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Rumor: PSP Modchip Coming Soon

pspmod.jpgRumor has it that a modchip called "Undiluted Platinum" is coming very soon for the PSP. What can it do? Boot custom firmware and load unprotected/homebrew code. That means running games from your memory stick.

A hardware solution would be more sturdy than the hacks people have been using so far to get the PSP to run custom code. However, if Sony can detect if the chip is installed, they can brick your PSP until you take it out, or somehow by pass that code. It never ends. – Jason Chen

First PSP Modchip Announced - Undiluted Platinum! [DCemu]

5:00 PM on Fri May 26 2006
By Jason Chen
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  • genejo at 05:15 PM on 05/26/06
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    I really hope this isnt a hoax, like that I.C.E. Modchip from a while back for the 360

  • devillion at 05:17 PM on 05/26/06
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    This is oh so very fake and its a shame that gizmodo fell for it :( First of all, it doesn't say anything about how it actually works, and the only way of actually bypassing the PSP's bios is...well, you can't. You have to unsolder the original NAND memory with the bios and solder a new one in, that has an older bios version. This "modchip" would need to only be the size of the "Actel" piece, as thats the only flash memory module i see. Plus, nothing this big would fit in a PSP anyway. And outside of that, this is just a photoshopped image of the PS2 modchip Matrix Infinity, DMS4SE, and octopus all smushed together.

  • Joe Manning at 05:41 PM on 05/26/06
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    wow i thought i was a dork

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