Playing ISO Games Directly with 3.30 OE-A

[jakelee]

I copied an ISO game to ISO folder at the root of the memory stick. When I launch it from game, it says "game can not be started." is there anything else that I need to run in order to play ISO games on 3.30 OE-A. If I understand correctly, with 3.30 OE-A only I can play ISO games...pls advise if there is something else I am not aware...thanks...

[TimTiger]

I copied an ISO game to ISO folder at the root of the memory stick. When I launch it from game, it says "game can not be started." is there anything else that I need to run in order to play ISO games on 3.30 OE-A. If I understand correctly, with 3.30 OE-A only I can play ISO games...pls advise if there is something else I am not aware...thanks...

Do you have an UMD in the drive and no UMD disabled?

[jakelee]

Do you have an UMD in the drive and no UMD disabled?

I don't have UMD in the drive and I believe UMD is enabled now....what do I need to do next? Thanks...

[TimTiger]

I don't have UMD in the drive and I believe UMD is enabled now....what do I need to do next? Thanks...

With no umd disabled insert a UMD into the drive and try to play the game. It should work.

[jakelee]

With no umd disabled insert a UMD into the drive and try to play the game. It should work.

How to disable UMD...?

[x3sphere]

How to disable UMD...?

hold R while turning your PSP on to enter recovery mode. disable NO-UMD in the config options.

[heonoocquay]

I can't play some ISO after upgrading from 1.50 to 3.30 OE-A. All I've got is black screen.
I COULD play these ISO when the PSP had 1.50 and UMD drive was still working.

My UMD drive is defect now, and I upgrade the PSP to version 3.30 OE-A. I can play some ISO without UMD. When I play "Megaman Powered UP, Megaman Maverick Hunter X, Teenage Muntant Ninja Turtles ...", nothing happens. Just back screen.

What shall I do ?

[roe-ur-boat]

Hold r when turning on your psp and you should get a blue screen. Go down to configuration and disable no-umd. Then make sure you have a umd in the drive when starting your iso up

[Tenshigami]

If disabling NO-UMD and putting a UMD in the drive doesn't work, try using recovery to downgrade back to 1.50, then, if you want to, try installing 3.30 OE-A again.

I don't see how the 3.30 OE-A upgrade could have messed up, but I had something similar when I initially upgraded to 3.03 OE-B. THAT problem, however, was because I failed to notice that I had upgradeded to 3.03 OE-B, from 3.02 OE-A.

[jakelee]

hold R while turning your PSP on to enter recovery mode. disable NO-UMD in the config options.

My PSP is running on 3.30 OE-A now and when I am pressing R button and turning on the power, it doesn't go into recovery mode and instead it goes into the regular home.

Any suggestions? Meanwhile, when I installed FastLoader on this, it won't get started. Any other homebrews that I need to run as well in order to play an ISO game? Thanks a lot..

[jakelee]

Got it...I didn't press the power button long enough to shut down completely and then press R to power on....thanks...

How can I delete the file for PSP Update ver X.YZ? Thanks...

[Tenshigami]

EDIT: Nevermind he figured it out.
How can I delete the file for PSP Update ver X.YZ?
EDIT EDIT: As in what, remove the update icon that shows up when you insert a UMD?

[jakelee]

EDIT: Nevermind he figured it out.

EDIT EDIT: As in what, remove the update icon that shows up when you insert a UMD?

Yes...to remove this icon from GAME, could you pls shed some light on this? Thanks a lot...

[Tenshigami]

Yes...to remove this icon from GAME, could you pls shed some light on this? Thanks a lot...

Oh, THAT. To remove that, you just delete the recovery folder from the GAME folder on your memory stick. It can be found on X:/PSP/GAME/. (X being whatever drive letter your PSP shows up as.) If you really want it gone, I suggest you keep it backed up on your computer somewhere. You never know when you might need to downgrade again in an emergency.

EDIT: The reason they made it to show up in GAME is so that you can run it even if your recovery mode is hosed.

[heonoocquay]

Hold r when turning on your psp and you should get a blue screen. Go down to configuration and disable no-umd. Then make sure you have a umd in the drive when starting your iso up

My umd drive doesn't work anymore. Some ISO work with enable no-umd and some don't. Why ? Is this the way the ISO was compressed/converted to iso from UMD ?

[Krelian]

I think it has more to do with how the game was programmed/compiled/loads...
The games that aren't compatible with No-UMD aren't compatible no matter what format you leave it in, compressed or not.

[jakelee]

I think it has more to do with how the game was programmed/compiled/loads...
The games that aren't compatible with No-UMD aren't compatible no matter what format you leave it in, compressed or not.

I just upgraded to 3.40 OE-A and tried to play TMNT ISO game...once it was launched from GAME, then it powered off the PSP...does it need NO-UMD disabled? I enabled that in config via recovery menu for other games...switching back and forth is a little busy...