PSP Won't Charge

[Muse_of_the_Soul]

This isn't really a complaint thread. More of an epic win thread.

My friend bought a used PSP for 40 bucks. But it wouldn't charge. So instead of saying, "Hey, I want my money back!", he got his nerd on.

He decided to look up Youtube videos of how to hack a PSP to mod it so it would charge. Mission: Success. After three hours of videos, and after another three hours of work, he basically took apart the PSP, fixed one wire, put it back together, and is now playing Final Fantasy VII on it. Epic win?  

[XxCrimson_ShinobixX]

If only everyone had the same patience and know how.  

[whitewolf10]

not bad...i wonder if he tried charging it threw the computer first...set the usb mode to charge when hooked up to the computer...anyway what ever works and glad it did  

[Muse_of_the_Soul]

whitewolf10

not bad...i wonder if he tried charging it threw the computer first...set the usb mode to charge when hooked up to the computer...anyway what ever works and glad it did

The thing is, it was a PSP 1001. Those can't charge on USB. We tried that already lol. But he made it so his could, too. It's as simple as soldering a wire into it.  

[Ryuna_08]

thats neat, my first reaction would be buy a new battery.