Hello!

I'm new to this whole custom firmware thing and I really want to put DarkAleX's custom firmware on my PSP to play homebrew games and games from the many web-based sources out there, if you get what I mean...

I bought my PSP in Europe and it currently has Sony Firmware v.3.10. What do I need to do to put DarkAleX's firmware on it?

I read somewhere that you need a TA-082 motherboard in your PSP, is that true? I don't think my PSP has one inbuilt...

Can I still play legal PSP UMD games on my PSP if I put a custom firmware on it? How big, in megabytes, are illegal full-version games to download from trusty web sources? I have only got a 256mb Memory Stick but it hasn't got anything on it...

Please include links to necessary downloads and a step-by-step instruction manual.

Thanks


Andrew