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Title: Friends slim not showing XMB
Post by: juust0_ on April 01, 2009, 03:10:21 AM: My friends psp doesnt show xmb, only the waves. I thought the problem is umd on/off switch, but it isnt. I already took umd drive ribbons off and disassembled the switch. Could it be faulty mobo?

EDIT: If i connect umd ribbons back, the drive makes wierd reading noises all the time.
Title: Re: Friends slim not showing XMB
Post by: Max_Kreeger on April 01, 2009, 04:05:25 AM: The XMB not showing has nothing to do with hardware. Has he/she by any chance tried to change the theme ? Becuase incompatible themes sometimes either semi-brick the PSP or just not show certain parts of the theme. If you have a backup of Flash0 try put the backup on and reboot the PSP.

Hope this helps
Max
Title: Re: Friends slim not showing XMB
Post by: juust0_ on April 01, 2009, 04:25:38 AM: I have tried reflashing firmware with dc8, but still not working. The wierd thing is that 1 in 15 reboots psp shows xmb.
Title: Re: Friends slim not showing XMB
Post by: 123sample on April 01, 2009, 06:36:13 AM: go to system recovery and restore flash to default, it should works fine :yess:
Title: Re: Friends slim not showing XMB
Post by: juust0_ on April 01, 2009, 07:14:22 AM: Quote from: 123sample on April 01, 2009, 06:36:13 AM
go to system recovery and restore flash to default, it should works fine :yess:

Tried, but still not working.
Title: Re: Friends slim not showing XMB
Post by: bustinthejustin on April 01, 2009, 02:38:16 PM: Ahh, i have this problem. I was told that flash2/flash3 is dead and therefore won't let your themes show up properly. There is no fix. The only thing you can do is install timemachine, but you can then only run homebrews, music and videos but no games.
Title: Re: Friends slim not showing XMB
Post by: vladstir on April 03, 2009, 09:51:09 AM: there might be a bad sector in the nand. What did ur friend do to the PSP?
Title: Re: Friends slim not showing XMB
Post by: juust0_ on April 03, 2009, 05:17:22 PM: That psp got dropped. Maybe he just needs new mobo :/
Title: Re: Friends slim not showing XMB
Post by: bustinthejustin on April 03, 2009, 09:13:11 PM: If it got dropped that's also an indication that he needs a new mobo.
Title: Re: Friends slim not showing XMB
Post by: psp_repair on April 04, 2009, 12:17:20 AM: try using pandora n magic mmc maybe some flash is missing. if not so try keep changing each parts of psp
Title: Re: Friends slim not showing XMB
Post by: juust0_ on April 04, 2009, 08:36:43 AM: Is there any homebrew app, that shows bad sectors in nand ect.?
Title: Re: Friends slim not showing XMB
Post by: elmario on April 04, 2009, 09:28:31 AM: Lol this is the exact same problem my psp has.
Title: Re: Friends slim not showing XMB
Post by: bustinthejustin on April 04, 2009, 10:50:23 AM: Quote from: juust0_ on April 04, 2009, 08:36:43 AM
Is there any homebrew app, that shows bad sectors in nand ect.?

Yeah I think so but I can't remember the names of them. Easiest way is just to reflash, and if it still gives you errors afterwords, you know it's your flash's fault.

Quote from: psp_repair on April 04, 2009, 12:17:20 AM
try using pandora n magic mmc maybe some flash is missing. if not so try keep changing each parts of psp

That's really illogical... If your flash is screwy, replacing a pobo, triggers, speakers, wifi antennae, tv out board, etc. won't help... It has to be a fault on the mobo.
Title: Re: Friends slim not showing XMB
Post by: vladstir on April 07, 2009, 09:16:03 PM: Quote
Is there any homebrew app, that shows bad sectors in nand ect.?
Use nandtools:
nandTool_0.4_Final_NEO.zip]http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/2426503_xvfsv/nandTool_0.4_Final_NEO.zip]nandTool_0.4_Final_NEO.zip (http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/2426503_xvfsv/nandTool_0.4_Final_NEO.zip)
It lets you scan your nand for bad sectors as well as repartition your nand.