sDeez
June 28th, 2008, 02:43
OK, I just bought a bricked PSP Slim from eBay. Yes, I bought it knowing it was bricked (it was in the description so no surprises there), because I already have a Pandora battery and a Magic Memory Stick that I have successfully upgraded two PSP Slim's to CFW, and I figured that it shouldn't be a problem to unbrick it.
When I asked how the PSP was bricked, this was the response:
well I let my friend borrow the psp and when it was updating he took out the memory stick and mess it up...
So... here's where the issues are:
After inserting my Magic Memory stick, and then the Pandora battery, the power light flashes orange only briefly, and then nothing. Doesn't appear to be receiving any power after that initial brief flash of orange.
When the PSP is plugged in with no battery, I get a steady orange power light, and when the power switch is moved into the hold position, the light gets brighter, to the point where the hold light appears to be dimly lit (I'm assuming that this is light leaking from the power light).
The problems I'm having with the power means of course, that I can't begin the process of trying to unbrick the PSP.
Anyone have any insight or things I should check for? Am I going to have to open up the PSP to see if there's some hardware problem?
Thanks.
When I asked how the PSP was bricked, this was the response:
well I let my friend borrow the psp and when it was updating he took out the memory stick and mess it up...
So... here's where the issues are:
After inserting my Magic Memory stick, and then the Pandora battery, the power light flashes orange only briefly, and then nothing. Doesn't appear to be receiving any power after that initial brief flash of orange.
When the PSP is plugged in with no battery, I get a steady orange power light, and when the power switch is moved into the hold position, the light gets brighter, to the point where the hold light appears to be dimly lit (I'm assuming that this is light leaking from the power light).
The problems I'm having with the power means of course, that I can't begin the process of trying to unbrick the PSP.
Anyone have any insight or things I should check for? Am I going to have to open up the PSP to see if there's some hardware problem?
Thanks.