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gambleboy
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5. March 2010 @ 06:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi,

As my son has grown old enough to start messing with my discs but isn't old enough to understand why it's a problem, I've decided to make backups of my games.

I've been reading a lot of different guides now, and have a good understanding of what I'm going to do. One question I have though, that I'm unable to find a good answer to is whether I should upgrade my system version to 4.2E (From 4.0E).

Some guides say we shouldt upgrade to 4.2, but without saying why it is a problem. Is it because these guides are outdated? It seems softmodding a 4.2 is no problem at all from the 4.2 guides I've seen.

My thinking is that if I upgrade to 4.2 before modding, there will be no accidental upgrades to 4.2 wiping my softmod later on. (Well there might be if there comes a 4.3 of course but thats a different story).

But the main question is, should I stick with 4.0E, and if so, why?

Thanks.
ZeroCast
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5. March 2010 @ 07:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
No, you shouldn't stick with 4.0E, just update your firmware to 4.2 and follow Larry's guide for everything else that you need.

I play games for a living.
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5. March 2010 @ 10:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You might as well update to 4.2 firmware and softmod it using my guide in my sig.


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gambleboy
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7. March 2010 @ 12:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thanks a lot larrylje, your guides were very good both in terms of getting things done, but also to understand what I'm actually doing.

Turns out I had to install GX USB loader as well, since CFG Loader just didn't want to recognize my 16 GB USB memory stick at all. Works fine with GX though.
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