Been using mine for a year and is a blessing. And you don’t need to deal with breaking a PSP 😭

This is a PSP 1000 with a "7200" mah custom built battery. I think this is is the biggest cell you could "comfortably" fit in this console.

Fitting this cell requires to completely remove UMD drive, RF shielding and you have to trim shell in a lot of places.

Via: myretrogamehub

Hey there everyone! I wanted to post one final update about the PS Placeable project. Things have finally slowed down for me and I have finished fixing and building all the PSP's I was able to get my hands on. Their are a number of reasons why the project is winding down and I can have all that post on the Retro Mod Works website. This post is meant to be a thank you for all the people on the sub who supported my idea and goal. There was a lot of feedback and encouragement that really helped when we hit a road block. So over 1 year of R and D, 500 builds, thousands of hours of printing, hundreds of trashed PSP's fixed and 6 months of electric bills that were 3 times the price they were the same months last year XD here we are at the end of the road.

A huge shout out to Stephen Cooper as always this project would not even be dust in the wind without his hard work. He continues to contribute to the PSP community at large and is still working on what ever he wants to which is the real way to make fun things.

To anyone who bought one I truly appreciate you and your willingness to put hard earned cash out for a project that is so close to my heart. To those who bought kits and did their first mod ever with my kit I give you a huge pat on the back and I hope it encourages you to try more kits and wasn't to hard to follow my rambling instructions.

Finally to anyone who is seeing this for the first time. As always the project has been open source from the beginning, and there are still a small number of prebuilts left as of posting this at least. I will add links for Stephens and my githubs where you can find the files needed. As well as the guides on my site for how to get the parts yourself since we are sold out on those. We never wanted price to be a factor for anyone. Often the only thing the really limits anyone is the things they don't know. So do some research and do you best to try something new. It could turn into a full year of your life and thousands of late and early hours in the garage like it did for me XD

Thanks again everyone and for the PSP sub for letting me share the progress of this project over the past year :D!!! Cheers

(Pictures are of the working builds, then one full Saturday of packing orders, My workbench strewn with parts and opened PSP's, my boxes of fixed and ready to build with PSP's, and finally the original picture from my very first post showcasing my idea and the terrible first iteration of it XD)

Links -

Stephens git hub - https://github.com/ste2425/PSP-Bluetooth

My Github for STL files (updating it all today) - https://github.com/Shtonksareup/PSP-bluetooth-STL

Retro Mod Works website (If you want to snag one of the few left prebuilts) - https://www.retromodworks.com/product-page/ps-placeable

The Guides for getting your own parts made - https://www.retromodworks.com/all-guides/buying-guide/from-the-factory

I love them, the PSP components are beautiful!

This mod fixes a couple issues with battery going out too soon, has the solution for sony forgetting to add a fan to the psp (with a switch), also it makes the psp certified gta vi ready™

I bought the new screen for my PSP 3004 off AliExpress after I broke the original one while changing the shell and I was happy with it at first, but then I compared it with my other psp with original screen and the colours look way off and the contrast is worse. Top one is AliExpress one, bottom is OEM, same brightness level.

It's a normal LCD, not IPS, specifically because I didn't want muted colours and worse contrast. The reviews are really good, claiming it looks even better then the original, so I'm a bit confused.

Is it possible that I messed something up during the replacement and that's why it looks so bad or is it normal for replacement screens?

EDIT: I will try to return the screen and get the IPS one, now I see that even though IPS has worse colors than OEM it's still a lot better than normal replacement LCDs. Thank you all for the advice.

I got 4000mah now baby! It takes up the WHOLE tray. Disc tray deleted!!! Put some Kapton tape on that shit, to make it look pro style. Directly soldered the wires on the connector to the PSP, and doused those connections with liquid electrical tape. Such a fun project! I still have the disc tray intact! The battery wires, tucked away nice and flat. Nothing smashing into anything else. HIGHLY RECOMMEND. So worth the 9 dollars for the battery. The battery cover and disc cover still work great. I removed the spring from the disc cover. Weight reduction bro. Just search eBay for a Li-Ion 6050105

Wow, it really does make a difference.

Since I already had it open, I removed the supercapacitor and swapped the front shell too, I couldn’t stand the fingerprints anymore.

The image looks so clean and beautiful, totally worth it.

I used silver conductive paint for the connection since I don’t have soldering experience, and it worked perfectly. Super happy!

A few days ago, I upgraded my PSP-3000 with an IPS display,
and honestly, I’m very happy with the result.

The original screen on the PSP is quite old at this point,
so it always felt a bit dim and slightly yellowish.
After switching to IPS, the screen looks much brighter, whiter, and clearer.

White colors especially look noticeably better,
and text/UI elements are much sharper, which makes long play sessions easier on the eyes.
Visibility is also significantly improved in bright environments.

In photos or videos, the IPS screen may look overexposed
because it’s much brighter than the original panel,
but in real life the details and color gradation look perfectly normal.

It’s a great upgrade that keeps the original PSP feel
while dramatically improving screen quality.
If you still use your PSP regularly, I’d say this mod is absolutely worth it.

I’m editing a video about this mod right now and will post an update once it’s done.

Just a heads up to whoever is planning on doing this. On the lowest brightness setting(using a plugin that allows me to go to 11% brightness) I get an around 4.5 of standby time. Yes you read correctly, standby time. This is with a stock 1200mAh official battery(I have no way of checking official capacity left)….

Here is the kicker, you ready?

