Mike820

I've been experimenting with aftermarket battery cells to increase the runtime of the Psp. I have taken the BMS from a Sony battery and an aftermarket battery.

The results are just not what I am expecting.

The batteries are new and the right voltage. I've just tried a 5000 mAh battery for example and it's coming in with a runtime of 4hrs 30. Where as I did the same test with a 5 year old LG battery with a capacity of 2100mAh and got a run time of 4hrs 40.

The tests were completed with battery Steve.

Is there a way to recalibrate the battery? I've tried draining them with a psp and recharging them, draining them with a load tester and recharging. I saw kommandos video recommending sho

Hi all, has anyone come across an issue with the PSP whereby it doesnt display the orange charging light when powered off?

I have a 3000 model I have rebuilt after swapping out the screen for a glass one.

Its loaded with ARK 4 and works great. The only anomaly is that when the console is powered off and the PSU is plugged in there is no amber light.

I know it is successfully charging as I can see .250mA drawn from the socket and if I power the device on after a brief period I can see the battery percentage in the menu has increased.

Fwiw the amber light does work when the console is on and the psu is plugged in.

Hi all,

Im no stranger to the modding process. I used to have a vanilla Vita that I modded following various guides online. I ended up with Henkaku and the ability to download vita games from the online storeage.

Wanting to delve back into the Vita world I recently picked up a Vita from ebay. It has arrived and already has Henkaku on it but nothing else from what I can see.

Ive been reading up on it but finding it a bit overwhelming. Can I factory reset this console and start again or is there a safe way to mod it from here to get it to be like my old Vita?

Appreciate any insight or steer anyone has.

Hi all,

The wheels on my specialized langster are showing their age. The cup and cone bearing setup is getting very finnicky to try and find the balance between no play in the bearings and yet allowing the wheel to roll smoothly with minimal resistance.

So in the meantime I'd like fit some Mavic wheels and run them for a bit. They are from an old single speed a family member used to have. They came from a different model single speed. They are cartridge bearings so much easier to setup.

Here is a picture of the setup. Does it look like there should be a cover over the cartridge bearings to protect them or do some wheelsets have exposed bearings like this?

Does the lock nut

Hi all,

I am using nether sx2 to play PS2 games on my Odin 2 but would like to move them to a Retroid Pocket 4 Ive got on loan. My memory card is in the folder format so I am not limited to the 8mb size.

How would I transfer the memory card folder?

I can copy and paste the folder from one device to the other but in Nether SX2 on the retroid I cannot load the memory card into the slot. I get the error that the 'memory card needs to be in the .ps2 format'.

Ive had success in the past transferring memory cards but the folder format seems to be trickier to work with.

Hi all,

Im trying to revive another PSP Street. I got it and found it was completely dead. I opened it up and found the main input fuse had blown along with voltage not transfering from the DC in jack to the socket that connects to the mother board.

It looks like it has been dropped as the charge port is physically damaged.

Anyway, Ive swapped out the DC charge port for a spare and replaced the 2.5A fuse with a 2A fuse (as it was all I had to hand). I will avoid blowing it by only using the official 1.5A charger I have to hand.

So far so good, the psp powers on and plays discs, all the buttons work etc etc.

The only remaining issue is the battery wont charge. No orange li

Morning all,

I am attempting to restore a second hand PSP street (E1004).

Current symptoms are that when I turn it on the power light will go green and stay green. The light next to it (memory?) does nothing. There is no sound and the screen will not come on at all.

Ive opened the device up to confirm as best I can that its physically ok. All the fuses are confirmed good and there does not appear to be any physiically damaged caps. (Im aware broken components are not always visible). All ribbons seem in good condition and connected well.

With a battery connected the light on the top goes orange so im confident the battery charging circuit is working. I can also power on the devi

Hi PSP subreddit,

Im currently repairing a PSP street and identified what I initially thought was a blown fuse.

Per the image there is a small component marked LB with the text F7002 1A next to it and what I thought was an arrow pointing to it.

I measured it with my multimeter and it came back as having 200k+ ohms resistance.

I chucked the image at AI and it suggested its actually a ferrite bead and suggested it was safe to bridge with a wire for testing purposes.

My questions to you guys:

Is it a ferrite bead or a fuse?

Where can I get a replacement (UK based)?

Is it really safe to replace with a wire for brief testing? (my concern would be the fuse/bead blew to protect