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Sir_LANs-a-lot · Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Posts: 16

Hi,

Might've been seen before but I hadn't noticed it until I got an English manual - If the PSP is on and you hold the power button up for 2+ seconds to turn it off, it looks like it does a 'cold' shutdown because when you switch it back on it looks like it reads (or writes?) data to/from the memcard. It also boots the UMD disc (if one is inserted).

At a guess, I would hazard that this would be the method used to update the firmware after it's downloaded to the memcard.

Maybe useful? maybe not - Just thought I'd mention it as I'd not seen it before.

:)
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zigzag · Joined: 26 Jan 2005 Posts: 129

I'd guess everyone but you knows about this :)

wenmi · Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Posts: 9

not everybody. i told a lot of people about it because they didn't know

press only short - standby (lasts for some days i think)
press for some seconds - completely turned off

i allways use standby. it doesn't need a lot of power.

pdc · Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 8:44 pm Post subject:

I think this is common knowledge for PSP owners.

Also, when the battery runs out, I believe the PSP puts itself into a permanent 'standby' mode, so you do not lose your game before you get to a power outlet :)

I'm basing the guess on the fact that when the PSP has shut down due to low battery, you cannot power it back up again to squeeze the last drop of juice out of the battery.
I'm yet to confirm this though. It would be nice to know!

@wenmi: yes, standby mode is excellent and uses so little power. It's a shame Lumines won't save your game if you have been in standby mid-game!! O_o

wenmi · Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Posts: 9

pdc · Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 6:58 am Post subject:

wenmi · Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Posts: 9

i understand. well, this is kinda stupid.

another thing i recognized was that the psp sometimes takes a few seconds to load shortly after waking it up from standby. but as it doesn't take too long it is okay

ooPo · Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 11:00 am Post subject:

Ridgeracers doesn't take this delay, although the music start playing until the UMD has finished spinning up. You can still play as normal in the meantime.

Perhaps other games wait for some data before continuing...

pushpin · Joined: 11 Mar 2005 Posts: 6

Well I'll add something even weirder to the mix here.

Today I removed my Golf disc, after I thought I had done a hard shutdown (holding off for a few seconds).

After removing Golf, I inserted Ridge Racer and turned the PSP back on.

Guess what I saw right away? Golf. I was able to play golf for the remainder of that hole, until it needed to load the data for the next hole and the load screen just hung.

I finally turned it off (for real this time) and put my Ridge Racer disc in.

Strange enh? But I guess not totaly nonsense.

wenmi · Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Posts: 9

seems you only switched to standby.
than this will happen

Drakonite · Site Admin Joined: 17 Jan 2004 Posts: 989

Funny... NGPC doesn't have that problem..
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pdc · Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 9:16 pm Post subject:

@pushpin,

that's interesting & it's good to see that developers are minimizing UMD access.

pdc · Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 9:29 pm Post subject:

Also, it would be nice if the software could be aware of the PSP coming out of standby mode.

For example, Ridge Racers could pause for 3 secs to let you see where you are and FIFA 2005 could use their wonderful roll-in feature.

KiWi · Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 13

ooPo · Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 4:27 am Post subject:

Well, it would suck to see a loading screen halfway through a lap. :)

KiWi · Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 13

blackdroid · Joined: 17 Jan 2004 Posts: 564 Location: Sweden

rips ?.. you stepped over the line, locked.
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ooPo · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 8:50 am Post subject:

Sony also discourages this form of streaming during gameplay as it seriously eats into battery life.