PSP Wont read UMDs

Hey guys, so i`ve had my PSP since october 2006, never dropped it to the ground or anything, keep it nice and take good care of it, has Sony`s Official Firmware and all.

Well, it`s been a good 4 Months since it has had this problem, sometimes it wont read UMDs, i hear the noises the reader does, the clicking and spinning, but just wont read it, i tried myself pressing the gray switch and i could see all the movement but no laser, that just sometimes...because sometimes i saw the laser and i could insert the UMD again and begin playing

But it`s been 4 days already and it wond read UMDs anymore, has this ever happened to any of you?

What did you do?,did you get it repaired?, what was the problem?

Perhaps somebody dropped it without me knowing :/

Anyways, i made a little research, i`ve found this:

http://www.consolezombie.com/PSP/PSP_Laser_Replacement.html

They describe the symptoms, just what my PSP has!

They also say how to repair it, i`ve never done this before, but i think i`ll try since i`m not dumb enough to mess it up, if i screw up i will get it repaired anyways, if not then i`ll buy a Slim.

Thanks for the reply

All of my UMDs are perfect, except for Tekken, i`ve tried with all of them, but the problem seems to be the Laser Unit.

I`m gonna ask for some tech help next Friday, and see what happens, if not i think i`ll have to buy a Slim ( wich i wanted anyways)

I messed around the White Gear i told you about, but didn`t try again to make it read UMDs, i was Surfing the net last night, i fell asleep, so over the night the battery died, after a full recharge y pressed the gray Trigger and voilà, the Laser lights up again, and it reads UMDs again too.

I still have to remove the faceplate to do some cleaning, because i have never done that, i`m sure it could use some cleaning.

Hey guys, so i`ve had my PSP since october 2006, never dropped it to the ground or anything, keep it nice and take good care of it, has Sony`s Official Firmware and all.

Well, it`s been a good 4 Months since it has had this problem, sometimes it wont read UMDs, i hear the noises the reader does, the clicking and spinning, but just wont read it, i tried myself pressing the gray switch and i could see all the movement but no laser, that just sometimes...because sometimes i saw the laser and i could insert the UMD again and begin playing

But it`s been 4 days already and it wond read UMDs anymore, has this ever happened to any of you?

What did you do?,did you get it repaired?, what was the problem?

frooshontay

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Hey guys, so i`ve had my PSP since october 2006, never dropped it to the ground or anything, keep it nice and take good care of it, has Sony`s Official Firmware and all.

Well, it`s been a good 4 Months since it has had this problem, sometimes it wont read UMDs, i hear the noises the reader does, the clicking and spinning, but just wont read it, i tried myself pressing the gray switch and i could see all the movement but no laser, that just sometimes...because sometimes i saw the laser and i could insert the UMD again and begin playing

But it`s been 4 days already and it wond read UMDs anymore, has this ever happened to any of you?

What did you do?,did you get it repaired?, what was the problem?

xero_33

Bought it from Bestbuy, i took good care of it, perhaps the maid dropped it to the floor while sweeping or something, but i never dropped it :/

I`d never buy a PSP out of EBAY

Happened to me in November and lasted for months (until like April, actually), ironically, I believe I "fixed" it, but accidentally dropping it while going to school, I checked it out while in homeroom in school, and it began to read UMDs. While I was happy, I was also quite frustrated.

While I probably haven't helped you with your situation, I had a similar situation on a solution, however, I wouldn't recommend this solution myself.

Happened to me in November and lasted for months (until like April, actually), ironically, I believe I "fixed" it, but accidentally dropping it while going to school, I checked it out while in homeroom in school, and it began to read UMDs. While I was happy, I was also quite frustrated.

While I probably haven't helped you with your situation, I had a similar situation on a solution, however, I wouldn't recommend this solution myself.

-Karmum-

No, it was useful actually, now we have your testimony and mine, that PSP can comeback after that problem

I messed around with the white gear underneath the Laser Unit and Disc Spinner and after a full battery Discharge it works again.

You did it by accident and somehow it made it work again, it should have moved something in the mechanism.

All you gotta do if you have that problem with a phat/PSP like that is turn it upside down tell it reads the PSP then when it reads it click it & youll be on your way playing, its kinda ghetto i know but it worksChesterTheWorm

If it`s fixed with that then there`s got to be something loose somewhere, like a cable or something

Thanks for the replies guys