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PSP 1000: How to fix psp when it doesn't read

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 05:04:43 -0700

I would put a umd in but it wouldn't show up

⟐ Commented December 19, 2025 at 5:04 MST

PlayStation Vita: Ps Vita USB C mod, no continuity

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 14:44:34 -0700

I’m currently putting a PSVITA USB C mod on a Vita 1000.

Im getting continuity in 1/3 fuses. I’ve checked all the fuses and they’re good but im not sure why they aren’t connecting to the port?

I’ve tried redoing it several times and I get the same issue every time.

⟐ Commented December 02, 2025 at 14:44 MST

PlayStation Portal: Back button mod. Button pins?

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 14:45:51 -0700

Hi, I’m trying to mod my ps portal with back buttons mapped to square, triangle, cross and L3. I have created a new backcover with micro switches and now need to connect them. I have no idea if there are any pins I can solder the wires to. Can you help with schematics? If there are even any pins for this. Thank you!

⟐ Edited by author November 20, 2025 at 14:45 MST

PSP Go: My bluetooh wont work kept freezing and say “please wait”

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:27:02 -0700

⟐ Commented April 01, 2025 at 0:27 MST

PSP E1000: Motherboard/PCB battery connector pin repair

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 04:35:30 -0700

how can i repair a battery pin connector on my psp e1000 PCB board. The connecter has been ripped out and i have no idea if its repairable or where i can get a new board

PlayStation Vita: Non original charger stuck in charging port

Sun, 23 Mar 2025 04:28:40 -0700

So I lost my original charger and bought another one off Amazon, it was difficult to plug in but managed, when I wanted to plug it off it wouldn’t come out no matter how much I tried it was stuck, what do I do?

PSP 1000: PSP UMD reader not there, none of the buttons work

Sat, 15 Mar 2025 02:41:20 -0700

I just found my brothers old PSP 1001.charged it, and it got on the initial setup screen twice, but none of the buttons, nor the analog seem to work. The power light is green, but it’s not booting up (the lcd backlight is visible).

Edit: I manage to boot it up. The X, Circle, and Triangle buttons work, but not the d-pad or Sqaure. Attached is a video of it working(sort of)

⟐ Edited by author March 15, 2025 at 2:41 MST

PSP 1000: How can I fix the top right button of the PSP

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 22:56:53 -0700

My PSP works well, and the battery works great and everything was going well. However, the button on the top right has stopped responding to input. I have tried cleaning it, but I want to know if I need to open up the PSP to properly repair it or if I need to clean it more thoroughly.

PlayStation Vita: My PS Vita is not powering on

Mon, 18 Nov 2024 01:34:16 -0700

The PS light turns orange when charging and stops charging after a while (which I'm 99% sure means it's fully charged) and I also tried changing the battery. Nothing so far work, as when I click/hold the power button, there is no sound, no light on screen and no blue light on the PS button. Anyone got ideas?

⟐ Commented November 18, 2024 at 1:34 MST

PSP 300x: My psp 3004 has a green led but no screen...

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 05:12:12 -0700

So i bought a psp 3004 and it some times makes the startup jingle but no screen but a green led (yes i tried adjusting the screen brightness)

EDIT:i bought a batterie and it didnt help (i tried some stuff and it became worse now the power button does nothing)

⟐ Commented November 17, 2024 at 5:12 MST

PSP 3000: My turns of immediately

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 05:04:08 -0700

when power on my psp it shuts down immediately after displaying the logo even if i have removed the battery and using directly from the charger

⟐ Commented October 22, 2024 at 5:04 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

PlayStation Vita: Ribbon cable connection repair

Sun, 02 Jun 2024 19:27:58 -0700

Hi, I disassembled my Vita to replace the front OLED assembly and stupidly pried off the ribbon cable holders instead of unlatching them and pulling the belt off. See picture for three locations I did this. I didn't realize this was a problem until reassembling on the new assembly (first timer here so yes dumb). Am I screwed or is there a way I can reattach the ribbon cable holders to the board in the right places? I see metal connectors but not sure how I would secure it in place.

⟐ Answered June 02, 2024 at 19:27 MST

PlayStation Vita: Ps vita keep restarting

Sat, 27 Apr 2024 14:12:52 -0700

So my ps vita keeps restarting and it gives me a error message, the error message says:

“A problem occurred the last time this system was used, and it did not power off correctly”

I did not restart the vita, the vita restarted itself.

Model: pch-1100

I did try to replace the memory card, rebuild the database, and opened up the vita but it still have the same problem.

PlayStation Vita: Is the battery different on the PS Vita 3g vs PS Vita Wi-Fi model?

Fri, 26 Apr 2024 17:41:31 -0700

I have a vita 3g with a dead battery, and would like to order the part below to replace it: PlayStation Vita Battery

However the product description says it is for the WiFi model. Does this mean it won't fit in the 3g model that I have? Thanks for the assistance.

PlayStation Vita: One of the analog sticks do not work

Fri, 12 Apr 2024 18:58:15 -0700

I put my psvita in my bag along with my bottle of water but unfortunately I did not close the bottle tight enough and some water sipped into the psvita. the psvita worked properly but, one of the analog sticks stopped working

PSP 1000: PSP 1001 Charging but won’t turn on

Tue, 09 Apr 2024 07:55:36 -0700

Hello everyone,

So I got this PSP 1001, that when connected to the charger, the battery orange light turns on and the battery is charging. But if I try to power the psp on, it won’t turn on. With battery only, connected directly to charger only, nor both.

I disassembled it to test the fuse and it passed the continuity test of the multi meter. Tested the power switch too and it also passed continuity test when sliding it upward. Checked all ribbons connections. Tested the led to check if the green power led is not faulty.

While I was testing it with only the bare motherboard and charging socket and power board (made sure that the yellow charging connector and its wires are supplying 5v), the green power led came up suddenly for a second then went out, and I could not replicate it again.

Tried reassembling the board and testing but I couldn’t get the power led to turn on again.

Checked if any motherboard component is heating/overheating when the charger is connected but every chip and components were cool.

Any ideas or a fix for this psp?

Also tried this combo buttons (Home + Start + Select + square + triangle + power). And tried to make a Pandora battery, but turned out the battery is a knock off.

⟐ Edited April 09, 2024 at 7:55 MST

PlayStation Portal: Is the L1,L2 trigger module same as dualsense?

Mon, 08 Apr 2024 17:36:46 -0700

The module and ribbon cable looks very similar to BDM-020 dualsense controller. Need to confirm.

⟐ Commented April 08, 2024 at 17:36 MST

PSP E1000: Psp E1000 capable to read disk but not load them.

Thu, 04 Apr 2024 02:14:07 -0700

Hi, my Psp E1000 is loading the game disk but the spinning device inside the console that loads the disk stops after a couple of seconds. What is the problem?

⟐ Commented April 04, 2024 at 2:14 MST

PlayStation Vita: Device charges with orange blinking light for a while then turns off.

Thu, 28 Mar 2024 08:14:39 -0700

my psvita charges with orange blinking light for a few minutes, the light then turns to orange steady for a few seconds, flashes blue then dies. once the vita is on the console refuses to charge. i tried the most basic stuff like changing the battery, changing the cable, but i havent really touched any of the more "electronic" stuff like capacitors, mobo ecc... i have spent a lot of money on this and id hate to see the money wasted, please can someone help? (No CFW installed, vita is factory settings resetted)

⟐ Commented March 28, 2024 at 8:14 MST