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Custom Firmware 5.00 M33-6 Released
greg | January 20, 2009
Can’t say I saw this one coming… Dark_AleX has released custom firmware 5.00 M33-6. This new version attempts to increase read access, hopefully reducing the lag in heavier titles when playing from the memory stick, and in general, speeding things up all around.
See the comparison chart here.
Changes in 5.00 M33-5:
- A setting has been added to recovery, that, when enabled it may increase memory stick reading speed. (only on the psp, not in the pc). By default it is disabled. If you installed 3.71 fatmsmod, do not use this setting, as its performance with 3.71 driver has not been tested. Instead, reinstall 5.00 m33-4 using dc8 and update to 5.00 m33-5.
Changes in 5.00 M33-6:
- Fixed a bug that made unbootable psp without memory stick or with a bad one.
Download: Custom Firmware 5.00 M33-6
- source: dark-alex
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Oh wow. I just saw this pop up xD. I’ll be sure to DL it soon.
WOOOOOOOOOOOP!!!
hi just want to ask is it ok f i use 8gb memory stick in mym psp phat?and f i used is it gnna b fast with this dfw?tnx
How can the file be 467KB, because when i put it in my psp just like the read me file says , and got into games and pres X on the update , it says “the game cannot be started/the data is corrupted”,the game is actually the custom firmware, and yes my PSP is the 2000version and it has the 5,03 official firmware
does this mean that the psp 3000 can be hacked? i don’t know much about this things but i think not… can’t wait ’till the newer psps can be hacked…
no, you cant hack psp 3000 with this, you need a gripshift UMD and a HEN to use hombrew and iso games on 3000
or just wait until they crack open the 3k pre-ipl
No, This Is An Update On A Already Hacked PSP Firmware Dubbed CFW (Custom Firmware)
installed it, quite nice
I noticed a nice increase of speed when I installed this. :P..works out great!
It is faster :-)
It Is Fast It’s Like Twice As Fast In VSH Anyways
Anyone here think gen might do the same thing here
Gens firmware sucks anyway who cares if they do it.
Top notch, notice load speed straight away N1 Guys A****
irshell autoboot doesn’t work :( but it still runs so its all good
sry about double post thanks for this, excellent thing to come home too
I wonder why they are wasting their time making those updates…? why they don’t concentrate hacking the crap psp 3000 or even the TA88v3 mobo..why? but thanks anyway dark alex for being around, keep it up
well maybe because for people that don’t have 3000 models they still want better firmwares and because dark alex is still probably working on the other thing too he’s just working on this at the same time
if im running 5.02 gen-a can i update directly to this or do i need to go to 5.00 m33 then update to this
You need the Hellcat’s recovery flasher, then downgrade back to 5.00 M33-4, then use M33 update to go to M33-6. ;)
what are the risks associated with this new setting? i’m worried because if i brick my psp i don’t have any means here to recover it…
0.000000000000000000000000000000001%
After you download the update where do you save or put the update on your memory stick.
Can somebody pz give me a step by step guide.
X:\PSP\GAME\UPDATE\EBOOT.PBP
Is this any better than the 3.71 fatmsmod ?
well with the 3.71 fatmsmod installed, psp cannot see music with chinese,korean,japanese titles. that is unless you dont need that ability…
but still i recommend this over fatsmod
I was wondering the very same if it was worth me having to downgrade then reinstall 5.00m33-6 thanks for the info!
HAHA! NICE! I didnt listen and i used speed up hack with 371 driver and… it is SUPERFAST!!!!!! AWESOME!
Does this fix so I can play PSX games again?
u could allready play psx games on 5.00…i have 7 of them…
that happened to me when u upgraded to 4.01 m33 a while ago
it’s just an error that happens with with some updates
updating to this should fix it if not then i wouldnt know what to do
the pops fix was a wile back. used the new speedhack today its awesome.
Q: does anyone know if this is in anyway overclocking hack?
Thx 4 answer
well it Enhances memory stick accessibility, but its not overclocking….
thanks dark alex
Sweet Hey i did not see this above anywhere. what does it mean may increase memory stick speed in psp? has anyone enabled it and noticed any speed increase?
I am on 5.02 gen-a and it works perfect for me everything i got it works on my psp so far. Thanks man
also since i am on 5.02 gen a is this one slower to? or am i good?
I have a noob question. I have been out of the CF scene for a while. I have upgraded from 3.x M33 to 5.00 M33-4. How can I tell if I have installed the 3.71 fatmsmod driver? I dont remember if I installed it in the past.
Thank you in advance,
joker
download a music with some foreign language title adn add it to your psp, if it doesnt display the music with the foreign language title then you have it installed.
of course, theres always recovery flasher
Ty sinwarrior for answering.
