Replacing a Broken Sony PSP Screen

I picked up an original Sony PlayStation Portable, and while it looked to be in good shape at first glance, turning it on revealed a big problem.

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[fullmugs]

Such a great little machine for 2004, still blows me away Sony was able to get that much graphical fidelity out of it, was an envious DS owner at the time it came out.

[ukozi]

With your history, I’m absolutely shocked that post-screen replacement was all drama free! Great vid.

[punk]

I find that when you fix something you develop more of a connection with it than if you'd just bought it working.

[RetailArchaeology]

I think I'll break out my PSP tonight. It's been to long. It really does have a great library of stuff to play. Fantastic video as always 😄

[ericmin]

I just restored my old PSP 2000 to fully working order. I would love move videos on the PSP, it's so underrated imo

[Left-Earth]

In *2006* I bought a Sony branded 2200mah PSP battery at Best Buy.
Then turned my original 1800mah battery from *2005* into a *Pandora Battery* .
_I still have both batteries today._
Both still fully charge. No issues.
I lost my charger one time. With a full charge I played the GBA emulator for over *40 hours* . Screen on dimmest setting, frame skipping, and CPU on almost lowest setting.

[ChrisKoehn]

I bought an INSTEN brand battery for my PSP 3001 and it has been great. Since it included an adapter as well I thought it might turn out to be too cheap to be any good but I have no complaints so far. it was $21.39 Canadian and I think I saw a replacement for the PSP 1001 available as well.

[andreitolentino]

A word of advice with aftermarket shells for the PSP 1000 and 2000, the analogs need PERFECT contact to the motherboard which means that the shell has to be measured perfectly. This is often not the case for aftermarket shells which cause ghosting issues or dead zones in the analog after replacement. If the shell is not damaged in any way, it's best to leave it be and avoid opening up the console to ensure perfect pressure and contact with the motherboard.

[Pacmanfan-porn]

PSP is amazing! Every single model was pretty much spot on. Homebrew it, get an SD card adapter, and clean it then boom one of the best handhelds ever.

[agizm]

Backing up and running PSP games from memory card is one of the best reasons to install homebrew. It's also very easy to convert PS1 ISOs into the format to play on the PSP.

[Phigames]

The best thing about these videos is Colin's signature closing remarks. They really stick with you!

[RetroReviewYT]

I’m one of those OG buyers back in 2005! Still have mine to this very day.

[telenmar]

So happy to see a broken PSP brought back to life. One mod I keep seeing is a USB-C replacement for the barrel jack. Tempting as all my charge cords keep shorting out.

[S.O.N.E]

Guides like this make my day. Supler clear and concise, great job dude!

[Madness]

Always found it funny, how Sony went out of their way, to make it incompatible w/ Minidiscs, even though the actual discs look very similar!

[RyandBurtson]

How interesting! My friend gave me a couple of PSP’s awhile ago. I just bought a charger and turned them on. One is great, another has a damaged screen just like yours. And now you release a video on replacing the screen! What a coincidence.

It never fails that whenever I’m interesting in repairing or modding retro tech, you’ve already got a video on it. Subscribing to you years ago was well worth it. Thanks for the videos Collin, I appreciate you.

[drallab]

I'm surprised on how easy that was to replace. Great video!

[ElickFlash]

All my Screens are broke on mine and my brothers PSPs. So this is exactly what I need to watch

[MrChezco]

Hey Colin, IPS replacement screens do exist for these PSPs and they look somewhat better than the original TN screens (at least what I can tell on some videos doing IPS swaps to the PSP). You better check them out :)

[techdog]

Dude I hadn’t seen the screen of my PSP since like 05! Without this video I wouldn’t be able to share a piece of my childhood with my kids…THANKS!!!