This tutorial will show you How to software mod your PSP 3000 or 2000 (with the TA 088V3 chip) using the ChickHEN hack. Using the ChickHEN hack, you can Install CFW (Custom Firmware) on your PSP 3000 and run homebrew applications and games on your PSP. You can also run game UMD ISOs directly from your memory card. ChickHEN is a homebrew enabler hack which lets you install CFW on your PSP 3000.
The whole modding process can be done in two steps.
1. Install the ChickHEN hack
2. Install 5.03 GEN-A FW OR Install CFW Enabler
Note: This method works only with PSPs having the TA 088V3 board and having FW version 5.03 or lower.
How To Install OFW 5.03
To install ChickHEN, you must have OFW 5.03 installed.
If you have a lower version, just Download OFW 5.03.
Connect the PSP to your computer and put the PBP file in \PSP\GAME\UPDATE\EBOOT.PBP
Install the firmware from your PSP.
To check your Firmware version, go to Settings > System Settings > System Information.
How To Install ChickHEN R2
Download ChickHEN R2 – ChickHEN R2 – 1 / ChickHEN R2 – 2
Go to the Settings on your PSP XMB and restore to default settings.
Turn off UMD Auto Start and UMD Cache
Connect your PSP to your PC
Extract all the files from the ChickHEN R2 RAR archive you downloaded.
Copy h.bin to the root directory of the memory card.
Copy the ChickHEN folder in SLIM to X:\PSP\PHOTO
Now restart your PSP
Go to XMB > Photo > Memory Stick and wait for the Options menu to appear. Press X to open the ChickHEN folder.
You should see flashing colors and your PSP will reboot into ChickHEN. Check your Firmware version, it should be 5.03 ChickHEN R2.
If it doesn’t work, just read the instructions and try it again.
Next, you can choose to install either PSP CFW 5.03 GEN-A or install CFW Enabler.
I personally prefer installing CFW Enabler 3.01 as it is easier and cleaner than installing CFW 5.03 GEN-A.
How To Install CFW Enabler
Download CFW Enabler 3.01.
Download CFWEnabler 3.5 – 1 / CFW Enabler 3.5 – 2
You should have ChickHEN installed – your Firmware version should be 5.03 ChickHEN R2.
Extract the files in CFWEnabler350.ZIP
Copy the CFWEnabler folder to X:\PSP\GAME
Disconnect the PSP from PC and restart the PSP.
Go to XMB > Game > Memory Stick > CFW Enabler.
After CFW Enabler boots up, select Install and your PSP will reboot.
Your firmware version should be 5.00 M33-6 now. Your PSP is now modded. Game on!
Statutory Warning: I’m not responsible if you brick your PSP following these steps. Proceed at your own risk. 
Also check out these tutorials :
How to Install Games on your PSP
July 14th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Yo buddy nice update. Abe pehle post kiya rehta to it would have saved me the hassle of doing the research before buying my PSP-3004 and 200 bucks to hack. Now please tell the must have softwares/plugins for PSP-3004? I have not installed GEN-A, i only use CFW Enabler 3.50 to hack.
July 14th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Also which USB cable do u use with PSP?
I asked in Sonyworld, they had one which costs 990 bucks and they said it is to connect camera to PSP. Any 3rd party miniUSB will work?
July 14th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Any generic miniUSB will work. I got mine for 40 bucks.
As for plugins, try Bookr, Hold+, PowerSaver etc. Get them from http://dl.qj.net/PSP/catid/106
July 14th, 2009 at 7:32 pm
Thanks for the reply. I will also check for miniUSB, that damn shopkeeper said USB wont work and u will have to search for software internet and blah-blah. That qj site is banned in my office though.Will check it from cyber cafe.
July 17th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Hey…Thanx alot for your help…i have a question….after running my psp in chickHEN R2, i turned off my psp and then when i turned it on it showed only version 5.03 and NOT 5.03 chickHEN R2…so does that mean that i can’t switch off my psp unless i have 2 reinstall chickHEN
July 17th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Yea, you can just open the ChickHEN folder again to install it.
