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PSP 300x: Why wont my Psp wont turn on or charge?

Sun, 11 Aug 2024 12:40:30 -0700

My psp has been sitting for over a year. I took it to a used game store and tried several different chargers and nothing. Not even the charge light came on. It will turn on if you put a battery in it that has a charge but if you try to charge it still nothing happens.

⟐ Commented August 11, 2024 at 12:40 MST

PSP 300x: My Sony PSP won't turn on even with power supply

Fri, 02 Feb 2024 07:59:35 -0700

The PSP won't turn on even with power supply, no lights nothing I cleaned the triger but Still nothing should I try bridging the tb fuse?

⟐ Answer accepted February 02, 2024 at 7:59 MST

PSP 300x: difference between the 300x and 300xc..?

Wed, 14 Dec 2022 00:34:08 -0700

what is the difference? which guide should i follow? how do i know which model i have?

⟐ Answered December 14, 2022 at 0:34 MST

PSP 300x: PSP3004: Green light and nothing else.

Sat, 17 Nov 2018 07:14:53 -0700

Hello,

I just bought a PSP 3004 form the Flea-Market (Which may or may not hase been a good idea, but at 20€ i thought “Whatever“). I want to use it as an emulator platform.

On the outside it looks perfect, no scratches whatsoever
there was no Battery nor memory-stick included
With the original powercable plugged in, i used the power switch to turn it on. Then only the green “Power-light“ turns on and goes out after approx. 20 seconds.
No sound, no display, no nothing

I’ve tried the following, with no luck:

Holding the R-trigger and turning it on
Same with both L- and R-trigger
Same with the PS-Button

Is it worth trying to fix this? I read a little bit about Pandora-Batteries and magic-memory sticks and am willing to put around 30 € (and some time, i like tinkering) into it.

Thank you in advance!

⟐ Edited by author November 17, 2018 at 7:14 MST

PSP 300x: PSP LCD replacement, do all the 300x series have the same LCD?

Wed, 01 Aug 2018 23:11:47 -0700

Hi,

Can't seem to find info on this online, does anyone know if the PSP 3008 screen is the same as the 3000, 3001, 3003, 3004?

Found a replacement for those models locally but not sure if it fits the 3008 (I believe this was a russian model)

Thanks

⟐ Answered August 01, 2018 at 23:11 MST

PSP 300x: Charging light won't turn on but the psp functions

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 03:29:36 -0700

Hello,

So I have this problem, when I plug in my psp, the charging light won't turn on, and it sometimes turns orange for a moment then turns off again. the psp is fully functional and I can turn it on, but it has no batteries detected. I want to know if it's the psp's problem or the battery??

⟐ Answered March 25, 2022 at 3:29 MST

PSP 300x: PSP has rainbowing/lines on the screen how can I fix this?

Thu, 08 Apr 2021 23:46:12 -0700

Hi i have baught this PSP 3000 in Red with a Xbox 360 at a Flea Market for the dirt cheap but it had a damaged UMD button so i bought a new UMD lever got out my crappy large solder iron due to my others not working anymore and melted off the old UMD Switch, cleaned up the iron and installed a the new UMD button put the PSP back together and the UMD drive worked but the screen didn’t work properly had lines and this rainbow effect with the bleeding colours the screen used to work just fine before installing a UMD Switch. So at first i thought i damaged the screen. So i ordered a new screen installed it and same problem so what could the problem be? Did i damaged some of the components on mobo near the UMD Button?

Pics of the mobo https://imgur.com/gallery/zcJBTOp

⟐ Answered April 08, 2021 at 23:46 MST

PSP 300x: What screw do I need to remove the top screw?

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 00:18:51 -0700

So I bought a PSP 3000 from Japan and I am trying to get the front panel off.

5/7 screws are standard phillip 000. The other 2 are some other type.

Photo isn't clear but I can see 6 vertices that form a star shape. The screw size is very small. A lot smaller than phillip 000. Even my flathead 1.5 won't fit.

Can anyone please tell me if they know this screw type?

⟐ Answer edited February 06, 2021 at 0:18 MST

PSP 300x: My psp is not showing games.

Fri, 07 Sep 2018 03:27:15 -0700

My psp is not showing games . I have my memory stick also. When I open my games folder it only shows corrupted data

⟐ Answered September 07, 2018 at 3:27 MST

PSP 300x: PSP 3000 Problem: Power Board

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 10:48:46 -0700

Hello,I have a PSP3000 that doesn't turn on. It had a fuse blown that I bridged and now boots only if I short the GND and power pin on the power on off board. While the console is turned on the green light is off and when it is turned off I can only see a dim orange led. If I try to use the power switch while I am in main menu it works like the hold button...I changed the power board but there is the same problem.

Also, somebody has been inside before. Is it surely a PSP 3000 board?

Any advice?

⟐ Commented January 28, 2026 at 10:48 MST

PSP 300x: My button pad stoped working, why?

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 05:02:21 -0700

it worked allright until i stoped playing with it, some months passed and when i turned the psp on again the buttons stoped working, the d-pad works correctly and everything else too, does anyone have the same issue and know how to solve it??: Thanks

⟐ Commented November 30, 2025 at 5:02 MST

PSP 300x: Battery Issue - Shutting Off When Bumped

Sat, 22 Mar 2025 01:31:27 -0700

When playing with my PSP 3000 if I bump it or put it down on a hard surface or shake it, the device will turn off. The battery is brand new. I also used a backup battery that is also new and the same think will happen. It was suggested to clean the contacts (isopropyl alcohol to the rescue) and build a foot at the bottom of the battery to make sure the contacts stay in contact with each other. What materials would be good for building the foot out of and are there any other solutions to this issue? Thank you.

