Sony PSP 3000 Housing shell replacement (full disassembly and rebuild) in-depth tutorial 

I can't believe it took until 2020 for there to be a high quality PSP shell replacement guide. Thanks, easily the highest quality guide out there for this.

Why did we as a society move away from clear electronics

I found my old psp 3000 about a month ago, it’s completely dusty, the joystick unresponsive, the x button totally jammed, and the screen trashed. But it somehow still has life in it when I charged it with a cable for a car. So I ordered all the necessary parts for it. Definitely coming back to this video when they arrive :) Update: I got the psp back to its old self 👍🏾

Yup I’m just going to replace the front 😂

Literally the best disassembly and rebuild out there for the PSP, voice and video quality is insane and so clear!

A suggestion: before taking the home button row, take out the lower silver trim, or else you'll break the plastic of the lower button row. And, if the plastic of the home button row is still intact, you install lower silver trim back after you install the home button row, since it stays under the lower silver trim.

Your guide was indispensable. It helped me quite a lot. I had a black PSP 3001. There were a few parts throughout the process that differed from your own breakdown process, but with a little common sense, I was able to keep going anyways. Mine didn't have the WiFi cable, it also had a spring holder for the UMD door spring built into the silver trimming, and the button bar had extra plastic tabs that made it a nasty pain to figure out. Regardless of the divergence from your walkthrough, it was solid, and I now have a new dark green housing for the system. I kept the old buttons in, replaced the joystick, and it's all solid.

After watching the teardown i now have a new appreciation for the engineering of the psp

Just finished the whole process. It took about 4 hours and it was worth it. For me. I choose to go with a shell swap because the one I had found was literally falling apart and broken all over. In addition, half of the buttons weren't working, so if I had to go in to repair those I might as well swap shells while I'm at it. If you're thinking of doing this just for cosmetic reasons, or because you want a new color, then I say DO NOT DO IT. He was right when he was talking about poor tolerances and an after-market shell will never fit or feel as good as the origional.

Finally dude. A new and decent teardown guide. Good job!

You said it right... "Your mileage may vary"... Great video, I used it start to finish my PSP, and despite the cheap quality shell, this turned out great! Thank you for this awesome video!

Thank you so much for this tutorial! The clear visuals, video quality, and audio made replicating the steps at home a breeze. I rebuilt my PSP with no prior knowledge, pretty much everything else (such as soldering and sourcing parts) could be learned _except_ safe disassembly/reassembly; thanks to you I successfully installed a larger modded battery and replaced the housing without a hitch.

Thank you so much! the only thing keeping me from replacing my psp shell was the lack of a guide to do it, your video is excellent! It took me around 4 hours to do it, but I was able to complete it without breaking any parts 😅, luckily my replacement shell had not many issues

I've had my ol' PSP 3000 for 12-14 years now I guess. Everything stock: shell, battery, screen etc etc. Now it's time to fresh up this baby with everything new. Ordered a new shell, battery, charging port (mine is loose) and charging cable from Ali. Gonna come back to this vid in a few weeks, but it looks so good and not necessarily hard. Hope it'll go well. Thanks mate!

IMPORTANT: 15:40 *Starting from the left guys and the hole for the screw needs to be on top of the motherboard. Apart from that amazing video, you're a saviour!

You would think there some bigger YTber out there with quality Videos for something like working on a PSP replacement shell, but only this Video has so much detail in it. It's actually sad how bigger YTber just get attention because they are big and even if they mess up, ppl still praise them... As a fellow RU-vidr (even if im more a Let's Player/Streamer) you have my respect making such a quality first Video and hopefully more ppl see this.

Thanks for this guide man! I was recently wondering if I should try and replace the whole shell of my PSP. Now, after watching this video, I'm 100% sure that I definitely won't go for it at all :D

Really appreciate the verbal instructions to go along with the video. There are other good PSP repair vids out there but they go too fast and don't give any tips for some of the difficult parts like removing the UMD cover. Even though mine is a 2000 model and has some slight differences I was able to get it apart and back together with your help! Thanks dude! (EDIT - typos)

Thank you so much, thanks to your guide I could swap my very old casing. Only thing is I had weird greyish (not dark) spots on some places of the screen after reassembling that I didn't have when testing… I thought it might be dust or moisture, so I had to disassemble again and tried to clean the screen but broke it when I put the microphone thingy back, so now I also need a new screen… I had to change the battery and bought a bigger memory stick too, so essentially it will be a nearly brand new PSP, but it's starting to be expensive… Anyway, thanks for your great guide, by far the best I could find :)

Planning to replace my psp shell and lcd screen in a few weeks so this video is very helpful in many ways.

