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Do you own and use a PSP? Do you take good care of it? These aren’t cheap devices, and you wouldn’t want them to break unexpectedly, would you? Here are some tips for keeping your PSP in excellent working condition.

Keep ALL parts free of dust. Just like a computer, dust can damage PSP components and even the screen. One time, I left my PSP in a dusty place when I went on vacation. When I came back, there was a one inch CRACK on the screen.
Buy a PSP case rather than a PSP pouch. A case is hard and a pouch is soft. This means, if you accidentally drop your PSP while it’s in a case, it will survive the fall. Doing this acually guarantees a longer life span for your PSP.
ONLY purhase a memory stick duo that has enough memory for what you need. For example, it’s no use buying a 2 GB Memory stick duo, if you only use the PSP occasionally, and you put like 5 songs and 10 pictures on it. This will save you money and not make you feel as though you wasted money.
Always check the status of your PSP’s battery. You may not know this, but as time goes on battery capacity actually decreases. If you don’t replace the battery at all, it will come to a point where it will only run on the charger plugged into an outlet. So if you notice that battery life is getting shorter, get a new one.
When playing a UMD game, NEVER, under any circumstances attempt to remove the UMD when the game is in session! This will actually corrupt the data on the UMD, and lead to the disk being no longer useable. If you want the remove it, first go to the home page and then remove the disk. This saves the UMD and even parts of the PSP.

Always plug in your ac adapter BEFORE doing any firmware upgrading (the countless times i’ve heard of people losing power and bricking their psp is almost untrue!)
Make sure to buy memory sticks from reputable online shops or even retail shops, as fake cards are a waste of money and you risk jeopardizing your precious game saves and music!!!
If you want to convert DVDs to play from your memory stick, download DVDFab HD Decrypter 4 and ImTOO DVD to PSP converter. They work very well with each other, the first removes any copyright encrytion from your dvd and store it to your hard drive. Once complete use the ifo file with the ImTOO converter. (You can specify what resolution and even what bit rate your film will be made at, i get my films down to about 400mb at decent quality).
Invest in the SONY PSP media manager 2.5 PRO. It has a backup utility and if you have PSone games downloaded from Playstation Store, you can use it to store these on your PC hard drive.
If you haven’t already got a wireless router get one they make updating and PSP’s much more fun especially playing Killzone Liberation, Worms Open Warefare 2 or wipeout pulse.

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Allan

February 2nd, 2008
at 9:19pm

I thought UMDs were read only. Although, another thing to note; they have ZERO protective coating, unlike CDs, so if you scratch them, that’s it. And if you have the time, the patience and the steady hand, I recommend changing your PSP game ‘case’ to a screw-together one. It makes your games last a lot longer against bad design flaws.

Wiljo_5

February 2nd, 2008
at 10:12pm

This tips were very helpful, especially the one that describes how to convert DVD’s for the PSP.. I’ve had a PSP for almost a year and i didn’t knew almost half of these tips or tricks..

Thanks, Wiljo_5

Mitch

February 3rd, 2008
at 7:16am

Thanks Chris for reminding me I have a PSP, now I just have to remember where I put it up at. Haven’t spent as much time with it since I picked up my DS but I might have to give it another shot. :)

Ninboycl

February 3rd, 2008
at 10:52am

very good list, thanks :D

lewisg

February 3rd, 2008
at 12:36pm

i have a psp. Make sure you buy a memory stick when you buy it. it DOES NOT come with it..

i know how bad is that, also make sure you keep it clean. its good in a case because its soft inside so no cracks or scatches

psps are great just afew problems

Zen

February 3rd, 2008
at 7:07pm

…great…blog. >.>
….Nice tips…but alot of those are just really common sense. Though, I suppose even the best may forget at times…

paul

February 4th, 2008
at 12:46am

i’ve had my psp for about a year now the first oen I got had a messed up usb port and this 2nd one the UMD door is slightly out of adjustmanet but that on’t stop it form playing fine, I do have one comment for you about the UMD’s they are read only they are nothing more than a tiny cd and unless the laser in a PSP is a write type of laser you cannot currupt the data on the disk itself, you will currupt the data on the memory stick and may have to reformat it, the only damage to the data on the UMD is if it gets dirty or scratched I got this information from the good folks at Namco Hometek. Inc. In Santa Clara, CA when I sent in my Copy of Namco Museum Battle Collectionin because the UMD case was all broken. They also told me that this is a common ocurance for PSP games the UMD cases are flimsy at best.

iowafan4life

February 4th, 2008
at 2:55pm

thanks for those tips because i have a psp and i always play mlb baseball 07 and my friend plays it beside me by in the middle of the game taking the umd out then let him load his game. thanks for that or i would be really mad that is my favorite game. i figured this out by accident that you could play it without the umd i thought i wouldn’t do anything but i guess it does thanks. e u later lol

