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#1 21/09/07 12:00pm

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modding psp [ask here]

**WARNING**   

I only recommend this procedure to people whose psps Backlight are Broken.
If youre backlight is not broken i recommend you to do this mod
-> http://www.llamma.com/PSP/psp_led_light … uttons.htm

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i wrote a nice long text but my pc crashed so i dont want to write down the whole thing again today. Ill put the pictures.

Whaat im trying to do is create a new backlight (because the old one was broken) using a led that takes energy from the battery. If this works the old psp will have an hour longer to live.


http://data18.sevenload.com/i/kx/wg/4eale1d/l4m.jpg

***
Dismantle Tutorial

http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showth … p?p=409326

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http://data74.sevenload.com/i/gh/wn/316ntku/qvp.jpg

What you have to do is get the right control pad out, this is not very hard
its clipped on at the bottom near the charging device and at the top.
There is also a fat wire at the bottom, flip the brown clips open and you can pull the wire out.
This done you can take the gameplate out



The rest is a few posts below...

Last edited by duelord (04/10/07 8:56am)


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#2 21/09/07 3:14pm

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Re: modding psp [ask here]

Just be sure that the voltage is right for the led, otherwise you might get ended up with an exploded battery and totalled PSP.

But otherwise that is a good idea.


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#3 21/09/07 5:14pm

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Re: modding psp [ask here]

thats why you use resistors, to stop that from happening.

did you know that your backlight of your handhelp works with 20volt? even though the psp battery only 3.6v. how can that be?

well its simple to explain but hard to make. inside the psp there is a circuit which amplifies the strength that goes through the led by using as little energy as possible.

im working on that. i figured out where i  have to solder to make the led take electricity from the battery.


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#4 01/10/07 8:47am

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Re: modding psp [ask here]

last night i made the backlight for my psp, il upload pictures and a video as soon as im on my pc.

okay well the backlight is strong enough to see the lcd screen.

what can i still do with my fat psp?

- run homebrews 3.40 LE
- listen music
- view pictures.

only problem is you cant play games that well.

il use my fat psp to downgrade my psp slim. And while im playing on the slim il listen music from the fat.

you might be not very impressed coz it doesnt seem very bright. before it was black and usles


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#5 03/10/07 3:21pm

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Re: modding psp [ask here]

Okay il explain what i did

what i need:

- ooo screwdriver
- soldering iron
- lead
- smd led
- aluminium
- sticky stuff
- at least two hours time

(if this is your first soldering experience, be sure that you have more than one led.  Watch out for hooking up the resistors wrong. And dont burn your hands like i did)

http://data34.sevenload.com/i/zs/rl/pngt7wv/fjm.jpg
Open up your psp

tutorial... search that on google <<psp dismantle tutorial>>




Wire up the leds, the wires go in two little holes near the battery
http://data52.sevenload.com/i/xq/tn/383hhsl/bdf.jpg

use aluminium to reflect the led, place the resistor behind the metal part
http://data18.sevenload.com/i/xo/qs/qleltmf/ngv.jpg
with the led on it should look like this

http://data36.sevenload.com/i/yh/ci/xx3md9b/7fx.jpg
lcd popped back on it looks like this
http://data76.sevenload.com/i/kx/uw/befp2gy/qx8.jpg
i used some tape to scotch everything together and it works, apart from the analog stick.
http://data50.sevenload.com/i/oh/xg/fgke6we/ssb.jpg


Voila

Mybe some of you might think the led isnt bright enough, well no actually it isnt but 20% of the normal backlight is better than a black screen. Plus i learnt loads making these modifications, and quite proud that i didnt brake the psp more than it was.

What i can still do with my 3.40 LE

- use homebrews
- fix bricked psps with D_Alex unbricker


thanks

Duelord

how to attach the leds below...

Last edited by duelord (04/10/07 8:58am)


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#6 03/10/07 4:48pm

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Re: modding psp [ask here]

Great work! Absolutely! Very imaginative. You should really post this on some bigger forums too, you might get loads of attention.


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#7 03/10/07 7:26pm

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Re: modding psp [ask here]

thanks il do that its really funny taking the psp apart.

did you know that the psps motherboard and the mem stick reader are only attached by two cables!

that means i could theoreticaly take the umd reader away and replace that space with an ipod memory. like 20gb


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#8 03/10/07 7:59pm

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Re: modding psp [ask here]

Hey mylord!

