psp

Can you really brick a PSP DevKit? I seem to remember there's like a hardware reset 'back to factory specs' that will recover from damn near anything? I did that on mine when I first got it and it set it back to 1.5 sdk firmware (from 3.something I think) all on it's own, then I re-flashed to a newer one, worked fine... but it was already working when I did the reset... (And, that's from memory, been awhile since I did that...)

 

i got so frustarted that i really messedd it up more what can i do

 

Yes, but now the DVD and UMD drive are missing.

 

It says 'Development Tool' on the front of it, right? Not 'Test Tool'?

With the system off (in 'standby', power light on the tower should be solid orange), try holding down the little button marked System Init, and while holding that down, press the power button (on the tower, don't even touch the PSP controller).

I believe the power light will flash red during this process. If it's successful (if it's doing what I think it will do), it should reset the system to 1.5 firmware and all default settings...

Do you have a development computer to connect to the DevKit? That's where all of the software would be located that can do further resetting of the Kit... Without this, it's kind of useless anyway I think...

You can download the manual for the system here:
https://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&RequestTimeout=500&calledFromFrame=N&application_id=406107&fcc_id='AK8DTPT1000'

(Last link in the middle of the page) Might help explain it's use a little more, and how to use the software that you would install on the computer to talk to it... (which is part of the SDK, so you should already have it). You will, of course, need a computer running Linux to actually do that though... (I think Red Hat 9 was the recommended version at the time of the system's release).

 

the problem is i cant hold system initalize becuase its broken

actually how can i install redhat

 

Another kit bites the dust due to stupidity. Seriously stop now so someone may have a chance at repairing it.

 

your right it was flashing red what else to do

 

You can't do anything unless you know how to repair it of course! If you knew how, you wouldn't be asking.

 

so basically what i did was what psycho said to do and rienstall 1.5.0 and it did the same thing

 

Well, if he gets the flashing red light, that's the kit attempting to reset itself. If you leave it alone, it should do something else eventually... It may take a while.

Or, if I'm completely forgetting how I did this myself (it was like 4 years ago or something), and the point that it's flashing red is when you would then tell the computer connected to it to flash the firmware back to 1.5... I could have sworn the kit did it all by itself though, like there's a backup 1.5 fw on the kit MB that can be used if the main firmware gets hosed.

But, it sounds like it's not 'bricked' in the sense that it's destroyed. You've just messed up the software somehow and it needs to be reflashed. If the system can't (or won't) do that by itself, you need a computer with the SDK installed on it to fix it. Search the net for an install CD of RedHat 9. This was the last free version, and the version I know works with the SDK... But, being Linux based, you could probably get it to work on Fedora or other unix OS's... Once you have the install CD, it just installs like any other operating system... I'd recommend getting a dedicated computer to do this if you've never used Linux before. Otherwise you are likely to wipe your entire computer or something...

Personally, I'd recommend sending it someone you can trust to fix it for you, and then just leave it alone... What do you want to do with it, anyway? If you don't know how to reset it, or install a Linux OS, you probably aren't going to be coding up a lot of games for it... If you just want it as a neat collectible, take my advice above, get someone knowledgeable to fix it, and then don't mess it up... Don't try to upgrade the firmware or do anything else if you get it working again.