Network Update on my Sony PSP doesn't work?

How do I get the Network Update feature on my Sony PSP to work? I've tried what Sony suggests but it never seems to like my wireless Wi-Fi connection, so I can't ever get to the network to look for any sort of update!

Dave's Answer:

Since I first got my Sony PSP I've also been trying to get this to work, with zero success. While it appears to support wireless encryption protocol (WEP), the encryption key that works fine for my Mac and PC fails on the PSP with cryptic errors like 80410D09 and 80410D07.

Then in exasperation I went to a public wifi access point at a local cafe and tried to connect using their wireless network, one that didn't have any sort of password. And it worked, first time!

The first problem I had to figure out, however, was when I tried to connect I was promptly informed that WLAN Switch Is Turned Off on the PSP screen. After some digging, I found out that the small silver slide switch on the lower left edge controls whether the PSP can access a wireless network (WLAN) or not: slide it up and you'll be wireless ready.

To configure a network access point, press Home then move to Network Update, then you get to the configuration screen that asks for the WLAN Settings (the default is to enter an SSID), choose "Scan" instead and let the PSP identify all the wireless networks it can see. Choose whichever one has the strongest signal and indicates "None" (not "WEP") for "Encryption".

Choose all the default configuration settings and you should promptly be asked to press the X button to save your new access profile. Do so, then select it again and, if your connection works you'll see "Checking Server...", then, if there's an update available, the PSP shows:

Network Update has found a later version.
To download, insert a Memory Stick with at least 14MB of free space
and press the X button.

Press the X button and you'll see "Downloading..." and a warning not to turn the unit off or remove the Memory Stick while downloading, then the download starts. I timed it on my system: it took a bit more than ten minutes for the download,PSP operating system version 1.52.

When the download succeeds, you'll now see:

Download completed.
The update is now available on your
Memory Stick.
To install now, press the x button.
To install later, go to [Game].

Pressing the X button restarts the PSP unit then automatically starts the PSP Update ver 1.52 and gives you a single option: Start. To start the actual upgrade, I again push the X button.

Then, to my surprise, even though the unit is actually plugged into the wall, I receive:

The update cannot be started.
The battery level is low.
Charge the battery and then try again.

I let the unit charge for an hour, then found the update by going to Game, Memory Stick and pressing the X button. This revealed "PSP Update ver. 1.52" which I started with one more press of the X button.

This time it decided that my battery was sufficiently charged (and, yes, it was still plugged in too) and I got:

The following updates will be added:
• Revisions to strengthen security were added.
• UMB MUSIC can now be played under [Music]

Since I don't have any UMD music, I can only assume that this is so Sony can sell UMD's as an alternative to music CDs. Would anyone buy them? I am doubtful, but that's another story entirely...

I pressed the right arrow button, as instructed, and was shown:

Do not turn off the power, disconnect
the AC adaptor or remove the
Memory Stick during update, as doing
so may cause the system to malfunction.
Once the update is started you cannot
go back to the previous version of the
system software.
Press the X button to start.

Now it switches to "Installing..." and took approximately 90 seconds to install.

Finally, finally, we're ready to restart the PSP: "Update completed. Press the X button to restart."

And so, I press X and the unit restarts and appears to be fully functional and everything's intact with the new, updated, system software. Congrats to Sony for this process - once you figure it out, it's a simple and elegant way to keep the software on your PSP fully up-to-date.

One final tip: to delete the unneeded update, go to Game, Memory Stick and press X to get to the PSP Update, then press the triangle button to pull up three options for this file: Start, Delete and Information. Move down to Delete and press the X button. Done!

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davay said, on June 17, 2009 10:49 AM:

Hey bro.. I just got a new PSP, I am trying for about 2 weeks now to upgrade from FW 3.10 to 3.5 then back down to 1.5.... I have tried various things including copying the update EBOOT file to the psp/game directort etc etc..... the latest is I am getting an error saying .. 'The system configuration of this psp blah blah ( DRNFFFFFFCD).... What do I need to do???