Nice work. Although it would've been funny if i had been banned *lol*


i must follow the rules careful and not disobey them lol

EDITED AGAIN

Last edited by sfc2000 (03/10/07 8:20pm)

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#9 03/10/07 8:04pm

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Re: modding psp [ask here]

you *****  il rip your head off noob. il have a few words with you on sunday.

rofl r you staying? its a bit smaller than GR


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#10 03/10/07 8:07pm

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Re: modding psp [ask here]

Man, I was just kidding around tongue

I see you still haven't managed to get that cover for the PSP. SUcks that you got cheated on the first from Amazon. hmm

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#11 03/10/07 8:14pm

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Re: modding psp [ask here]

Edited Urai Fen's post... lol have a look at it.

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#12 03/10/07 8:19pm

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Re: modding psp [ask here]

Haha, powerabuse par exellence ^_^

Well, I don't really mind. It's not as if I even own a PSP lol

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#13 03/10/07 8:24pm

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Re: modding psp [ask here]

Well, welcome to the forums Urai Fen... Have a nice stay!

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#14 03/10/07 8:25pm

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Re: modding psp [ask here]

come on mr scetch behave! this is not like GR. we  have respect here.

lol i know you was joking.


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#15 03/10/07 8:29pm

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Re: modding psp [ask here]

should we added a better RAM to the psp if we take it a part just wondering

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#16 03/10/07 8:48pm

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Re: modding psp [ask here]

ram is limited  to the capacities of the motherboard. wont change if you add more memory


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#17 03/10/07 8:52pm

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Re: modding psp [ask here]

Can you really add more RAM to the psp? I don't think you can...

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#18 04/10/07 8:44am

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Re: modding psp [ask here]

Thank you JaXeRiR and Rollin Roll for the qj.net this is sooo cool.
Because people might be more interested il give more information.

The hard part of the operation is soldering the wires to the holes near the battery, (thats on the right side of the psp.)  The holes are aproximately half a mm wide, and hard to sold on.

Here a picture of where you have to attach the wires
http://www.llamma.com/PSP/images/mods/triggers/psp_le2.jpg
about the picture, the black circle is the X
Well i didnt find one tutorial that explained how to make the backlight work. So i just had to do with what i had.

Hook up red with red

Well i used very strong Smd leds, you can only hook up one of them from the psps battery.

What i might try is get two leds, with half the amount of energy, and hook them up on the sides, with that maybe the light of the screen is more equal


**WARNING**   

I only recommend this procedure to people whose psps Backlight are Broken.
If youre backlight is not broken i recommend you to do this mod
-> http://www.llamma.com/PSP/psp_led_light … uttons.htm

************

Last edited by duelord (04/10/07 8:45am)


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#19 04/10/07 9:36am

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Re: modding psp [ask here]

Lol, why do you thank me? I haven't done anything besides said to you that it was posted on Qj...

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#20 05/10/07 7:30am

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Re: modding psp [ask here]

rollinroll i read a few posts above.

There is a possibility to give the psp a bigger memory.
But you cant change the RAM


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#21 05/10/07 7:48am

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Ok. Jus wonderin cause it wud have been cool to browse damn big web pages and play flash games at like 5 mb.

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#22 06/10/07 9:14pm

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Re: modding psp [ask here]

Let it be known, if you manage to break your backlight on a PSP-1000, you can order a replacement LCD with backlight here:

http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/produc … ts_id=8335

It's US$69.95, and they do sell quantity:
10-99: $62.96 each (10% off)
100 or more: $55.96 each (20% off)

They also sell a touchscreen film for the LCD.
http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/produc … ts_id=8448
$23.95 but nobody's hacked one into a PSP yet.

There's also a project using these LCD+touchscreens as well:
http://www.virtualcogs.com/store/produc … ucts_id=59
Basically a poor man's touchscreen PSP.

http://forum.sparkfun.com/viewtopic.php … hlight=psp

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#23 07/10/07 7:03am

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Re: modding psp [ask here]

Okay, we'll keep that in mind... Why do I think that's not very cheap and Duelord's way is much cheaper?


Oh, and welcome to the forums.


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#24 07/10/07 2:40pm

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Re: modding psp [ask here]

Thanks for the hint Kamilion, its really helpful, maybe next time it happens il order it.
My modifications costed less than 10 dollars.  Yet the stuff i learnt with it is worth to me more now.

my new project is going to look like this
http://www.rpi.edu/~bradfe/PSP2/02.JPG

i cant wait to get started


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#25 21/10/07 4:13am

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Re: modding psp [ask here]

thats a tight psp

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