Sony PSP Repair Tips: PSP Screen Cracked, Joystick Replacement And Setup Multiple Firmware

There are few tools that you need to prepare before start the work: a Phillips head Ph000 screwdriver,a small flat head screwdriver and a replacement LCD screen.

Step 1
Remove the total 5 screws holding the faceplate on the back of the PSP using the Phillips head screwdriver.Ground yourself before take off the face plate and make sure not to strip the screws.

Step 2
Remove control button strip.The control button located bottom of the LCD.To remove the control buttons strip you must use a flat head screwdriver to pry the control buttons away from the LCD metal casing. The best way to get it off is to pry it off from the sides.

When you have pryed the button strip off you must then Take off the cable connecting it to the psp.
you can do this by pulling the brown latch towards the yellow ac power connector.After you have the latch pulled up the cable then will be free to pull out.

Step 3
Remove the Metal Case Holding the LCD.To remove the LCD case you must slide a flat head screwdriver down the side of the case at the points.when you have pryed the case up please lay it face front down because it is still connected to the PSP through cables.These cables can be easily removed by using your nail to pull up the black latches.

Step 4
Remove the Metal Case around the back light and LCD screen.To remove the metal case all you have to do is to pry it apart at the points, you can use screwdriver to remove the LCD from the metal case.Sometimes it may be stuck by adhesive so just keep pulling gently until you have it completely away from the LCD and back light.

Step 5
Remove the LCD from the back light(Skip this if you have bought a back light and LCD)You can do this easily by inserting a smallflat head screwdriver at the point and then prying up the LCD.The back light usually stuck to the LCD so go very slowly when prying them apart.

Step 6
Final Step- Put Back Everything Together
Before you put the LCD and back light together you must Take off the protective plastic on the back of the LCD.Now just click the LCD into the back light. and remove the protective plastic on the front of the LCD.

Now just Click the LCD and the back light into the metal case and just put the cables in the slots and make sure you click the latches back down. After that, just click the metal case into the PSP.

Put the control buttons strip cable into its slot and click down the brown latch.Then click the control buttons strip onto the bottom of the LCD metal case.Finally you just need screw your face plate back on.

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A broken analog joystick is one of the most common PSP slim problems. Fortunately, it can be replaced without doing any major PSP surgery.Most likely the symptoms of broken joystick are stick move on it own,stuck in one direction and top plastic part broken off.

Couple of tools that needed before the repair work start:A couple of small screwdrivers either Phillips or Flathead will be fine and of course new PSP slim analog joystick.

Step 1.
To get to the PSP slim analog stick you have to remove the faceplate (and void the warranty). First Remove the total 5 screws holding the faceplate on the back of the PSP using the Phillips head screwdriver.Ground yourself before take off the face plate and make sure not to strip the screws.You don't have to remove the screen to remove the analog stick.

Step 2.
Lift the analog stick up and slide it out to the left. You might have to wiggle it around a little bit, but it will come out. Circled in green is the little plastic contact that lets the joystick talk to the motherboard.

Step 3.
This is a shot of the joystick with the cap removed. Installation is the reverse of removal.

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Every one know PSP is a very great portable multimedia hardware that hit the world by storm, the PSP popularity even row up with home brew video games and application available in the internet.All of this for only one requirement, you must have a firmware version 1.5 to be able to run home brew applications.This means that if you have a PSP with an older firmware version (below 3.02), then you would not be able to play these games.

But for latest games release, you need to upgrade your PSP firmware version 3.02 above in order to allow you play these games.Take note that you not able to play home brew psp games with the firmware version 1.05.How to make your PSP functional to play home brew downloaded games as well as most recent PSP games?

Now with the PSP amazing technology, a solution that came out that enable you to turn on multiple firmware install in one PSP console.There is a software called devhook that allows you to do it. Devhook is a software for the PSP that allows the user to emulate firmware up to 3.11 This software will let psp gamers to have the latest function of the home brew locked firmwares and the capability to run new games, without having to flash a multiple firmware to the PSP.

This software turn your psp mount ISO and compress CSO images that are kept on a PSP memory stick. So you would not need to move around with several|multiple UMD's since you will be able to locate video application on your PSP memory sticks and play them directly from there. Another cool feature of the Devhook software is the ability to run games directly from your PC with a USB cable.

Although it can be more messy to install than custom firmware, the risks of bricking are lower, it's very easy to undo, and you can have multiple firmware versions setup at once, allowing you to select the one you want for any given task. It is down loadable in the web and if you're planning to use them on your psp, there are also a lot of resources and tips available in the web.

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