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PlayStation Vita: Black screen repair, touchscreen still works and can hear sound.

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 09:05:36 -0700

Hi, I think my Vita got damaged when my kids dropped it on a hard floor. When I turn it on, I get the blue PS button but screen is black. I can swipe up on the screen and I can hear the sound of the home screen, no other buttons do anything though. I tried holding power button for 30 seconds and it just powers on normally still with the black screen. Do you think something easy I can repair myself if I open it up or is the OLED messed up? Does Sony still repair Vitas if I contact them? Thank you so much!

Update: Finally had time to take it apart and was wondering if the crinkling of the silver squares would be the cause? See picture!

⟐ Answer edited marzo 07, 2025 at 9:05 GMT-7

PSP 2000: The screen only turns black after having replaced it

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 11:30:59 -0700

When it worked, the screen had vertical lines going through it.

It turns on and sound comes through so it isn’t bricked.

I tried re-inserting the screen several times.

⟐ Answer accepted octubre 06, 2024 at 11:30 GMT-7

PS Vita Slim: Right analog stick randomly not going up or down

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 06:45:19 -0700

So yesterday I had my vita outside it’s case in my pocket for a short amount of time, and was using it a bunch with no real problems except for a span of about 5 seconds in the middle of the day where the right analog stick wouldn’t go up or down but would still go left or right, then it went back to normal. It was stored sticks up overnight in a normal environment. It has not been dropped or suffered any amount of force.

Now today for some reason it had the same problem but for several minutes, I noticed if I push in a little and moved the stick all the way up or down it would start moving. I tried spraying it with compressed air, and using the pushing method. Now it’s just randomly switching between working perfectly and not moving up or down unless I push all the way up or down basically every other time the stick rotates.

What do I do and does this seem like something loose, or something that needs replaced?

*Edit*

It’s now not going up or down at all, except for forcibly going down for about half a second when I wake it up out of sleep mode. Pushing or pulling the joysticks all the way up or down isn’t doing anything anymore. I’ll keep testing it though.

⟐ Answered septiembre 25, 2024 at 6:45 GMT-7

PSP Go: bricked psp go no power, no charging lights.

Fri, 17 Jan 2025 19:18:31 -0700

I left my psp go uncharged for a time and when i turned it on, the screen for setting the time appeared but the console ran out of battery when i was adjusting the time. So it bricked. The charging lights dont work and the console wont turn on either.

How do i fix this?, i tried charging the battery by external means but nothing changed, i also saw a video of a guy that put his psp go to charge and instead of the battery had a little fan spinning connected to the battery terminals, apparently fixing the brick. But i have no idea if this will fix it. Any ideas?

⟐ Answer edited enero 17, 2025 at 19:18 GMT-7

PSP 3000: The X button isn't working

Fri, 23 Aug 2024 03:30:18 -0700

I just excavated my PSP 3001. I'm currently cleaning it, but when I finished making sure all the grime was gone, the X button started not to function. I cleaned the sensors, and every button except for X has a little delay here and there, but they work. Is there something I'm missing or did I do irreplaceable damage?

⟐ Commented agosto 23, 2024 at 3:30 GMT-7

PSP E1000: My psp battery has died/leaked. Is there any way I can save it?

Sat, 06 Apr 2024 17:46:25 -0700

My PSP is a E1004, and its almost 10 years old now. The battery has most likely leaked, because it has a few stains it didn't use to. Is there any way i can save it, make it work again?

I tried opening it but after the 4 back screws and 2 top screws i got scared of accidently breaking it due to excessive force.