July 17th, 2009 at 4:29 pm
plzzzz help me
i hav psp 3004
when i open the chickhen folder in psp my psp hangs and shutdown.. it does not restart.. and the system software reamin same v 5.03… it does not changes to v 5.03 chickhen r2…….
July 18th, 2009 at 8:04 am
i installed this successfully yesterday, and accidentally turned it off last night…
now when i try to go through the steps, i can’t load ChickHEN because the last image is saying ‘unsupported file’…
how do i fix this?
July 18th, 2009 at 8:04 am
i’m running 5.03 M33 right now…
July 18th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
Thank you for this tutorial but it doesn’t work for me.
My situation is exactly like gurpreet:
* bought a PSP 3004 with firmware 4.21 installed
* downloaded official firmware 5.03 and installed
* format memory stick
* h.bin copied in the ms root
* ChickHEN folder inside “SLIM” folder in ChickHEN 2, copied into ms://PSP/PHOTO. NOTE: I had to manually create folder “PHOTO” since it wasn’t there
* turned on PSP, PSP-PHOTO-MS opened ChickHEN folder
* PSP hangs and then 20 secs later it shutdown and no changes
Please help! TYSM
July 18th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
Keep trying. It needs a lot of tries sometimes.
July 19th, 2009 at 10:31 am
Keep trying guys, also, after PSP starts, quickly goto ChickHEN folder and navigate to the tiff image. Dont press any buttons. Also, delete all other images from PSP, and restore factory settings.
http://www606.megaupload.com/files/03766e04aba8987db089c08d0ba9beea/PSP%20-%20Dragon%20Ball%20Z%20Shin%20Budokai%20Another%20Road%20www.pspanish.com.rar
July 20th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
my psp3000 5.03 m33 cfw can’t setting
July 20th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
puki pak ang
July 20th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
Hey Buddy Let me know why i have to put my PSP3001xpb in sleep mode after modified.B’coz if i power off than it is difficult to start and i have to do all procedure again.so if you have any solution on that let me know.
July 20th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
Nah, no workaround for that yet.
July 21st, 2009 at 3:48 pm
Hey i Downloaded Bookr, it has got two files, data.fnt and EBP.PBP. Where to put these files?
July 21st, 2009 at 11:27 pm
My psp3004 got bricked man shit what to do
July 22nd, 2009 at 8:23 am
@amit, how d hell it got bricked? What did u do? It can be unbricked by using pandora battery i guess.
July 22nd, 2009 at 10:28 am
Link for DBZ game for PSP:
http://www617.megaupload.com/files/eaa43f217c7f5cead57b4ac44d093ba2/PSP – Dragon Ball Z Shin Budokai Another Road http://www.pspanish.com.rar
July 25th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
hi pathik…
i have a psp2004 and have no clue on how to mod it…..i have all the required softwares dowlded but the unstalling firmware doesnt work for me….it show as corrupted file….. and the version remains 4.01….
please help
thanks
July 27th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Hi,
i am planning to buy a psp 3000 within a couple of weeks with the process mentioned above can i played regular games like god of war:chains of Olympus,burn out,…or just those home brew stuff . what is possibility of brick my psp in the above process. if i brick it will i get a warranty,i am also planning to buy a 16 GB memory card(frm bestbuy) but the official set sell only/upto 4 GB cards.Does putting a 16gb slow down my console.
July 27th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
Heena, this is only for PSP 3000+ . For your 2004, you will have to mod it using a service battery, the usual method.
July 27th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
Sekhi, you can play ISOs too. And 16 GB cards are compatible, haven’t used one personally though.
July 27th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
Thanq pathik for a prompt reply So, i have decided on going for psp 3000 know i understand that a 16gb is cost me something around 4500 in India while its cost 2000 on ebay.com They say it ship from either china/hong kong will their be any additional taxes from our customs guys.
Any guys with a personal experience of importing good(small in grams) from foreign countries any ways i ask them to describe/mark it as gift. PLZ guide me with this
July 31st, 2009 at 6:04 pm
hello. Uh. I need help. I have sucessfully installed ChickHEN, however, afterwards in my memory card, they say theres no games even after I placed them in. Is there an extra step I missed out? Because my version is already 5.03 ChickHEN r2.
