the fact that this takes 20 min is pretty cool. i was hesitant on ordering a used white psp go because they’re all so yellowed but i think i’ll just get one and buy one of your white shells
Just wanted to say thank you for this concise, helpful video, Blake! I ended up using WD-40 as suggested in the comments. It worked perfectly after a couple of gentle applications. Now it sounds factory new. Much appreciated, y'all!
Yeah sometimes they can be a bit more of a pain to lubricate. If the easy method doesn’t work, I remove the umd drive and add some oil to underside where the 2 wheels interact. Sometimes you can spot a piece of debris stuck in the teeth that is actually causing the loud sounds. You can rotate them with a flat head to see if there’s any specific spot that makes it harder to move
Yeah I’d say it’s pretty easy. If you’re careful with the flex cable tabs, then it’s pretty much just unscrewing stuff and reassembling. PSP’s are usually more prone to having something break when getting opened up
Lol, I feel so old, but I'm glad to see (in the comments) that i aint the only one going back to one of their childhood consoles. PS: I air sprayed mine. Noise is still there but to a much tolerable level, some might even say "normal" 🤷.
Hi Blake, i have a psp 3004 model and for a while i haven't playing it but now i decided to check it out, the psp was working but it was not recognising any UMD so i've followed your instructions and now its working perfectly thanks. I have a question tho, that protection tape that you removed i had it as well and did removed it but have you try to cover again the motor with tape or not?
@@blakeblundell9001 do you think I could just break the old umd door off by maybe cutting it up with pliers carefully without breaking the metal bracket since the current umd doors cracked anyway just so I could hopefully clip on the new door like you did here?
Personally I'd a really hoped for step by step by step in first acquiring the drive because for some reason mine us stuck, buried really somewhere IN my psp 3001 system which is quite small and I assume then tightly packed with a number of important parts I would rather not willy nilly on inner, call me cautious, truthfully call me a gamer & not an electronics repair misses😊 I'll check see, maybe you stage recorded this whole endeavor.
what if use wire attach to cmos battery instead of direct contact to motherboard, won't that be more efficient like in the future if want to replace it again
It’s pretty easy to remove it again as long as you don’t try to get it super close to the motherboard when installing. I like to sit a bit higher on solder mounds in case the cmos that I installed was faulty (you can actually check if you have a multimeter and set a battery on the contacts of the motherboard)
it would be a dream come true if replacement parts for these older devices get officially restocked by original manufacturer with og build quality some day. my psp 3000 is kicking the bucket slowley, gonna buy a new screen and I know thats gonna work, but me opening it up i just see so much wrong, its def gonna fail soon. Wish I could buy an official shell, etc from manufacturers sony originally used or smthn
Wowzers i just bought these screws from you on ebay - had no idea you had your own tutorial vids. Thank you so much for these extremely helpful walk-throughs! & for the package too 😅
@@IWoVex you too, i am now tryinh to boil it becouse it is like 100°C and stuff+ water cannot damage when there no power i will post a short about it on my chanel so look out
After i removed the sticker the psp no longer reads the games and even after cleaning the glue stuck to the wheel with some alcohol the game still does not get read, the little icon on the bottom left does shows up tho. The laser looks fine and still goes up and down with the red light, any solutions?
So initially it was loud, but would still read games? Now it’s quiet and won’t read games? If so, you may have gotten some oil on the lens, or too much oil could have gotten in the umd motor (with the hole). I’d also suggest checking your game disc for oil that might have accumulated on the outer edge and that can make the disc stop reading, so you’d just have to wipe it down.
I got odd issue... Psp charges woth battery but when charring led light is red.. So not sure what could be issue, the battery is charging to 100% and led turning off after full charge and screen also. Shows that the battery is full . But still wonder why is not orange led..
The charge light is likely red due to someone installing a replacement generic power switch. Those will typically have a red light rather than an orange light
It would be unlikely to do any damage during the soldering process. You’d be more likely to break one of the miscellaneous flex cable tabs, since those can be very fragile
after i lubricated the gears (also underneath the drive), i see now much more pixels, so the resolution is quite off. i did not disconnect any ribbon cables. maybe i should check them ? any other ideas ?
after i lubricated the gears (also underneath the drive), i see now much more pixels, so the resolution is quite off. i did not disconnect any ribbon cables. maybe i should check them ? any other ideas ?
Did you use any flux or just straight. Seems like anytime someone uses flux, it doesn't make a bridge as easily. I was considering adding a small tin covered copper wire, but it's such a small jump, feels like the solder should be enough.
@@DubbaDaveskiI like to use 220-230. If you’ve got a TA-082 or TA-086 motherboard then the location of the bridge will be a bit easier. If you happen to get some solder on any nearby components, just crank the temp up and that’ll clean it up easier. Then drop the temp back down to try the bridge again
@blakeblundell9001 awesome. Finally recieved the ips screen. Took it all apart, did your suggested temp and was able to create a very neat bridge. Also deep cleaned everything while I was in there, some real nasty gunk. And buffed out 90% of the scratches. My psp1000 now looks better than new!! Thanks a million for your shop and support. The battery cover also worked very well for the bigger ostent battery I have in.
