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naznatips on 29 April 2010

My PSP 2000 has been in pretty poor shape for a while. It has screen scratches and the battery case is broken. I made all that go away over the course of 3.5 hours of grueling labor and $15 for a new housing on eBay. Now my PSP looks and plays like it's brand new, and got a style upgrade to boot. Check out the pictures below.

 

Before

 

After

 

I have next to zero electrionics hardware assembly experience. I've built a computer before, but that's child's play compared to all the tiny ribbon cables and connections I had to deal with in the PSP. Still, I'm quite proud of myself. I don't necessarily recommend this to anyone else, however. It's extremely easy to mess something up permanently.



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nordlead on 29 April 2010

Good Job




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outlawauron on 29 April 2010

Wow! That's looks pretty awesome!



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Hephaestos on 29 April 2010

did you change your screen? cause if the shell was beat up, i'd guess the screen too... not much of an upgrade if that part is all scratched up still :p

(the copper looks nice on the back side... a bit too shiny on the front side though (maybe it's the light)).



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Severance on 29 April 2010

i know i sound like a jackass, but this is very easy to do...

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naznatips on 29 April 2010
Hephaestos said:
did you change your screen? cause if the shell was beat up, i'd guess the screen too... not much of an upgrade if that part is all scratched up still :p

(the copper looks nice on the back side... a bit too shiny on the front side though (maybe it's the light)).

The screen is part of the faceplate. Well, that's not completely accurate. There's a clear screen cover on the faceplate which is what you think of as the screen, and it's the part that gets scratched.

And yes, it's the light. It's not all that shiny. It's actually less shiny than the gloss blue one I replaced.



Hephaestos on 29 April 2010
naznatips said:
Hephaestos said:
did you change your screen? cause if the shell was beat up, i'd guess the screen too... not much of an upgrade if that part is all scratched up still :p

(the copper looks nice on the back side... a bit too shiny on the front side though (maybe it's the light)).

The screen is part of the faceplate. Well, that's not completely accurate. There's a clear screen cover on the faceplate which is what you think of as the screen, and it's the part that gets scratched.

And yes, it's the light. It's not all that shiny. It's actually less shiny than the gloss blue one I replaced.

great job then and congratz!



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d21lewis on 29 April 2010

If I send you my beat up old girlfriend, can you turn her into a Monster Hunter PSP?



dsister44 on 29 April 2010

Time to start on your coffee table?


On topic: Nice job :D



naznatips on 29 April 2010
dsister44 said:
Time to start on your coffee table?


On topic: Nice job :D

That coffee table is actually an old piano bench. It's all that fit in the room.