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5
Ways to Save Your PSP
January 13, 2009
1)
METAL HARDSHELL STORAGE CASE
About
1/2 of PSP LCDs (video screens) meet their end when they're
sitting around NOT being played. Lesson: get yourself
in the habit of putting your PSP in a padded, hardshell
case as soon as you turn it off. We're talking $10
for an aluminum case at your favorite electronics store...
$10 that will save you $80 in repair fees.
If
you're a parent paying for your child's LCD, make them
a deal... They wear the wrist strap 100% of the time they're
playing the PSP, and you NEVER see a naked PSP around
the house (you see a CASE w/ PSP inside around the house)...
and you'll spring for the LCD repair. Any breech in this
contract will result in the PSP being donated to some
kid in Botswana.
2)
NO BIG JOYSTICK CAPS
(Older PSP 1001 Models)
Several
companies offer funky replacement joystick caps in a variety
of shapes and sizes. The problem with these replacements
is that they all allow the user to apply excessive force
to the joystick shaft, often causing it to break off or
damage the internal core joystick components.
The
factory joystick cap is flat for a reason... it only allows
the joystick to SLIDE up/down and left/right. It doesn't
allow the shaft of the joystick to tilt at all.
In
2007 we kept track of all PSPs that arrived here with
broken joysticks. Over half of them were wearing replacement
caps when they broke.
Stick
with the original joystick cap!
3)
WEAR THE WRIST STRAP / LANYARD
This
is a simple one, but it can save your video screen and
a lot of tears and lost game time. Many PSPs come with
a white or black wrist strap which, when worn, can prevent
your PSP from becoming a $180 paperweight when you trip
or your buddy bumps you on the bus on in the schoolyard.
A
$5 wrist strap is just as good an investment as the $10
metal storage case mentioned above.
4)
DON'T TAKE IT SWIMMING or...
DON'T DRINK AND PLAY
Duh,
I don't think you'd jump in knowing it's in your back
pocket. But we see quite a few PSPs that have been dunked
or had any variety of soda or juice spilled on them.
PSPs
hate water of any kind. It causes instant short circuit
damage to the wet motherboard as soon as you turn it on.
And
acidic beverages (let alone sea water) will eat the motherboard
like a corndog at a Rottweiler convention.
5)
CAREFUL FIRMWARE UPGRADES
The
most common way that people "brick" their PSP
is by attempting to upgrade the firmware without using
the a/c power adapter. The battery dies 1/2 way through
the upgrade, and the PSP curls up in a ball and won't
wake up.
This
is not to say that you can't end up with a brick even
if you do all the steps correctly, you can. But in most
cases, avoiding a dead battery in mid-upgrade can prevent
firmware corruption and the brick-i-fication of your PSP.
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