Jiggy said, on June 18, 2009 9:03 AM:

My problem it's when I start the update, it shows me the license agreement for the psp ( I accept) then not to trun off the power...
i press x, but the update is downloading and it shows me that the memory stick could not be read. What can i do?

thx

Dave Taylor said, on June 18, 2009 9:19 AM:

Jiggy, is it possible you don't have a Memory Stick in your PSP or that it's bad or not formatted for the PSP? Do you have a pal whose memory stick you could borrow for the upgrade? The file's pretty small and once you were done, you could pull the stick out and return it: maybe 30 minutes total elapsed time? Good luck.

Jiggy said, on June 18, 2009 6:45 PM:

well the memory stick is "Memory Stick PRO Duo" from san disk

I'LL try again and if it deosn't work i'll buy a new mem stick

bervyn said, on June 19, 2009 9:58 AM:

after networking updating my psp to 5.51 all my games were gone! and when i download new games into it, my psp cannot read the game! PLS help.

John said, on June 20, 2009 2:52 PM:

So, i had the same problem with battery being too low to install the update. Where as you charged your battery for an hour and got it to work, i let my battery charge for 3 HOURS and it still says battery is too low. what do i do dave??

Dave Taylor said, on June 20, 2009 6:50 PM:

Jiggy, where did you buy the memory stick? I'd take it back.

Bervyn, if you downloaded games onto your PSP, then you're on your own, neither Sony nor I support this sort of hacking here.

John, if your PSP is *plugged in* can't you install the update?

Chris said, on July 2, 2009 3:50 PM:

Hi,I'm chris,on my psp I try to play online with my friends and I also want to go to the web,but everytime I try to scan a connection it says none were detected and sometimes it does dectect some but its between 15% - 40% and when I get it and try to play with my friends it says "CONNECTION ERROR HAS OCCURED
THE ACCESS POINT WAS NOT DETECTED"
Please someone help my email is vidales@tmail.com

Mark Collins said, on August 10, 2009 6:41 PM:

I put my UMD in the game, but I don't see the game. How do I play the game???? Thank you

stuart renouf said, on August 30, 2009 10:46 AM:

friends son stopped a update now psp wont work power lite shows green then turns off no response what did he do?

Charlie said, on September 3, 2009 8:55 AM:

when i try to update my psp it says: 'The game could not be started' (DADADADA)

mc.neil said, on October 2, 2009 5:15 PM:

hey i need your help every time i try to update my psp it keeps saying a later version of this software is already installed there is no need to update....please respond k

chilemay said, on October 9, 2009 11:56 AM:

hi DAVE!

i hope you will see this post of mine here.

I reformatted my 4gb memory stick in psp so it's has free space now, i didn't put anything yet in there. When i check my PSP it shows its free space which is 3984mb but when i connect my psp on my computer, on my pc it shows the memory stick has total space of 3.9mb! how's that?!!!! what should i do... i can't install any games, it says no enough space! huhu sad! =( my memory stick is original sony.

i hope to hear from you... or any help from anyone out there will be greatly appreciated.. thanks!

irene tinkler said, on October 9, 2009 7:58 PM:

My Sony PSP always wants to turn left. How can I fix this???

John said, on November 15, 2009 8:11 PM:

I'm trying to figure out how to load music, photo, & video on my PSP. If your PC should reconize the PSP when plugged in on a USB cable, mines doesn't. Can you give me any ideas of how to proceed? Thanks.

Mo Eslami said, on November 26, 2009 7:58 PM:

I currenly have version 5.00 M33-6 installed on my son's PSP. However, now there is a Version 6.00 available and when I go to "Network Update" and try to updated that system version, I get the following message: "The latest version of the system upated is installed, no need to update" but it's not, I need the latest version, and it will not update it. I'm going crazy!! Will you help??

MadkrishnaJaneTarin said, on December 23, 2009 9:07 PM:

can u help meh ...how to open d internet in my SONY PSP?

Jamie said, on December 24, 2009 1:54 PM:

Wlan is on and each time I want to create a new connection to continue and after I scan it keeps telling me that no access points were detected. It is all hooked up to the internet and should automatically locate the connection I would imagine? Thanks Jamie

Xiao said, on December 26, 2009 11:34 PM:

Um... if you update your psp, will it delete any important things, like connection settings?

