My name is Karol Krizka, and I am a undergraduate student at SFU where I study physics and computer science. In my free time, I write simple applications and play with my PSP.Error 80020321 When Lauching an PSP ISO Game
Karol Krizka @ August 27, 2007
PSPMany 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.
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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!
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Works perfectly
Thanks
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).
man your so good at this!!!everytime i encounter a problem from my psp..all your solutions help!!thank god for giving us karol krizka..good work bro
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
pls helllllllpppppppppppppp
THANK YOU!
YOUR POST SAVE MY LIFE!
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
=]
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
thank you it works for me too it help me a lot
u rock!!! it workd!!!
Thank you so much!
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.
Really great work.
Many Thanks!!!
Thanks alot! i was searching for 3 hours on my psp, finaly found it
Thanks very match,you help me.now I am playing again)))!
Thanks very much for this tip, I would have brought my sons psp to the store to have it fixed but with your tip, it saved me money. It took me only a few minutes to fix it. My son is very happy now. Mabuhay!
It worked for me! Thanks so much, your tip was a saviour.
thx very much, you save my life
Thanks dude you saved my ass back there =D
keep it up !