Undiluted Platinum: Compatibility Check made Easy!
Since it became officially known that some of the more recent versions of PSP hardware will not be compatible with the initial releases of Undiluted Platinum, many PSP owners have been wondering if they should be cracking open their precious handheld to check out what hardware they have. Well wonder no more!
The makers of Undiluted Platinum have just sent us a little bit of info which makes it easy to determine whether you have an unsupported TA-082 motherboard inside your PSP. Simply open your UMD drive and take a close look at the area indicated in the picture to the right. If it says “IC1003” in there, you have one of the dreaded TA-082 PSP’s and will have to sit out on this round of modchips.
I’m not sure about the rest of you, but I could have sworn I just hear the sound of thousands of UMD drives being opened in unison.
Now that you know whether or not the modchip will work work for you, be sure to take another look at the several options for purchasing a modchip – and be warned, installing this chip on your own is going to be mighty difficult and possibly damaging to your PSP if you don’t have advanced soldering skills!
- Buy the modchip and do-it-yourself (or have a friend help out)
- Have it professionally installed by ModChipStore.com
- Buy a pre-modified Black PSP with Undiluted Platinum already installed
- Buy a pre-modified White PSP with Undiluted Platinum already installed
Update: According to early reports, some people are finding “IC6001” located on the other side of the UMD drive than what is pictured. This is an indicator for TA-081 PCB’s and WILL be compatible with Undiluted Platinum. If you don’t see “IC1003” than you are good to go!
Since it became officially known that some of the more recent versions of PSP hardware will not be compatible with the initial releases of Undiluted Platinum, many PSP owners have been wondering if they should be cracking open their precious handheld to check out what hardware they have. Well wonder no more!
The makers of Undiluted Platinum have just sent us a little bit of info which makes it easy to determine whether you have an unsupported TA-082 motherboard inside your PSP. Simply open your UMD drive and take a close look at the area indicated in the picture to the right. If it says “IC1003” in there, you have one of the dreaded TA-082 PSP’s and will have to sit out on this round of modchips.
I’m not sure about the rest of you, but I could have sworn I just hear the sound of thousands of UMD drives being opened in unison.
Now that you know whether or not the modchip will work work for you, be sure to take another look at the several options for purchasing a modchip – and be warned, installing this chip on your own is going to be mighty difficult and possibly damaging to your PSP if you don’t have advanced soldering skills!
- Buy the modchip and do-it-yourself (or have a friend help out)
- Have it professionally installed by ModChipStore.com
- Buy a pre-modified Black PSP with Undiluted Platinum already installed
- Buy a pre-modified White PSP with Undiluted Platinum already installed
Update: According to early reports, some people are finding “IC6001” located on the other side of the UMD drive than what is pictured. This is an indicator for TA-081 PCB’s and WILL be compatible with Undiluted Platinum. If you don’t see “IC1003” than you are good to go!