TECH4567

April 17th, 2008
at 7:23am

From: lockergnome
Joined: 2 years ago
Videos: 1,248 holy crap

ZoonCorp

April 17th, 2008
at 7:21pm

OF COURSE you can only use UMD for the PSP! What did you expect doing with them? Eat them?
You cant insert Xbox 360 or PS3 disc or whatever in the computer either. Well, you CAN, but you cant do anything with it.

gabynita

April 22nd, 2008
at 3:11am

Videos: 1,255 ;)

halo289

April 23rd, 2008
at 12:41pm

nice tips??

lp7969

April 25th, 2008
at 5:44am

but most of the time they have no life

lp7969

April 25th, 2008
at 5:48am

i have both and the ds is better for strategy games and puzlle ones but the psp has better graphics better shooters and better rpg’s there both ufn systems and probably worht what you pay for them

lp7969

April 25th, 2008
at 5:49am

ds is for like 7 year olds psp has no cartoon graphics

NicholasSta

April 25th, 2008
at 10:43am

Videos: 1,270 :P

EvDawg13

April 25th, 2008
at 7:42pm

From: lockergnome
Joined: 2 years ago
Videos: 1,270 HOLY CRAP

EvDawg13

April 25th, 2008
at 7:43pm

Videos: 1,270

pspheaven

April 26th, 2008
at 6:52am

I used that cable. its by pelican. Destroyed my psp’s flash0. Easy fix with pandora tho

armidons

April 28th, 2008
at 3:08am

i want PSP . send me please

dradfromthebu

April 29th, 2008
at 11:07am

I want The Nightmare before Christmas on UMD.

mike081283

April 30th, 2008
at 9:59am

hey cris do u do home brew u should check it out the things it can do beond its capabilty even play the old games on the psp

futbolera

May 1st, 2008
at 10:59am

do they have it?

Rannie335

May 1st, 2008
at 12:18pm

teach me how to download PSP games

dibilni

May 6th, 2008
at 9:42pm

rofl this is illegal and you need a cfw ;). ok if you only wanna to play demos or psx games from the playstation network its ok .

salman450pop

May 7th, 2008
at 5:39pm

i have original firmware 3.95 how do i play those dared isos

salman450pop

May 7th, 2008
at 5:40pm

type vomit dolls and watch for free psp

D3Wp3psi

May 8th, 2008
at 11:57am

does any one of u guys know how to downgrade a psp with a 3.90 version with out using a pandora. if u do plzz telll me

wgpsniper

May 9th, 2008
at 12:26pm

why do ppl want to down grade? it just messes up ur psp rlly bad

armidons

May 10th, 2008
at 1:17am

no i don’t so I am asking

yomamajisoccergod

May 10th, 2008
at 3:00am

this is pretty good wile still being funny. :D

randumbstuff

May 11th, 2008
at 8:22am

lol maybe you just dont know how to use the psp…ur an idiot man..sonys software is fine

CommunistPenguinMan

May 12th, 2008
at 6:01am

this dude’s an ass and he doesnt know what he’s talking about…Who fucking gives a crap if UMD’s are only usable on PSP, all this fag is doing is ranting and being gay…stupid nerd shit

cowwer6

May 18th, 2008
at 12:48pm

i dropped my psp three times the only thing that happened was the metal ring got scratched and that was when it went down the steps on accident

cowwer6

May 18th, 2008
at 12:48pm

i dropped my psp three times the only thing that happened was the metal ring got scratched and that was when it went down the steps on accident

domdom87

May 19th, 2008
at 10:21am

jeez, chill, what handheld game does not have proprietary game medium? u cant play ds games anywhere else except on the ds, why dont u diss that?? the only medium i guess is the pc engine games

mrcss

May 21st, 2008
at 11:58pm

i took my GTA disk when it was playing for ten times and its perfectly ok

do14uk

May 22nd, 2008
at 9:32pm

just get firmware 3.90 m33-3 !!
then u dont even need a umd!

MattGriffis

May 23rd, 2008
at 4:54am

yeah man, CFW for the win

falconsfan393

May 23rd, 2008
at 7:53am

theres no need in wanting a UMD if u dont have a psp.thats what dvd’s & BR’s are for.this guys just looking for reasons to throw shit at sony.you cant play DS games on your Xbox so why should you be able to play UMD’s

miGsnAp

May 23rd, 2008
at 10:48pm

i cant find my iso folder but i play games via download. damn the store clerks for hiding my iso folder so i keep coming back to them for game downloads. :|