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 IIgsPremium
join:2002-10-05
Montreal, QC
kudos:1 | [psp] Sound but NO picture (intermittent problem) Okay, I'll skip the interesting story behind it for now, but yesterday I picked up a PSP "Slim" (model PSP-2001) without a battery or memory stick, got really excited about and I thought it was working fine....
Then I noticed, at random, sometimes when I power it up there is NO image on screen (just the faint glow from the backlight) but there IS sound, just no video. Power it on and off several times, or letting it rest, the screen will come back, eventually.
I actually saw one instance of this where I was looking at the 'About the PSP' credits in the firmware, when suddenly the image began to pixelate (similar to when power is slowly cut to an LCD display), and random vertical lines appeared in its place. Then that slowly faded out to an all white screen, like it was some kind of fade-out effect. It was stuck at a white screen until I power cycled, then got the dreaded black screen again.
Has anyone seen this issue before? Could the solution be as simple as opening it open and reseating the flat ribbon cable responsible for video data? Could it be a firmware problem? Maybe a hardware fault?
I'm wondering if it's worth investing in battery for this PSP or memory stick. Or better yet, where I can find both. I'd *really* like to use this for emulators and watching TV shows/movies on (currently I'm using a Pocket PC and a Dingoo A320 for that, but neither compared to a PSP IMO).  Incidentally, I never used a PSP before last night, so I'm new to it and what it's capable of! | |
 Anonymous_AnonymousPremium
join:2004-06-21
127.0.0.1
kudos:2 | if you can take it back were you go it from
it's what call a DOA | | |
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 mooglebunnySuper special awesome
join:2008-02-12
Chico, CA
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It sounds to me that you bought it from someone who added M33 software with a pandora battery. I have a similar PSP, but I don't have the issues you have.
You might be have a motherboard issue, they sometimes fail in the PSPs (My friend's PSP had the power socket fail on his mobo since it stopped accepting the AC adapter). Also, it could be an issue with the installation of the custom firmware.
One good resource for PSP general questions and modded PSP information is pspslimhacks.com I think is what it is. They have a lot of guides and people who are generally pretty helpful. I had a mod there (former or current, I think he's still current) help me out with my PSP questions.
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"Failure is just success rounded down."- Ryan North | |
IIgsPremium
join:2002-10-05
Montreal, QC
kudos:1 | Bought it? Nope, I found it in the trash, I'm seriously! As to why someone would throw away a PSP, I can't say for certain, but it's very likely it had to do with the screen blacking out intermittently. The UMD drive was also misaligned and having trouble reading, and it's battery missing, so those things might have contributed.
I just bought a battery (the Sony extended life kit, 220 mAh) and it's now running off that, so I know that part of the PSP works. Opened it, cleaned it and repaired what I could. I still haven't tested it's memory slot though...looking for a place to buy an 8 or 16 GB duo stick. I might also try and get a replacement top half for the case, the screen lens is a bit scratched up.
I thought the screen glitch was hardware related so I opened up the PSP and reseated the screen. Didn't change anything. Oddly enough, I found a solution to the problem accidentally. If you hold down all the D-pad buttons at once while powering up the PSP (or even putting it in sleep mode and out again), the screen comes back. I'm suspecting it's a firmware related issue now.
Thanks for the site! I tried pspmod.com and only got minimal help, haven't been to the other.
Right now I just really want to find a memory stick, otherwise I'm pretty limited in terms of what I can do with the PSP. | |
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