing, some of us had to wait for months to get and save the money to just throw away on a PSP. So if this is real, its great becasue it allows the people who missed out, and DON'T wanna spend $400 on ebay to get a 1.5 PSP to access all the homebrew aplications.

# shhhh — hellscreamer 2006-05-27 05:12

Sony is watching us ..... shhhzzzzzzz

they may want to make a thinner PSP ... soon lol

# LOL — Guest 2006-05-27 05:27

HAHA -----> 2.7

# sony wont like this, pfft oh well — Guest 2006-05-27 06:05

i dont expect sony being so keen about something like this, fake or not, the possibility is still out there. The only logical way for this thing to work is by replacing the current flash chip inside the psp. so keep your bricked psps around if you wanna fix them with this mod chip, and for those of you saying this is illegal, you download snes, nes, etc. roms and id bet you dont own all of the actual cartrages. Plus other system modchips are still being sold, the only consequence is lossing your warrenty. im anxious as hell for this, if its fake im not going to fret i still have 1.5

# whatev — CoreyPSP 2006-05-27 06:45

i might do this but it will cost mucho dolaros american. seriously the system costs enought and thanx to fanjita and ditlew i have homebrew on my 2.6... it sounds like a bad idea to me.......

# i like poo — Guest 2006-05-27 06:47

fish

# Remember this news post? — Guest 2006-05-27 07:21

http://pspupdates.qj.net/PSP-Multiple-Firmware-Hack/pg/49/aid/28994

This has already been done by someone else. It just seams that a company has also figured out how to do it to.

The original mod is to big to fit in the case but its not massive so it stands to say that it could be improved to a point where it can fit in the psp. plus i count mor then 12 wires in this mod so have fun sodering/ removing components.

i just hope they find ways to decreas the wire count.

# Sony just might start Microsofting. — Chavagnatze 2006-05-27 07:33

PSP might just have glue on its chips on in the next batches.

# well.. — Guest 2006-05-27 08:03

.. I think I know how it might work. In the Hardware of the PSP is the Public Key of Sony. Every game is than signed by Sony and the PSP knows yeah this piece of software came from Sony and is secure to use, so it starts it.

With this chip the list of public keys in the PSP are now replaced or some keys are added and the private key is made public, so every homebrew app can than be signed by this key and used as "signed sony app" on any firmware. Would make sense to me... or the check if something is signed or not in the PSP is made on Hardware and they simply replace it. Both methods would work. But the first is a bit better because Sony couldn't get to know of it that easily. In the other case it just has to try if it can run a small app (made on their own) which isn't signed... huhm okay even possible with the private key (just signing)

Maybe I'm wrong but I think that's how someone might have done that

# re — Guest 2006-05-27 08:20

PS-1 Anti-Mod games detected the chips and refused to run, it took Sony a minimum of a YEAR to get those Anti-Mod games out on the shelves. The solution to the Anti-Mod games on the other side of the coin came out less than 48 hours after the first Anti-Mod game hit the shelves.

With the PSP first they'll actually have to obtain and install one of the modchips, then find out how it works, then find a way to block it 100% , bugtest the whole firmware, then actually get that block into a "dangling cookie" update that they'll put some minimal new feature into in the hopes that people will actually install it, and get that firmware update released both on the net and in the newer UMD's that people will actually BUY and want to update just to run them.

6 months, minimum, after the modchip is released to the public.

If it's a smartly designed modchip, it will have flashable firmwares by itself to change how it runs (like chips done in the past) so it can be updated against Sony's detection methods.

# ? — ultimax 2006-05-27 08:30

#190: come again?

# 偽物だ — Guest 2006-05-27 08:49

偽物だ

# ultimax 2006-05-27 09:10

@#193: oh very helpful.

# Flaming to a new extreme. — Guest 2006-05-27 09:22

@162: adding racism to the fact of how far into the ground this site has already gone, I salute you sir, for being an @$$hole

# NO Fake — Guest 2006-05-27 10:03

I belive,thats no Fake because an very good German Online shop will sell the PSP Mod Chip to.

And he write it on last News to.

1.5 is good but 1.5+2.6 or 2.7or ....is much better.

JUHU

# I think... — Guest 2006-05-27 10:07

I think 193, the one who said '偽物だ' is saying its 'fake'... but I'm not too sure... meh.

# PSP Mod-Sh*t — Guest 2006-05-27 10:13

Make a mod chip that works, and I and 1,000's of PSP users will purchase it. Then Sony blocks it and finds a way to brick our PSP so that you can't fix it. Then all these MURDERIN Mo'*****3Rs will kill you.

Buy, if it's real please release it... ;)

# Think about it... — Guest 2006-05-27 14:22

This chip replaces the whole flash, which means even if sony realesed an update that tried to block this "modded flash", a custom firmware could still be used with it.

# :) — Guest 2006-05-27 18:48

I would like to say something, but i won't - because I don't know what to say. So.....I won't say anything! Yeah!Suckers!