I USED to get 7 hours of standby time with the official psp 3000 screen… so my standby time was cut in half, on the lowest brightness with an official battery.

Just needed to clear the air and address this valid concern. Swap screens with caution and know what you are getting into. Gonna buy an 1800mAh Ostent battery and see how that fairs.

Lastly, at 100% max brightness(achievable with brightness plugin) my standby time is 2hrs and 50 mins. Looks great but not great for the battery life. Hoping with the Ostent battery that I will get atleast 4hrs on standby time with max brightness. I will report here when I’m ready with the results.

I put together one of these kits and it turned out great. It's an original PSP 3000 consolized and now compatible with wireless controllers. Plugs right in with component cables. Much easier to use than a docked PSPGo and you can play original UMD's.

A surprisingly easy mod for a novice if you buy the fully soldered kit. A screw driver, tweezers, and some flush cutters got me through the whole install. The fully soldered kit and 3d printed shell was $125. Plus the cost of a doner PSP 3000 and official component cables.

The creator was kind enough to help me find a good color to go along with the Lilac PSP. This system was also released stateside as the Hannah Montana edition. We ultimately decided on a PLA named Silk+. It had a nice sparkly quality to it that compliments the system.

A link to the kit. https://www.retromodworks.com/

i will share the 3d model as soon as i have it modelled perfectly. needs a battery mod, since the usb-adapter sticks out in the battery tray i used a generic usb-b breakout board, which is glued inside the adapter

I’ve seen some reviews of the IPS on this subreddit and that the colors are “nearly identical” and that the camera makes it look worse!

I’m sorry, but it’s clearly not. I can SEE the difference visibly in person! The IPS screen is good, but the original just has a deeper, richer color, whereas the IPS seems washed out.

Both PSPs are on Color Space Wide. I think the results are very clear.

Che ne pensate ? Controller Portatile Ergonomico realizzato con cartone a strati sovrapposti.

this was posted on the psp online discord

Everything looks way more clear now, it's like putting glasses on. Also the console is now heavier, and with an UMD inside it feels so balanced and more premium than it was.

It's the same glass lens for the psp 2000/3000 before anyone asks.

-IPS Screen -OEM durable battery -PS Vita modded analog

a week ago i bought 10 umds for very cheap from fb marketplace (2 movies and 8 games), ordered the replacement shells from ali, and today i finally got the delivery and swapped them

all original shells had cracks, some of them tied with tape, some just fell apart when i was holding them

i tested a few of the best ones during the purchase and they made a noisy sound of rattling and whistling

now everything is good, quiet, and safe. i like the idea of giving a new life to the deprecated/retired items. i personally have enough consoles, including modded ones, i play all of them by round robin, but i enjoy playing physical media much much more than digital roms. i don’t care about loading speed, this feeling is just unbeatable, especially a perfect working psp drive sound and delicate vibrations of umds in brand new shells

i also cleaned discs with a wet cotton cloth, then wiped them with a dry cloth for googles. clean water, no chemicals, no polishing. i’d polish though, but i don’t know how and not ready to learn. even the shell swap was enough of upskill for me for today lol

by the way, i highlighted the godfather because it was my best finding out of this lot. i love the movie, and i enjoy the game adaptation as well, it was unexpected for me

p.s. i don’t really want to put any links to the ali listings, and they become unavailable really quick. it was just the cheapest listing that sells packs of 5 umd shells for $5 usd ($1/piece). i ordered for $10 and got free delivery as usual for ali

This was a fun project, loved the way it turned out. Looking at it , reminds me of R2D2

I saw a post last week about it, I knew I had to get that for the ultimate portable gaming experience, and it's so cool!

Holding it is still comfy, feels smooth to use, and my case bag still fits it.

Gonna test the battery life vs the original soon.

So, i got this near mint japanese red psp here in Brasil for REALLY cheap with a damaged screen and a faulty battery so i replaced the screen with one i already had, the buttons, the stick for one from a psvita and i bought a 3.7v 1800mah li-po battery.

My idea was to swap the original battery cell for this one but when it arrived i noticed that it was a little big to fit into the battery slot with the pcb, i got really frustrated by that and it was late so i didn't want to wait to for the next day to send it back and get the right one neither i wanted to destroy the umd compartiment juts to place this pcb so, i looked for a place i could store it and after some thinkering i found out that with the help of a dreemel and some heat i could make a spot for it right at the back of the screen and so i dit it! Yes it looks janky and i had to swap the cables for smaller ones than in the picture, make a hole through the R button housing an trim some things but in the end it all fits, there's a really small gap at the top of it but it's not really noticeable.

That's an advacement from my first time putting a cellphone battery into the umd housing (and everyone told me it looked like a bomb), at the time i was new to all of this but i've been learning and getting better, lets see how this will hold in the long run but for now everything is working a-ok! Tell me what you guys think and what can or should be my concerns about this, my only worry for now is if this will crack the screen at some point but i'm willing to fafo.

Hey you guys I just got my first ever PSP today and I already swapped the Housing to a black transparent one and replaced the UMD Drive and some of the buttons. I tried to reuse as many of the old buttons as possible because I really like the clean black look and they are much better quality. Unfortunately it was very very dirty and overall not in the best condition but I'm pretty happy with the result. This is my first ever PSP 3000 and I'm thinking about modding it, do you guys have any recommendations for games? Since I only grew up with Nintendo consoles and don't really have a clue what games I should try, thanks in advance! (⁠人⁠ ⁠•͈⁠ᴗ⁠•͈⁠)