⟐ Answered March 22, 2025 at 1:31 MST

PSP 300x: Light turns on but there isn’t running sound in psp how to fix?

Wed, 24 Jul 2024 01:17:47 -0700

During updating psp battery disconnected by accident, now the power light comes on but there is no power running on psp.

⟐ Answered July 24, 2024 at 1:17 MST

PSP 300x: PSP 3001’s Won’t Turn On, but the Battery Heats Up

Tue, 16 Jan 2024 20:12:21 -0700

I bought a used Psp off of ebay to repair it. It didn’t come with a battery so I bought a replacement with the correct voltage. After fully charging battery and placing it in psp, I turned it on. The psp begins to heat up, but the console still doesn’t turn on. What can I do?

⟐ Answer accepted January 16, 2024 at 20:12 MST

PSP 300x: My right shoulder button doesnt click well anymore

Tue, 16 Jan 2024 19:48:07 -0700

my right shoulder button seems to be sinking or not clicking anymore. im talking about the soft part under the button. the one that is included in the flex cable when buying new shoulder buttons. how do i fix this ?

⟐ Answered January 16, 2024 at 19:48 MST

PSP 300x: Something is wrong with my screen (but not really)

Sat, 16 Nov 2019 08:44:38 -0700

So I have a psp 3001 (if that matters) I always take care of my systems (handheld especially) I have a case for my psp and that’s where it had been for a few years. I decided to play it one day and it was fine for a while, then the memory card started acting up, so I bought a new one. Once again it was fine, I played it for a few days (maybe a month) then one day I went to play it and the screen wouldn’t turn on. I looked up info on what to do. I did everything, “turn off leave for 30 seconds then turn on.” “Turn off, remove battery” you get the whole idea. Nothing worked.

So I moved on to other things like turning it on and seeing if I can still see the image when shinning a light on it, and behold….I can. I tried the screen swap and the screen worked on another psp just fine. Can anyone please tell me what’s wrong. I looked up everywhere and there is NOOOOO info on this xAx.

⟐ Answer accepted November 16, 2019 at 8:44 MST

PSP 300x: PSP-3006 not "absorbing" enough juice from the battery

Sun, 11 Aug 2019 21:38:24 -0700

Hello everyone.

I bought 2 batteries for my PSP-3006 (yes I know they are clones).

I suspect that my PSP is not absorbing enough juice from the batteries. Because both of the batteries have been perfectly working fine on my friend’s PSP.

This happens at random. This issue is really weird and I can’t analyze what’s really going on, or even summarize the entire thing to make it short.

Here’s what happened:

-The PSP won’t charge while it’s turned on. No orange light. So I have to turn the PSP off/sleep mode for the orange light to show up.

- The next day, the PSP will already charge when it’s turned on, but in the battery info it shows blank results. I still charge the PSP when its completely turned off just to make sure. I also touch the charger to make sure it is plugged correctly ( If it’s not hot, then it’s not working)

- The battery info on the settings menu is very inaccurate. It would randomly hop around numbers. (Sometimes it’s accurate sometimes it’s not)

-I can play Tekken and Gran Turismo for 3hrs, now this time, the battery info was accurate. It dropped down from 100% to like 39%, for both batteries.

- Sometimes the battery would just die out even when it had around 3 bars on it.

-When I sleep the PSP for 30mins, it won’t turn on. I have to charge it for like 1 min and it would wake the PSP up, even if it has 100% charge.

- I tried to turn the PSP completely off and removed the battery with 100% charge. Then put it back in after an hour. It won’t turn the PSP on. So I have to charge it for like 1min to wake the PSP up.

Spare parts for the PSP in my country is very cheap but I don’t want to spend a lot of money for “experimental” repairs, If anyone knows what’s causing this problem, it could be a great help!

⟐ Commented August 11, 2019 at 21:38 MST

PSP 300x: PSP won't turn on without AC; and it will shut down short after

Wed, 25 Apr 2018 06:42:24 -0700

Can you diagnose for me what this means? Video link below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9f_ilNv...

⟐ Answer edited April 25, 2018 at 6:42 MST

PSP 300x: Psp 3000 display after new motherboard

Wed, 28 Mar 2018 06:20:23 -0700

Hi everyone. I had a bricked psp 3004. I tried every combination which i saw at youtube. Didnt work for me. I found used psp 3004 motherboard and change it. It is ta-090. My bricked motherboard was ta-093 f1001 1.0a . After i power it up with new notherboard, my screen looks like this : https://ibb.co/eVten7 i can see icons on bottom area. But funny lines on screen. What is wrong with my display? Is it display or motherboard problem? Thanks for your help.

⟐ Commented March 28, 2018 at 6:20 MST

PSP 300x: PSP not working after using it with a faulty cable

Wed, 06 Dec 2017 07:29:51 -0700

Hi, I have a PSP without a battery and was playing on it by having it plugged into a powerbank constantly. After some time, the psp started turning off when the cable was at a certain angle. It didnt happen very often, so I just ignored it, but after a while the psp stopped turning on, not even the green light would turn on. I thought the cable has shortcircuited inside, and so I checked 2 fuses on the motherboard with a multimeter, but they seemed to be fine.

Any help would be appriciated, thanks.

⟐ Answer accepted December 06, 2017 at 7:29 MST