Error 80020321 When Lauching an PSP ISO Game
Many PSP users that have a homebrew enabled firmware, like the M33 edition, like to dump the contents of their games from the UMD to the memory card. This will save the file as an ISO, allowing them to backup the games or play them without having to carry any UMD disks around. I do the same thing, but suddenly it stopped working today. I tried to launch “Mind Quiz” to take daily test, but I was greeted with the following error: “The game could not be started. (80020321)”.
After a lot of tinkering, I found my problem. To play any ISO games, you need to have an UMD game disk in your PSP. It does not matter what game it is of. In my case, I was running a little experiment with a UMD video disk that came in my PSP starter pack. After I finished, I forgot to take it out of the PSP. Well, at least I learned that it has to be an UMD game disk, and not a UMD video disk.
If the above solution does not work for you, you might also try to upgrading to the latest M33 firmware. I found that with Dungeon Maker: Hunting Grounds, I had to have version firmware version 3.40 or greater. If this is the case, you might want to check out my M33 upgrading tutorial.
Another way is to use the No-UMD mode that is configurable in the recovery menu, but it is not compatible with all games. To get into this menu, you have to fully shut off your PSP, and turn it on again while holding the R button. When you load the recovery menu, navigate into the Configuration section and select the “UMD Mode” option. Press the X button until you see “currently: M33 driver -NO UMD-“. Navigate back into the opening menu, and exit. This will restart your PSP, and you are ready to roll.
Works perfectly ๐
Thanks ๐
Many thanls, it worked…!!!
I spent hours trying to set it up, and many more hours to download the game!!! (by the way, is it always soooo slowww to download a psp torrent game??).
Well, thx again man! and happy gaming.
mp.
PS: How do i do when I wnat to play a game from the umd, do i have to change it again, or is it automatically??
i tried your suggestions on the 8002..error msg…and its work…thank bro…cheers
thanks alot it really works for the 80020321 error in my psp. But would this setting affect the normal psp configuration?
hi man thanks it works now but i did’t want to put a umd in my psp every time i wanted to play a iso game so i took the recovery menu thing u said now i’am evey happy play iso games with no-umd thanks
thank you very much.
SWAT TL won’t load causes error. The game could not be started (80020148).
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hey guys
i have a problem with my psp while running games which are formattted in iso format in memory stick duo but when i try to play my game NBA 08 it says the game cannot be started 80020148
I am just dieingggggggggggggggg
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THANK YOU!
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Dude u rock.. thanks a lot for the post..
I tried to update and it says this!? Do you know why?
Make sure the GAME folder is in 3.xx kernel mode.
thxs..this helped so much
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thanks a lot I thought my psp is broken. you’re a true genius! May God bless you
tnx bro…. it works smoothly
I cant figure it out i know i might sound dumb but the damn message appeared just this morning and ive got no umd option when i do the start up thing with the r button can you help please anyone roadhog34340@hotmail.com
this man is a genius let me expand on this procedure tho go to configuration settings change the kernal setting to 3.5xx or 4 xx depending on your make and model and umd mode is right below it thanks man you saved my life
thanks it did work for error 8008
i appreciate it
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3.71M here.No this way doesnt work for me:( Also in m33 mode i keep getting the 80020148 error.I tried everything i saw in net but no luck.I have 5 iso games and only one works.I dont know what else to do.Anyone have an idea?
Yes changing to no-umd mode from the recovery mode really did the trick.
Thanks a lot.
Hi, I’ve tried your method of turning into no umd mode but then my psp just stayed in the black screen after i open the iso game. do you know what the problem might be?
Great! :)it works Thanks and i wish you the best!
it did work using the M33 recovery Menu, but when im playing the games they all in slow motion, what should i do?
Speed up the CPU.
hey…buddy this trick really work thats the wonderful…. thanks to post this things online……thanks lot…
Hi Karol,
I want to extend my gratitude for saving me! I semi-bricked my PSP and used Hellcat’s Recovery Flasher to install 4.01 m33 firmware. It worked but I can’t play any of my games!! Until I found out your post. ๐
Really great work. ๐
Many Thanks!!!
Thanks alot! i was searching for 3 hours on my psp, finaly found it ๐
Thanks very match,you help me.now I am playing again)))!
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It worked for me! Thanks so much, your tip was a saviour. ๐
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Thank you (. im realy greatful, ^___^ thx again
thank you so much it worked …
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Thank you, i thought i had to buy a new one ๐
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tanks Zero Hawk ur the men… ur comment is very useful…
Dude, I though it was me. Haha. Your’s was the first post I found on how to fix this. Thanks!
