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    psp Undiluted Platinum - The Full Details on the Worlds First PSP Modchip



    A few days ago we posted the news that there was a PSP Modchip being released soon, heres a Pic of that Modchip installed in a Ceramic White PSP:



    Heres the specs/details:

    Undiluted Platinum – World's first PSP modchip!

    The U.P. (Undiluted Platinum) is a flash Replacement system for the PSP™ which allows the use of previous flash updates or custom firmware builds, opening up the possibility to run unsigned homebrew code on even the latest PSP systems. The U.P. contains 32MB NAND flash which is programmable from the PC via a high speed USB connection, using our user friendly software. You may boot the PSP from either its onboard flash or the flash contained on the U.P; the flash which is used is determined by a button press as the PSP is powered on (U.P. flash is used by default, hold L1 to use the PSP onboard flash). Since U.P. provides a secondary flash which the PSP can boot from, it can even be used to restore a PSP which has been "bricked". Every effort has been made to make our flash updater software, which will be freely available for download, both as easy to use and reliable as possible. The software also contains diagnostics which can be used by installers to determine if an installation has been successful or not.

    The U.P. has been designed to minimize installation difficulty and effort. A FPC (flexible printed circuit) cable is included which routes the essential signals from the PSP motherboard to the U.P. main board and U.P. USB connector. Copper enamel wire is included, which will provide the connection between the FPC cable and the motherboard signal traces. The FPC cable also helps by reducing the mechanical stress placed on the solder points, making a U.P. modified PSP shock resistant which is important for handheld systems. Installation aids are included, and installation diagrams for all PSP hardware revisions will be available for download, together with flasher software application, from our reseller's websites. More about installation together with install pictures closer to release.

    The FPC cable end to which the USB connector board attaches is routed into the battery compartment and sits above the battery. The battery cover can be replaced after flash updating and the cable remains safely in the compartment until the next update is required, whereupon the USB connector can be clipped in place within a few seconds. This means that the U.P. is completely contained within the PSP under normal usage and avoids any unsightly external modifications to your PSP. PSP is after all portable, let’s keep it that way!

    In order to maximise the benefits that U.P. can provide its users, we have decided to take an open source approach with U.P and will be releasing source code for any software we release as well as full documentation for the U.P. hardware interface - including information on how to control U.P. from within PSP programs. This will allow anybody to create software which can take advantage of what U.P. has to offer. We have also sent a few prototype units away to some of the scene's best software hackers in order to give them a headstart at working on custom flash replacements - cant wait to see what people will come up with!

    Features:

    - Ultra reliable and feature rich Actel ProASIC Plus FPGA
    - Full Speed USB 1.1 ASIC onboard
    - Branded 32MB NAND flash onboard (same flash as used in PSP)
    - Stable and reliable flashing software freely available for download
    - Installation verification using flashing software
    - Ultra compact four layer PCB
    - High quality Japanese connectors
    - USB cable included
    - FPC cable included, reducing installation effort and improving shock resistance
    - Copper enamel wire included
    - Open platform development system for software developers
    - Installation has been optimized to fit entirely inside PSP
    - All PSP hardware versions/regions supported
    - User updatable flash
    - Low power consumption
    - Flash select via button press
    - Ultra compact PCB has been designed to avoid signal bounce

    Package contents:

    - U.P. MAIN MODULE x1
    - U.P. USB BOARD x1
    - USB CABLE x1
    - INSTALLATION AIDS 1 SET
    - COPPER ENAMEL WIRE 1 SPOOL
    - FPC CABLE x1

    The suggested price for the Modchip will be 75 Euro's/ 90 US$ or around 50 Pounds.

    More info as it comes

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    sounds very interesting,
    Cant wait untill more of these things are released to lower the cost.

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    great work. time has come

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    thats just titties

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    Looks great, 50 quid imo is a reasonable price.
    It would be fun to try to create one on my own, but it would definitely be safer to just buy one.
    (Cheaper too, because I wont be killing my psp! )
    I'm not really good enough with electronics to do it myself, and I still havent found a good source of psp compatible nand chips...

    Having 1.0 and 3.0 in the same psp will definitely own!
    But this is bound to have some kind of legal implications...
    I still recon people should wait till the firmware used with the ps1emu and the ps3 are released.
    It would be terrible if this caused sony to delay the release of these things.
    Also, this might make sony decide to come up with a crazy modchip disabler security patch for the psp's next firmware.

    Lol, this is getting interesting after reading all the scepticism in the last thread...
    Still, there isn't really any hard evidence given here to support that this definitely exists.

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    Thumbs up I dont know if its true or not,BUT

    Quote Originally Posted by mog
    Looks great, 50 quid imo is a reasonable price.
    It would be fun to try to create one on my own, but it would definitely be safer to just buy one.
    (Cheaper too, because I wont be killing my psp! )
    I'm not really good enough with electronics to do it myself, and I still havent found a good source of psp compatible nand chips...

    Having 1.0 and 3.0 in the same psp will definitely own!
    But this is bound to have some kind of legal implications...
    I still recon people should wait till the firmware used with the ps1emu and the ps3 are released.
    It would be terrible if this caused sony to delay the release of these things.
    Also, this might make sony decide to come up with a crazy modchip disabler security patch for the psp's next firmware.

    Lol, this is getting interesting after reading all the scepticism in the last thread...
    Still, there isn't really any hard evidence given here to support that this definitely exists.
    I have heard from a few people, there are certain things a 1.5 psp will do that a 1.0 will not.
    Then again ive never been 1.0 so I cant really say.
    But 1.5 is the great equalizer. It ownz all

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    This will be amazing i am certantly getting one, the war is over

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    this could all be made up for your information
    not real evidence here, waiting for an adobe premiere video

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    Cool




    school psp club is gonna buy 20 of me

    I love the PSP

    NOW ALL MAY HAVE HOMEBREW, FOR IT IS WRITTEN: GOD HATH GIVEN US THE POWER TO MAKE MOD CHIP FOR PSP, PERFECT IT AND REDISTRIBUTE IT.

    And it was done.

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