Bricked psp can be fixed

[crackerchalk]

Hi all
1st thing i have to say is im a newbie to this scene
So if i ask silly questions bear with me.
I acquired a psp which i believed to be bricked after a lot of reading
But after reading up i realised
that the motherboard being changed would fix it.
So i went on a search only to find £50 was the cheapest
After a little more seaching i found this on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....MEWA:IT&viewitem=&item=230101612087&rd=1&rd=1

He has a good rep so i mailed him to find out how to tell if mine could be done
He then sent me a pic of the one that couldnt be done

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So this would mean my psp is not so bricked as i thought
Now to my question how do i sort it myself
I would have thought it would be with a willem
But that would void the warrenty
And in his pic it mentions how not to void it
Hes away till Sunday but i would like to do it myself
Anyone got any ideas?

 

[Kryton]

the U.P mentioned in the pic is the Undiluted Platinum mod chip afaik.

the reason for the pic is that the U.P mod chip dosent work on ta-082 mother boards (ic1003) shown on the top right of the motherboard behind the UMD door.

so if your MB isnt a ta-082 you could fix it with the mod chip but i have no idea how this is done, im guessing some soldering is required.

 

[crackerchalk]

Hi again
Found what i need and a tut
I think im gonna pay the £60 hes asking to do it
The mod chip costs about $70 or 53 euro
And it involves soldering about 20 or so points
And whats more they are to the tracks on the board
so a lot of care is needed.
Basically the chip will then run in paralell with the original
Just in case anyone wants to see what i mean
Heres a link to the site that does em the tut that is

http://www.modchipstore.com/support/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=166

 

[Kryton]

it looks extremely fiddly to do.
not something i would attempt

but once done it wont brick again and you have the choice of booting from 2 firmwares from what i have read.

 

[DoomedEarl]

Hi again
Found what i need and a tut
I think im gonna pay the £60 hes asking to do it
The mod chip costs about $70 or 53 euro
And it involves soldering about 20 or so points
And whats more they are to the tracks on the board
so a lot of care is needed.
Basically the chip will then run in paralell with the original
Just in case anyone wants to see what i mean
Heres a link to the site that does em the tut that is

http://www.modchipstore.com/support/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=166

He is just charging for the unbricking, not to install a mod chip from what I've read. He can't do TA082's which is why he is sending you the above picture to clarify it.
£60 to repair plus you will have to post it to him for about £6.
Might be worth buying a new one for £100 (Amazon pink one!) and selling your faulty one on ebay as faulty. You'd probably get £60+ for yours so with that and the £66 you are gonna have to spend you could have a loverly new one.

Just a thought

 

[edds]

The amazon pink I got for daughter was fw 2.81 TA-082 motherboard. Now running 3.10OE-A, cos the 3.03 downgrader works on TA-082 so they're not a worry now. Dunno if they have any left, though.

 

[scooby do]

Guys,

He will almost certainly be fitting a UP to unbrick then removing it followed by reapiring the 1 track you have to severe to install the modchip. But does he mention it wont void your warranty?

 

[DOOBIE]

it must void your warranty as he is soldering a chip to it even if he removed the chip and it went wrong again i would send you it back sayings its been tampered with as they would be solder marks left