This is the guide that ever existed for shell replacement.

Just re-shell'd mine with your help. There were some small differences between my 3000 and the one in the video. My triggers snapped in place instead of being held by screws. My disc door spring did not have a block to hold the spring in place, it was manufactured into the case. Wifi was located in different area. Was frustrating but I managed to to replace without breaking anything. Thanks for the video.

this was perfect i cant wait til your channel blows up and gets uuuuge with that quality . great job and thanks!

I'm glad I found this video. My PSP shell has a massive crack in it and I figured if I was going to take it apart to fix the power switch anyways I may as well swap to a new shell

My guy!! Helped me do my first tear down and rebuild no problem. Just follow this instruction verbatim. 10 stars!!!

Lots of good information! I'm glad you showed how fix minor problems.

You just showed me the easiest way on replacing the right and left shoulder buttons ribbon components, Thanks.

Wow the most clear and easy to follow video i had watched so far......

Thank you so much! Im about to start using my old psp again, but the paint on the shell has been chipping away for years and the screen is all scratched so I wanted to replace the shell before i started using it again. Itll arrive later today and your video will be essential with this task!

Best tutorial video ever. You not wasting any time ( like eg. a 5 minute movie how to use micro ssd card in psp. % minutes of time, approx 100MB of valuable internet space instead of writing one word: adapter ;)) Anyway, thanks to you been able to replace front shell (scratched display) buttons, analogue stick and LCD in no time, my old psp looks like new now. Thanks!

this video helped me so much! very clear instructions and you went at the perfect pace. thank you!!!

Thank You soo soo much for this amazing tutorial, I love it, it makes it so easy now. Especially since I broke mine the last time I tried it, I've been afraid to change it again... but have to change it since the shell i got was pretty low quality and destroyed the original feel. But now I can finally change the shell thanks to your video, I wish I could give your video more than 1 like, it is so helpful. God bless you, man.

thanks a lot just got my second hand PSP today, i want to mod it, your guide is so clear

awesome breakdown. I'm surprised at how well the swap went for me following this!

Best video of replacing psp housing i have seen, good job 👍👍

I have to look for my old psp 3000 now and restore everything back to its glory. Thank u :)

Thanks fam. Couple differences with the 3000,3001and 3002 (like the umd door spring retainer clip being built into the frame) but with a little logic, I figured it out. Ty.

Thank you! You encouraged me to change my psp housing. I´ve just bought it on aliexpress. I will post here the results.

Да уж, запарился ты не слабо. Спасибо за подробный гайд.

thank you this video is perfect and I disassembled my PSP 3002 with no trouble.

My friend Many thanks. Fantastic guide. Cheers from Portugal 🇵🇹

Well deserved SUB ! Really impressed with accuracy :)

Thanks man! I don't see a video so detailde than your

I've done this with my ex's psp, didn't have a single problem with the shell etc. my major issue was the patience it took and that I didn't have tweezers so it was all done with my fingers and screw driver. edit: thanks for the tutorial, it's really good!

Used your video as a guide. Thanks so much my guy XD

loved the video and it helped me a lot. the one thing that made me make a mistake was that the power switch ribbon goes above the yellow charging port. Overall amazing video and thanks a ton

The best PSP 2000/3000 complete disassembly and rebuild guide ever period

help me and people out therer alot, very kind to make such high quality tutorial video

good video!! really enjoyed it and will come in handy when i get my own replacement shell

ive replaced the vita housing before and it was simple but 3000 has alot more work but i guess ill follow your video and try it thanks

thanks for this excellent tutorial just did mine, turned out great.

Very Noooooice my G! You make me wanna dust the cobwebs off my psp and try this out!

Thank you! Im gonna try tomorrow.

The best tutorial about disassembly this console!

