Official PSP firmware 6.61, from Sony's update server

Sony's PSP support page is gone, but its update server still serves 6.61: one file for the Go, one for every other model. Copied to the memory stick, it updates the PSP like the official download did.

For: a PSP on official firmware below 6.60 · updated Oct 29, 2026 · not sure? check your PSP

Steps

1. On a PC, download the file for your model and check its MD5 against the table below.
2. On the memory stick (on a Go: the M2 card or the system storage), make the folders PSP/GAME/UPDATE and put the file there, named EBOOT.PBP.
3. On the PSP: Game, Memory Stick (or System Storage on a Go), run the update and follow the screens.
4. Then install ARK-5: ARK-5.

Files

File, and how to check it	From
PSP firmware 6.61 (every model but the Go) 31.1 MB MD5 6be8878f475ac5b1a499b95ab2f7d301 as listed by Sony (it is part of the file's address), checked by Brewology on Oct 29, 2026	Sony	Get it
PSP Go firmware 6.61 26.8 MB MD5 fd0f7d0798b4f6e6d32ef95836740527 as listed by Sony (it is part of the file's address), checked by Brewology on Oct 29, 2026	Sony	Get it

Brewology does not host these files; each link goes to the site that publishes it. To check a download on a PC: certutil -hashfile FILE MD5 on Windows, md5sum FILE on Linux, md5 FILE on a Mac (SHA256 in place of MD5 for the longer hash).

Sources

FasterARK README (6.60 and 6.61 required) · Sony's PSP update instructions (archived 2015)

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