Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:04 pm
Important: Cause of many errors explained
Recently discovered the cause of many of the problems I was facing and would like to share it with others to maybe help
Wondering why your faced with errors when trying to play ISO/CSOs, PSX Eboots or problems with changing firmwares?
keep seeing messages like 'the game could not be started (8002001)' and other variations?
having trouble changing firmwares due to 'SHA-1 Invalid' when creating the DXAR?
finding transfer times between your PSP and PC slow?
Well I'm pretty sure I have the answer. It is your memory stick, which is more than likely to be a fake memory stick that you have probably purchased from Ebay or a private seller from Amazon. You probably also thought you were getting a good deal at the time due to a lower price than reputable sites.
I myself bought a 4GB 'Sony' memory stick and have had all the following errors mentioned above. This memory stick turned out to be a fake which you can easily check your own by reading the following article and assessing your own...
http://reviews.ebay.com/FAKE-Sony-Memor ... 0001236041
The easiest way to check is to go onto XMB, press triangle on the memory stick, choose information and see what it says on the 'Magic Gate' section. It should say something along the lines of 'Supported' whereas a fake will usually say 'Unknown'
A fake memory stick will be inconsistent, have low transfer speeds, will be unrecognised in some devices (camera, PC) have a false capacity and in general be tacky crap.
So how do I know the memory stick is indeed the problem of these common errors?
I basically ran a series of tests on 2 PSPs. Both running the same custom firmware 3.03oec. Both PSPs were fully charged - the only difference was the 4GB memory stick - one a genuine retail price bought from play.com and the other my ebay fake.
There was a huge chasm in performance.
First of all upgrading both PSPS to 3.03oec from 1.5
The PSP containing the genuine memory stick could be upgraded manually with no problems. The fake memory stick could not upgrade manually and displayed the message 'Error; SHA-1 Invalid'. To upgrade the fake memory stick PSP an easy installer had to be used with what I presume is a ready made DXAR.
Adding Files
Added a selection of files to both PSPs. This included mp3, video mpeg4 and photos. On the genuine memory stick all files showed up correctly, on the fake memory stick all files showed up as corrupted until reformatting the memory stick 3 or 4 times for them to show properly. Note also that the transfer times of the various media was astonishing - 14 minutes for a 700MB video on the fake memory stick.
Playing ISO, CSO, Eboot
Heres where we meet problems that cant be stepped around. Before I go any further if you are receiving messages such as 'the game could not be started (80002001)' and similar there are a couple of other bits you can try.
Hold R on startup to enter the recovery menu
Enter configuration and on 'No UMD' change it to enable
Also on kernel set it at 1.5
Someone may correct me on these settings but along with maybe having a UMD in the PSP these can all cause this error message.
Right back to the testing. The genuine memory stick played my UMD and PSX rips without a problem. The fake memory stick PSP was inconsistent - sometimes it would load up the ingame menu, sometimes it would just give you a black screen for a few minutes until you reset the PSP but mostly it would deliver the 'game could not be started' message. I am not sure of the exact technology behind this but maybe it has something to do with the fake memory stick not being able to load the data fast enough to run a real-time game compared to still images.
To make sure the test was fair (feel like I'm in science class again!) The memory sticks were then swapped on the PSPs to confirm that neither individual PSP was malfunctioning. Needless to say the PSPs were fine and the results were the same as mentioned.
So to conclude next time you have an error or a problem make sure its not a memory stick issue. If you want to be certain then buy a genuine memory stick and get the quality and consistency you need. You can risk it with a fake memory stick as I expect some will work but expect to have unreliability.
you get what you pay for. thanks for reading, hope this helps.
Wondering why your faced with errors when trying to play ISO/CSOs, PSX Eboots or problems with changing firmwares?
keep seeing messages like 'the game could not be started (8002001)' and other variations?
having trouble changing firmwares due to 'SHA-1 Invalid' when creating the DXAR?
finding transfer times between your PSP and PC slow?
Well I'm pretty sure I have the answer. It is your memory stick, which is more than likely to be a fake memory stick that you have probably purchased from Ebay or a private seller from Amazon. You probably also thought you were getting a good deal at the time due to a lower price than reputable sites.
I myself bought a 4GB 'Sony' memory stick and have had all the following errors mentioned above. This memory stick turned out to be a fake which you can easily check your own by reading the following article and assessing your own...
http://reviews.ebay.com/FAKE-Sony-Memor ... 0001236041
The easiest way to check is to go onto XMB, press triangle on the memory stick, choose information and see what it says on the 'Magic Gate' section. It should say something along the lines of 'Supported' whereas a fake will usually say 'Unknown'
A fake memory stick will be inconsistent, have low transfer speeds, will be unrecognised in some devices (camera, PC) have a false capacity and in general be tacky crap.
So how do I know the memory stick is indeed the problem of these common errors?
I basically ran a series of tests on 2 PSPs. Both running the same custom firmware 3.03oec. Both PSPs were fully charged - the only difference was the 4GB memory stick - one a genuine retail price bought from play.com and the other my ebay fake.
There was a huge chasm in performance.
First of all upgrading both PSPS to 3.03oec from 1.5
The PSP containing the genuine memory stick could be upgraded manually with no problems. The fake memory stick could not upgrade manually and displayed the message 'Error; SHA-1 Invalid'. To upgrade the fake memory stick PSP an easy installer had to be used with what I presume is a ready made DXAR.
Adding Files
Added a selection of files to both PSPs. This included mp3, video mpeg4 and photos. On the genuine memory stick all files showed up correctly, on the fake memory stick all files showed up as corrupted until reformatting the memory stick 3 or 4 times for them to show properly. Note also that the transfer times of the various media was astonishing - 14 minutes for a 700MB video on the fake memory stick.
Playing ISO, CSO, Eboot
Heres where we meet problems that cant be stepped around. Before I go any further if you are receiving messages such as 'the game could not be started (80002001)' and similar there are a couple of other bits you can try.
Hold R on startup to enter the recovery menu
Enter configuration and on 'No UMD' change it to enable
Also on kernel set it at 1.5
Someone may correct me on these settings but along with maybe having a UMD in the PSP these can all cause this error message.
Right back to the testing. The genuine memory stick played my UMD and PSX rips without a problem. The fake memory stick PSP was inconsistent - sometimes it would load up the ingame menu, sometimes it would just give you a black screen for a few minutes until you reset the PSP but mostly it would deliver the 'game could not be started' message. I am not sure of the exact technology behind this but maybe it has something to do with the fake memory stick not being able to load the data fast enough to run a real-time game compared to still images.
To make sure the test was fair (feel like I'm in science class again!) The memory sticks were then swapped on the PSPs to confirm that neither individual PSP was malfunctioning. Needless to say the PSPs were fine and the results were the same as mentioned.
So to conclude next time you have an error or a problem make sure its not a memory stick issue. If you want to be certain then buy a genuine memory stick and get the quality and consistency you need. You can risk it with a fake memory stick as I expect some will work but expect to have unreliability.
you get what you pay for. thanks for reading, hope this helps.
