In the off chance that YOU brick YOUR PSP during the upgrade process, please do not complain here. I moderate all comments and yours just will not be added.
Sony has released a couple firmware versions since my last posting, but here is a tutorial for getting the OE version of 3.40 running on your PSP. I am going to structure this HOWTO a little bit as a test, if you like this structure, let me know.
*NOTE* You will need atleast 75% battery charge. You may also want to have your PSP plugged into the wall just in case. You will also need a larger memory stick, the 32mb one doesn’t cut it. 1 gig sticks are uber-cheap now.
Step 1:
Download the 3.40 OE-A Firmware, uncompress it, then copy the uncompressed files as follows:
PSP 1.50 Firmware: You will place the uncompressed files in /PSP/GAME
PSP 3.XX OE Firmware: You will place the files in /PSP/GAME150
Step 2:
Goto the game menu and run the 3.40 OE-A Update Maker. This will take a couple of minutes to create the DXAR file.
Step 3:
You will need to access the USB menu on your PSP go into the oeupdmaker directory and copy the newly generated data.dxar file to the 340oeflasher directory.
Step 4:
Once again go back to the game menu and now run the 3.40 OE-A Firmware Install. You will need to agree by pressing X. This will check the integrity of the DXAR file before attempting to flash the firmware to prevent bricking. Once this is complete, press X to turn off your PSP. Turn your PSP back on, and you are now running 3.40 OE-A!
This is the easiest way to upgrade your PSP. I upgraded mine in under 10 minutes following these exact steps.
it BETTER work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
how much mb will it take?
when i upgrade to this version will I be able to play iso’s without using a loader?
hmmmm Copy the dax file through pc side or psp side? New to this so never connected to psp on usb yet. To vague on that part and you use windows explorer to move it?
Green Bobbit, yes, use windows explorer to copy the file. Sorry.
AY HAVE PSP…TA-082 MY SESTEM SOFTWAER 3.10 OE-A
AY NEED EbootUPDATE 3.10 OE-B ET 3.40
HI,i have 3.40 firmware in my psps,so can i use this software to upgrade my psp to 3.40 OEA, thanks
Hi,
Great to know there is a trustworthy place with great instructions on howto downgrade/upgrade FW 1.5 to 3.40-OE (as of todays date).
I have followed all the instructions from A to B and read the instructions over and over again and everything worked spot on every time. Started with a standard FW 2.71 and now have a great working FW3.40-OE.
For other who haven’t done this earlier. Start from the very beginning and move your way up through the FW’s as it will teach you how not to make any mistakes and give you an understanding of how to flash your PSP. It will help you from not having to ask all these questions. I guess the crucial (but not def.) FW change is going to be the FW 1.5. This doesn’t mean that you are out of the clear once this has been done, but its the greates test of them all.
Start with the devhook FW simulator and move on from there.
Cheers
fauzi no you can’t because you have official firmware and this isn’t official. you need firmware version 1.50 or 3.XX OE, XX’s meaning any number. on your firmware sony will not allow you too run the file needed to update. it will just show up as corrupted data. also you cannot downgrade at the moment you will have to wait for a downgrader.
oh thanks jason for confirming whether or not i had to downgrade from 3.10 OE-A’ to 1.50. now i’m on 3.40 OE what is different?
I suggest that the original HOWTO be replaced by this one,since it’s much easier.
Arshia, please do not link to sites outside of this one.
i’m hoping i can put movies on my psp easer!!!!!!!!!!!!
OK jason.It’s just that I thought this would be much easier,& I couldn’t find a way to contact you directly…
I posted a link to an easy installer 2 days ago,but now I see that it’s been removed.Still,if you want to go through less trouble,you can mail me at:
arshiaghafoorie@gmail.com
do i need to down grade my psp or can i use 3.40 to get 3.40 oe??
HELP PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!
thx…….
You must downgrade so that you can actually run the upgrader.
But what I wonder about is:how do you upgrade from an official firmware to another official one? It won’t run the upgrader,will it?