What I did was renamed a MP3 file to Wür.MP3 and put it on my PSP. The PSP showed Wür.MP3 and played it. Is it a safe bet that I did not download the 3.71 fatmsmod driver?
Ty in advance for responding.
try a Chinese music, but if you dont remember installing fatmsmod then its safe to assume you dont have it in.
but you can always use recovery flasher to reinstall 5.00m33 first just to be safe :)
@ everyone asking about 5.02 GEN
5.02 GEN does not have the speed improvements. You will have to either install this or use the 3.71 driver if you’re looking for speed.
I just downgraded from 5.02 GEN-A
So far I’m glad I did. GEN-A doesn’t have much to lure me to it other then Category sorting, which I don’t use much anyways. Need L/R swapping feature with it or something.
500m33-6 has drastic speed increase for 8gig memory cards on PSP phat. Wondering if that driver will actually make it speed up any…
Good Job Dark Alex.
downloaded and installed with no problems as always, speed increase is nice.thank you very much.
IN DARK ALEX WE TRUST………
My experiment: CSO: Higurashi Daybreak; ISO Mode: M33 driver, Sony NP9660, Normal, OE isofs.
- Fat 5.00m33-4: fatmsmod371.prx and slim 5.00m33-6: without fatmsmod371.prx, speed up ms access enabled: Fat loads faster than 3 seconds.
- Fat 5.00m33-4: fatmsmod371.prx and slim 5.00m33-6: with fatmsmod371.prx, speed up ms access enabled: Slim loads faster than 1 second.
=> Fat with fatmsmod371.prx are winners.
Other thoughts: I see that slim with/without fatmsmod371.prx is always slower than fat. Anyone know why? This is not my feeling, I have a timer.
@toomyzoom
I guess it just depends on the games. I’m pretty sure this update is faster than fatmsmod371.prx but then again it could be the other way around. It all boils down on what game (ISO, CSO). Hopefully some more benchmarks would come out. :)
we need pandora to start blowing thru security on the new psps haha
Works great, cut the total load time on a homebrew title from 2:13 to 1:13, awesome!
Thanks dark alex
so what happens if you update and have the fatmsmod installed. Would you not see any improvment or would it crash the PSP? How can I unistall fatmsmod if I have it installed?
the speed test is for umd
where are the ones for memory stick?
will i notice a difference?
Speed test is for CSO, read the txt file in the archive.
Cool thanks Dax
DARK ALEX we love youuuuuuuuuu !!!!!
does this work with 5.0M33-4 (3.71 fatmsmod installed)
[i dont want to downgrade ]
Yes, but I’d uninstal fatmsmod first to be sure.
is that a “no”?
Would I need to reinstall 1.50 kernal adon if or does it come with 1.50 kernal all set and ready.
no
Guys and gals, the only reason he’s saying not to use 3.71 fatmsmod is because it’s untested. At least one person on here claims it works — the question is that of reliability. If you want to try it, go for it — back up your MS first, and don’t cry if you lose savegames, or it ends up needing a reformat!
I can confirm that the 3.71 fatmsmod works better than no 3.71 fatmsmod. Even with .iso files.
I installed this and noticed that
once in a while while using internet
explorer and trying to save a bookmark,
the PSP freezes. Then it shuts off.
I had installed the 3.71 driver before,
I don’t know if that might be the cause.
Other than that with the 3.71 driver pre-installed before hand, everything else seems to work fine, even after enabling the MS feature in the settings.
burr
wot
how do u do diz?????
pleaze tell me
i keep tring but den it says corroped
data
can u please help meee
Do you need to install a 1.50 kernal add on or not, if so can I use the old kernal add on or do I need to whate for one made for this firmware.
dark alex now have a problem how to hack psp 3000 i think he cannot hacked psp 3000 and make all cso iso file run… now where are you dark alex? why still quite
I could just cry…
All is working i have tested in the morning with fatms mode and ms speed mode enabled.all futures are working in xmb and games not freezing…all works
Thank You Dark_AleX!
Dark alex now i have a problem to hack psp 2000 and 3000. did you have a solution for me… thanks…
HELP!! I have applied this update and now when I load any ISO my character keeps moving down. I dont think its the anolog stick. I can move any direction when i move the stick but when i let go its like if i was pressing down. Any advice?
Thanks,
JoPapa
Update also my Roms the same thing where the character keeps moving down.
I had taken a super long break from my psp.. since 3.52m33 .. and i just got back up to date.. and installed all the way through this 5.00m33-6. But for some reason my iso’s don’t seem to even show up on my psp anymore. I put them in the iso folder and can’t see them when i try to play. Do i need to install something else aside from this CF? I never installed the 1.5 kernel.. i thought that was just for homebrew… am i wrong?
