Am i even turning this off right!!

i hold the power switch up until the screen goes black (bout 4 secs) but it still seems to loose power

like in about four days of not being used it went from 7 hours to 4 hours left how is it looseing power if im not playing? im not putting it in sleep mode am I?

if I am how do I turn it completly off?

oh and i do quit the game and go the the psp menu if that effects it

or is this just something the psp does for what ever reason (i dont it but never know)

Doesn't make any sense to me.

On the Fat PSP it only takes me like 2 seconds of holding up the switch for the complete shutoff, but I have had instances where I try to switch it off "hold" and accidentally put it to sleep, so I guess Sony changed this in the newer models deathxxshark

No, they didn't. At least not for the 2000 model. That annoys me to no end.

Anyway, I've left my PSP alone for weeks and it still turned on... Not sure what's going on with yours...

i think thats normal. otherwise you need a change in batteries if you bought it new your soppose to charge that battary full till you use it. or dont know

but i had my game on hold and i turned it off to quick now it can turn back on wat happenmastermind242

You had your game on hold...and you turned it off to quick...now it can turn back on...what happen?

...You must be a fan of Zero Wing...right?

Are you talking about putting the system to sleep mid-game?

That's normal. Best way to pause the game to do something, and pick it up at a later time.

Though (if I am reading this in the context that you read the battery removal statement above), removing the battery would mean you can't start the game from where you left off, because removing the battery turns off the system, since a small amount of power is used to keep the system in sleep mode.

Some people suggest this whole process of keeping the battery charged:
Run the battery until it has to turn off from the flashing 'this-is-a-battery-so-low-on-charge-I'm-gonna-waste-energy-to-tell-you-this' sign on the screen. Keep trying to power it on until it's unresponsive (if you want, I personally just leave the system be for several hours while it cools off, so I can turn it on to drain the battery again, this way the power switch doesn't get damaged from over use)...then charge it back up.

that might be a battery problem, because it shouldnt lose so much charge if its completely off.. maybe buy a new battery?

I always thought you were supposed to hold the R trigger and push the Power switch up until it turned off :?