# To Good! — Guest 2006-05-27 19:20

If its real ill be getting it for sure!

# Wait! — MjW 2006-05-28 01:42

Give it a couple of weeks and we ll see if its true or not.

The best thing you can do right now is wait.

# its fake or fake — Guest 2006-05-28 03:02

its fake...

# ali-muhamet-abdulah der 12578124173584803454556908046055 0 — Guest 2006-05-28 06:32

coooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooool lllllllllllllll lllllllllllllll llllll

# its real — Guest 2006-05-28 06:33

Vietone called it first this will use a dual flash system if any of you where around way back at the begining of the homebrew movement for psp youd know that the people with the skills and desire to pull this off have been working on it for a long time

# Im watching you alll — Guest 2006-05-28 06:53

Ive been monitoring this site and im totaly ahead of you people and ive got all your IPs and your all going to jail

p.s. im the one that put the retarded juice in your tap water to make you so retarded

# ultimax 2006-05-28 08:23

@#206: if you DID have my ip you would get pissed off to find that im behind a proxy.

and what retard juice?

# 100$ is vere! — Guest 2006-05-28 09:18

100$ is vere!

# *****s — Guest 2006-05-28 11:29

get a few cases of vb insted of this ***** tools

# *****s — Guest 2006-05-28 11:29

get a few cases of vb insted of this ***** tools

# I WAS RIGHT — Guest 2006-05-28 19:03

I was right you dip*****s pspupdates did not let you down, it was real

# ***** face ***** face — Guest 2006-05-28 20:24

ALRIGHT NOOBS GO ON A FRIGGEN MOD CHIP SITE AND THERE TAKING PRE-ORDERS NOOOOOOOOOOOBZ

# Remeber what happened to the Dreamcast? — Guest 2006-05-29 01:52

This is not good news!

R.I.P. PSP

# um... — Guest 2006-05-29 03:31

Re: #213

you've got to be kidding me....

if its R.I.P. PSP, then its Sony's fault...they've done everything in their power to prevent the PSP from being what it could be. between spending more time fixing exploits than delivering actual useable features...(it took them how long to release Flash?...and since they got adobe to make them a flash plugin..how about a version of acrobat reader?) and by "fixing" those exploits, they've tried to squash the one thing that will extend the PSP's life more than any game or app they can release...homebrew.

if anything this modchip is something that will keep the PSP alive despite Sony's retarded actions.

# how it works — Guest 2006-05-29 05:14

the chip does allow dual boot. the default flash is the modchip flash, holding L1 on startup loads the internal PSP firmware. connects to usb via a lead that is held in the battery compartment for the PSP, this is used to flash the modchip with different firmwares.

# ??????????????????????????????????????? — Guest 2006-05-29 06:42

?????????????????????????????????????????

# 214 — ZYXWVUT 2006-05-29 14:05

nocomment

# LOL — Guest 2006-05-29 17:08

BOOM ! Here comes the boom

# PSP Modchip Is Real — Guest 2006-05-30 03:13

I think the modchip is real cuzz i got 1 for my PS2 and it works just fine. So i think this chip can be the real thing, i hope it loads ISO.

# heh — Guest 2006-05-30 03:39

the purpose of the modchip for the psp would be:

you could run a 2.6 firmware to play that un cracked game

then u coulde simply load a 1.5 and run some homebrew

then switch to 2.0 and use the web browser

The possibilities of this are endless

think before complaining lol

# custom firmares! thats the future — Guest 2006-05-30 08:44

i think mnost o yall are missin the most important bit

custom firmwares!!!!

the reason we dont see a hacked version of 2.7 which allows us to run unsigned code is because even if some1 attempted it and tested it on pc

it might still brick the psp

because this flash enables you to manually re-flash the firmware then peeps would be willin to try new stuff

at the end of the day if they get somethin wrong and accidently ruin the flash(bricking) then they can simply attach the usb cable that hides in the battery compartment and re-flash it with another firmware

this will eventually lead to all us 1.5 users havin all the benefits of the latest firmwares but still able to run unsigned code without havin to chip it ourselves

as long as its tried and tested by trusted people then the custom 2.7 would simply update over 1.5 and then all is good in the world of psp's

peronally i cant wait

# LOOKS LIKE A DOG***** — Guest 2006-05-30 11:10

LOOKS LIKE A FRESH DOG***** TO ME.

# what about the price? — Guest 2006-05-30 13:00

The chip is really cooooool,but what about the price?it sounds like 90$ or so.toooooooooooooo ooo expansive.besides the build-in process also needs $.so just wait ...........

# idiots — Guest 2006-05-30 16:00

lol all of you are half minded idiots! havent you ever thought that with custom firmware you wont need a 3.0? with the development going around now i wouldnt be surprised if the homebrew firmware far exceeded sonys crappy make! i cant wait for this to come out... whoever develops this will be very rich!

