Introduction
A common issue for the PSP is the UMD door becoming shaky or loose. This guide will show you how to maintain or repair the UMD door.
What you need
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Locate the battery casing button on the rear-left side of the PSP.
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Press down the button and remove the battery cover.
You are dumbbb... BRO YOUR DUMB BC U DIDNT HAVE TO USE A TOOL TO OPEN THE DOOR. USE YOUR FINGER""
The battery door can be damaged dont use a tool
That also happend to me it got destroyed by screwdriver
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Using your finger, remove the battery upwards from the system as shown.
The use of the opening tool is completely unnecessary. There is a finger actuated opening latch button that says “PUSH” on it. Simply press down with your thumb then slide your thumb down and away, dragining the battery door with it. It will then come off. Assuming the system still has its original plastics, they may have become brittle enough that the opening tool could damage the release button or the plastic cover.
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Remove the four screws shown with a Phillips #00 screwdriver.
you need to peel back the warranty sticker in order to access both the lower left and lower left screws
This is a bit misleading, you should only remove the two black screws in the battery compartment. The silver ones can stay.
iFixit screwdriver bits aren't thin enough to reach the two screws on the right near the memory stick slot.
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Standard or older iFixit screwdriver bits aren't thin enough to reach the two screws on the right near the memory stick slot. You'll need precision bits that have longer tips to reach these deep screws.
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The Button Board, at the base of the LCD Screen, is held by two clips.
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Pry these clips over the nubs using a PSP opening tool. This will release the clips.
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The thin Ribbon Cable opens from the opposite side in which the Ribbon Cable enters. Open up the latch towards the Ribbon Cable. The latch will pull up and release the ribbon cable. Put your tool behind the black part, then pry up the black piece of plastic.
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The wide Ribbon Cable opens from the same side in which the Ribbon Cable attatches, and opens away from the cable.
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Both of these latches are the black pieces.
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Gently pull the ribbon cables away from the latches. The LCD screen can now be removed.
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Because the problem was that the door was loose, clean all parts of dirt or debris.
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Align the tray to the 2 hinges at the bottom and slide the tray to the left, back into place. The latch should still be above the UMD frame.
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Apply light pressure to the left side while lowering the tray to its original position.
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This next part is a bit tricky. Notice the slot for the spring arm and the slot for the UMD tray in the the corners.
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Turn the PSP upside-down, so that the bottom is now facing up.
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First slide the UMD tray into the slots on the UMD cover. Once these are in, align the spring into its slot.
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Carefully close the PSP door, keeping the UMD tray and spring in their slots.
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Insert the left side of the door first, then the right hinge.
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This can be done using either your hands or a flat-head.
I try to do reshell, and one of the spring on the umd door i forcely take it out and I notice that I can shape it back as original shape.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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Hi, my UMD door opens too easily, just as i touch it sometimes, and i have to press it hard to close it. What should i do to make it stay close? i don’t understand why it has become so loose
You can actually use a file and an exacto knife and some sandpaper on an aftermarket door. They tried to make an L-shaped reinforcement on the right side (if looking at the PSP from the back) that's why it's quite hard to get it in past those screws, just shave and file and sliver little by little, until it fits in without even having to take off the front case. You may also have to do some trimming and gluing of the latch catch on most of these aftermarket UMD doors.