July 31st, 2009 at 6:06 pm
O_O OH UH. NEVERMIND! I FOUND IT OUT MYSELF! THANK YOU FOR THE NOTES THOUGH!
D~
August 4th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
can i know what is XMB?
August 5th, 2009 at 5:47 am
XMB stands for Cross Media Bar.
It’s the main menu on the psp.
It’s also used on the PSP, Sony Laptops, and some Sony TVs.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:03 am
@Sekhi, never buy Memory cards from Ebay. Chances are that the cards are fake. I got 8 GB Original card with 5 years warranty for 2.4k. To determine card is fake or not, put it in your PSP and see in the information tab, there it should show Magicgate: Supported. In case of fake cards it shows Magicgate: Unknown.
August 7th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
oh i see..but can i know where is the XMB on the psp?
sorry i’m new in playing psp..i gotta re-on and off coz the psp keep hangs and i dunno how to mod it..
August 9th, 2009 at 4:37 am
hey i just successfully loaded ChickHen,BUT MY SYSTEM SOFTWARE SHOWS 5.03 CHICKHEN INSTEAD OF 5.03 CHICKEN R2 OR R1. WILL THIS BE A PROBLEM IF I GO TO THE NEXT STEP AND RUN THE INSTALLER-LOADER. WHEN I PRESS X THE PSP RESTARTS AND SHOWS ME A BLACK WINDOW THAT SAYS THE FOLLOWING PRESS L OR R TO FLASH THE CUSTOM FIRMWARE IN YOUR FLASH,
PRESS 0 TO REBOOT IN THE CUSTOM FIRMWARE(YOU NEED HAVE IT INSTALLED)
PRESS TRAIGLE TO EXIT WITHOUT MAKE NOTHING
PLEASE TELL ME WHAT I SHOULD DO. THANK YOU
August 24th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
hey i have installed the 3.01 CFWEnabler and i have succesfully crack it. i have launch the enabler too. but i cant play my games..it is iso format by the way
August 25th, 2009 at 3:47 am
i cant load chickHEN becuz the last image is unsupported data
September 9th, 2009 at 10:11 am
Hey,
Good tutorial. was able to get Chickhen R2 but when i try the CFW enabler it goes back to v 5.03.
pls help
September 10th, 2009 at 8:34 pm
hello!
Someone pls tell me y my save game always corrupted..
September 11th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
If I keep trying to chickHEN my PSP, will it destroy and spoil it? I have the poof sound and this makes me a little paranoid. It’s fine, right?
September 13th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
Sweet! This worked! For some reason my chickHen and CFloader got corrupted. So I deleted files then followed your steps and my PSP’s up and running again. Thank you!
September 14th, 2009 at 9:08 am
Is there a hack for the psp 3000 firmware 5.55 yet? that dosnt require pandora battery?
September 14th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
Hey bro !!! It worked wid my PSP 3003. Awesome dude !!! By the way, after i am done with the whole process, can i format my MS ??? Please post a prompt reply. Cheers mate
September 15th, 2009 at 12:29 am
A lil piece of advice, do keep an UMD inside ur PSP at all times. In my case, after modding it I took the UMD out & the system rolled back to normal. I had to mod it back again.
September 27th, 2009 at 10:32 am
hai friend thanks for your information. I bought an psp-2004 ice silver. Last week i gave it to the shop for cracking. The shop keeper cracked it to 5.03m33-m6 . He said that it partially cracked . If you long press the power button the crack goes off , and dont remove the battery he said . He said onlo software is required to crack no need of service battery.
October 6th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
YAWR PLZ KOI HELP KAR DAY. I VE PSP 3004 .or after copying dat chickhen ting to X:\PSP\PHOTO.and h .bin file to the main page of memory card, which is ms of memory card. rebooting my psp after opening it stuckd for 20 secs and den shutd down. plz help me out how to install dis ..
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
October 7th, 2009 at 6:34 am
ah well, the chikhen didnt seem to run on my version 2001.
and im not really sure what folder is the root of the mem. stick, i just put it in the game folder.
and i also have version 5.51…
IS THERE NO HOPE LEFT FOR ME!?!?!!??
