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Pender666
March 23rd, 2007, 02:58
I had that problem once using in that time the 3.10 OE-A ( not OE-Aī). The only thing i know it happened was when i was playing, and my battery exausted once. I put it to recharge, and go to bed, in the next morning, i turned on my PSP and my UMD drive stoped work.

Always when i turn my PSP on, the reading icon appears, the drive spins and nothing, or appears " Disc can not be read" or my PSP locks up.
I send it to repair, they exchanged the UMD drive, and still doenst worked. So i asked to put my old drive again.

Now the trick.
Everyone knows there is a little delay when you turn on the PSP using the OE firmware. Itīs loading the 1.50 bootstrap.
1st - Disable the UMD auto loading from System Settings and TURN OFF the PSP
2nd - Open your drive with the disk inside
3rd - Turn on the PSP - when it is in the black screen ( before SCE logo), close the UMD door. Itīs tricky because it is only timing. If it doesnt works, repeat the steps again.
After the disc appears in the XMB, everything works perfectly and you donīt need do that again. I donīt know why it happened, or why, but it worked.
After that you can turn on the UMD loading if you wish.

PS: Sorry for the bad english, thatīs not my primary language.

r8cer
March 23rd, 2007, 06:14
Its True and It works My drive is working 100% again. Thanks

acn010
March 23rd, 2007, 19:57
nice yet theres many problems for that occasion..