Installing a Custom Firmware on your PSP 2000 has never been so easy. In this page I’m describing the easiest possible way for you to install the most reliable Custom Firmware on your PSP: Pro CFW.
As a PSP 2000 owner, depending on your motherboard type, there’s a chance you can use other techniques such as the Pandora Battery to install a Custom Firmware. If you are interested in the “advanced” Pandora Battery method, please go check that guide, or the “Power users” section below. If, on the other hand, you want to follow the easy method (which for now I recommend), please keep reading.
Installing Pro CFW on your PSP2000 is simple, free, and is not much risky than installing a Firmware update on your device. It does not require any advanced hack technique or hardware modification. There’s basically 3 easy steps (you were expecting more? Sorry to disappoint):
1. Download the necessary files
2. Update your PSP To firmware 6.60
Skip this step if you already have Firmware 6.60 installed on your PSP.
In order to install Pro CFW on your PSP, you will need to first update your PSP to the 6.60 Sony firmware (which, at the time of this writing, is the latest firmware released by Sony), if that’s not already the case. There are versions of Pro CFW that will run on older firmwares, but updating to 6.60 will guarantee the best compatibility for your official games.
To install the 6.60 Firmware, just unzip the archive on your PSP’s memory stick, in the “PSP” folder (you should end up with an “UPDATE” folder in the PSP folder, if you do things correctly), then run the update from your PSP menu.
Trouble upgrading? Ask for help on our forums
3. Install Pro CFW
The Pro CFW archive provides several subfolders in the “PSP/GAME” folder. Two of them are interesting for us: the FastRecovery and the PROUPDATE folders. Those two need to be extracted to the PSP/GAME folder on your memory stick.
Assuming you extracted the files correctly, you will see a few new applications in your PSP’s Game menu. The one you will want to run in order to install Pro CFW is “Pro Update”. Just run it.
That’s it. You can erase the “ProUpdate” folder from your PSP, but keep the “FastRecovery” one.
4. DAILY USE
That’s it, I said 3 steps 
Welcome to the world of Custom Firmwares. There’s no additional step required to install the Pro CFW. However, every time you reboot your console, you will have to reactivate ProCFW, which is done by running the Fast Recovery tool from your PSP’s Game menu, and takes literally 5 seconds.
5. Power user
In this section you will find additional tricks/steps if you want to improve or customize your experience with a Custom Firmware on your PSP 2000
Some people think that it is a burden to reactivate the CFW every time they reboot their console. It is important to note that this is needed only if you reboot the console, not if you put it into sleep mode. Most people use the sleep mode 90% of the time without ever realizing it. Trust me, I’ve used several PSPs for years now, running the Fast Recovery tool is not a problem in your daily usage. That being said, since you’re running on a PSP 2000, you have a possibility to install the CFW permanently, assuming that your motherboard is hackable. This is done by running the tool CIPL FLasher from the Pro CFW (included in the archive). I won’t dig into the details for that (just run the tool will do the trick), just know that I personally think this is a feature you won’t need (and there is an additional risk of bricking your PSP) unless you use your PSP for dev purposes.
This is probably a stupid question but, if I run CFW Pro and then hard reset my PSP, will it run the OFW as if the CFW had never been used? Or will it require a Fast Recovery to ever work again?
If you hard reset your PSP, your PSP will run the OFW as if the CFW had never been used. However, some files used by the CFW are still on your console’s flash memory, this is why you don’t have to install the CFW every time you reboot the console, and instead you just have to run the Fast Recovery.
Does it answer your question?It sure does, thank you!
Is…is it really that easy? I just bought a refurbished 2003 PSP Slim (came without the box) so I have no idea if it’s the unhackable motherboard type. So, basically, you’re saying that it doesn’t matter for the partial CFW? I know there’s still bound to be some inherent risks.
Yes, nowadays it’s that easy. the “partial” CFW has all the features of the permanent CFW, with much less risk. There *are* risks, but as far as I know, given the installation process, it is more risky to install an official sony update than it is to install pro CFW (unlike the Sony update, Pro CFW does not delete important system files while it installs).
Note that with a PSP 2000 you may have a possibility to install a permanent CFW, but that’s personally something I decided to live withoutGreat, thanks very much. I spent the last 3 or so days looking for information about CFW and much of it is out of date or rather complicated for newcomers. And yes, I won’t need permanent as I only need it to play English patched MHp3rd.
Again – thanks alot.
Done my psp is hacked it was so easy to do it i got a slim by the way.
it just says that it doesn’t support the program on mine.
Hi i just wanted to ask a question.
Will my ISOs which are patched to work for 5.00 m33-6 work for proB10yes
So what your saying is that I don’t need a pandora battery to put CFW on my psp?
