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astro_boy
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_ 		25. April 2006 @ 18:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I'm curious and I would like to post this question and someone might have to solution to it.

Since memory stick duo max. capacity is only 2GB and PSP also uses USB to transfer datas, is there a way to connect the PSP to a portable harddisk (using USB cable) which have a bigger capacity and uses a software in PSP to access the contents from the harddisk and play ISO games, listen to MP3s & watching movies from it? If its possible, then we can save tons of games, music and movies in the harddisk itself without using the memory stick duo.

Can someone please study on it.
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eternalis
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_ 		25. April 2006 @ 23:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Sony are planning to release 4GB and 8GB memory sticks (but for 8GB you need FW2.7 or greater to use it).

There is no way to attach a hard disk of a capacity greater than 4GB through the memory stick slot on any firmware less than 2.7. This whould be the easiest way to implement a hard drive add on. If you use the USB, this would have to involve complicated rewrites of the firmware.

However there is a 4GB external Hard disk for the PSP by Datel. See here: http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/07/datel-4gb-psp-hdd-and-battery-...
(But I would recommend waiting for the Sony 4GB memory sticks, as this hard disk makes the PSP heavier and gives it a deformed shape, possibly making it difficult to play games)
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ggbarnum
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_ 		25. April 2006 @ 23:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Don't San Disk already make a 4GB card, but I think its very expensive.
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s3a
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_ 		26. April 2006 @ 02:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
2 gb is all u need...I got mine at a bargain price at future shop! (not used just to clarify)
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PieceFull
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_ 		26. April 2006 @ 07:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
astro, no its not possible to do it the way your thinking.
Whats possible is to carry around say the portable 80gb hdd and when your bored you connect your psp to it and transfer the movie/music/game to your psps memory stick so basicly its portable storage device, needs to be a specific hdd not your ordinary ext hdd.
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Ravenga
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_ 		26. April 2006 @ 08:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You can use an external wirless HDD enclosure and a laptop drive. Some bloke did it. He used a 20gb HDD. It conneted them both via his wirless router using custom firmware for the router.

This is it:
http://www.furrygoat.com/2006/01/how_to_20gb_ext.html

Or there is this:
http://www.goldplated.com/SONY%20PSP%20HARDDRIVE.htm

Hope this helps!
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astro_boy
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_ 		26. April 2006 @ 16:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Bet Sony will not improve their firmware to be able to access music, movies and game directly from external HDD without the use of memory stick as this will affect their sales for memory sticks.

Hope that some hackers can find ways to make that possible (e.g. some emulators or something) and that will be great! Imagine running PSP with 80GB HDD space... WOW!!

By the way, I would like to know the price of 2GB Sony Memory Stick Duo Highspeed selling at your location? I just got mine at US$32, is it expensive?
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luan87us
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_ 		26. April 2006 @ 18:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You got a 2gb Sony Memory Stick Pro Duo for $32us Astro_boy???? Where is it? It likes way cheap man. I would like one. Where did ya get it from?
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astro_boy
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_ 		26. April 2006 @ 18:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I'm so sorry.... wrong information, I got mine at US$55.

Sorry....
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