Sammy said, on January 16, 2010 9:51 PM:

Hey I need help in downgrading my psp 6.20 without Magic mem stik and pandora batt. Or at least teach me how to make a pandora batt. plz and thanx

eric said, on January 31, 2010 7:28 PM:

hey dave, every time i try to update my psp to the 6.20 version this pops up: a dsn error occured (80410414) thanks

kirai said, on February 7, 2010 4:23 PM:

can psp 3000 using the network update?

Breany said, on February 18, 2010 4:26 AM:

every time i download version 6.20 it works, then when i go to use it, it tells me the game cannot be played. but my brother has the older psp and his did it fine. i have th slim and lite 3000 and version 6.00 any advice ?

kc said, on February 22, 2010 2:07 AM:

hi i have a psp 300 and i updated it to 6.20 firmware version. i am having problems cause i can't activate the games and my internet connection won't work..i have a wi-fi at home though..please help me thank you!

chrissy said, on February 22, 2010 10:48 AM:

Hi i just downloaded 6.20 update. it downloaded fine, but when i go to install it i get "game cannot be played [dadadadada]. Can any one help me please with what to do?

greg said, on February 25, 2010 5:44 AM:

i have a psp 2000 model (i don't know all of the specs yet, as i'm that much of a techy) that was upgraded/modified last week. all of the games uploaded (runs on memory) were working fine until earlier today, as my wife noticed. music is working fine, but the games won't load. displays an eror message "the game could not be started" followed by an 8-digit code (i don;t know the exact code, maybe i'll have to recheck that when i get home) . what could possibly cause this? me & my wife haven't changed the configurations

zac said, on February 27, 2010 2:54 AM:

this helps me alot thnx dave ^_^

raph said, on March 1, 2010 3:54 AM:

my psp is not working somebody change my network

joanne said, on March 16, 2010 11:47 AM:

hi dave , i'd downloaded the version 6.2 in the game folder. However i've encountered a DADADADA problem each time i try to install. Could you pls help me out? thanks

Anubis said, on March 29, 2010 7:55 PM:

Hi Dave,
My PSP has been modded. I purchased Def Jam New York on my PS3 for my PSP. I copied it and now the PSP doesn't play it because it says I need system software version 5.51 or later. I'm running 5.00.
I've tried doing "Network Update," but when I connect to my network, IP address is obtained and everything, I get a "Connection to the server failed, A DNS error has occurred (80410414)" but my DNS is fine... I can access the internet on the same settings no problem.
My access point seems to work fine, I've tried WPA and none for the security settings of my router and neither works--I get the same message. What should I do?

Ruben said, on April 8, 2010 6:05 PM:

I have the God of War psp its red and it says i have system software 5.00 M33-6 and it wont let me upgrade any higher, can somebody help?

Andrew Manson said, on April 20, 2010 11:18 AM:

Guys, I Found out how to kill the 80410418 error glitch!

What actually causes this is the Proxy Settings, they seem to be flawed in some way so just do the following:

HIT /\ TO OPEN THE BROWSER, THEN HIT X ON TOOLS, GO TO SETTINGS, GO TO PROXY SERVER SETTINGS, AND IF IT SHOWS ON, FLIP IT'S SETTING TO DO NOT USE AND SAVE, THEN GO TO YOUR HOME PAGE (MAKE SURE IT ISN'T SET AS A PORN SITE XD)! lol I am a 13 year old and I just solved an uncommon problem.

Daniel said, on May 5, 2010 11:11 AM:

I just got a new game and it needs a newer version of firmware. It needs 5.03 firmware but when I go to download it, it tells me it can't read the disc and a 80020321 code. After trying over and over again with taking the game out and all it tells me to find tech support. Please help me.

Daniel said, on May 5, 2010 11:52 AM:

I just asked a question and need help. When will I get it??????????

