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PlayStation Vita: My Vita has a black screen and won't turn on. What can I do?

Fri, 24 Mar 2017 12:53:28 -0700

My PS VITA has a black screen and won't turn on. I tried everything on the internet and I am almost giving up. I never had this problem before and my Vita is 4 years old.

⟐ Answered 3월 24, 2017 at 12:53 GMT-7

PSP 2000: Why won't it play games.

Wed, 01 Mar 2017 13:43:20 -0700

Sometimes i want to play differnt games it says the game can not be loaded.

⟐ Answered 3월 01, 2017 at 13:43 GMT-7

PSP Go: My psp Won't Turn on

Sat, 26 Nov 2016 03:51:21 -0700

I got a psp since last year and I opened to clean it and touch one of the wires and it stars to smoke or something.the wire is by the battery but when i plugin the AC and tride to turn it on put it only shows a orange light..... PLEAS HELP ME

⟐ Commented 11월 26, 2016 at 3:51 GMT-7

PSP E1000: Power slider pads sheared off

Fri, 15 May 2026 00:54:57 -0700

Years ago i tried to change the ON/HOLD slider on my psp E1000 and two of the 4 contact pads where sheared of the motherboard. Is there a way to fix it or bypass the slider to turn the device on and off?

⟐ Answered 5월 15, 2026 at 0:54 GMT-7

PS Vita Slim: Screen not turning on. Trying to repair

Wed, 13 May 2026 08:20:03 -0700

Years ago my psvita was water damaged. It’s been many years it’s been sitting in the drawer. When charging and turning on it will light up green but screen does not turn on. I have opened it up and there is a bit of blue rust directly on the ribbon connectors and the battery clip thing. Can these ribbons be cleaned to be fully functional (though I do not know if this is the issue with the vita)

⟐ Answered 5월 13, 2026 at 8:20 GMT-7

PlayStation Vita: PSVita won't boot even after new battery (board issue?)

Tue, 05 May 2026 08:53:01 -0700

Hello, I recently acquired this Vita 2000 from a friend. When I first tried charging it, I got the orange light for a little bit, which then turned off, but I couldn't boot it. Tried all things suggested on the internet and decided to replace the battery, since nothing could fix it.

Now, with a new battery, it is still the same. The only way I could get the orange light to last a bit more is using a powerbank. Today, I took it apart to give it a more thorough cleaning and I discovered this:

As you can see, there are some small capacitors / fuses missing (look melted away) near the camera and power button ribbons. There seems to be like two of them missing towards the left of the camera ribbon too. Are these the issue? How critical of a problem is it? Is there any way to fix this without going for a new motherboard? I have no soldering experience.

Thank you if you took the time to read this wall of text...

⟐ Commented 5월 05, 2026 at 8:53 GMT-7

PlayStation Vita: Don't work properly

Sun, 03 May 2026 21:47:05 -0700

My psvita turn on and then turn off and don't work

⟐ Answered 5월 03, 2026 at 21:47 GMT-7

PSP 3000: Why does my PSP shut off during booting

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 08:00:40 -0700

when i try to boot up my psp, it gets the the logo but then shuts off with a distinct click sound. i tried to adjust the battery so it sits properly and put a piece of paper inside it and tried to boot it, still didn’t work. i also tried to take the battery out and boot it while directly connected to the power cable. this still didn’t work. i also tried to take out the sd card and boot it, thinking that it could be because of a plugin. but this still didn’t work. any advice or help without having to tear the whole thing apart

⟐ Commented 4월 29, 2026 at 8:00 GMT-7

PSP 1000: No display or power led

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:24:48 -0700

Hey, I’m kinda stuck on a PSP-1000. Battery and charger are good (checked with a basic voltage tester), but the thing just won’t turn on. No power LED, no screen, no sound.

I’ve already tried:

Different batteries
A new charging port
A new button board
Reseating the grey ribbon cable

Power is getting through (even to the LED board), but the LEDs never light up. Hold switch moves fine. Same result every time.

Before I drop like $50 on a replacement motherboard, does anyone know any common PSP-1000 issues that cause this? Bad ribbon cable? Blown component? Something dumb I’m overlooking?

Any help would be appreciated

⟐ Answered 4월 21, 2026 at 22:24 GMT-7

PSP E1000: How to put in correctly the bumpers?

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:37:12 -0700

I'm struggling to close my psp becouse bumpers are "hiding" inside when I put the cover on.

⟐ Answer edited 4월 17, 2026 at 0:37 GMT-7

PSP 2000: Start button problem psp

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 07:01:30 -0700

Start button not working and all rest of the buttons

⟐ Answered 4월 15, 2026 at 7:01 GMT-7

PSP 1000: Why isnt my psp working like not turning on

Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:29:07 -0700

Hey so i have the PSP from my childhood and so one day it just stopped working like not charging light no screen output no sound nothing and before the day that it stopped ı just put it on charge that's it why isn't it working?

⟐ Answered 4월 04, 2026 at 15:29 GMT-7

PSP 3000: My PSP console got drown in the water and the console won't work anymo

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 07:55:44 -0700

My PSP got drown in water and it wouldn't work anymore how to fix it?

⟐ Answered 4월 03, 2026 at 7:55 GMT-7

PSP 1000: Psp 1001 screen wont turn on.

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 03:53:35 -0700

Hello, I recently bought an untested secondhand PSP-1001 off of someone, no battery no charger. I put the battery in after a bit of charging and the green power indicator stays on for around 10 seconds while the screen stays completely dark. What do i do?

⟐ Answered 4월 01, 2026 at 3:53 GMT-7

PSP 1000: I have this gap if my PSP - 1000, how do I fix it?

Sat, 28 Mar 2026 15:19:45 -0700

⟐ Commented 3월 28, 2026 at 15:19 GMT-7

PSP 1000: Replacing my PSP 1004's LCD screen with an IPS: display scale issue

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 07:33:46 -0700

I bought an IPS screen to use in.my PSP-1004 (model TA-081).

I followed several tutorials and my screen is actually working, but I get this weird display with a pixelized view and an oversized display scale (see the truncated upper status bar):

I read several times that a tiny bridge had to be made by soldering pads or one of the orange spots, but I don't know if this is related to my issue. My backlight fuse seems to be ok.

This is what my PCB looks like:

⟐ Commented 3월 24, 2026 at 7:33 GMT-7

PlayStation Vita: Ps vita wont turn on and no orange light when plugged in

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 07:35:26 -0700

I just got this ps vita 1001 2 days ago and have been working on it the whole time. I can not get the system to power on (the battery is charged and good) nor do i get any lights from the ps vita. Any help would be really nice.

⟐ Answered 3월 16, 2026 at 7:35 GMT-7

PlayStation Vita: Missing capacitor near charging port

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 08:23:48 -0700

Hi all

Worked on PS Vita 1000 3G and lost SMD capacitor by Hot Air gun.

I wanted to ask if anyone knows the rating of the lost capacitor near to the

proprietary charging port. I wanted to put type-c, but without a capacitor I can't install mod

⟐ Answered 3월 01, 2026 at 8:23 GMT-7

PS Vita Slim: Why is there no sound or picture even though the green light is on?

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 23:27:50 -0700

I've tried everything but no sound or picture.

⟐ Answered 2월 25, 2026 at 23:27 GMT-7

PlayStation Portal: Are you going to sell the Playstation portal battery?

Sat, 21 Feb 2026 21:49:44 -0700

Hi there,

Are you going to sell the Playstation portal battery?

Thank you and have a great day!

Sincerely,

Corey

⟐ Answered 2월 21, 2026 at 21:49 GMT-7