What Does PSP Pandora Battery Do & Why You Need It For CFW?

 

What is a PSP Pandora battery and what does it do?

A pandora battery is required, if you are going to install custom firmware onto a psp console that is a newer model than the psp 1000, or is on the latest official firmware version from Sony, that you prevents you to install CFW, just by using only a magic memory stick. A pandora battery allows the psp console, when inserted into the rear of the console, to be able to boot into service mode. This allows the psp to go ahead and install custom firmware onto your psp and do other malicious things.

A standard psp battery can't be used as a pandora battery, unless you open the battery up and hard mod the internal circuit, but that can be risky, as you can damage your battery. So i would suggest you that you purchase a already made pandora battery and use that for installing custom firmware.

But if you are interesting in modding your standard battery and transforming it into a special pandora battery, then open up the battery using a sharp blade. Using the sharp part of the blade to scrape the sides of the plastic around the battery, where it has been glued, so it can open up.

Then access the internal mini circuit, found inside the battery and use your blade and make a cut where the image provided below shows:

Then reassemble the battery and you have successfully created a pandora battery and saved yourself some money.

If you have finished using it, then you can restore it and transform it back into a standard battery again. As you have made the cut, you have broken the circuit. So you need to reverse what you have done to revert it back to stock. This is by getting a pencil and drawing on the cut you made, to complete the circuit.

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What is Custom Firmware, (CFW) For Sony PSP Console? - Yahoo answers?

 What does custom firmware for psp do?

Custom firmware allows your psp console to allow you to do more things, things that you can't do with a psp console that has official firmware loaded onto it. Custom firmware allows you to play back up games from a memory stick, run homebrew applications and games, play retro games from a emulator, allows you to increase the clock speed of the CPU, gives more screen display brightness settings, a recovery menu and a bunch of other cool features. 

The Sony psp comes with official firmware that is installed onto it from the factory, so all them things i mentioned that you can do, can't be done with stock firmware. This is because Sony believe that custom firmware allows more chances of piracy because people can download games from websites, from the internet and play them, without having to buy them from a game store. But if you want custom firmware for playing backups from your original games that you already own, then that is fine, you will need to install custom firmware onto your console. 

Custom firmware is available for all models of the first generation psp consoles, currently excluding the vita. To install this type of firmware onto your console, you have to create a magic memory stick yourself. This is simple and it can be learned by watching some video tutorials on YouTube.

Just type into the search box on YouTube, the model number of your psp, eg '1000 or 2000' and after that type in 'How to make magic memory stick Tutorial'. Find a video with lots of views, with lots of thumps up and good comments and watch the video because it will show you step by step on how to make it. It will involve you to be downloading the CFW firmware files and placing them onto your memory stick. 

You might be able to install custom firmware just like that, using only a magic memory stick, without having the need to create or buy a pandora battery from Ebay. But if your psp is on a latest Sony firmware version, then you will probably require the pandora battery, to boot your psp into service mode and install the hacked firmware.

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How To Do Adjustment to Forza 4 & 3 In Car Cockpit Inside View - adjust how close and far you wan't to be behind the car

The Forza motorsport series for the Xbox 360 games console brings racing simulation onto your television and using the cockpit view camera, you can see yourself drive the car, see the inside interior, just like in real life. Giving you the best possible realistic driving feeling, close to real life, making you think that you are actually driving a car. If you see that the car's cockpit is to close

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What Is That PS1, PSONE, PlayStation Game With a Purple Devil?

If you are wondering which game you were playing, that is a 3D platform game, that has a purple devil as the main character, when you used your ps1 console back in the day for gaming, i have the answer for you. You have probably forgotten what it is called because of it being a long time playing with your psone games console and you do all your gaming on the new generation consoles.

Well the game is called 'Jersey Devil' that was created in Canada, by developer' Behavior Interactive',  which was released in Europe on December 12 1997, in Japan on June 24 1999 and North America on May 31 1998, exclusively made just for the Sony Playstation. The game was well know in its time for the purple character in the game, that allowed the player to control the purple devil, to punch, jump and have gliding powers to fight enemies that came his way, on six amazing areas in the game, which packed hours of nonstop fun, which is why we can't forget the game still today!