Thx soooooooooooooooooooo much, it worked!!!!!!!!!!
hey, i just rescent got my psp, hope things go well, i just need a little bit of help, i have firmware 3.40 and i need to know how to get back to firmware 1.50 safely, plz and thanks
is it possble that i could just put the eboot of 1.50 in my game file, then the 3.40 oe-a in my game150 file and continue on the process while my current firmware is 3.40? will doing so automatically convert me to 1.50 firmware then 3.40oe-a? really confused, would rilly love some help right now, please. thank you
one more thing, i just tried to downgrade to 1.50 from 3.40.. but, this message appears “the system software version of your psp is 3.40. there is no need to update” … how can i change this? i would really appreciate the help.. thank you
Thanks a mil…. Was so damn worried abt bricking but it went without a hitch…. Awesome
One word: Awesome! A million thanks!
Hi. Is there n e possible way to downgrade you PSP to 1.5 from 3.40. Lyk cn u totally restart it somehow or n e thing or do u just have to wait till the downgrader comes out? And if so do you knw when its gona come out?
Ace, you will have to wait for a downgrader. I have no clue when one is going to come out honestly.
Well that sucks
ok dude help me on this one what do i do if every time i put it it gets corrupted
I have this message ” the game could not be started. (8002014C)
how is that??????
please reply….
sasuke. try inserting a UMD into your psp’s drive.
i tried it…
hmmm… is it maybe because i had a 3.40 SE already installed in my psp?
do I have to downgrade it first? If so. I heard there is none available by now
is this tutorial applicable with psp with 3.40 SE firmware upgrade.
please reply thanks….
please give a thorough explanation or comment with this problem of mine..
do you have to use a loader when running 3.40 OE-A
Mikemann, no.
ok then why did my mortal kombat CSO not work, but my sonic rivals did.
Mikemann, bad copy? I don’t officially support piracy, but you should verify if its a good copy.
Succesfully ugraded my firmware from 3.1 OE-A to 3.40 OE-A.
Thanks a heap Jason.
am the moment i am upgrading my psp v 3.03 oec to a 3.40 oe a does any one have any tiips fro me?
it doesent work for me it says: The game could not be started (8002014c) i know im a noob
Hey i’m on 3.10 OEA’ right now, the one with a ‘ not 3.10 OEA…so is it safe to up to 3.40 OEA? or should i downgrade first?
it worked…keepin ma fingers crossed for the gameplays
Hey, the update works perfectly until I get to the point where the 3.40 update firmware installer has to read the data.dxar file that either the file does not exist, or that it can not read it. Someone help please because I have not only downloaded the 1.5 and the 3.40 updates and then renamed them appropriately, but after that, I just ran the 3.40 Update maker with the 2 files, the 1.5 and 3.40 that were in the compressed 3.40 oe-a file, but neither of them produced a good data.dxar. I even went as far as to copy the data.dxar into different the different files and see if the 3.40 install would read them, but it didn’t. Currently I have a 1.5 that I downgraded from a 2.71 TA-82. Someone, please tell me what I have been doing wrong please.
Thank you.
Perfect instructions. Best instructions ive seen so far. Keep writing instructions like that.
@ arshia :
does this work??? kinda a newbie to this thing. I have a version 2.0 with me… are the files in the OEUPDMAKER folder to be copied and attached to PSP/GAME folder and PSP/GAME150 folder?
it’s kinda confusin’…. the folders that i can only see in the PSP folder are the ff. : GAME, MUSIC, PHOTO, SAVEDATA…
help please….
just followed the instruction and was able to update from 3.10 OE-A to 3.4 OE A..thanks:)
I have an old model psp which is modded to 3.40 OE-A..i was wondering if anyone can help me out and tell me how do i update to the latest version. i put a new game on there and i get this message on my screen ” The System software of your PSP system is version 3.40. To play, you must update to version 3.51 or later.” As soon as i click yes for update it says ” The game could not be started. (DADADADA).. Can someone email me some help on what i can do to fix this. Thanx
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