Installing PSP 1000 LCD Screen

User-Contributed Guide

User-Contributed Guide

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  • Author: Henry Lee
  • Time required: 20 minutes
  • Difficulty: Moderate
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This guide will help you replace the LCD screen if it has been cracked or damaged.

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Add Note Edit Step 1 — Battery  ¶ 

  • Turn the PSP over so its back is facing you.

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Add Note Edit Step 2  ¶ 

  • Locate the battery casing button on the rear-left side of the PSP.

  • Press down the button and remove the battery cover.

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Add Note Edit Step 3  ¶ 

  • Using your finger, remove the battery upwards from the system as shown.

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Add Note Edit Step 4 — Front Casing  ¶ 

  • Remove the 4 screws, with a phillips #00 screwdriver, shown. (one screw not highlighted is in lower left corner)

  • you will have to remove the Guarantee sticker to unscrew the hidden screw.

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Add Note Edit Step 5  ¶ 

  • Remove the screw from the bottom side of the PSP. Keep it separated from the rest of the screws.

  • Remove screws from back righthand side within the holes.

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Add Note Edit Step 6  ¶ 

  • Gently separate the outer plastic casing from the rest of the system as shown.

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Add Note Edit Step 7 — LCD Screen  ¶ 

  • The Button Board, at the base of the LCD Screen, is held by two clips.

  • Pry these clips over the nubs using a PSP opening tool. This will release the clips.

  • The Button Board is still attatched to the PSP by a ribbon cable!

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Add Note Edit Step 8  ¶ 

  • The Button Board Ribbon Cable is held down with a latch. Lift the latch open, away from the ribbon cable.

  • Pull the cable away from the latch.

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