I recently picked up a PSP 3000 on eBay with the infamous issue of the drive seeking a UMD without anything inserted. With this issue, I am unable to launch any software to mod the hardware off the memory card. What I'm interested in finding out is whether or not I can bypass this issue by disconnecting the UMD drive altogether. Thanks for taking a moment out to read the post, and I appreciate all feedback!
Not sure if just disconnecting the drive works - but at least on OFW I highly doubt it will. If there's already CFW installed, you could try the 'noumd' plugin. Or maybe try leaving it open while working on it? In any case, a replacement drive can be had for less than 8 bucks.
Much to my surprise, it DOES work without the UMD drive on OFW! I already went ahead and disconnected the drive, powered it on and successfully modded it without issue!
