psp 1000 not turning on common troubleshooting things to check? [Archive]

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FTLOSM

07-14-2010, 05:42 PM

I have a psp 1000 that has been babied since day one, still looks new, worked great till the other day, went to unplug (it was charging) and turn on and nothing, when i charge it i get orange light but i get nothing when i try to turn it on....

I am pretty handy at taking things apart and have no trouble with stuff like that, but not exactly sure where to start, battery was holding a good 2+ hr charge fine previously, no issues just shut off plugged in and next day nothing when i tried to power it up.

Any common things I can check or replace (thinking power switch maybe?) also where is a good place to get replacement parts, if i can get a switch and it works again i also wanna change my buttons and directional stick at the same time (just older but still like to swap them out if i have the thing apart).

I should also mention there are no hacks or cracks or anything modified on this unit, using standard games standard psp firmware, oem battery etc...

Thanks for any info,

Bill :)

Xenogears V

07-15-2010, 11:58 AM

I don't know, but my psp turn on without battery if plug in with elettric current...try.... maybe is a battery fault..

FTLOSM

08-09-2010, 02:42 AM

Well I did take the battery out but the unit still wont turn on (only orange light) while battery is plugged in, but as soon as i remove the battery and add ac cord i get nothing.

I took the unit apart to verify a few things, checked the lcd and main data cables are all fully seated and not loose, also saw a video on youtube for how to turn on your psp without your power switch, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYRnaImG28E
figured I would try this then I would know if my power switch was bad, I can get it to replicate the video with the green light part but it doesn't turn on like the one in the video.

So at this point I am pretty stumped, any other ideas or things I should or could check to get this working? Just odd how it worked fine, put it down picked up later and now won't do anything, (no drops or accidents etc).

Xenogears V

08-09-2010, 12:03 PM

I don't think is a screen problem...because if screen is broken, sound logo must start.

If you haven't try to install a new custom firmware, this mean isn't a brick.

I think it can be only a mainboard fault.

alexg141989

08-27-2010, 09:06 PM

I had this problem at one point as well and I really thought I had permanently bricked my PSP. It wouldn't turn on at all and it wouldn't charge. Thankfully it only lasted for about 20 minutes, then it started to function properly and I haven't had a problem with it since.

I got lucky, sucks for you though brah. Hope you find a solution for it.

Xenogears V

08-28-2010, 01:47 PM