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PSP 2000: PSP working with power supply but functioning batteries not detected

Sat, 17 Jan 2026 15:03:27 -0700

Hi,

I am experiencing a weird issue on my PSP 2006 and I wonder if any one got an answer for that. I am trying my luck as I could not find such existing thread online (yet)! Basically, the PSP do not recognize batteries, which are proven to work on another PSPs, though PSP works when connected to wall socket.

Well, in nutshell:

- PSP works while connected to power outlet

- PSP does not even start when on battery.

- When plugged in with battery, if I disconnect the power supply cable, PSP will turn off immediately

- When plugged in with battery, the battery indicator at the top right of the screen shows 3 bars and disappears alternatingly every 5 seconds or so.

- When plugged in with battery, when going to the battery info menu it does not disclose the details (dashes) and power source shows as "Exernal"

- The PSP battery port (3 pins) looks just fine.

- I have contacted a PSP repair shop but they mentioned it could be a mobo issue which they are not exactly handling...

Where could the issue come from?

Thanks in advance !

Oli

⟐ Commented January 17, 2026 at 15:03 MST

PSP 2000: Só acende o backlight

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:09:22 -0700

Só acende o backlight

Translation:

Only the backlight turns on.

⟐ Answered January 12, 2026 at 11:09 MST

PSP 2000: How do I change my homebar ribbon

Tue, 29 Jul 2025 05:07:47 -0700

I bought a 2nd hand psp 3 months ago and now my home button is no longer responding so to exit games i just remove and return the battery can anyone explain to me how to change it

⟐ Answered July 29, 2025 at 5:07 MST

PSP 2000: How to fix my dead PSP-2004?

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 06:25:49 -0700

After a long time. I was not using my PSP for a long time because my memory stick broke. I tried to check it out. I charged it and changed my settings. I switched it off, after a while I Turned it back on but it won't. I removed the battery and plugged my charger and bam! turns off. I was relieved but when i removed the ac adaptor it turns off. Please help is it broken?

Or what?

⟐ Answered June 17, 2025 at 6:25 MST

PSP 2000: Backlight won't work. My question: Which Fuse do I need to bridge?

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 16:47:17 -0700

Hello, my question is in the title.

The PSP (Mod. 200x) is operating completely normal. It was unused for many years now and when I turned it on the display was apparently not functioning. After I shone some light on it while on I could clearly see that the problem was not with the display but with the Backlight. I’ve read that many people just bridged it with soldering metal and it worked just fine so I want to bridge the fuse too but in order to do this I need to know which fuse exactly I need to bridge.

I will add some pictures of the Mainboard. What I’ve done: I disassembled the whole console, cleaned most contacts with Isopropyl Alcohol.

It’s confusing because I have seen many videos but most of them are with the 100x, 300x models or the PSP Go. And the sources I found on the 200x model (which I have) always mean different fuses to be bridged/fixed.

⟐ Commented March 14, 2025 at 16:47 MST

PSP 2000: Screw issue , not coming out

Mon, 27 Jan 2025 00:21:36 -0700

My PSP back cover screw not coming out .

It is moving on it’s position plus not fixing

at clockwise .

⟐ Answered January 27, 2025 at 0:21 MST

PSP 2000: Uncommon "the disc could not be read" problem PSP 2001 - not the usual

Wed, 18 Dec 2024 06:09:33 -0700

Hello, I am experiencing a strange issue where UMDs can only be read after a fresh firmware install. I’ve gone through all the troubleshooting guides I could find online and browsed the sub for similar problems, but I couldn’t find anything like this.

The laser seems to be working—it moves back and forth, as well as up and down. The discs spin fine initially, but I noticed that after the error appears once, the disc won’t spin again unless I completely shut the system off and turn it back on. Occasionally, if I remove the battery for a minute or two, it will read the games.

Any ideas what could be causing this?

⟐ Commented December 18, 2024 at 6:09 MST

PSP 2000: The screen only turns black after having replaced it

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 11:30:59 -0700

When it worked, the screen had vertical lines going through it.

It turns on and sound comes through so it isn’t bricked.

I tried re-inserting the screen several times.

⟐ Answer accepted October 06, 2024 at 11:30 MST

PSP 2000: Why am I getting irregular voltages from the psp charging socket. and

Mon, 23 Sep 2024 10:09:50 -0700

The batteries of my psp 2000 and psp 1000 game consoles were dead. I used the original bms circuit of the batteries and assembled them on circuits with the same epproom, but it cannot charge the new 1500 mah 3.7 V batteries I installed and the orange light flashes slowly when I plug it in. However, the battery in the video has its own BMS circuit, I tried everything. I installed only Sony BMS and it did not work, I used two BMSs and it did not work, I used only the non-original BMS and it did not work. I would be glad if you could help, have a good day. (fuses are intact)

⟐ Edited by author September 23, 2024 at 10:09 MST

PSP 2000: Psp droped in water tank for 1 day

Thu, 22 Aug 2024 12:39:50 -0700

I mistakenly dropped my psp in water tank for one day and this incident is happened 8 years ago and my psp in not getting on.