1.5 kernel must install only thous who have phat psp (only if you want to run homebrew gameson it).. try to format your ms..or i dont know try to enter restore mode and seek problem there..
Thank you someone :) That explained and confirmed what i thought and actually fixed the problem. Overjoyed with this new CFW! ありがとう ダルク・アリクス
Hey I love the new speed increase but can someone else please test NetserJ out? It runs slow now at 50 fps max where as before it was fine.
Please let me know if it’s everyone.
Is there any side effects to using the speed increase, like shorter battery life or stuff?
Just wondering…
i already installed fatmsmod 3.71 on my psp 5.00m33-5.is it ok if i install m33-6 update or it may brick?
just a question.. i have a psp fat with CFW 3.90 M33-3.Can anyone tell me a good reason to keep following the updates..every thing works for me on that CFW but if i need to update i will,i just dont want to mess anything up. thanks
i already installed fatmsmod 3.71 on my psp 5.00m33-5.is it ok if i install m33-6 update or it may brick?
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It won’t brick. At least not on an old PSP Fat. Tested and works, but the issue with the Internet Explorer bookmark file opening from card
remains (PSP Stops reading file from the card, freezes and shuts off every once in a while, happens every now and then, not always though) didn’t happened before installing this update.
Very cool man! After installing the 5.00 M33-6, and then enabling the memory reading speed setting, I get as much as twice the original loading speeds!
This is especially obvious when playing DJ Max! And I’m using a 8GB memory stick! Think this is the best update so far! Great job to Dark_AleX!
any updates yet on what will happen if i will upgrade my 5.00m33-4 w/ 3.71fatsmod patch to 5.00m33-6? tnx
ok i have been looking for a new way to be able to use a cheat device on a psp slim…will this work or do i have to keep looking? my firmware is 3.51 or soemthing up around there….
its the edison carter cheat device for GTA: LCS and i cant find anywayto put it on can someone plz help me??? send me an email at
dumnut567@hotmail.com
So I haven’t used my psp in a looong time I actually have 3.40-OE on it and I decided to upgrade finally. I got the official 5.00 update and the new 5.00 M33-6 updater and put it all on a new formatted card and all it says is “unpacking…. done.”
Please wait…
and it has been like that for 10 minutes now. any clues?
I know this post is a few months old but just to clarify for people still stuck here. I had to update from 3.40-OE to 3.52 M33-2 first and then I went on to the 5.00 M33-6 installation following the steps.
i did it already, had 5.00 m33 – 4 with fatmsmod and put the m33 – 6 and it’s going faster noticeable. and no issues at all at this moment. i’m using fake 4 gb memory stick, and my friend did the same with fake memory 16 gb and no issues at all for him also.
I am currently running firmware 5.03 and would like to install 5.00 m33-6 but don’t know how. I have made several attempts with negative results. Can you help me?
all the same plz help
just bought a psp slim light, and it is running c/f 3.90 m33-3, can i just update to the newest c/f 5.00 M33-6, or do i have to download anything else to it, i have never done this before and so dont know how to update am very new to this hacked psp stuff please advise
I upgraded to this from 5.00 m33-4 now snes9xTYL wont work. anyone know why?
The game could not be started. (80020148)
hey people :)
plz answer my questin :P it’s important to me :D
i just hacked my psp 1004 (or 1001) amm and if i’ll update with this… ahhh
my question is that do i need other updates to update with this? i mean if all the futeres will be added? sor for my bad english :|
when i open my camera the psp freezes. it all started when i installed the flash of alternative vshmenu. hope this update would fix it. currently using 5.00 m33-4
hey pops,,
i have a question.. r dey going to released v. 5.03 m33 someting lyk dat.. because i updated my psp and d version of my psp now is 5.03… and i install a game and it doesnt work the ISO… wat should i do..
pls help..thanks
help
when i try to install other v. lyk v 5.00 m33-2. it said cannot be started data corrupted. wats the prob to dat?
thnks in advnce
16 gig ms not working with ms vsh or pops but works with game setting
will it work in fat psp?
I upgraded to M33-6 and even tryed Gen-A but i cant seem to play any Demo’s off the playstation store, there’s a few Japanese demo’s i want to try 2 :( cant even play that card battle game cant think of the name… but ya cant seem to play anything that needs firmware 5.1 firmware or higher
when i run it on psp it says 500.pbp doesnt exist do you want to download it from net…… what does that meando i need previous version or do i need wifi net
It means you need to download the sony official 5.00 firmware in order to complete the installation. all you downloaded was the M33-6 Patch for the Official Firmware (OFW). You can either download it straigt at the Sony website, or use your PSP to download it for you using network update (BE SURE YOU HAVE M33 NETWORK UPDATE SELECTED IN YOUR CONFIGURATION FIRST!)