October 7th, 2009 at 8:17 am
Well i have a 2004 and v 5.03 and the Chickhen and m33 works for me
the root folder is the 1st one
example .. when u connect the psp it shows as h drive in my computer? …well thats your root
October 12th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
Hi i have psp 3004 and i cant run the oficial firmwhere 5.03 it ses corrupted file.p ls help me fast
October 12th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
Nv mind i found how
October 21st, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Does this work on PSP 3006? i’m still on the ChickHEN process but i havent had it installed… just hangs for a few seconds when i open the ChickHEN folder from PSP>MS>PHOTO then blacks out. When i open again its still same 5.03 OFW…
help anyone please?
October 21st, 2009 at 9:49 pm
Aha! Worked for me. Tried doing left and right continuously on the SLIM tiff image after clicking the ChickHEN folder. Apparently, it’s all about timing.
Thank you for this post. Best of luck to everybody else
October 23rd, 2009 at 4:07 am
Hi, thanks for posting this article. Do you know where I can find more information on this. Thanks
November 2nd, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Hi, i am able to run the CFW using this method on my psp slim ta-088v3. but, when i try to install a plugin, i need to restart me psp. if i do that, the cfw is gone. is there any way to install plugin without removing the cfw?
November 6th, 2009 at 9:06 am
Hi
I installed chicekhen & in system inf it shows also but when i tried to see the games on memory stick shows “No game installed.” Please help
November 6th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
Hi I have a question. When you refer to root, do you mean X://PSP or X://PSP/MP_ROOT? Quick reply please
November 6th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
Root – X:\
November 12th, 2009 at 6:39 am
i have sucesfuly booted into 5.03 chickhen r2
howver, when i go to Game/memory sitck
it says “there are no games”
November 12th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
i hv sucessfully booted up to 5.03 chickhen r2 bt wen i go to games/memory stick it says corrupted data…i hv tried several times replacing the cwf enabler file…bt still there is no change..plzzzzz help me pathik..!!
November 22nd, 2009 at 6:27 am
Hi
I’m thinking about getting a psp
And i can’t decide whether or not to get the 3000 b/c before, everyone said that you can’t hack the 3000.
I know this is for the 3000, but just to make sure, can you download psp games onto the 3000 like you would onto a 2000?
November 22nd, 2009 at 12:28 pm
Yes, you can. You can do anything you can with a 2000 using the ChickHEN patch.
November 22nd, 2009 at 9:31 pm
I have recently have bought a PSP 3004 now the problem is I coudn’t modify the firmware please help……
November 24th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
I have got PSP3004 ver 5.01 with motherboard TA-090 v2, I have updated to ver 5.03 and applied all the procedures after updation eventhough I was not able to run iso, homebrew, cso. Can one explain how to get rid of it?
December 23rd, 2009 at 4:04 am
it works perfectly fine!! just follow the procedure as it is.. but installing the chickHEN is a bit tricky as it requires proper timing..u can refer to youtube videos for that..
anyways its 100% working and safe..
December 24th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
Hi I’m in USA and planning on buying a 3000 very soon. I really want this to work. Now will it com with the right chip? If so, when I download games, qill I put them in an iso folder in the mem stick like those guys on YouTube? If I follow all of these steps exactly, there’s no chance of bricking, right? And finally, I am Indian, my cousins live in India, should I just ship it to them and have them get it hacked there? Thanks, and please reply quickly or email me at Geniusdudekiran@gmail.com. Thanks soooo much and you rock btw!
December 28th, 2009 at 7:23 am
Hi i have done all the right things but there is no PHOTO folder on any PSP 3000?!?!?!?! i dont get it…i put it in the picture folder then when i go to my pictures on my memorie stick it shows fuzy color kinda but not the one thats for chickHEN and sopmetimes just goes black and turns off soon and it sometimes freezes and ten i restart it and same probolems PLZ email me cuz i dont understand WTF i did wrong!
January 1st, 2010 at 5:35 am
Hey thanks I did this in less than 5 minutes with my PSP-3001. I modified my PSP-1001 last year on this same day too, but this time it was waaay simpler. Thanks!
