I have a PSP slim. I'm having an issue with it shutting itself down. I'll be in the middle of playing a game (usually an EA sports game, most recently NBA Live 08), it will freeze, make a pop sound and shutdown only to restart. HELP...any advice or is anyone having the same difficulty?
my guess would be the pop from the speakers is made cos of the static if the game is forced to shut down when it shouldnt be (that was happening to my GBA). anyway sorry no idea why exactly would that be happening.
Ok this might sound weird or just coincident, same thing happens when I'm playing EA Fifa 2007. I found if I saved the game every so often it wouldn't happen. If I played the game for an hour ish it would, do you think its to do with internal memory being full?
Over heating? All though if I save every half hour ish it doesn't happen and I play over or beyond the same period it did keep happening. So i don't think its over heating. And its with an EA a game as well....
You didn't tinker with the folders inside it, didn't you? Or tried to update/downgrade your Firmware or something? It happened to me once, while I was playing GTA:LCS. Didn't happen again, though.
Maybe you're accidentally moving the power switch? You could try putting your PSP's power in the "Hold" position. All you have to do is turn your PSP on & then slide the power switch to the other side to "Hold".
It is interesting that saving your game more often seems to solve your problem. Does make it look like the RAM is overloaded & causes the power to switch off. You could just try putting your PSP on "Hold" & then not save for a long time. If your PSP still turns itself off then it must be a RAM/memory issue.
Maybe you're accidentally moving the power switch? You could try putting your PSP's power in the "Hold" position. All you have to do is turn your PSP on & then slide the power switch to the other side to "Hold".
It is interesting that saving your game more often seems to solve your problem. Does make it look like the RAM is overloaded & causes the power to switch off. You could just try putting your PSP on "Hold" & then not save for a long time. If your PSP still turns itself off then it must be a RAM/memory issue.
I have the same problem with my slim psp when trying to play either of the two NBA demos. Everything else works just fine on my psp & the two demos work fine on my friends psp's. Sadly i have no idea why it does it so cant offer any answers.
Thanks to everyone who responded! It's curious that it only happens with EA sports titles. I have noticed that the more often I save the longer it takes for it to happen. I've emailed and called EA tech support. I'll update if I can get a definitive answer. Unlikely though!
I Only Hear Stories About The Slim Having Those Problems
I on the otherhand have a Fat/Bloated PSP that doesnt have those health problems but im still gonna get PSP Slim someday thats if i dont buy anymore games
Well freezing during any activity that uses the networking functions of the psp can be a result of the unit overheating. I would think a game that causes the psp to over heat would cause a similar response.
Since this problem seems to be prevalent with EA titles I would guess that would be part of the problem. I'm pretty sure most of the games mentioned in this thread are ports by EA, and I would suspect that there is a particular company EA hires out to port the games. This company may not take the greatest care in creating these ports, and thus some small bugs that occur under fairly specific circumstances will go un-noticed.
So what I'm saying is, there may not be much more than a work around for this problem.
This happens occasionally when I play FIFA 11 too. It occasionally freezes up for a while and crashes, usually at random times. BTW, I have a psp-2000 slim but the same thing happens when I use my psp-1000 phat. I have this problem when playing other EA sports games too.
This happens occasionally when I play FIFA 11 too. It occasionally freezes up for a while and crashes, usually at random times. BTW, I have a psp-2000 slim but the same thing happens when I use my psp-1000 phat. I have this problem when playing other EA sports games too.
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