PSP/Motherboards

The PSP has a smörgåsbord of different motherboards, each with different abilities and restrictions. They all support the same custom firmware and homebrew nowadays, but to a different extent, so it is important to identify which motherboard you use with the below tools and our motherboard table.

Table

The motherboard table can be said to be the periodic table of the PSP; it is the fundamental guide to understanding which PSPs support which CFW installation method. Since the motherboard table has never been built in its entirety, we took the effort to build one ourselves on this wiki. Credits to antonizoon, MrShyCity, DWG21R, and WulfyStylez.

Motherboard	PSP Model	Generation	cIPL	Perma Patch	Temporary CFW (LCFW)	Create Pandora	Pandora Unbrick	Lowest Possible OFW
TA-079v1	Fat 1000	01g	6.61 PRO-C or 6.61 ME-2.3	(Use cIPL Instead)	(Use cIPL Instead)	YES	YES	1.00
TA-079v2	Fat 1000	01g	6.61 PRO-C or 6.61 ME-2.3	(Use cIPL Instead)	(Use cIPL Instead)	YES	YES	1.00
TA-079v3	Fat 1000	01g	6.61 PRO-C or 6.61 ME-2.3	(Use cIPL Instead)	(Use cIPL Instead)	YES	YES	1.00
TA-081	Fat 1000	01g	6.61 PRO-C or 6.61 ME-2.3	(Use cIPL Instead)	(Use cIPL Instead)	YES	YES	1.00
TA-082	Fat 1000	01g	6.61 PRO-C or 6.61 ME-2.3	(Use cIPL Instead)	(Use cIPL Instead)	YES	YES	1.00
TA-086	Fat 1000	01g	6.61 PRO-C or 6.61 ME-2.3	(Use cIPL Instead)	(Use cIPL Instead)	YES	YES	1.00
TA-085v1	Slim 2000	02g	6.61 PRO-C or 6.61 ME-2.3	(Use cIPL Instead)	(Use cIPL Instead)	YES	YES	3.60
TA-085v2	Slim 2000	02g	6.61 PRO-C or 6.61 ME-2.3	(Use cIPL Instead)	(Use cIPL Instead)	NO	YES	3.60
TA-088v1	Slim 2000	02g	6.61 PRO-C or 6.61 ME-2.3	(Use cIPL Instead)	(Use cIPL Instead)	NO	YES	3.60
TA-088v2	Slim 2000	02g	6.61 PRO-C or 6.61 ME-2.3	(Use cIPL Instead)	(Use cIPL Instead)	NO	YES	3.60
TA-088v3	Slim 2000	02g	NO	6.61 Infinity 2	6.61 PRO-C or 6.61 ME-2.3	NO	NO	3.9x/4.0x
TA-090v1	Slim 2000	02g	6.61 PRO-C or 6.61 ME-2.3	(Use cIPL Instead)	(Use cIPL Instead)	NO	YES	3.60
TA-090v2	Brite 3000	03g	NO	6.61 Infinity 2	6.61 PRO-C or 6.61 ME-2.3	NO	NO	4.20
TA-090v3	Brite 3000	03g	NO	6.61 Infinity 2	6.61 PRO-C or 6.61 LME-2.3	NO	NO	4.20
TA-091	Go N1000	05g	NO	6.61 Infinity 2	6.61 PRO-C or 6.61 LME-2.3	NO	NO	5.70 (05g)
TA-092	Brite 3000	03g	NO	6.61 Infinity 2	6.61 PRO-C or 6.61 LME-2.3	NO	NO	4.20
TA-093	Brite 3000	04g	NO	6.61 Infinity 2	6.61 PRO-C or 6.61 LME-2.3	NO	NO	5.70 (04g)
TA-094	Go N1000	05g	NO	6.61 Infinity 2	6.61 PRO-C or 6.61 LME-2.3	NO	NO	5.70 (05g)
TA-095v1 (07g)	Brite 3000	07g	NO	6.61 Infinity 2	6.61 PRO-C or 6.61 LME-2.3	NO	NO	6.30
TA-095v2 (07g)	Brite 3000	07g	NO	6.61 Infinity 2	6.61 PRO-C or 6.61 LME-2.3	NO	NO	6.30
TA-095v1 (09g)	Brite 3000	09g	NO	6.61 Infinity 2	6.61 PRO-C or 6.61 LME-2.3	NO	NO	5.70 (04g)
TA-095v2 (09g)	Brite 3000	09g	NO	6.61 Infinity 2	6.61 PRO-C or 6.61 LME-2.3	NO	NO	5.70 (04g)
TA-096	Street E1000	11g	NO	6.61 Infinity 2	6.61 PRO-C or 6.61 LME-2.3	NO	NO	6.50

Note: Latest version of 6.60 PRO-C is 6.60 PRO-C (Update 3) or higher. Do not use lower versions of PRO-C since they have problems!

Table Notes

• Infinity is a solution functionally equivalent to cIPL, while being technically different. It exploits a bug in 6.31 and lower, and is thus not supported on the PSP Street (6.50 minimum firmware.)
• Some PSP Identification programs have recognized a non-existent "TA-090v3" motherboard. This is a typo, it is actually a "TA-090v2" motherboard. But to reduce confusion, we have added it to the chart with the same attributes as a "TA-090v2".

Image Tables

These are the outdated originals. Only kept for archival purposes, don't use them.

• 
  DWG21R's picture that started it all.

Identifying your PSP Motherboard

LCFW

In order to use PSP identification software, we will need custom firmware (CFW) installed. This is no longer a Chicken-and-Egg problem as life was in the Dark Days, since Temporary Custom Firmware (LCFW) works on any PSP without risk of bricking.

• Method 1: Connect to Wi-Fi. From the XMB (main psp menu), run System -> Network Update to install OFW 6.60.

1. Method 2: Download OFW 6.60 from Sony's site, and extract the file. (There are two different versions for PSP and PSP Go!)
2. Copy EBOOT.PBP to PSP/GAME/UPDATE/
3. From the XMB (main psp menu) run the update from Game –> Memory Stick.
4. You have successfully installed OFW 6.60.
5. Download 6.60 PRO-C.
6. Extract the file.
7. Copy the contents of the extracted folder into the root of the Memory Stick (ex. PSP -> ms0:\PSP, seplugins -> ms0:\seplugins)
8. From the XMB (main psp menu), run PROUPDATE from Game - Memory stick.
9. Press X to install CFW.
10. Delete cIPL Flasher from Game - Memory stick.
11. Please note that this is a temporary CFW. You will be back to OFW 6.60 if your PSP runs out of power (not sleep mode). But don't worry, just run FastRecovery from Game - Memory stick and CFW will be back in a matter of seconds!
12. You have successfully installed 6.60 PRO-C!

• • In theory, you are finished, since custom firmware is already installed to your PSP.
  • Continue only if you want to install CFW permanently (which does not bring much benefit anyway) and your PSP motherboard supports cIPL or 6.20 Permapatching (use PSPIdent and check the table).

PSPIdent

1. Make sure Temporary Custom Firmware or equivalent is installed.
2. Download PSPIdent v0.75 and extract the archive.
3. Copy the PSPIDENT folder under the /PSP/GAME/ folder in the PSP's memory stick.
4. Run PSPIdent from the XMB (main PSP menu), under Games -> Memory Stick.
5. PSPIdent will display your motherboard model. Check the motherboard table on this page to see which method is right for you.
6. Press Circle to create a screenshot for later use, and keep that picture in a safe place on your computer for reference.
7. Press Home to exit PSPIdent.