Andrew said, on May 26, 2010 10:45 AM:

Hi, I just bought a second hand psp i am tring to play football manager and it says i need to upgrade the version, When i accept it states that my battery is too low and i need to charge and try again, I have done this and my battery is full and charger is plugged into the wall but still no joy can you help me please?

adrian said, on June 20, 2010 8:14 PM:

whats up dave how can i play videos on my psp on the internet with a version 3.80 please answer as soon as possible maybe today, thanks

mayryl said, on June 22, 2010 8:48 PM:

i upgrade my PSP from 5.3 to 5.5 but my psp won't open anymore it has power but the screen is still blank.. what will i do??? please help me... i really need my PSP back to normal T_T.. any suggestion is open.. XD

mayryl said, on June 22, 2010 8:52 PM:

.... i tried to upgrade my PSP slim from 5.3 to 5.5.. what if i accedentally used a wrong upgrader? i think i used the upgrader for psp fat? what will i do.. my psp has power but the screen is blank... PLEASE help me..

my friend told me that it was for slim and fat but i dunno why it is blank? help me...

gerson Damiani said, on June 22, 2010 9:35 PM:

Hi Dave,

I was trying 2 weeks to make update in my son PSP, but a version 6.20 it is impossible. I watched more 100 videos I followed all process but it is impossible to fix it.
When I tried to fix by memory stick appear The memory stick could not be read (80010018), after the screen was frozen, I need to remove the battery to restart.
When I use to disc appear The disc could bot be read (80010018).
I tried to make download by PC, but happen the same one.
I am felling a complete idiot, could you help me solve this problem?
Thanks

Francisco said, on July 12, 2010 2:28 PM:

Hello Dave, when I try to do what you say, it asks for the connection name. I've been stuck for a long time & would be grateful for your help

abdul rehman said, on July 18, 2010 5:43 AM:

hi dave i am abdul rehman.I dowloded version 6.30
from my pc and saved in my psp and then i clicked on start it shows the update cannot be started the model is not compatible.what should i do

najeb said, on August 21, 2010 4:40 PM:

each time i try to turn psp my wifi on or off it won't work it won't even show the green light.

Maria said, on September 6, 2010 3:37 AM:

I just got the new game Disgaea:infinite and when I tried to play it on my psp, it said I needed to upgrade to version 6.20 and up... Nothing is wrong with the internet and I keep updating the new version and when it finishes loading it always tells me the same thing the game could not be started (dadadadada)... I even tried downloading the new version from online and connected it to the psp and still it didn't work... What should I do?

BERENICE said, on September 24, 2010 2:00 PM:

IT IS NOT LET IN ME "GAME COULD NOT BE STARTED (dadadadada)"

TD said, on October 19, 2010 9:06 PM:

I did a system upgrade on my PSP and I also charged the battery. After my system update was complete, the PSP powers up, but image will display on the screen.

Has anyone had this problem?

ryan said, on December 5, 2010 8:40 PM:

Hi Dave i need your help now i cant figure out how to update to the newist version i know how but it just keep saying that the dns is not working can you help plz thank you

Warriors#7 said, on January 8, 2011 11:21 PM:

Hello, my uncle found an old psp at a garage sale and he couldn't figure out how to use it so he gave it to me... Well at first it could not play any movies but i updated it and so now it reads but it will not read any new games.... it will play games like hot shots golf but not patapon or thrillville... when i tried to update it again it says "the sytem configuration of this psp system does not apear to be correct. the updatw can not be started. contact technical support for assistance (DRNFFFFFFCD)" and I have really good connection where I am... if you can help that would be GREAT!!!! Thanks :)

rab said, on January 14, 2011 11:29 AM:

i kepp getting the meassage "GAME COULD NOT BE STARTED (dadadadada)" when i try updating a an old psp 300. pls help

CHRIS said, on April 2, 2011 8:04 PM:

kepp getting the meassage "GAME COULD NOT BE STARTED (dadadadada)" when i try updating a an old psp 300. pls help

maby said, on May 13, 2011 9:20 AM:

heyy friends how can i download games to my psp??.... i tried a lot but no result ... can some one help me plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Paul said, on May 18, 2011 11:39 AM:

Hi! I have a modded Slim PSP with 5.00 M33-3 firmware.
I have a question about the network update : Will I lose my modd if I update to latest version?
I mean : Will I still be able to play the games I have installed now that are on the Memory stick?
Please answer...
Thanks in advance!

Jemmie said, on May 22, 2011 9:30 PM:

after the network, i now cannot access the fiiles saved in my memory stick. it sys "There are no games". well in fact, the data are still saved in the memory stick when i connect it using a usb cable. when i transfer my memory stick to another psp, the games are accessible nmn. what had happened in my psp?

