Pandora's Box Easier-Installer

[XsavioR]

Well perhaps I was bored so I made an installer for the Pandora's Battery.
Its a bit of a pain to set up , This should help some people. It requires Windows XP.

Download the .rar
Unzip with winrar
Run the setup (this part must be unzipped to c:\)
Double click the Shortcut to Pandora's Box
Click the second button to launch the installer

Faq isnt in yet due to thinking its simple enough not to need one.

Beware dont go converting your only battery, Once its converted, and you hard boot you will need to get a "normal" battery to start your psp .

Picture:


All credit for Pandora's Battery, go to Team C+D. Thanks for the most usefull app.

If you folks find this as useful as I did Make a donation to the Developers who created it. You can do so at the link below.
http://tinyurl.com/27294u

Thanks for reading , Enjoy!
XsavioR

[Chilly Willy]

Seems to work just peachy. Only one caveat - in the requirements dialog, it says you need a 32 MB or larger memory stick. It SHOULD say you need any size Pro Duo memory stick less than 8 GB. Most 32 MB sticks are Duo, not Pro Duo, and therefore won't work. Also, 8 GB sticks cannot be used either as Pandora's Battery IPL uses 1.50 firmware derived libs, and 1.50 didn't support 8 GB sticks.

[Acerthief]

It works perfectly XsavioR, but yeah jsut the condition chilly willy mentioned. besides, 32MB isn't enough, i use a 64MB and there's barely any room left.

[XsavioR]

BAh wonder why my stick is reading

Size 14.8 MB
Size on disk 16.2 MB

And thats with the bin's still left there. But As long as the info is here (and at the top) No worries. Sorry for the "typo" by my stats its accurate. I will try it on a 32 MB PRO duo tomorrow and see what I get.

[jedsteroo]

what if i managed to do everything to my 32MB DUO ms and it was a success while following the steps made by x3sphere? will it still work if i put it into a bricked psp?

[Chilly Willy]

what if i managed to do everything to my 32MB DUO ms and it was a success while following the steps made by x3sphere? will it still work if i put it into a bricked psp?

Who knows? I know Duo sticks aren't supposed to work, but nothing is ever absolute. The point is you should try to use stuff that is KNOWN to work to avoid potential trouble later. Use a Pro Duo stick instead of Duo. Use a Sony battery instead of something off eBay. Maybe you can "get by" with cheaper non-brand stuff, but we're talking about rescuing your brick PSP here. No need to skimp THAT much.

[x3sphere]

what if i managed to do everything to my 32MB DUO ms and it was a success while following the steps made by x3sphere? will it still work if i put it into a bricked psp?

I don't think it will work... the readme states that only Pro DUO sticks will work. As far as I know, the 32MB bundled in the value pack is only a Duo.

Updated the FAQ with this bit of information too.

[jedsteroo]

Step 22: Type "msinst X msipl.bin" where X is the drive of your PSP. Do not include the colon. For example, my PSP is connected at O:, so I type "msinst O msipl.bin".

You should see a prompt like this. I guarantee that your stuff will be slightly different; it depends on how your computer is set up, what sort of memory stick you have, and so on. As long as you get the "Are You Sure? [Y]" prompt, you know that the msipl.bin file is OK.

>>> C:\psp\pandora\msinst>msinst O msipl.bin
>>> PSP MS IPL Installer
>>> Load IPL code msipl.bin
>>> 241664 bytes(59 block) readed
>>>
>>> Target DRIVE is 7
>>> Check partation Sector
>>> boot status 0x80
>>> start head 0x05
>>> start sec/cyl 0x0004
>>> partation type 0x06
>>> last head 0x0F
>>> last sec/cyl 0xB7E0
>>> abs sector 0x00000810
>>> ttl sector 0x000767F0
>>> signature 0xAA55
>>> Check BPB Sector
>>> signature AA55
>>> Check free reserved sector:OK
>>> Write ABS Sector 0x10 to 0x1E7
>>> Are You Sure ?[Y]


Type 'y'.

>>> y


and you should see

>>> Write MS BOOT CODE


That means that you now have a "magic" memory stick.

You're all set!


therfore it doesn't matter if you saw this bit of info while installing the msipl.bin onto the memory stick 32MB DUO it still won't work? has anyone tried it?

can this Pandora's Battery downgrade any custom firmware to the firmware 1.50 and one more thing, what are the steps to downgrade any unbricked version psp set with eg: firmware 3.50 or even higher? *originally, only lumines can downgrade version 3.50*

[x3sphere]

therfore it doesn't matter if you saw this bit of info while installing the msipl.bin onto the memory stick 32MB DUO it still won't work? has anyone tried it?

can this Pandora's Battery downgrade any custom firmware to the firmware 1.50 and one more thing, what are the steps to downgrade any unbricked version psp set with eg: firmware 3.50 or even higher? *originally, only lumines can downgrade version 3.50*

Yeah it can downgrade 3.50 and higher. Taken from the bottom of the FAQ (these steps apply for both downgrading and unbricking):

1. With a working PSP or memory stick reader, copy the firmware 1.50 update file into the root of the "magic" memory stick, namd UPDATE.PBP, just like in step 15 above.
2. Insert the "magic" memory stick.
3. Insert the unbricker battery. Your wifi, memory stick, and power lights should all turn on temporarily, and a menu should appear.
4. Press X. After it checks the update file, you should get another menu.
5. Press X to write Firmware 1.50 onto the PSP.

As for the 32MB stick, once again the readme states it will only work with PRO DUO and not DUO sticks. So you're taking a gamble there. Haven't tested using a 32MB stick myself though.

[Acerthief]

i tried it. using a 32 duo won't work. at least that's my results. using a duo not PRO duo, downgrading = bricking. unbricking = bricking.

don't know about others, but that's my results.