PSP Screen Replacement.

After a couple of years hard use our PSP suffered a drop to many and the screen cracked. I decided to look for a replacement unit and discovered an abundance of them on ebay. £22 and a couple of days later it was with me. The following description is what I did to replace our screen. I hope it is of some use.

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  1) Unpack and examine new LCD screen for damage.

   2) Remove the 6 screws shown with arrows making sure that you remember where the different length ones go. One of the screws is under the label where the battery sits so you will need to scratch it away before you can remove it.

  3) Once you have removed the screws turn the PSP over and the front of the case will lift off. This may take a bit of a fiddle due to crap and dirt holding the case together but it does come of.

  4) The screen is held into place with 4 small metal clips located on the sides of the screen. 2 at the top and 2 at the bottom. To remove the screen you have to push the clips in and lift the screen out. The best way I found was to force a small screwdriver between the screen and the metalwork and lift that corner up. Once free the screen will slide upwards as the bottom of the screen is under the buttons at the bottom. This part can be quite hard but you must be careful doing it as there is a lot of circuitry and cables very close by.

  5) The cables are held in place by two black clasps. You have to lift the clasps up (gently!!!) to release the cables. (The left clasp in the picture is broken. If one of the clasps in your PSP is broken you better start saving up for a new PSP or a new motherboard.)

  6) After opening clasps the screen will just unplug and lift out.

  7) Refitting the new screen is the reverse of 5. Simply push ribbon cables into the sockets and when fully inserted clip the clasps down on them.

  8) Fold screen over and gently feed the bottom edge under the buttons at the bottom of the PSP. Once in place gently push the screen down. Each corner will click into place. Try to do this with equal pressure on all corners to help reduce twisting of the screen.

  9) At this point I tested mine just to make sure that it all worked ok. After the test simply replace the case and screw it back together. Job done.