Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

11

Time Required

                          20 minutes            

Sections

3

  • Battery
  • 3 steps
  • Front Casing
  • 3 steps
  • LCD Screen
  • 5 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Battery               
  • Turn the PSP over so its back is facing you.

Turn the PSP over so its back is facing you.

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Step 2

  • Locate the battery casing button on the rear-left side of the PSP.
  • Press down the button and remove the battery cover.

Locate the battery casing button on the rear-left side of the PSP.

Press down the button and remove the battery cover.

Step 3

  • Using your finger, remove the battery upwards from the system as shown.

Using your finger, remove the battery upwards from the system as shown.

Step 4

              Front Casing               
  • Remove the four screws shown with a Phillips #00 screwdriver.
  • You will have to peel back the guarantee sticker to access the screw on the lower left.

Remove the four screws shown with a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

You will have to peel back the guarantee sticker to access the screw on the lower left.

Step 5

  • Remove the screw from the bottom side of the PSP. Keep it separated from the rest of the screws.
  • Remove screws from back righthand side within the holes.

Remove the screw from the bottom side of the PSP. Keep it separated from the rest of the screws.

Remove screws from back righthand side within the holes.

Step 6

  • Gently separate the outer plastic casing from the rest of the system as shown.

Gently separate the outer plastic casing from the rest of the system as shown.

Step 7

              LCD Screen               
  • The Button Board, at the base of the LCD Screen, is held by two clips.
  • Pry these clips over the nubs using a PSP opening tool. This will release the clips.
  • The Button Board is still attatched to the PSP by a ribbon cable!

The Button Board, at the base of the LCD Screen, is held by two clips.

Pry these clips over the nubs using a PSP opening tool. This will release the clips.

The Button Board is still attatched to the PSP by a ribbon cable!

Step 8

  • The Button Board Ribbon Cable is held down with a latch. Lift the latch open, away from the ribbon cable.
  • Pull the cable away from the latch.

The Button Board Ribbon Cable is held down with a latch. Lift the latch open, away from the ribbon cable.

Pull the cable away from the latch.

Step 9

  • The LCD Screen is held by the LCD Frame with similar clips. Slide a thin tool between the clip and the screen and gently pry them apart while beginning to lift the screen.

The LCD Screen is held by the LCD Frame with similar clips. Slide a thin tool between the clip and the screen and gently pry them apart while beginning to lift the screen.

Step 10

  • The LCD screen is still attached with ribbon cables. Gently lift up the LCD screen so you do not break them.

The LCD screen is still attached with ribbon cables. Gently lift up the LCD screen so you do not break them.

Step 11

  • The thin Ribbon Cable opens from the opposite side in which the Ribbon Cable enters. Open up the latch towards the Ribbon Cable. The latch will pull up and release the ribbon cable. Put your tool behind the black part, then pry up the black piece of plastic.
  • The wide Ribbon Cable opens from the same side in which the Ribbon Cable attatches, and opens away from the cable.
  • Both of these latches are the black pieces.
  • Gently pull the ribbon cables away from the latches. The LCD screen can now be removed.
  • When reassembling - be careful which way you push the latches. The small one is very easy to break.

The thin Ribbon Cable opens from the opposite side in which the Ribbon Cable enters. Open up the latch towards the Ribbon Cable. The latch will pull up and release the ribbon cable. Put your tool behind the black part, then pry up the black piece of plastic.

The wide Ribbon Cable opens from the same side in which the Ribbon Cable attatches, and opens away from the cable.

Both of these latches are the black pieces.

Gently pull the ribbon cables away from the latches. The LCD screen can now be removed.

When reassembling - be careful which way you push the latches. The small one is very easy to break.

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janet - Dec 17, 2014

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I broke one of the laches….helppp!!!!

Justin Autrey - Feb 16, 2016

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This is not easy…I tore up the outer casing trying to do this. I better see money in the mail for this

lil bao - Feb 19, 2016

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My Sony PSP has just stop coming on

janisfranckevics - Jan 27, 2017

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People!! If you weren’t gifted in screws and bolts, then bring your console to a repair shop. Seriously blaming this for your Dick Fingers?

jonathon allen - Mar 13, 2017

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dick fingers!!