# Fits or NOT?? — Guest 2006-05-30 20:10

Can someone give an EXACT information for whether this chip fits in the PSP or not?Someone who is experienced with opening the PSP..

And actually while begging god for this to be true,it doesn't seem real to me since there is no real evidencea website with demonstrations etc.

# Yeah — Guest 2006-05-31 02:26

This Chip Is being produced by team xecuter (supposively) which makes the best xbox chips ever. And It does fit inside your PSP, and the install is pretty simple. It will be able to run ANYTHING ON IT. It will be able to run homemade bioses which will obviously allow anything to be run. Now slap yourself in the face and calm down. I hate the people who flame this because it could mean the defeat of an ongoing battle between Sony and Us! WE WIN. Now stop complaining because yu already have 1.5 and don't need it. You will be able to do more with it than without it and your RETAIL firmware.

# Best of the text i read about a problem. — Guest 2006-05-31 06:02

nocomment

# . — Guest 2006-05-31 11:06

To number 226, it's supposedly, not supposively.

# if u dont know what your talking about then STFU! — Guest 2006-06-01 06:23

# 2.71 — Guest 2006-06-01 11:23

will this chip work with the newest firmwares because sony just relesed 2.71 2or3 days after the chip was announced so maby sony have blocked it ?!?!

# hmm so is it true then? — Guest 2006-06-02 08:22

The modchip might b real, but im gonna wait for a few months and let people review this chip. Then i might order for 1. Anywayz, this modchip would b great but so far all we got is some text and a photo. Is this reliable enough? I just hope that it is real- hope they made plenty of them so they dont run out of stock lol!!!!

P.S im currently looking for NEW 1.5 psps (jap) (white preferably, they look better and are limited) but they are so damn hard to find. Search up google and you get nothing. If anyone out der knows where to get one (not ebay thx and any 2nd hand sellers from websites) that is in stock then please inform on this page

# weiner — Guest 2006-06-03 00:58

All u guys eat *****

# ur all noobs — Guest 2006-06-03 16:56

this modd chip will not allow u to downgrade 2.01+ it will not let u run homebrew on 2.7+!!!!! it will let you run two firmwareson one psp. it is an extra flash chip for ur psp. example:

1. turn on power and run ur original flash chip with its firmware.

2. hold L and turn on power and run modchip with desired firmware.

and it does not make ur psp unbrickable!!!! it will just replace ur psp's other flash chip!!!! if ur psp is bricked!!!!!

# to 233 — Guest 2006-06-05 01:20

stfu u dont know what ur talking about

# lol noob — Guest 2006-06-05 05:03

YAY go number 234!

GO GO GO GO

#233 you remind me of ghey

# My conclusion — Guest 2006-06-05 17:38

Unless if someone is seen actually USING it... (Like on a video.)

I won't believe it and just dismiss it as pure nonsense.

# to 233 — Guest 2006-06-06 10:40

As long as this chip is inside your psp is unbrickable you can reflash the flash0 from the firmware on the chip. And if your flash0 on the chip is *****ed you can reflash it with the usb conector

# chea — Guest 2006-06-08 18:31

So, its june 9th, whos got the modchip. sup wif ya moms

# GUYS... — Guest 2006-06-15 19:57

IT WORRRRRRRRRRRKS !!!!!!!

# Price — Guest 2006-06-17 03:14

whats the price of this babe?

# (^_^) — Guest 2006-06-19 22:00

if u want to pre-order u can go www.modchipstore.com and it cossts 99.95$ its not 2 expensive and if u want to know all the hacks for ur psp go to www.psphacking101.com/ all u need is to be a member and its all free u can download 16 videos and u'll learn all about psp in those weeks they will tell u how to use ur U.L. mod chip

# Listen All — Guest 2006-09-30 13:07

This could be real. Here you are a bunch of veterans hittin' on all the noobz, when you are right now acting like noobz yourselves about if this is real and what can it do.

This chip is suppose to be a Mod Chip. What do we all know about mod chips? They are used to enhance the host with new benifits.

I would say this could be solderless. If you have taken your PSP's apart or referenced pictures of people who have, you would know that there are small locks on the boards to clamp down those plastic benable connections. It may even be held together by a screw....and soldering it might be.

With this chip you might not need to worry about updating firmware. It's suppose to let you keep your benifits of having version 1.50 even if you have firmware 3.0. That's the theory.

Emanples?

I have my Dreamcast modded, because it is foriegn and I needed to play american games on it. Thanks to the mod I can now play CDR games homebrew and watch movies on it,,

I have my Playstation (Original) modded, now I can play CDR games as well as watch movies.

I have my PS2 and XBOX modded. I can now play freely without loading up games on CD by saving their images to their respective harddrives.

If I have my PSP moded that would mean my PSP would be striken free from any limitations, and region codes the creators have put on it, and the impossible is now possible.

So lets keep the hope and dream of mod chips alive and well. We don't need to fight amongst ourselves over it.

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