HOWTO: Upgrade your PSP to Firmware 3.40 OE-A
filed in Tutorials on Apr.28, 2007
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.
May 1st, 2007 on 8:10 am
it BETTER work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 5th, 2007 on 12:16 pm
how much mb will it take?
May 5th, 2007 on 2:18 pm
when i upgrade to this version will I be able to play iso’s without using a loader?
May 8th, 2007 on 8:59 pm
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?
May 8th, 2007 on 9:18 pm
Green Bobbit, yes, use windows explorer to copy the file. Sorry.
May 11th, 2007 on 3:46 am
AY HAVE PSP…TA-082 MY SESTEM SOFTWAER 3.10 OE-A
AY NEED EbootUPDATE 3.10 OE-B ET 3.40
May 11th, 2007 on 8:17 am
HI,i have 3.40 firmware in my psps,so can i use this software to upgrade my psp to 3.40 OEA, thanks
May 13th, 2007 on 2:04 am
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
May 13th, 2007 on 11:26 am
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?
May 18th, 2007 on 6:40 am
I suggest that the original HOWTO be replaced by this one,since it’s much easier.
May 18th, 2007 on 6:47 am
Arshia, please do not link to sites outside of this one.
May 18th, 2007 on 1:13 pm
i’m hoping i can put movies on my psp easer!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 20th, 2007 on 6:20 am
OK jason.It’s just that I thought this would be much easier,& I couldn’t find a way to contact you directly…
May 21st, 2007 on 6:09 am
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
May 21st, 2007 on 5:50 pm
do i need to down grade my psp or can i use 3.40 to get 3.40 oe??
HELP PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!
thx…….
May 22nd, 2007 on 9:52 am
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?
May 24th, 2007 on 8:06 pm
Thx soooooooooooooooooooo much, it worked!!!!!!!!!!
May 26th, 2007 on 9:31 am
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
May 26th, 2007 on 9:54 am
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
May 26th, 2007 on 10:09 am
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
May 26th, 2007 on 3:52 pm
Thanks a mil…. Was so damn worried abt bricking but it went without a hitch…. Awesome
May 28th, 2007 on 5:27 am
One word: Awesome! A million thanks!
May 28th, 2007 on 10:20 pm
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?
May 28th, 2007 on 10:38 pm
Ace, you will have to wait for a downgrader. I have no clue when one is going to come out honestly.
May 29th, 2007 on 3:35 pm
Well that sucks
June 3rd, 2007 on 2:00 pm
ok dude help me on this one what do i do if every time i put it it gets corrupted
June 4th, 2007 on 9:27 am
I have this message ” the game could not be started. (8002014C)
how is that??????
please reply….
June 4th, 2007 on 9:43 am
sasuke. try inserting a UMD into your psp’s drive.
June 4th, 2007 on 9:58 am
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..
June 4th, 2007 on 6:08 pm
do you have to use a loader when running 3.40 OE-A
June 4th, 2007 on 7:02 pm
Mikemann, no.
June 4th, 2007 on 9:13 pm
ok then why did my mortal kombat CSO not work, but my sonic rivals did.
June 7th, 2007 on 3:14 pm
Mikemann, bad copy? I don’t officially support piracy, but you should verify if its a good copy.
June 24th, 2007 on 9:53 am
Succesfully ugraded my firmware from 3.1 OE-A to 3.40 OE-A.
Thanks a heap Jason.
June 28th, 2007 on 2:27 pm
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?
July 5th, 2007 on 5:10 am
it doesent work for me it says: The game could not be started (8002014c) i know im a noob
July 11th, 2007 on 1:57 am
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?
July 15th, 2007 on 7:32 am
it worked…keepin ma fingers crossed for the gameplays
July 17th, 2007 on 1:42 am
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.
October 6th, 2007 on 8:39 am
Perfect instructions. Best instructions ive seen so far. Keep writing instructions like that.
January 28th, 2008 on 1:39 am
@ 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….
March 21st, 2008 on 7:20 pm
just followed the instruction and was able to update from 3.10 OE-A to 3.4 OE A..thanks:)
November 6th, 2008 on 5:18 pm
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
herbert.jacobs@navy.mil