⟐ Answered August 22, 2024 at 12:39 MST

PSP 2000: Why is my psp loading forever?

Mon, 01 Jul 2024 02:54:41 -0700

I recently opened up my psp 2000 and after replacing the joystick as it was broken it stopped loading UMD Discs. It has the loading icon but after about a minute it just says "disc could not be read" on a game that worked on it previously and my other psp. Did i disconnect something? Do i need to lube the gears as it's making a whirring noise now? Any help is appreciated.

⟐ Answered July 01, 2024 at 2:54 MST

PSP 2000: My charger port pin got broken

Tue, 28 May 2024 21:10:14 -0700

My PSP charger port has a pin inside the port it has broken so it is not charging .it's not that psp is not charging because of battery problem or charger problem what can I do to change the pin

⟐ Answered May 28, 2024 at 21:10 MST

PSP 2000: Psp 2001 not reading umd discs

Sun, 03 Mar 2024 18:18:03 -0700

This is a followup to a recent forum board post that I did. I have a psp 2001 series that isn't reading umd discs. The disk drive broke before covid started and I didn't know about ifixit.com. My psp has a umd disk drive KHM-420 BAA.

I changed the disk drive and my psp still isn't reading umd discs. What happens is that the system attempts to read the disc, the little animation symbol appears in the lower right hand corner, but the title of the disk never appears on screen. I have some ideas.

1) There is something else that I need to do after changing the umd disk drive

2) I got a bad part off of amazon

3) There is another hardware part besides the umd drive that reads umd disks.

4) I have an unsolvable problem.

I have replaced disk drives before. My psp isn't jailbroken in any way. I can do other things like see game saves, use the psp wifi. I can't imagine what the problem might be.

⟐ Commented March 03, 2024 at 18:18 MST

PSP 2000: when a game disk is inserted the door pops open slightly

Sun, 10 Dec 2023 04:25:11 -0700

when ever a game is put in, the door pops open slightly and does not allow game to play.

PSP 2000: PSP black screen, green light on and orange light blinkinv

Fri, 13 Oct 2023 07:33:03 -0700

Hi, I think the title says most of it. The screen lights up but there's no image, green light is always on and on the left 1st orange light is blinking.

I already tried holding HOME + L1 button, no reaction. Tried SELECT + START + TRIANGLE + SQUARE, PSP just turns on but no image.

Is there any way to fix it without pandora battery and magic memory stick?

⟐ Answered October 13, 2023 at 7:33 MST

PSP 2000: Black screen, only shows green when no battery, but black screen alway

Sat, 17 Jun 2023 09:27:13 -0700

hi, i recently got my psp-2004 back from the attic, with another battery, cause the first one was dead, and i go to plug it in, and i find out that it shows no display and the green light does not turn on, when i take out the battery, plug it back in, it shows a green light, which turns off after like 5 seconds, and i still get a black screen.

looking forward to suggestions.

⟐ Answered June 17, 2023 at 9:27 MST

PSP 2000: Why is there green vertical lines on my screen?

Mon, 01 May 2023 13:37:18 -0700

I replaced a broken screen recently from an old PSP from my childhood. Although when I replaced it I realised the motherboard was broken too, so I replaced both of these, although now the PSP works although there are green lines from the screen, is it just a bad screen or maybe a cable thing?

PSP 2000: The screen is pitch black. Motherboard or display issue?

Fri, 17 Mar 2023 12:36:49 -0700

The green light shines, and the menus give off sound when scrolling. Everything is pitch black though. Is my motherboard gone or the display itself?

⟐ Answered March 17, 2023 at 12:36 MST

PSP 2000: My PSP Model 2004's got no image but audio is working.

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 10:20:13 -0700

This has been the problem for a long time and I've delayed fixing it for 2 years now. So it's probably the backlight does this mean I have to change the screen, or change the MOBO?

⟐ Commented December 09, 2022 at 10:20 MST

PSP 2000: PSP 2001 lines on screen

Sun, 13 Nov 2022 07:55:14 -0700

2 years ago I noticed 2 lines on the display, now there are 11. They are gray, the system still works with the lines. What’s going on with it?