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How to Make a Pandora Battery From a Normal Battery

A Pandora battery is a special battery for the PSP handheld game console which unlocks the unit so it can play different kinds of game discs. You can purchase a Pandora battery or modify the battery that came with your PSP. The process of hardmodding your PSP battery can be completed in a matter of minutes.

Things You'll Need

Hobby knife
Hobby glue

Instructions

- 1
  Turn off your PSP, turn the unit over and slide the back battery door off of the rear of the unit. Remove the battery from its compartment.
- 2
  Insert your hobby knife in the seam where the front and back halves of the battery meet. Work your way around the sides of the battery until the two halves separate. Set the back half aside. The green circuit board will be visible in the front half of the unit.
- 3
  Locate a square black chip on the corner of the green circuit board. There are metal connector bars running from each side of the chip to the board. Locate "ICO4" written on the board on one side of the chip.
- 4
  Use your hobby knife to cut through the bar which connects to the board just below the "4" in the "ICO4."
- 5
  Use hobby glue on the sides of the front and back halves of the battery and fit the two halves back together. Wait for the glue to dry.
- 6
  Replace the battery in your PSP. It is now a Pandora battery.

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