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Thanks ๐
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Hi Karol! The same error message (80020321) happened to my nephew’s PSP. I found your page and followed the steps on tweaking the UMD mode in the Configuration section and it worked in a breeze. Thanks a lot! ๐
much love tnx
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Thank you
it works, I changed to m33 driver and my game played as well….
thanks all
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Thanks man, was going crazy over this:P
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THANK YOU! You solved my problem now i am happily playing ISO’s tyvm
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tnx.. i thought i was doomed forever!
thx mah men
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can somebody help me ? my psp other function still in normal , but when i press the game just the screen psp and jam …can somebody tell me why …my one is psp 2000 and with memory stick(still in good condition)…
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thanks a lot, this helped me…
added the link to you article as well in my blog.
dude, your simply awesome.. i was like holy sh*t, it actually works. thx
i have CFWloader 3.01 for my psp3001 their is no option such as no UMD in it wht to do?
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Thank you man! I thought I would never play my iso games
awsum, i got scared to death tht it wudnt work, hope asssasins creed works
how will i ever repay you… at first when i experience this prob… i already lose my hope and willing to buy a new psp… but thanks to you…
P.S.
you’re a very big help in the psp community THANK YOU VERY MUCH
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Thank you sir.. I’ve been thinking of these PSP error problem since last month. With your help i was able to play now my ISO files
wow super great it really works!!!thanx a lot dude!!!
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 80020321”. in case i’d get it fixed when i get home, how’d i know if games i plan to upload in the future won’t be compatible with the new setup?
thanks boss ur sugetion is vry usefull for me
thanks a lot, i’m good to go w/my psp. ๐
Holy Shitzu! it worked it really worked, before my son went to bed I told him I was going to do something cool to his psp and after I downloaded a game it didnt work then I put the error message and number in a search engine then walla I clicked on this website… No disapointed son in the morning good thing I found one of his UMD games thanx alot you are freakin awesome
thank you
ty dudes God bless
Thanks a bunch. Saved me the trouble of pulling my hair out trying to figure out what went wrong. Tho I haven’t played my game in so long I forgot what I was doing. x_x;
ur the best,
bro i was about 2 break me psp
gr8 dude thanx a lot it solved my prob which i ws having from 4 months yarr thanx
thank u mate
Thnx alot man u solved my problem……
ei thx a lot…
thanks for the help
it really works…….
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thank you i almost wanted to throw my psp out the window
GBU amen
Thank you SO much! =D I used the no-umd option and it worked like a charm!
10x a lot, man
i tried changing the settings for UMD mode.. however,another problem occured.. the error code is no longer 80020321 but 80020148.. can you pls hellp me with this.. pls =(
you need to upgrade to prometheus-2 for M33.
hey guys I just downloaded pro evolution soccer 11 and
there is a @#cking problem which occurs!…80020148…I’m pretty
sure that in the past I found a solution but now I’m stucked…any
ideas?? Edward u said something about upgrading to prometheus-2 but
I think there’s a better way…. just to mention..I’ve got no
problem like this 80020321..I used to have but it can be easily
solved ๐
hey .. uhm .. my psp hang while i was playing , so i tried to turn it off but it wont work then i removed the battery right away .. now when i turned it on and play games .. it says ‘ the game could not be started error 80020148 ‘ what should i do ?
Thank you so much! thank you thank you thank you!
Thnx zero hawk U saved my life. Ur awesome. Thnx guy who made this thing as well
thanks alot!!may god bless you!!!love u
Oh Thanks Man ! Ur The Best !
God Bless You! I got my psp a mounth ago for my birthday and if my dad found that it couldnt run games he would kill me. Thank You Very Much.
Another question by the way: When does this problem happen? I mean for the registry to change we have to been making a mistake somewhere.. Could it be from Formating the Memory Stick?
Changing it to No UMD Required worked!! Thank you so much!
thanks a lot it is working
thnx very much man i was so woryy thnx
WOW!!
I love you!!! Thank you SOOO MUCH!!!!!!! I was for more than 1 hour trying.. I’ve already format and cracked MANY times my PSP… now it’s working
=D
thanx alot dude i was very worry so thanx alot
Hey man.
Actually my problem is that my psp does NOT run the UMD disk neither is it running my memory stick games. :/
I am badly PISSED.
When I try to run the 2nd method. It does NOT show me the BLACK menu. But in the system information it says- 5.00 M33-4.
