Infinity does not load - some PSP 3000 #51

svensvond · 2022-09-02T05:55:45Z

ARK-4 Bugs/Issues

Infinity does not load from ark launcher or ark vsh on PSP 3000 models only.

PSP Model

[ x] PSP-3000 (Slim & Bright)

Ark Version

4.18.13 - 18

Expected

Infinity is loading

Behaviour

Black screen, System turns off

Notes

Refers to Issue #48 - was fixed for (at least) PSP 2000 there.

Working System (x2 System tested)
Mainboard: TA-090V2
Mainboard Type: Bright 3004 (03g)
PSP Version: v1.0
Possible CFW: 5.03 HEN and up

NOT working System (x3 System tested)
Mainboard: TA-093
Mainboard Type: Bright 3004 (04g)
PSP Version: v3.0
Possible CFW: 6.2x HEN and up

NOT working System
Mainboard: TA-095V2
Mainboard Type: Bright 3004 (09g)
PSP Version: v4.1
Possible CFW: 6.3x HEN and up

Seems like TA-90V2 is the only one working.

nicolapcweek94 · 2022-09-02T07:44:34Z

I have the same issue on my GO: ARK installs successfully, but then Infinity never loads and only results in a black screen and psp turning off after a few seconds. After a reboot the previously installed CFW loads instead of ARK.

JoseAaronLopezGarcia · 2022-09-05T15:57:54Z

First of all, make sure you are using the correct EBOOT for your model (Go users need to use EBOOT_GO.PBP and rename it to EBOOT.PBP).

Secondly, the EBOOT.PBP has to be installed in /PSP/GAME/UPDATE/, it will not work if it's installed in any other folder (i.e. /PSP/GAME/Infinity/ will NOT work).

svensvond · 2022-09-05T16:50:10Z

Same SD works in a PSP 2000, does Not on a 3000. Same ark Version installed on Same ofw.

JoseAaronLopezGarcia · 2022-09-05T18:56:31Z

Same SD works in a PSP 2000, does Not on a 3000. Same ark Version installed on Same ofw.

That's strange, I've used the same SD on different models with different OFW (6.60 or 6.61) and never had any issues, except maybe some plugins.
What exactly doesn't work?

svensvond · 2022-09-05T19:31:04Z

Here you go: PSP 2000 vs 3000
If you dont have a 3000, maybe you could build a debug version with logging?

JoseAaronLopezGarcia · 2022-09-06T16:34:01Z

Here you go: PSP 2000 vs 3000 If you dont have a 3000, maybe you could build a debug version with logging?

I have a 3K and don't have any issues with Infinity. Why are you hot swapping the memory cards? That could be an issue.

svensvond · 2022-09-06T22:02:36Z

Weird - i indeed have it running on a 3000 perfectly - and the other one does not. Same Firm and Software - and no: Not any "hot swapping" :) 3000vs3000
What i also did: Reset back to OFW with Chronoswitch, installed Infinity + Ark from the latest Pre-Release - no difference, infinity does not load from ark.

JoseAaronLopezGarcia · 2022-09-19T10:53:15Z

Weird - i indeed have it running on a 3000 perfectly - and the other one does not. Same Firm and Software - and no: Not any "hot swapping" :) 3000vs3000 What i also did: Reset back to OFW with Chronoswitch, installed Infinity + Ark from the latest Pre-Release - no difference, infinity does not load from ark.

Run pspident on both PSP's to see if they are different motherboards.

svensvond · 2022-09-19T20:19:04Z

Working System (x2 System tested)
Mainboard: TA-090V2
Mainboard Type: Bright 3004 (03g)
PSP Version: v1.0
Possible CFW: 5.03 HEN and up

NOT working System (x3 System tested)
Mainboard: TA-093
Mainboard Type: Bright 3004 (04g)
PSP Version: v3.0
Possible CFW: 6.2x HEN and up

NOT working System
Mainboard: TA-095V2
Mainboard Type: Bright 3004 (09g)
PSP Version: v4.1
Possible CFW: 6.3x HEN and up

Seems like TA-90V2 is the only one working.

JoseAaronLopezGarcia · 2022-09-20T23:15:09Z

Is the same true for older versions of Infinity?
Does ARK itself have any difference in behavior between those two models?

svensvond · 2022-09-21T07:16:12Z

Ark seems to work fine, BUT
Infinity 4.18.11 release (i think thats before your change) does not work.
"Official" Infinity 2.03 (without the ARK autoboot option) does indeed work!

svensvond · 2022-09-21T07:24:08Z

Infinity from 4.16 (just to be sure) also does not work.

ventod · 2022-10-05T12:38:17Z

I have the same error on my PSP 3000 MHB.
PSP Everest 2 rev 5 reports TA-093v2, PSPident 0.77.777 reports TA-093 with no version.

PSPIdent 0.77.777

PSP Everest 2 rev 5

I've also tried to "clean" my psp first by downgrading to 6.30 and upgrading to 6.61 again.

