Anyway to run homebrew without UMD?

I got a fat PSP with 1.5. Problem is my laser is dead (it cant read UMD).

Is there anything i can do?

you dont need the UMD laser... at all

Upgrade from 1.5 to a CFW; 5.00m33 is an excellent choice.
M33 has about 3 diferent NoUMD modes, so you can run ISOs from a memory stick without a disc in.
Otherwise, you don't need a UMD for anything (Even without NoUMD mode, or CFW for that matter)

[brentbizzle]

If you check out psp-hacks.com, you can find a a utility to install a custom firmware, providing that your PSP is actually still at version 1.50 (not 1.51). Otherwise you might have to upgrade to another version to use other exploits or make yourself a pandora battery and magic memory stick. Even though you could potentially move to a custom firmware without the pandora setup, I highly recommend making it to have on hand. I'm sure many people will say they have used theirs several times to fix their PSP when something went wrong.

[crait]

You're new to the homebrew scene, obviously.
Welcome.
You don't need a laser at all to play homebrew on the PSP.
I'd suggest to update to 5.00M33-3.
If you are a real wiz at PSP's then I'd suggest staying at 1.5. In my opinion it was the best version of PSP compatibility-wise but it's really outdated because there's few people who have 1.5 PSP's.

Ok, ill try cfw.


But when i tried to run a mario kart clone, it said cannot read UMD

You're new to the homebrew scene, obviously.
Welcome.
You don't need a laser at all to play homebrew on the PSP.
I'd suggest to update to 5.00M33-3.
If you are a real wiz at PSP's then I'd suggest staying at 1.5. In my opinion it was the best version of PSP compatibility-wise but it's really outdated because there's few people who have 1.5 PSP's.

If i get 5.00M33-3 or any other cfw can i go back down to 1.5??

I dabbled in the homebrew scene a LONG time ago, back when 2.0 was the latest firmware.
But yeah since my laser died, and i used my PSP so little, its not worth $40 for a new laser so i thought id come here

yup, you can always return to 1.50 firmware from any of the custom firmwares.

[crait]

Yeah, if an error popped up, you probably tried running a program made for the newer firmwares that's incompatible with yours.
Update to 5.0 M33-3

ok well im on 3.52 m33-4 now ( i think)

Whats the correct way to get to 5.00 and where do i get it. I tried before and bricked it. Lucky i have a mates psp at mine... little does he know he's now on 1.5

5.00 M33 (Paste the Update folder in the GAME folder)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RGJGOJ3J

5.00 M33-3 Update (Paste the Update folder in the GAME folder)
http://rapidshare.com/files/156743814/500m33_3.rar

1.50 Kernel add-on (instructions in the link)
http://www.dark-alex.org/forum/viewtopi ... =44&t=1612

popsloader (in case you want to play psx games, instructions in link)
http://www.dark-alex.org/forum/viewtopi ... =44&t=1847