Need clarification on installing CFW

Hey all. Apologies in advance for any questions that may have been answered elsewhere, but I need serious clarification on how to install cfw on my PSP!

My psp is a 1002 model, and as far as I have read all 1000 models are hackable. All the guides I have read (and I have read ALOT of them so far) have said to get different versions of different cfw's, but as far as I can tell the latest is firmware 5.03 by the m33 guys.

My current firmware is official psp v3.71. Onto the questions now.

1. Do i need to have a certain firmware version to be able to install a cfw? (I bought God of War and it tells me to update to 3.80, I am apprehensive to do this incase I am unable to install cfw).

2. I wish to convert my old PS1 games to a format for use on my psp. I read a guide on how to do it somewhere on this forum, but it was for v1.5 firmware. Is there a different method for different firmware versions?

3. I read that I need a second phat psp battery (a pandoras box they are called?) already modified to perform the cfw installation, where can I get one of these? Is anyone able to send one to me?

4. Once installed, are PS1 games run from the psp menu like umd games?

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1. Do i need to have a certain firmware version to be able to install a cfw? (I bought God of War and it tells me to update to 3.80, I am apprehensive to do this incase I am unable to install cfw).

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no... your over any means of being able to downgrade, however you need to use pandora to cfw your psp. ( $7 for the pandora battery from dealextreme and use a ms under 4gb's for the MMS )

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2. I wish to convert my old PS1 games to a format for use on my psp. I read a guide on how to do it somewhere on this forum, but it was for v1.5 firmware. Is there a different method for different firmware versions?

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PS1 ( pops ) wasnt put into effect until later in the psp life ( 3.xx )

as for different firmware versions yes there are different pops versions for each different firmware.... but thats why we have pops loader so if a version was compatible with another game we could use that pops instead of the installed one.

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3. I read that I need a second phat psp battery (a pandoras box they are called?) already modified to perform the cfw installation, where can I get one of these? Is anyone able to send one to me?

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again.... dealextreme for $7

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4. Once installed, are PS1 games run from the psp menu like umd games?

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they are loaded under the game menu, youll have to convert them so that they can be read under there ( use a ps1->psp converter program )

hope that helps

Thank you for answering those questions. I do have one more that will clear things up for me a bit further -

What is the best version for me to update my firmware to if I were to get a custom firmware? Am I only able to update to a certain one? Should I just get the latest version? If so, what version is that?

That was a few questions, but you get what I mean :)

yes you should update to the latest... 5.00 M33-6... luckily DC-8 installs 5.00 M33-4 from which you can update to -6 easily ( net update )

So is DC-8 a type of battery or do you put it on your mms?

its for the MMS, dont know if auto installers will install dc-8 but im sure there are some that atleast install 5.00 M33 :)

Ok thank you once again, I found the m33program with dc8 and I ordered a pandora battery and a stick to use as an mms from deal extreme. Great price too :D

Hope it all goes smoothly!