PSP charger issues, anyone else? |
I bought the PSP on launch day and recently started noticing that in order to charge it I had to wrap the cord around the PSP as shown below.
I noticed new AC power supplies cost around $35. Anybody else had this problem and have a different suggestion besides buying a new AC adapter? I can charge from the car without having to do this so my thinking is it is the yellow female plug on the adapter that is the issue.
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Same problem, if you move it around, it will stop charging…
Comment by KG — March 2, 2007 @ 6:22 pm PST
Yes; this problem happens to people a lot, and it is the yellow plug.
I just rest it on a slightly raised edge, like an eraser. Also I use a USB mini-B + charging cable that works every time. I’ve been considering finding out if the obvious docking connection ever had a dock made for it.
But right now my power button has snapped off.
DO NOT TRY TO REPAIR IT YOURSELF! actually do, it’s fun; however do not remove the original board in the PSP, the connectors will not snap into a new board like the PS1 did, instead un-solder the switch from the connected board and the new board and resolder the working part on, all without disconnecting anything.
That said, I already disconnected mine so now I need to find some way to get it fixed.
Comment by DPL — April 4, 2007 @ 9:32 am PST
yes i have this problem!!!!!! someone plz help me, do i hav 2 take it in 2 get fixed? i want 2 play while its charging but i cant do that. instead, i have 2 set it on somethin & let it charge on its own i hate this plz help!!!
Comment by hoghunter — April 8, 2007 @ 8:34 am PST
put the cord in then turn it left so that the wire is facing the left way. then it will charge without having to put the wire over the screen.(if u have a carrying case put psp inside, the one that comes with the giga or value pack).
Comment by OfferingAid — April 11, 2007 @ 11:10 am PST
my psp have the same problem , but i have found a possible way to fix the problem, i remove the battery cover an removed the battery, hen connected the charger to the psp, then put the battery in my psp and then the orange light turned on, hope this works for you, well at least worked for my:D
Comment by Ignacio — April 19, 2007 @ 2:49 pm PST
I get this charging problems on both my PSP’s too.. but for some reason i have tried so many way of charging it but none of the current methods listed here have worked for me.. the PSP has a little mind of it’s own..
If you go into System Settings/Battery Information/
Comment by Val — May 10, 2007 @ 6:00 am PST
I don’t quite have THIS particular problem, but my PSP has a semi-major problem.
I use the Mini-USB+power cable to charge it. When I plug it in, the Orange LED light turns on, however, it doesn’t charge. Somebody told me it had to do with the battery thinking it was charged or something, but I’m not sure. They said I had to kill the battery, then plug it in and it should work. How do I do that?
Comment by CyberFreq — May 17, 2007 @ 3:06 am PST
My PSP will not chrage anymore. I do not no what to do because i got the charger and the baterry checked and they are both working fine. when i plug my charger in to my PSP it doesn’t charge and no light comes up. I was just wondering if anything like this has ever happened before. and what do i do
Ow i got it checked at dicksmith
Comment by eggatron — September 9, 2007 @ 10:52 pm PST
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@eggatron I had a similar problem to you, and the way i managed to get mine working again was to remove the fuse from the back of the charger and then insert a 5 amp fuse in, yes i know this is normally something no idiot should do, however i think that just to cover sony’s asses they have lowered the charger down to a 3 amp when it doesn’t really need that much resistance a 5 amp should do fine, this fixed the problem for me and also my psp now charges quicker. i have obv only done this with the one psp and it is not tested so i would recommend looking this up further before taking my advice. use at your own risk as i take no responsibilty.
Comment by timma1991 — November 2, 2008 @ 12:48 pm PST
Heyy Im having the same problem with most of you, I put the charger in.. no chare and no light. I put in a 13A Fuse … still no light.and no charge, I brought a new 3A Fuse and still no charge but the charger its self gets hot. My psp charger is dead so i dont know what do do now. If anyone can help please email window136 [at] hotmail [dot] co [dot] uk
thanks x
Comment by Derrick — November 10, 2008 @ 7:23 am PST
I have the same problem. First it happened with a new battery. I could get that working by fooling around some times. Then I could not get it to work with the charger. But I managed to get it working with my USB but ONLY when in USB mode.
Now I have same problem with my other battern. Neither battery has any charge so they won’t go into USB mode anymore and can’t charge.
Sony have seriously fucked up on this one.
Comment by Neil — January 17, 2009 @ 5:01 am PST
well my psp charges up to 30% then stops… wat do i do? pls reply….
my gomessenger is jaymizzo and psn jaymizzo.. so pls any one halp..!!!
Comment by john — January 31, 2009 @ 3:43 pm PST
Have had the same problem. Brought my PSP soon after release, and it was working fine until a little while ago, in that I had to wiggle the wire around for it to work. I tried using my AC adapter, but there was the same problem, and eventually I couldn’t get the orange charge light to stay on for longer than a few minutes.
I ended up buying a new battery, but there was still the same problem. So I went and brought a new AC adapter, but that didn’t help either. I’m currently back to using the cord-wrapping technique already mentioned, which works OK for both USB and AC adapter, but it can be a bit fickle and takes some tries to get the PSP charging; if you knock it then it stops charging too.
Does anyone have an answer for this problem yet? And does it only happen with the older models? Mine’s a PSP-1001. A permanent solution would be great, too.
Comment by Georgie — February 18, 2009 @ 4:21 am PST
This isn’t neccessarily the same problem as you guys but
I felt I should post it here too. Sorry if this has been asked before x.x
My PSP charger was bitten by a mouse and it left the inside exposed. If I wrap the exposed part with tape and I charge, will anything bad result from it?
Comment by JTizzle — June 28, 2009 @ 11:37 pm PST
I also have the same problem, psp won’t charge unless it stays in a fix place, just a certain move then it won’t charge again.
But if this might help in trying to find out the solution for this,
i also tried connecting it even without battery but it totally won’t have power where it should…
be waiting for the answer on this problem as well, i’ll try to figure it also if ever i’ll post it here…
Comment by simplegoddess — October 10, 2009 @ 7:41 am PST