January 6th, 2010 at 2:56 am
PLS!!!!it says ”Insipported Data”…..what do now!!!PLSPLSPLS
January 6th, 2010 at 2:59 am
sry Unsupported Data
January 7th, 2010 at 9:18 pm
i have a pso 2001 with firmware version 5.02 and i really want to try this, but if i do it is there a way to reverse this?
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:49 am
damn…it took me 12 hours to get this chickhen running…does any one know how to change from 5.03 gen-c to 5.03 m33-6?
January 23rd, 2010 at 7:04 pm
few things to get the crack to work just fine
* get the smallest possible mem card.. i use a 256mb micro sd with pro duo adapter
* follow the tutorial to the letter
* if you want to go back to original firmware just restart
January 25th, 2010 at 7:05 am
I have a PSP 3001, and at the time of purchase, it was Version 5.03, but acouple of days ago, I accidentily updated it to version 6.20, will this process still mod my psp?
January 30th, 2010 at 4:53 am
what file can i play with this because only cso file i can play,reply plssss
January 30th, 2010 at 8:32 am
you can play both .cso and .iso files
January 31st, 2010 at 9:26 am
I have urgent question in ‘How to install cfw enabler’ section, the part where it stated “Disconnect the PSP from PC and restart the PSP”. Should i restart using soft reset or hard reset??? Can anyone help me plz…
January 31st, 2010 at 9:45 am
Wow.. I did it. For my previous question, i use soft reset. Thx so much pathik for the great guides… btw mine is psp 3000 ratchet version 5.03. So, anyone with same model as me should follow exactly what pathik said and install CFW enabler 3.01 instead of CFW 5.03 GEN-A.. Thx again all of u here
February 8th, 2010 at 12:36 pm
do i have to delete the files after im done? . . the chickenhack an other files?
February 8th, 2010 at 2:07 pm
I bought psp slim 4.21 OFW. I didn’t knew about chickHEN R2 and downloaded to version 6.00 by Desi Adda. Now my PSP’s version is 6.00 OFW. Can I now download ChickHEN R2 or not????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
February 10th, 2010 at 7:34 am
im not sure what happened if we delete the hack files but i save the files in my thumbdrive in case i accidentally hard reset it
February 12th, 2010 at 8:29 pm
i want to buy psp 3000…i want ti know whether i can download games from net on start playing without paying…i mean from sonny site…plz help
February 13th, 2010 at 1:12 pm
Hello!
A little off the subject but I figured maybe this is the place to ask this…
Has anyone ever heard of turning your PS3 into a computer? I mean able to play PC games on it. And able to actually use it as a computer?
I have a program that is supposed to do it and I am wondering if someone has done it or tried with negative results?
I will buy a PS3 just to try it if someone can actually post what they did to make it work or what they did when it failed so I dont do whatever it was that made it fail.
thanks
Sorry off the subject a bit. Delete me if this is out of line!
February 13th, 2010 at 6:06 pm
Not much idea, but could be possible.
Yellowdog Linux, Ubuntu and Fedora already work on the PS3. YOu could probably try to make WINE work as well and run Windows apps and games on it. Seems a bit farfetched but may work.
February 13th, 2010 at 7:58 pm
hey pathik sonu here. r u remember me?
just bought PSP 3004 and its fw is 5.03 and now want to hack it.
February 17th, 2010 at 9:34 am
DO I HAVE TO LEAVE THE PSP TURN ‘ON’ ALL THE TIME???
February 23rd, 2010 at 5:49 pm
Help. For some reason my PSP update to v6.20
Could I still modify this?
What do I need to do?
Thanks.
February 24th, 2010 at 1:07 am
Hi, I just had a few questions that I’m unsure about. After loading the ChickHEN, and using the CFWEnabler (v3.70 is available now, FYI) to get 5.00 M33-6, do we have to keep the psp on standby? I thought that shutting it down only resets ChickHEN, or does the cfw run off ChickHEN? thanks.
March 3rd, 2010 at 4:20 am
sum1 plz help……i have psp 3001 and 6.20….is there any way 2 hack??
March 4th, 2010 at 11:31 pm
thanks a lot Jek I TOO did lef right on the slim file AND IT WORKED THANKS A LOT MATE