It has to be said that I did change some settings before installing the CFW e trying to install infinity. I changed language (Japanese to English) and char set (to multi-language latin 1) and other minor stuffs, but I do not think this should make any difference.

ventod · 2022-12-26T12:17:16Z

Small update:

Tested this in 4.19.1 and 4.19.2 and this is still an issue.

svensvond · 2022-12-26T12:55:13Z

I can confirm that.

JoseAaronLopezGarcia · 2022-12-31T08:32:34Z

So this issue only shows on a very specific 3K?

svensvond · 2022-12-31T11:55:49Z

i dont think so - its not working on a range of 3000 systems, its more like the other way around.
I had access to 6 PSP 3000, 2 worked.

Working System (x2 System tested)
Mainboard: TA-090V2
Mainboard Type: Bright 3004 (03g)
PSP Version: v1.0
Possible CFW: 5.03 HEN and up

NOT working System (x3 System tested)
Mainboard: TA-093
Mainboard Type: Bright 3004 (04g)
PSP Version: v3.0
Possible CFW: 6.2x HEN and up

NOT working System
Mainboard: TA-095V2
Mainboard Type: Bright 3004 (09g)
PSP Version: v4.1
Possible CFW: 6.3x HEN and up

FrncoDz · 2023-01-05T20:50:40Z

I'm having this same issue with my PSPGo, Infinity just crashes if launched from ARK, I did this from a clean firmware install via Chrono, then launched ARK and when Infinity is starting the console shuts down.

Also a lot of games wont launch with ARK 👎

PSPIdent

krazynez · 2023-01-05T22:49:23Z

I'm having this same issue with my PSPGo, Infinity just crashes if launched from ARK, I did this from a clean firmware install via Chrono, then launched ARK and when Infinity is starting the console shuts down.

Also a lot of games wont launch with ARK -1

PSPIdent

Can you open another Issue and be more specific on which games are not launching with ARK please.

twokilohertz · 2023-01-07T14:38:46Z

I am experiencing the same issue as @ventod & @svensvond. I have an 04g PSP 3003 and the version of Infinity included with ARK-4 does not work. Black screen & system powers off.

JoseAaronLopezGarcia · 2023-01-09T11:54:47Z

Working System (x2 System tested) Mainboard: TA-090V2 Mainboard Type: Bright 3004 (03g) PSP Version: v1.0 Possible CFW: 5.03 HEN and up

NOT working System (x3 System tested) Mainboard: TA-093 Mainboard Type: Bright 3004 (04g) PSP Version: v3.0 Possible CFW: 6.2x HEN and up

NOT working System Mainboard: TA-095V2 Mainboard Type: Bright 3004 (09g) PSP Version: v4.1 Possible CFW: 6.3x HEN and up

Seems like TA-90V2 is the only one working.

So it affects models above 03g, that's interesting.
What's the behaviour when trying to launch ARK from OFW?

ventod · 2023-01-09T15:13:28Z

4.19.3 Fixed this for me!
I do not know what changed. I installed ARK as always:

Connected PSP to PC with USB
Downloaded the last version of ARK
From the archive copied the ARK_Live folder to PSP/GAME/ (removed the older folder already present)
From the archive copied the ARK_01234 folder to PSP/SAVEDATA/ (removed the older folder)
From the archive copied the Infinity/EBOOT.PBP file to PSP/GAME/UPDATE/ (removed the older folder)
Safely removed USB device from windows
Run the ARK installer > boot to ARK 4.19.3 Live > checked this in both system settings and VSH menu
Connect to PC and removed the FLASH0.ARK file from /PSP/SAVEDATA/ (as the guide on the main page suggests)
Safely removed USB device from windows
Shutdown the PSP
Boot the PSP (OFW)
Run the Infinity installer
It didn't crash!
Install infinity
Set to boot ARK automatically
Done!

JoseAaronLopezGarcia · 2023-01-09T15:52:44Z

4.19.3 Fixed this for me! I do not know what changed. I installed ARK as always:

Connected PSP to PC with USB

Downloaded the last version of ARK

From the archive copied the ARK_Live folder to PSP/GAME/ (removed the older folder already present)

From the archive copied the ARK_01234 folder to PSP/SAVEDATA/ (removed the older folder)

From the archive copied the Infinity/EBOOT.PBP file to PSP/GAME/UPDATE/ (removed the older folder)

Safely removed USB device from windows

Run the ARK installer > boot to ARK 4.19.3 Live > checked this in both system settings and VSH menu

Connect to PC and removed the FLASH0.ARK file from /PSP/SAVEDATA/ (as the guide on the main page suggests)

Safely removed USB device from windows

Shutdown the PSP

Boot the PSP (OFW)

Run the Infinity installer

It didn't crash!

Install infinity

Set to boot ARK automatically

Done!

This is very strange, I guess we'll have to wait for others to post their results.

FrncoDz · 2023-01-09T16:45:56Z

What ventod mentioned also worked for me, I can run Infinity from OFW without any issues and turn Infinity to 6.61∞, but running it directly on ARK crashes as always. Launching ARKLive on 6.61∞ also crashes the Go. I'll try with newest ARK version and report.