Man, this is so great. Nice, nice video.

i will do this in the future and im already greatful for your video, it cleares some of my doubts and i will be using it in the future. i will do a transparent pink swap on my 3001 and i will buy a spare set of original pink buttons just in case

The best dissasemble video at the youtube site

Thanks for that video. Really helpful 👍

Awesome guide, thanks!

Very well done, you are the man.

my triggers are now working, thanks man :D

thank you finally i found the metal spacer 😀

appreciate it 😊 still have a 2006 PSP 1000

This was an amazing video that I used as constant reference material throughout my time replacing the shell of my old psp 3000 My only problem is that the door won't latch correctly and I have no idea how to go about fixing it and the front of the shell had scratches on the screen protector

Great video. Helped a lot

Yep. Made it to the end. You're the best, thank you

Not replacing a housing but watched out of interest. Very nice work, it looks good. But already decided from the start I wouldn't dream of doing this job. haha

This channeld should have more subscribers! Amazing video!

Keep It Up Man, nice video.

I'll give it a go! Love the video! You da man!

Absolutely loved the single second of You Spin Me Round at 7:30 lmao

Simply the best man.

The best video about it so far, I realize something during my process, My psp a mexican region one, so three things are slightly different. 1 - the rubber to hold the UMD socket does not exist on my version, due that I cant use the socket on my new shell 2 - it also does not have the plastic thing to hold the bottom spring for the UMD door, stranger how this spring just doesn't jump at all. 3 - My model does not have wifi board to disassemble, is already part of the mainboard And I also joted that my PSP have less screws, I loved your video and all process to made this possible, thank you very much

Thank you! I have to replace my shell in my PSP-3000 as I bought it from Japan cracked.

Thanks, this is the best tutorial

bro.. BIG THANKS to you 🙏

God bless you brother, the subscription to the channel and the like is the minimum, you deserve a lot more subscribers !!!

Thank you so much for this video

I successfully did this. The shell i bought is really good, the buttons are great, the side panels are great, the sd card door is great . But unfortunately my screen now has horizontal black lines that cover more than half of the screen. Im going to have to replace it unfortunately Thanks for this tutorial, i would not be able to do it without it

amazing video, thanks

Thank you for making this. I'm following your advice on keeping as many OEM parts as possible, I just got a red Japanese PSP, the front screen and plate are very scratched up, as well as the L R buttons , and the memory stick door. I will be keeping the other original parts on. So it'll be a partial swap I guess.

Vidéo super détaillée et sous titrée français 👍 merci

I was near the very end at the part where I had to place in the bar for the start/select etc. Buttons and I guess I pressed ever so slightly in the wrong spot. Cracked the bottom of my LCD and broke some of the connections. PSP looks amazing tho, new screen on the way.

Спасибо за видео, привет из России (Thanks for the video, hello from Russia)

Acabo de hacer el cambio de carcasa de mi PSP 3000 gris por una de color rojo (pero le dejé los botones grises y se ve hermosa), muchas gracias por el tutorial y por los consejos, haces un gran trabajo. Saludos desde Arequipa - Perú

ну что ж отличный ролик,как ж время летит теперь это дивайсы стали ретро...

thank you for making this. i’m going to replace the housing off one not in the best condition i just bought off ebay and i’m terrified

Underrated video

Nice vídeo. Thank you

To everyone: if you come here and liked the video, give this guy a Sub. Quality Videos that are actually helpfull even with details, getting rare on YT.

Does the psp 3000 have a cmos battery that stores the date and time? If so what is it called I’d also like to replace that as every time my battery fully dies I have to set it up again kinda annoying.

Nice video bro

Man, this looks like hell. Good video, though, really cool build at the end.

Awesome!

man i watched it 4 times and i still dont think im ready

I have seen this video at least 4 times, one each time I had to change a psp case but with the last one once I finished the shell replacement I found that the backlight doesnt work, I checked on interent forums and all people that had this problem said it was bcs of the backlight fuse that was blown, but I have checked all motherboard fuses and all of them are working fine (used multimeter and got the 0.00 which means they are working fine) so the problem might be somewhere else do you know any possible solution to this problem? I have already tried to start again and have been very careful but still have the same problem

nice guide.

In the original shield you are supposed to put that shielding without any screw, doesn't damage anything?

a lot more work than expected. id settle for a decal skin, but nothing shows it off like the clear.

Good job