Correct. Pandora Battery is a great convenience if you brick your PSP, but it is not necessary to install a CFW.
@wololo:
Ive been out of the cfw scene for quite a while. I have a psp 2004 ta88v3 and im on cfw 5.03 prometheus 3. should i upgrade to ofw 6.60 and pro cfw? and does this firmware have a noDRM setting in vhs?yes, 6.60 is the way to go nowadays in my opinion. You don’t have to care about prometheus anymore, it is directly integrated into the code of the 6.60 Pro CFW.
shoot! i didnt know there was info on the pro cfw link. sorry.
I’m already having thouble doing the very first step.
I put the FW in the PSP folder, and disconnected it from the PC. Went to ‘System Update’ on the PSP, ‘Storage medium’, and it says there aren’t any usable updatedata found..Did I do something wrong here?
I have a PSP 2004, OFW 6.37
and zero experience with CFW.your proble, is not with CFW here, but with the OFW, it seems. Make sure you have the OFW file in PSP/GAME/UPDATE. You should have a file named EBOOT.PBP in PSP/GAME/UPDATE/EBOOT.PBP on your memory stick. Then go to the “game” section of your PSP, and the update icon should appear among your games.
Worked
Thanks alot.
help please. I’m having trouble with 6.35 PRO Hen. The screen freezes when I’m choosing the game I’m going to load at the Prometheus ISO loader screen. Every I run Sukkiri, it says, “kernel memory dumped into ms0:/kmem.bin”. It doesn’t say this before I copied an Assassins Creed iso into it. Then everything went downhill.
please help.
don’t use Prometheus iso loader on the Pro CFW. End of story.
I’m sorry. I’m new to this. How can I run my games now?
CFW doesn’t change the way you run your games, just put the umd in your drive as usual
will this work on a ta-088v3 motherboard? can i upgrade it to ofw 6.60 and then install latest pro cfw (i think pro bd10)?
i’m new at this, but it worked no problem ( i did have to use diffrennt usb cable though). had to create an iso folder though
was using m33-6 was last 3-4 years. just now updated to this version. it was a breeze. thanks for this wonderful sw.
installing cfw is so easy………..
Thank You!
Its wWorkin’ fine on my slim!
I’ve been searching for this at about a year and now im find it thank you again:)Hi,
I just rekindled my interest in my dusty psp, hope you’ll render some help to this noob here.
I just checked my firmware, it says 3.71 M33-2, the last time I touched it was in 2008. Can I follow this guide to install the Pro CFW here?
Also, whats the use of this Pro CFW? Does it mean that after following through this guide, I will be able to run recent games downloaded online on my psp?
Much thanks!
Hi jacq, yes, this guide should work for your 3.71 psp. The idea is to go first “back” to official Firmware 6.60, and then install Pro CFW. One problem you might run into is that some custom firmwares, in some conditions, prevent you from installing official firmware. If that happens to you the best I can tell you is to ask for help on our forums, there are solutions if that happens, but it’s too long to describe here.
Pro CFW is basically the continuity of M33: the creators of Pro CFW reversed the M33 firmware completely, and updated it to work with more recent firmwares.
As far as being able to play online.. if you mean through the PSN, to be honest I am not sure, as I myself never play online. For that you’d have better luck staying on 6.60 Official Firmware.thanks!!
For the online part…
I meant, recently released games. For example, I downloaded GTA Chinatown Wars but the games wouldn’t start on my psp. Could it be my psp firmware is too old, hence incompatible. By installing Pro CFW, it might be able to solve the prob?
Thanks in advance!
Just update and try to run them.. no problem for you to downgrade if you don´t like 6.60 fw
Try a fake version text
and to switch umd driver.
If i did your guide will my PSP have a chance to get bricked?
I also downloaded many games/ISOs from the internet, If i do the things in your guide like going 6.60 then to PRO CFW, can I just copy+paste the games in my psp then it will run the games automatically? Plz i need your helpThe risk of brick is lower than if you installed an official firmware.
Don’t ask questions about warez here, I won’t answer.ok thank you. BTW, if i did the CIPL flasher..does it mean that i don’t need to use the Fast Recovery tool anymore?
tnx anyway
Hi,
Thank you very much for this wonderfull and simplified page.
i succesfully hacked my psp 2004 ..thanks again for making this page.
regardsCan I delete all the files if I was able to run the permanent install?
To be more detailed, I am talking about the sdk and seplugins folders on the root. Also the cipl updater, fast recovery, and proupdater folders under game.
fro example if you delete plugins floder you cann´t use them as long as they aren´t at flash (brick risk). Just restart you psp without the files you don´t like and you know
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