Neubit's World of Modding

Shattered Vectors Mod Off

I got invited to a Mod Off contest over at Shattered Vectors . The site owner Ken said that i could choose any console and since im most experienced with PSP's I chose the Fatty-1000. I have an idea about what im going to make which im not going to disclose at the moment because i don't want to announce something that is not yet deffinate. Not to be arrogant however i can say that this one has never been seen or talked about, not that i know of anyway. Like always stay tuned for updates i will post my plan soon.

Link to contest: http://shatteredvectors.com/forum/index.php/topic,336.0.html

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Just can't leave the scene no matter how hard i try

Yeah it all started on Acidmods, Then I left, Came back and left again. Came back once more with an attempt at Primal Mods, got fed up with it and left thinking id be gone for good. Now my mind changed for another round and I'm ready for one more return with some new ideas and some more free time to spend on modding, stay tuned.

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GPS Unit Disassembly

Introduction:
This isn't really a mod of any kind, but it may help others to be inspired to think up some mods, using the GPS unit fot the PSP

Parts Needed:
* PSP GPS unit

Tools Needed:
* Scalpel
* Small screwdriver

Notes:
I wouldn't say its hard to take the thing apart, the most annoying part is the glue, if you don't know its there it really easy to break either the plastic or the receiver, i proceeded with caution and everything stayed intact.

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Step By Step Tutorial:
1- Here is the GPS-290 unit in all its beauty.

2- Removed the two screws on the bottom of the unit. And pried the sides with a scalpel. The bottom cover comes off reasonably easy.

3- More prying on the sides of the center joint cover removes it with ease.

4- Now this is where it gets interesting, removing the top cover. What Sony did was use a decent amount of heavy duty double sided sticky tape to hold the circuit board in place. I only found that out after numerous attempts to remove the cover.

5- First you have to use a long thin razor blade to cut under the white cover to loosen the adhesive. Then you must do more prying, but with care because the connections are very fragile and i broke two of them bringing you this information.

6- Pry at in each corner and at the top center. Still some force has to be used to remove because its really glued in there.

7- Usb connector is plugged in to the receiver like any other board in the PSP, you know the drill.

8- The GPS in also glued on the bottom, this time you cannot stick anything underneath because chancer are, you will destroy some of the micro resistors they use. Using your hands keep trying to take out the board, don't be worry, use as much force as needed. A last the receiver will pop out.

Here are some snaps of the receiver for you to drool over

Bottom:
Top:
Side:
Back:

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PSP 3xAAA Battery Mod

Introduction
Next time i run out of battery traveling all there is to do is pop in 3 AAA's and I am set to go!



Parts Needed

• Psp battery
• Three AAA batterys
• Two wires
• Dvd case
• Battery springs

Tools Needed

• Solder Iron
• De-soldering braid/De-soldering iron
• Exact o knife

Notes:
With rechargeable triple a's it's possible to recharge the battery's i wouldn't try it with normal alkalies

This mod has more to do with fabrication then electronics.

Here is a quick overview of what i did:
The PSP battery was opened up and the original battery was taken out, two wires were soldered to the +/- points on the battery circuit board. No resistors were used. The 3 AAA batteries were fitted inside the battery case and connected to the previously soldered wires. Simple enough?


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Step By Step Tutorial
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First of all you will have to open up that PSP battery and take out all the guts. To do that you must jam something thin into the connection gap. I used a broken scalpel blade. Carefully slide the thin object along the connection and you should get the battery open without difficulty.





2- Once the case is open you will discover two parts that are inside the battery. One of them is the actual battery and another is a circuit board. without that circuit board the PSP will not turn on which sucks.


3- Take out the battery and the circuit board, at this point they are connected together. What you have to do is separate the battery from the circuit board.



4- You have three options, use de-soldering braid, a de-soldering gun, or simply heat up the connection with a iron and pull the battery connection off the circuit board.


5- Now that your battery has been separated you can move on to the next step.