KARL FOXX said, on June 3, 2011 4:10 AM:

When i turn on my psp it is just a theme screen with the time,battery bar and date in the top right after a scondes it turn off please tell me what hapend to him ? and how can i fix it ????????

MAJID said, on July 2, 2011 12:49 AM:

I BUY ONE PSP Sony but after one month it was started to hang and i had to rest them but after 5 times i decided to format it by its program but After than it wasn't working and i don't know what can i do please help me.

mohammadaliraza said, on August 22, 2011 4:37 AM:

plzzzzzzz tell me all about psp. how i on internet with out any thing on psp.plzzzzzzz tell me

david said, on September 6, 2011 10:11 AM:

hi dave .... i recently upgrade my psp 5.00 m33 to 5.50 gen d3 .....after installation it ask me to reboot or shutdown...so i press reboot..and next thing i know... i cant open my psp and the green light is on for hours.....please help.. thank u

ralph said, on September 29, 2011 9:19 PM:

pls help i try to update my psp from6.20 to 6.39 using umd only but while updating the ps cannot read anymore from the umd then the system crashes i cannot open my psp anymore pls help what will i do

mandy said, on October 18, 2011 5:51 PM:

my psp has green light on for power,but then nothing else happens at all...what is it likely to be?

ARVIN SABINO {VICE GANDA JR} said, on November 13, 2011 3:02 AM:

HELLO I AM USING THE PSP WHOM WITH THE PROBLEM. MY QUESTION IS MY PSP NOT STARTED BECAUSE OF UNFINISHED UPDATING SO IT NOT STARTED ANYMORE JUST A GREEN LIGHT

jackson said, on November 29, 2011 7:01 AM:

Help! I am playing Secret Agent Clank on my PSP and I saved it on Dam's Edge (Hydrano) and when I go to any other places like Rionosis, Venantonio or Asyanica, It takes FOREVER to load! The longest time it has been loading for was over 3 hours, then the screen froze, and 15 seconds later, my system just turned off and restarted. HELP ME PLEASE DAVE TAYLOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dave Taylor said, on November 29, 2011 7:16 AM:

Remember, if your green light (that means on) is flashing, it means your PSP has low battery (20%-)

Jackson, you can't clean UMD's, so you're going to need someone that can fix your UMD. Try Tech Experts (09 2986161)

Jackson said, on November 29, 2011 7:34 AM:

I FOUND THE 80108D50 ERROR CODE! BUY A PSP GOCAM, PLUG INTO YOUR USB PULGIN, SELECT PHOTO-CAMERA FROM YOUR PSP MENU!

mna said, on December 10, 2011 10:37 AM:

i did everything you said and it still not working it keep saying obtaing the ip adress timed out what should i do

Dan Smith said, on December 15, 2011 12:47 PM:

Mna, you know after 15 seconds of "Obtaining IP Address" it will time out. Try selecting "Easy", not "Custom". The "Easy" feature may help in some cases.

siri said, on December 21, 2011 12:03 AM:

sir,

My son put a new CD on PSP at the time of update he remove the CD. system got malfunction. wht to do next. Please mail me for this to rectify.

ahmad said, on December 21, 2011 1:58 PM:

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Kathy said, on January 1, 2012 11:43 AM:

We are able to get the PSP to test OK for accessing the internet, with showing 100% signal strength. However, when we try to access the internet, it either times out before getting IP address or gives us error DNS 80410416. I thank you in advance for you help.

fahd kareem said, on February 17, 2012 1:18 AM:

my psp vertion is 4.5 i put a umd game its update vertion was 5.5 i updated 5.5 then i took the memory stick later it was instlaling i removed my baterry now its not oning can u help me please

moh said, on February 17, 2012 7:13 AM:

when my switch on wlan is on i try to connect but it says "a connection error has occurred.The WLAN switch on the PSPsystem is not turned on" what do i do

Cooper said, on March 31, 2012 1:02 AM:

My psp 2000 has brown lines that go down like a gride (this starded happing arfter my sister droped it). Also games wont load. so can you tell me what is wrong with it

I do have a lot to say, and questions of my own for that matter, but first I'd like to say thank you, Dave, for all your helpful information by buying you a cup of coffee!

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