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Old 01-01-2007, 10:55 AM
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Angry UMD drive is being screwy

Hey guys,

I need some serious help with my PSP. I've had it since June of 2005, and I love this baby. Yesterday, I was playing a game, but I had to go, so like always, I paused the game, then switched it off to continue play later. Last night, I switched the power back on, and then it started acting very [i]very[i] weird. The system completely shut off, and then started to turn on again, but it didn't. It repeated this process while I stared dumbly for a minute, then I took the battery and game out. I waited a minute, then put them both in again. Lo and behold...! It did it again. I also found out that my system will completely shut off when I turn it off (not supposed to happen), I can get my games to work when I hold the umd slot open about a centimeter, but if I close it, the whole nasty process will repeat again. PLEEEEEEEEZE HELP ME HERE!!!!!!!!!!




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Hold it open a centimeter?? That's just a bit below being fully open, the disc shouldn't even spin that far away.

Part of it may be the battery needing replacing or a full recharge. I'm thinking you may need to contact Sony on this one if that doesn't help things. Something is seriously messed up in the UMD drive.

Sorry i can't be of more help but this is the first time I have heard of this sort of thing happening.
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Old 01-01-2007, 12:42 PM
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THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!

I put a new battery in yesterday that's from datel. It's run by 3 AAA's. Well, after reading your post, I put in the old one, and the old girl runs like normal again! Thanks so much. This saves so much time and money for repairing it, lol.
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here's a bit of a lesson then- don't trust the third-party stuff for Sony systems. More often than not it isn't worth the plastic and silicon it's made with.
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