⟐ Answered abril 06, 2024 at 17:46 GMT-7

PSP 1000: My psp not turning on

Sat, 31 Dec 2022 00:57:32 -0700

I found my old psp in his box, I decided to load it to play because I missed him, but then when I loaded it for a while I decided to turn it on, but the green light on the power was on and the psp did not appear on screen, Connected, until I tried to turn it off normally but it did not work, I had to hold the power for 5 seconds to be able to turn it off, does anyone have any idea what problem this is? , Already tried with the charger connected in it without the battery but also did the same, also took the mdstick and the problem continued

⟐ Answered diciembre 31, 2022 at 0:57 GMT-7

PSP 300x: Charging light won't turn on but the psp functions

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 03:29:36 -0700

Hello,

So I have this problem, when I plug in my psp, the charging light won't turn on, and it sometimes turns orange for a moment then turns off again. the psp is fully functional and I can turn it on, but it has no batteries detected. I want to know if it's the psp's problem or the battery??

⟐ Answered marzo 25, 2022 at 3:29 GMT-7

PSP 3000: Orange Charge Light Stays On (Dimly)

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 02:20:56 -0700

Orange Charge Light Stays On (Dimly) on my PSP 3000.

I have tried two batteries, one at full charge one at almost no charge. Same result.

Otherwise it seems to run fine.

Is this a problem? Any way to solve it?

⟐ Commented enero 25, 2022 at 2:20 GMT-7

PlayStation Vita: Where can I find this wire to board connector?

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 05:40:13 -0700

Hi, does anyone know where I can find this wire-to-board connector for the PS Vita 1000? I tried searching in Aliexpress but I couldn’t find anything yet.

Thank you in advance.

Got a response in reddit from this shop:

http://egamephone.com/index.php?rt=produ...

⟐ Answer accepted septiembre 23, 2021 at 5:40 GMT-7

PSP 300x: PSP has rainbowing/lines on the screen how can I fix this?

Thu, 08 Apr 2021 23:46:12 -0700

Hi i have baught this PSP 3000 in Red with a Xbox 360 at a Flea Market for the dirt cheap but it had a damaged UMD button so i bought a new UMD lever got out my crappy large solder iron due to my others not working anymore and melted off the old UMD Switch, cleaned up the iron and installed a the new UMD button put the PSP back together and the UMD drive worked but the screen didn’t work properly had lines and this rainbow effect with the bleeding colours the screen used to work just fine before installing a UMD Switch. So at first i thought i damaged the screen. So i ordered a new screen installed it and same problem so what could the problem be? Did i damaged some of the components on mobo near the UMD Button?

Pics of the mobo https://imgur.com/gallery/zcJBTOp

⟐ Answered abril 08, 2021 at 23:46 GMT-7

PSP 300x: What screw do I need to remove the top screw?

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 00:18:51 -0700

So I bought a PSP 3000 from Japan and I am trying to get the front panel off.

5/7 screws are standard phillip 000. The other 2 are some other type.

Photo isn't clear but I can see 6 vertices that form a star shape. The screw size is very small. A lot smaller than phillip 000. Even my flathead 1.5 won't fit.

Can anyone please tell me if they know this screw type?

⟐ Answer edited febrero 06, 2021 at 0:18 GMT-7

PSP 1000: psp 1000 automatically turns off when ac charger is plugged in, works

Mon, 20 Jul 2020 04:21:02 -0700

I bought a psp 1000 on ebay, broken screen. I replaced the screen and shell. after doing this bought a dummy battery and charger. everything works great with just the battery, the problem is when I plug the ac adapter into any outlet it turns right off and does charge, when I try to turn it back on the green light comes on for a sec and then turns off, if I unplug it, works fine. HELP

⟐ Commented julio 20, 2020 at 4:21 GMT-7

PSP Go: Why won't my PSP Go turn on after fall?

Mon, 23 Mar 2020 11:59:34 -0700

Hello and thank you for your help.

I was playing with my psp go the other day and fell. The hit was a bit hard, in the back of the console. The screen turned off and the console won't turn on (no green light appear when pressing the on button), no light AT ALL.

When I tryed to charge the battery it worked (orange light) until it got full (no light at all when I connect it). But still no answer...

I chequed the charge of the battery (openning the console and tearing everything appart) and it works fine (it gave 4.11 V if I remember correctly).