I downloaded the M33-6 firmware right away with network update (which in my opinion is one of the coolest things they did with m33 firmware, now i dont even have to chase the updates down, I just network update on the PSP itself, that is worth its weight in GOLD!) Anyways, I think the speed boost is great, especially if you are using larger size cards (8-16 gig). I dont think there is any negitive effects, such as battery depletion, or anything.
oh yeah, one more thing, for all you noobs that ask the most retarded questions in the world on discussions about m33-6 firmware, maybe you should learn to use google a little better and type in: “How to hack a PSP tutorial”. Posting your questions about pandora batteries and the PSP 3000 have no place here.
worked!thanks DA!
hi everyone tried everything to put a custom firm on my psp and nothing downloaded loads and done everything as in notes psp game undate pasted and replaced for new on close psp and reboot and go to game folder and find new firm to update and it says (THIS GAME CANNOT BE STARTED THE DATA IS CORRUPTED I HAVE CHECK MY MEMORY STCK AND IT FINE GOT A NEW ONE DONE THE SAME AS WELL I AM STUCK ANYONE OUT THERE HGELP WANT TO DOWNLOAD MY GAMES SO I CAN PLAY THEM ON MY PSP MINE IS A PSP2003 MANY THANKS
ok i have updated the cfw to number 6,but still there is a baterry charging problem with this firmware,and more and more people installing cfw 5.00m33 are getting psp’s that dont charge.All is well just the battery dontcharge no more and in the xmb in battery system it shows external only.The previous firmware i had from da worked perfect and the battery charged.Now 2 days after installing 5.00cfw the battery wont charge.I think there is a bug somewhere in the system.DA please have a look into this.great work and i have been with you from 2005,the downgrDER Dayz
I have the same problem. Did you find a solution?
how come the custom firmware 5.00 m33-6 dosent have the update!!!
and it wont start at all!!
is it meant to be like that or did someone make a BIG mistake?
im sure it was meant to be like that
but if anyone can answer please answer.
How come that when i change my firmware from 3.71 m33 to 5.0 m33
my tekken Dr gameplay LAgs. or have been slowing down when i was batteling in Lan mode.???
can u help me.??
i updated my CFW to 5.0 m33-6 but nothing happend to my tekken Dr.
help me please!!!!
email me your answers @
sardido_jhunelle@yahoo.com
hope that some1 will help me with this problem..
I noticed a lag in a cso file. I turned my psp off and held down the top right trigger button when I switched the psp on again to enter the recovery menu. I used the options to change the XMB and ISO/UMD speed to 333, I also changed the MS option to always. Then I exited recovery mode and tried the game again, it was better.
dude my psp was like at 3.7 custom firmware. so i updated it to this. when i turn my psp on it freezes on the home screen. all it shows is the background and the battery icon. then it shuts off after like 10 secounds… i need help big time!!!
i Have a question, i am new to this fireware stuff. Will i need a pandora battery to hack my 1001 psp?
If you have an official Sony firmware 5.03 (or below than can be updated to 5.03) you can use ChickHEN, then use hellcat’s cfw flasher to just get custom firmware without a pandora. With any official firmware greater than 5.03 you would need a pandora battery and magic memory stick.
Thanks M.D.
I am running 3.71 m33-2 on my phat. is it easy to update to 5.00 m33-6? just down load the update file and copy to the game folder and run update?
hi eveyone i have custom 4.01 can do i need to update it to 5.00 can it still play cso,iso file???? help please
can som1 help me out i have cfw 5.00m33-6 with cxmb enabled
when i start internet browser it works fine but when i swittch it off on da internet browser screen an turn it on again it freezes when i disable cxmb it works fine but i cant use custom themes.. any fix or solution ??
my games doesn’t play at this firmware it says
“The game could not be started (80020321)”
couldyou please help me
whats the other advantages aside from speeding up your psp? i min whats the other thing this can do.?
well, ANGELO.. your psp is not broken, first thing you do, turn off your psp(fully) and then turn it ON again while pressing R-button.. if done, go to configuration and “UMD MODE” and Press X and when your done, press back, and exit… and you can now play all yuor games wthout UMD REQUIRED
hi…can you help me to update my psp??i have 3.90m33-3 and i want to update it in 5.00m33-6??it is possible to update it directly on 5.00m33-6??what should i do this is my fist time updating my psp..plss someone help with this…pls email me at philipperaymart@gmail.com ..thnks
and how to update it using wi-fi??
um… how do u install any firmwire?
will 5.00 m33-6 work on psp 2000?
yes as i have one and flash it to this version
when is the 6.00 m336 coming
herro, ive got a psp 3.xx m33, battery currently dead, what do i need to download to update to the latest homebrew firmware? getting back into my psp, its a original white psp (from when the black ones first came out)