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stez38 · #1 (**permalink**) 12-09-2005, 06:30 PM

I tried searching around for this but couldn't find anything. i remmeber when loaders first came out people used tape on there UMD sensing pin so they wouldn't have to mess with UMD discs so im sure it has been broken before. heres my story.

today i tried to tape down the little UMD detector pin inside the UMD door so i wouldnt have to keep a UMD present all the time.(i hate having to open the tray slot everytime i turn on the PSP.) upon placing the tape on the pin, i managed to snap it off and now it cannot detect any UMDs when they are placed in the drive. here are some screenshots of the pin and where it should go. i bought my psp on ebay so i dont have a warrenty or anything like that. what do you suggest i do? i have made a couple iso backups of the games that i have bought. is there are loader that does not require a UMD in the slot? Thanks!

here are some pictures.

a good PSP (my friends)
http://img421.imageshack.us/my.php?image=goodpin9oz.jpg

a bad PSP (mine)
http://img277.imageshack.us/my.php?image=badpin3zq.jpg
the broken pin
http://img302.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pin7nl.jpg

Thanks for any help at all!!

SpongeFreak52 · #2 (**permalink**) 12-09-2005, 06:32 PM

ooohhhh...ouch. well first off, you cant play anymore umds, and all you can think about is homebrew? oh wait, you mean a loader for isos, nvm. there should be one that doesnt need one....check...

wolfslayer500 · #3 (**permalink**) 12-10-2005, 09:13 AM

You have to get it fixed. Call up sony and as long as you have 2.01-2.6 firmware they should fix it for you.

SpongeFreak52 · #4 (**permalink**) 12-10-2005, 09:16 AM

is there another company that could fix psps AND give you 1.XX firmware?

Robert A. · #5 (**permalink**) 12-10-2005, 09:18 AM

Well any kind of 'switch' that is used in the UMD detector in the PSP will most probably still be there, what you broke off is just the plastic thing that gets pressed down when a UMD is in the drive, therefore pressing down the detecting sensor. What you might want to do is see if you got anything really small that will fit into where the plastic thing was, and put a piece of tape on that, and maybe your PSP will always think there is a UMD there! (kinda opposite of what you wanted, eh?)

I currently don't have a PSP as my bricked one I sent in for repair. If I did have one, I could help you more, but see if what I said is possible.

SpongeFreak52 · #6 (**permalink**) 12-10-2005, 09:25 AM

seems like it would work. ya cause a piece of tape couldn't have ripped the entire detector out. yeah try that!

mart19902004 · #7 (**permalink**) 12-10-2005, 08:03 PM

DEV HOOK DOSENT NEED A UMD PRESENT

mart19902004 · #8 (**permalink**) 12-10-2005, 08:10 PM

go to uploads and download on the psp forum en to little britain and simpsons update weekly i uploaded dev hook and fastloader there

mart19902004 · #9 (**permalink**) 12-10-2005, 08:11 PM

or go to wal mart and buy a psp en swap the s/n stickers over en take the broken 1 bck and get refound

stez38 · #10 (**permalink**) 12-10-2005, 09:42 PM

thanks for the responses!! i tried to look closer, and the part that broke off apears to have been on a spring. theres no way i can get to it the way it is. besides the video that psptv released dismantling the psp, is there anyway documentation on how to take apart a couple pieces to get to the back? i dont really want to take apart my whole psp. i also tried to push down gently in the hole where the piece was sticking out of and it didnt respond with anything.

the is normally positioned like this in the PSP /

when the door is closed with a UMD in the tray, the pin is pushed into the upright position |

so i dont think its just a button to press. maybe something has to be twisted?

by the way thanks for the support! i posted this on a couple other psp forums and the responses were MUCH less welcoming.