I also took the console to a place where they fix them, and they basically told me they have no idea what is it. They told me the fuses are fine, but they have no spare parts of the psp go to continue checking.

When I connect my psp go to my computer there is no answer at all. I tried to hold the reset button for a long time, and many different things, but no answer at all.

I thought maybe the intern mechanism of the on/off button is not working well (as it is strange to see no answer at all when pressing it). Is there any way to make it work the "hard way"? (maybe opening it, or conecting mannually the 4 connections that enter the component). Which is the exact conection I should apply? does anyone know? I know quite a bit about electronics and I have engineer friends that will help me, so is the a potential I should apply between this connections known to turn on the psp go?

Thanks a lot for your time. I'm a bit amazed how with just one falling my psp go totally broke up.... thats why I want to make sure its totally dead!

⟐ Commented marzo 23, 2020 at 11:59 GMT-7

PlayStation Vita: Where to buy ps vita oled screen

Thu, 19 Dec 2019 01:18:37 -0700

My ps vita's oled screenis broken when it fell of from my bed i am wondring on how to repair it i dont have choice of giving it to sony because i am in pakistan

anyone plz help

any help is appreciated

thanks in advance

i am sorry if my english is poor

⟐ Answer deleted diciembre 19, 2019 at 1:18 GMT-7

PlayStation Vita: PS VITA CRASHED during Update

Wed, 09 Oct 2019 08:31:15 -0700

I have a PS VITA PCH-1003 model. It was crashed and I get to recovery menu and selected Update option. After downloading the 2.06 update when it was installing the update it turned off suddenly. Now when I turn it on the green screen will show up and says system update please wait and then the screen become black and the system is unresponsive to buttons. The PS button is not lit up. When I connect the charger the PS button become orange and then turn back off.

Any body know how to fix this.

Your help will be appreciated.

⟐ Commented octubre 09, 2019 at 8:31 GMT-7

PSP 2000: PSP 2006 unable to detect battery but able to run on AC supply.

Mon, 08 Oct 2018 04:27:36 -0700

My PSP 2006 is unable to detect the battery (both newly replaced and old battery). When the psp is running on the ac supply with the battery in it (power indicator doesn’t light up), the battery information shows no percentage or other battery info but shows that power source is on external. May I know is there any solution to solve this issue? Or my psp is ready to go?

⟐ Answer accepted octubre 08, 2018 at 4:27 GMT-7

PlayStation Vita: Vita PCH-1101 Will Not Power On

Thu, 20 Sep 2018 12:45:12 -0700

I have a PS Vita that I bought used and it came to me unable to turn on.

Plugged in with the official adapter, it shows a solid orange light.

Powering it on, it will be solid blue for around 30 seconds, then flash blue 9 times.

Checked internals for water damage and there appeared to be none, unknown if it had been dropped or what.

Also, there are small cracks along both vertical edges of the Vita’s display.

⟐ Edited by author septiembre 20, 2018 at 12:45 GMT-7

PSP 300x: My psp is not showing games.

Fri, 07 Sep 2018 03:27:15 -0700

My psp is not showing games . I have my memory stick also. When I open my games folder it only shows corrupted data

⟐ Answered septiembre 07, 2018 at 3:27 GMT-7

PlayStation Vita: Problem with right analog stick

Wed, 29 Aug 2018 18:01:24 -0700

my right analog stick looked stuck in bottom right direction.While playing fifa first touch would always be to bottom right without me actually touching any buttons.

So i looked and guide to replace right analog stick.But since i have not yet ordered replacement part, i thought of just unplugging the cable as i was fine with it not working at all.But now after unplugging cable it is taking ball to top right.

So now i have a vita which has right analog stick unplugged but still while playing fifa first touch is to top right.

Now need to figure out exactly which part needs to be replaced to fix this.

⟐ Answered agosto 29, 2018 at 18:01 GMT-7