JoseAaronLopezGarcia · 2023-01-09T16:47:59Z

What ventod mentioned also worked for me, I can run Infinity from OFW without any issues and turn Infinity to 6.61∞, but running it directly on ARK crashes as normal. Launching ARKLive on 6.61∞ also crashes the Go. I'll try with newest ARK version and report.

Running ARK Live on OFW with infinity crashes? Now that's even worse.
I do remember having to install Infinity the first time from OFW and the second time, to configure it, from ARK.

Edit: sorry I had closed the issue by mistake.

FrncoDz · 2023-01-09T16:58:07Z

Quick question, what's the "best" or "the" way to install it correctly if there's one? From my understanding is following what ventod mentioned except for the Shutdown of the PSP and Boot of the PSP (OFW) steps, as the installation mentions installing Infinity directly from ARK. What's the benefit of launching infinity in OFW and not ARK? I tried what I told you earlier because I really wanted to use ark so I tried 4 times looking for workarounds, all of them failing.

JoseAaronLopezGarcia · 2023-01-09T17:08:46Z

I'm not entirely sure how this bug happens, here's what I usually do to install ARK-4 and Infinity:

Power on PSP with OFW.
Install Infinity.
Install ARK-4.
Run infinity again to configure ARK-4 autoboot.

Maybe this procedure doesn't work for everyone. There's probably some bug in the Infinity for ARK-4 build but I can't compile it myself any more.

svensvond · 2023-01-09T18:14:42Z

@JoseAaronLopezGarcia
I also think running Infinity from OFW or another CFW works - cant confirm it right now.
You cant compile inifinity anymore?

JoseAaronLopezGarcia · 2023-01-09T19:23:01Z

@JoseAaronLopezGarcia I also think running Infinity from OFW or another CFW works - cant confirm it right now. You cant compile inifinity anymore?

No I can't, the SDK I use (for compiling ARK-4) is very old (it's the same SDK used to compile PRO and ME way back in the day). It isn't compatible with Infinity's C++ language standards.
And even if I could compile, I'm not sure I would be able to properly debug and fix the issue, best would be to try to get in contact with the original developer.

twokilohertz · 2023-01-09T21:44:47Z

* Power on PSP with OFW.

* Install Infinity.

* Install ARK-4.

* Run infinity again to configure ARK-4 autoboot.

This is the method I ended up using as if one boots ARK-4 first, then tries to launch Infinity 2.0.5 - that will fail and crash the system. However installing Infinity first and then ARK-4 works seemingly fine.

I gave building the project myself a go and as of tag r4192 it works completely fine. When I've got some time I might give relieving us from the python2 dependency and the old PSPSDK dependency a go.

JoseAaronLopezGarcia · 2023-01-09T21:48:17Z

* Power on PSP with OFW.

* Install Infinity.

* Install ARK-4.

* Run infinity again to configure ARK-4 autoboot.
This is the method I ended up using as if one boots ARK-4 first, then tries to launch Infinity 2.0.5 - that will fail and crash the system. However installing Infinity first and then ARK-4 works seemingly fine.

I gave building the project myself a go and as of tag r4192 it works completely fine. When I've got some time I might give relieving us from the python2 dependency and the old PSPSDK dependency a go.

That would be nice but I tried using a newer SDK and the results were binary files that are almost double the ones that the older SDK generated and thus resulting in memory issues and bugs all over the place.
I did not go any further into figuring out if I was using outdated makefile rules and flags or whatnot, so maybe it's possible.

JoseAaronLopezGarcia · 2023-01-11T14:31:35Z

I've updated the readme to better point out that Infinity has to be installed from OFW, and then configured from ARK.
If this solves the issues OP reported we can close it.

svensvond · 2023-01-11T14:42:53Z

Does ark somehow run the file differently from the other (older) CFWs or OFW? Some kind of different call maybe?

JoseAaronLopezGarcia · 2023-01-11T15:09:51Z

Does ark somehow run the file differently from the other (older) CFWs or OFW? Some kind of different call maybe?

It shouldn't, the app is launched as an updater by the XMB. Maybe there's a broken patch in the XMB somewhere.
It would be interesting to see if the same happens when launching Infinity from the Custom Launcher.

JoseAaronLopezGarcia · 2023-01-13T09:24:35Z

If the workaround has solved the issue I'm gonna close this. Feel free to reopen it if it's still a thing.

svensvond changed the title ~~Infinity does not load - PSP 3000 only~~ Infinity does not load - PSP 3000, Go Sep 3, 2022

svensvond changed the title ~~Infinity does not load - PSP 3000, Go~~ Infinity does not load - some PSP 3000 Sep 7, 2022

JoseAaronLopezGarcia closed this as completed Sep 19, 2022

JoseAaronLopezGarcia reopened this Sep 19, 2022

krazynez added the bug Something isn't working label Dec 26, 2022

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Infinity does not load - some PSP 3000 #51

Infinity does not load - some PSP 3000 #51

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