Dude, I’m fucked. Help me. Please man.
Reply on e-mail if you can.
jjundercutter@yahoo.co.in
Hey man…
My psp is working now.
I did what you wrote PROPERLY andnow it IS working.
THANKYOUSOMUCH MAN!
just encountered the same error and try to format my memory stick but still same error appear, and im so glad to see your site and now my psp is now working..thank you so much
The solution is to press selct and change the UMD ISO MODE to M33 DRIVER ๐
hope this helps ๐
THANK U it helped me more than it helped any1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
tnx dude !!
ur d man !!
Thanks soo much man, i thought i would have to tell my parents i tried to save them some money but got my psp bricked… ughh… the releif that i feel right now is un explainable.. thanks a ton!
Man, you freaking rock. I was crapping bricks there, after following someone else’s advise on youtube. His fix did help to stop the games from freezing though (The 333 change on configuring the cpu).
I just changed the umd, and it made it so that I couldn’t play psp games. Soo many things to remember on these little handheld devices. It’s insane.
thnx man!
it helped a lot!:)
Thanks a lot for your help! You rock! m/, may the lord bless you!:-)
Ur the best person ever dude………….
THNX a lot
Thanks!
your d MAN tnx a lottttttt, appreciate ur help…
Thnx man ur a life saver
Thanks
Thank you so much! I can play my favorite games now!
thanks a lot! my son almost cried because of this problem until i tried your solution.
Thanks a bunch!
Another tip if you are using the GEN-D3 is to hold the R-shoulderbutton (which will boot you up into the GEN-meny) go to:
Configuration -> UMD Mode (currently : Normal – UMD required) and change that by pressing the X button once to:
UMD Mode (currently: M33 driver – NO UMD -).
Just a tip if anyone else falters and ends up like a did =)
Thnx worked like a charm!!
hello,ive been playing naruto shippuden ultimate ninja heroes 3..i try what you said โcurrently: M33 driver -NO UMD-โ it starts but it just hang
oh I almost forgot!!my fw version is 5.03
WOW thanks!
thanks a lot!!!! ur the MAN!!!!
Awesome thanks! my iso games were not working and put a umd game in and ta da it works again
thank you sir for help me to fixe my psp
& i hope to find all ditels abute mine recovery
This is a big help! i updated from 3.80 m33 to 5.50 prome-4 so i can play MH3D.. then i got that error, i thought i had to do something complicated… good thing I found this page =D
thanks a lot KK! ur the best! ^.^
bless you ๐
You can change settings under configuration so that no disk is required.
Step one: Make sure PSP is off.
Step two: Turn on PSP while holding the R button.
Step three: Go to configuration.
Step four: On fifth item on Menu press X to change that no disc is required.
Step five: Go to Back and press X.
Step six: Restart PSP and voilร no disk is required and no (80020321) message.
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your’s site helped me thankyou very much.
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tnx man, i fix my psp….
I just altered a setting in the VSH menu and the problem went away. In the VSH menu, change the UMD ISO MODE setting to “SONY NP96…”. I dont know what it does, I guessed and it worked.
Scrolling up I see someone also solved this problem a similar way but used M33 DRIVER instead. Can anyone clarify what this setting modifies in particular? I am guessing its something to do with the emulated umd driver??
Thanks for the tutorial i was having a hard time figuring this thing in my son’s psp. Thanks, more power to you.
thanks a lot..God bless!
just press select on your VSH menu, and go to driver. Press m33 driver and you’re done!
thank you, its work
please help me i have a problem…my psp cant read the game i have downloaded in the memory stick but it reads my videos, photos, and pictures..please help
I had to format my psp but after could not fix mentioned problem..Thanks a lot.Many news I have written today but nobody explain to me how to solve problem vhen I read 80020321 on the screen.I was very easy.Press X button While opening your PSP then change settings -config to no disc sony 9660 .That is all.Thanks again.
Neither of these methods work for me.
You are absolutely awesome it worked for me and I have no clue how to do all this…………….Thanks so much for your help…………….
i am greatful man !!!!
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Thank you so much… it works!!!
Hi your idea is also working because the same thing happened to me. I thought a lot about this and then i pressed the select button and then changed the UMD ISO MODE INTO M33 DRIVER by pressing the left or right button and now once again i can play the ISO/CSO games without a UMD. Try it, it works.
Thanks!
WOW thanks! this works, I’d kiss you badly if you were round.
youre the best! this woked like a charm i was having the same problem!!!