Busting open a PSP

[Arashikage]

The d-pad on my PSP doesn't seem to be liking going in the south easterly direction (diagonal down right) so this leads me to think that the d-pad needs a bit of a clean. However my question is, how easy are these PSPs to open up for spring cleaning? I don't wanna open it up and then find I can't close it again you see

Cheers for any advice

[Pavey]

Easy, while you are there, you should do the buttons mod. I'll try to find the link as to where i got mine.

[Pavey]

Was from here -

http://myworld.ebay.com/edstarink/

Seems he is not selling any at the moment, may be worth getting in touch with him.

[Arashikage]

Nice one. I had a go and it was surprisingly easy to open. However the spring clean didn't seem to work, the diagonals are still screwed. Is there anyway to mod the d-pad at all or at least get a replacement?

[Pavey]

Hmm, i would try and hunt down the kit i got, as it fixes that problem for you, mine did the same out of the factory.

It's basically little almost cardboard like sections that fit under each contact point on the pad/buttons, and make it a firmer connection.

I'll see if i can find it for you.

[Pavey]

Here is an interesting thread, but looks like the guy selling them has given up his url to a synthesizer bloke.

I'll keep hunting.

[randombs]

i did my own mod myself. basically, i'd bought a capcom-alike stick-on dpad for streetfighterage, and i decided to go the whole hog and do the dpad mod + buttons mod. basically, i used the plastic from the blister pack that the stick-on dpad came in (any plastic from a thin enough blister pack will be fine i'd say. you don't want it too thick though).

here's what i did:

1) i went HERE after googling a bit. that's the tutorial i used. in step 3 there's a template you can print out which is what i did. i used the template to cut the dpad section to the right size.

2) for the button mod, i just got a hole punch and punched a bunch of circles out of the plastic. make sure the hole punch is clean beforehand

3) i also hole-punched the inside of the dpad mod as there's a ball bit in the middle of the underside of the dpad that i didn't want to squash against the thin plastic cross i'd just made. be careful with this bit - i punched the hole a bit off-centre and nearly had to make another mod!

(if you can't print the template out, i'd say just guess at the size you'll need by measuring the distances between the button bits on the dpad rubber. alternatively, open the jpeg in a decent photo app like photoshop and zoom in so it appears at the actual size and get a ruler!)

[mmmonkey]

That DIY mod on ufighterx is great, I did it to my ageing PSP and was amazed. billy_dimashq has put some good tips there

[randombs]

np mate. how wicked is it, eh? i tried playing sf alpha 3 and i could barely jump diagonally, then i did the mod and managed to finish the game, with every move coming out when i wanted it to!

i took it to work the next day and got everyone to try it to see the difference.

i'm now on a slim psp which doesn't need any mods at all (unless you want to stick the capcom dpad on top which i didn't) and it's ok but it's still not as good as the old psp was with the capcom bit stuck on. it's the shape of a megadrive dpad so playing megadrive games on the psp felt that much more authentic