Warning to those who attempt this!
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I also disassembled a PSP (knowing that I may never be able to use it again if I screwed up putting it back together). Guess what? I killed it.
Now a word to the wise:
Make sure to pay close attention to how all the parts are oriented, placed, and how snug they are. When you put the PSP back together you will need to make sure that all the buttons are perfectly aligned with their contacts, and that all the parts are tightly placed. Otherwise, when you put the faceplate back on, the buttons could make imprecise connections and the LCD screen could have excessive pressure placed on it. This is where I screwed up. The LCD screen wasn't placed down firmly enough and when I reattached the faceplate the bottom right corner cracked the screen, which caused part of the LCD to bleed across the screen. D'oh!
Other useful tidbits:
The reason that some people can twist their PSP and have the UMD tray pop open is because the tray holding the LCD screen needs to be placed directly in the center (or slightly to the left). Otherwise the tray catch will not slide under the UMD tray far enough.
I didn't have a problem with the square button, but since I didn't align the components/LCD tray far enough to the left I had connection problems with the right D-pad button. I would imagine that the same problem would occur with the square button if the components were placed too far to the left.
Oh yeah, and wear an ESD strap. It's just common sense.
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I also disassembled a PSP (knowing that I may never be able to use it again if I screwed up putting it back together). Guess what? I killed it.
Now a word to the wise:
Make sure to pay close attention to how all the parts are oriented, placed, and how snug they are. When you put the PSP back together you will need to make sure that all the buttons are perfectly aligned with their contacts, and that all the parts are tightly placed. Otherwise, when you put the faceplate back on, the buttons could make imprecise connections and the LCD screen could have excessive pressure placed on it. This is where I screwed up. The LCD screen wasn't placed down firmly enough and when I reattached the faceplate the bottom right corner cracked the screen, which caused part of the LCD to bleed across the screen. D'oh!
Other useful tidbits:
The reason that some people can twist their PSP and have the UMD tray pop open is because the tray holding the LCD screen needs to be placed directly in the center (or slightly to the left). Otherwise the tray catch will not slide under the UMD tray far enough.
I didn't have a problem with the square button, but since I didn't align the components/LCD tray far enough to the left I had connection problems with the right D-pad button. I would imagine that the same problem would occur with the square button if the components were placed too far to the left.
Oh yeah, and wear an ESD strap. It's just common sense.
Does anyone have a pintle?
Damn that gaping hole in the middle of my LP!
I can't play my damn 45 without it.