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How to Create a Magic Memory Stick Without Custom Firmware

A magic memory stick is a modified Memory Stick Pro Duo that allows a PlayStation Portable to be used with a Pandora battery. With a magic memory stick and a Pandora battery, you can mod your PSP gaming system to install custom firmware, which allows you to install homebrew applications. There are several ways to create a magic memory stick, but if you have a PSP with official firmware version 5.00 or below, you can make one without custom firmware already installed.

Things You'll Need

PSP Firmware 5.00
Rain's UltraLite MMS Maker
PSP USB cable
Memory Stick Pro Duo

Instructions

- 1
  Download the PSP firmware version 5.00 and Rain's UltraLite MMS Maker from the Reference section.
- 2
  Insert the small end of the USB cable into your PSP and connect the large end to a USB port on your computer.
- 3
  Insert the Memory Stick Pro Duo into your PSP.
- 4
  Power on your PSP, scroll to the "Settings" tab in the Xross Media Bar and select "USB Connection."
- 5
  Open the Rain's UltraLite MMS Maker file that you downloaded on your computer.
- 6
  Click on the checkbox next to "Format Memory Stick."
- 7
  Click "Make MMS" to begin formatting the memory stick.
- 8
  Select the PSP firmware 5.00 on your computer when the MMS Maker asks for the file. When the MMS Maker says "Make MMS is Finished," then the memory stick is finished formatting.

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