You will need two wires to solder onto the +/- points on the circuit board, the ones the battery was connected to just a few minutes ago.



6- Have one wire going up the circuit board and one going down. these wires will be used to make the juice flow from the 3 3xA's to the circuit board.



7- For the next step you need to prepare some thin plastic that will be cut. A dvd case works. The plastic has to be cut into the shape that would fit into the battery case and press up tightly against the top and bottom.



8- Find a way to cut the plastic, i used an exact o knife.

Now you need some battery contact point coils/springs for me this was the hardest part to obtain.
I suppose you could make your own out some wire but i don't know if the spring would work. You will need two bridge connections and two single ones, one single for the (+) and one for the (-). You can find these in any device that runs of AA or AAA battery's.



9- Remember the plastic you cut? now its time to glue on those springs onto it. Super glue works good. glue them as following.



10- Now once that is done stick the plastic with the coils into the battery case and run the wires to it. Flat coil for the (+) and spring coil for the (-). Solder them in place as you see fit. This should make a connection that will give you a 4.5 V output from 3 1.5v batteries



11- Use more super glue to fix the plastic in place and viola! put batteries inside and pop the thing into your PSP. Will new batteries it should give you about an hour worth of electricity.

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PSP Indicator LED Swap

SUPPLIES NEEDED:
Screw driver
Tweezers
Scalpel
20Watt Soldering iron + paste
Buttonizer(A way to use the button contact pads, while the faceplate is off)
x1 0603 LED

First you must take off the faceplate by removing the 7 screws from the back of the PSP (4 Under the battery, 2 on the right side and 1 on the bottom of the psp)...

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Find the orange Memory Stick Indicator LED located under the faceplate in the bottom left corner.
Using a scalpel very cautiously you must cut under the left and right sides of the lead separating it from the motherboard. You do not apply a lot of pressure on the scalpel, if you are not careful you will damage the motherboard or the surrounding resistors.


After successfully removing the stock LED store it in a save place for future use.



your PSP should then look like this
Note: The left contact is + (positive) and the right contract is - (negative). For the Wifi it's again the left contact is positive the right is negative, so don't switch the sides of your LED.



Prepare your after market LED; at this point you can turn on your PSP for testing.
The LED is most active during file transfers from your PC to the PSP. However Fast-forwarding an Mp3 Song will do just fine.



*Buttonizer

With the faceplate removed, it is impossible to press the arrow keys or the /\[]OX buttons, so a handy tool has been crated from an old playstation controller. The padding from under an arrow key was cutout and placed on the tip of a small screwdriver. Using this you can now fully navigate your PSP.



Using the tweezers press your LED against the LED contact points on your motherboard the LED should start to flicker if you got the polarities (+/-) correctly aligned. (It is assumed your memory stick is being active)



After the LED has been successfully tested, turn off your PSP and remove the battery. The LED it must be carefully soldered onto the motherboard. Using the tweezers or the scalpel apply soldering paste to the LED contact points on the motherboard.



Using the tweezers (cleaned) place the LED into its correct position on the motherboard. Apply more soldering paste if necessary



Using the tweezers (cleaned) place the LED into its correct position on the motherboard. Apply more soldering paste if necessary.
Put a small amount of solder onto the clean tip of the heated soldering iron. Now solder the contact points of the LED to the motherboard.

Turn your PSP on and activate the Memory Card. At this Point your LED should be sitting tightly in its place, flickering.



Optional: In this mod the LED I am using requires more power to run brightly then the default led. The LED appears way too dim with the faceplate off. To love this problem and give the LED more juice to feed on, you will have to bridge one of the 3 surrounding resistors. By doing that you will allow more power to flow to your LED making it brighter



There are two ways of bridging the Resistor, you can remove it completely and solder the Resistor contact points together with a small drop of solder, or you can join the two ends of the Resistor using the same technique.



Put back your faceplate and enjoy your new memory stick indicator.

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