Watch the Video provided below to see the gameplay of Jersey Devil and see if its the game you were always wondering about that had a purple devil in it.

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How To Fix PS2 Wireless DVD Remote Control Thats Not Working

If you have bought a Sony ps2 DVD remote control to use with your ps2 console to control the DVD playback from the comfort of your own chair and you have setup it up, following the printed out instructions that are provided with the item and it's not working, then it can be frustrating when facing this problem. Today, i was trying to use my old ps2 fat style model, which i found while clearing out my loft and thought instead of it sitting in dust, i should use it as a DVD player for my spare room. So i hooked it up to my spare HD television, using a RGB scart cable and plugged it in. Then I bought an official Sony DVD remote for it, from my local game store and couldn't get it to work with the Playstation. Luckily after 30 minutes, i found a solution to the problem and want to share them with you.

1) First of all, check if there are any batteries inserted into the remote control. Sometimes there are no batteries included already inside the control. If this is the case, then insert fresh batteries into the remote control. Or sometimes the batteries that are supplied with the control in the packaging are dead because of being not used for a long time. Check them with a battery tester to see if they are dead or charged. If they are dead then replace them, if they are not dead, then move onto the other solutions provided below.

2) Check if your ps2 console has a IR sensor because some older first generation fat models don't have them built in. If you have a newer slimline version, then it's not the problem because they all have built in sensors. If you bought a used remote control designed for the ps2 fat and don't have a plug in sensor, then i am afraid you can't use it, unless you find a remote sensor that plugs into the controller port.

3) Make sure that you are using the remote control within 15 feet, if you go out of that distance, it will not communicate with the console, which could be the problem. So try this time to use the remote control closer to the ps2 console and point it towards the direction where the IR sensor is placed.

4) If you tried all the above and still no luck trying to get it to work, then the remote control can be faulty. So your best bet would be to take it back to the store to replace it or buy a brand new one.

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Can a PlayStation 2, PS2 Console Play Burned Movie DVDs?

The PlayStation 2 gaming console, also known as the ps2, is still a great gaming machine for some, even though the ps3 is out, because of its cheap price and its classic games, like Grand Theft Auto San Andreas and Need For Speed Underground, games that you can't forget and won't get bored of.

If you don't have a regular DVD player to play movies you have burned on blank DVD discs you made at home, then thankfully Sony added compatibility to both the ps2 fat and slimline models, allowing the console to play original and burned DVD movies. This is great if you own a ps2 console and don't want to spend money on buying a DVD player, just to watch them on your television. Simply insert the DVD movie into the ps2 disc tray, press the reset button and it will load automatically and the movie will begin to play on your TV. From there, you can use the ps2 controller to navigate through the DVD, just like a regular TV remote. Or if you want a control, with a TV remote look, you can go ahead a purchase the Official ps2 remote control, designed especially for controlling DVD playback on your console, to give you the best movie playback experience you can possibly get.

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Why Does a CPU Computer Fan have 3 Wires Pin Connector?

If you hooked computer cooling fans to computers in the past, you have probably come across the well know DC 12 volts type of fans. The type of computer fan that has two wires, a red wire, the positive and the black wire, the negative, which you hook to a 12 volt source and the fan blades, will spin, such as a molex connector, from a computer PSU unit. This type of fan are idea for computer cases, as the 12 volts provided to the fans are highly recommend for that type of application, as their jobs is rapidly bring air into the case and exhaust the hot air inside the case out, from the back and a constant 12 voltage is required for that, to keep the fans constantly spin fast to keep the temperature inside the case nice and cool.

However, a CPU processor 3 pin fan works a little different to that fan. The CPU fan in total has 3 wires, 2 just like a regular 12V DC fan, except the third wire is called the 'tachometer' wire, which is on the third pin on the connector, which is plugged directly into the motherboard. That wire is used by the motherboard to detect the RPM speed the fan is spinning. This is so you can view the speed of the fan in software, such as 'Speedfan', that allows you to monitor the temperature and fan status.

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