How to Disassemble a PSP 1000

Remove the battery and battery cover from your PSP and lay it face down on a table. Locate the warranty sticker inside the battery bay. Use your safe opening tool to scrape off the sticker, as it covers one of the screws you will have to remove later.

Remove the seven screws holding the faceplate to the main case of the PSP. Two screws are in the battery bay. Two more are on the right side of the device's back panel. The final three are along the bezel that surrounds the device. Once you remove the screws, carefully lift off the faceplate. Lay the faceplate face down on your table, as you will use it to protect your LCD screen later.

Locate the menu bar below the LCD screen. Use your safe opening tool to pry up the left side of the bar until it comes free of the metal LCD housing. Do the same for the right side. Lift up the bar and disconnect the ribbon cable attaching the bar to the logic board. Remove the bar.

Locate the metal bracket along the left side of the LCD screen. Slide your safe opening tool between this bracket and your LCD screen's metal frame. Apply gentle pressure to disengage the retaining tabs on the bracket and free the LCD screen. Lift the top of the LCD screen up and pivot it toward you. Disconnect the LCD cable from the logic board and remove the screen. Lay it face down in the faceplate until you are ready to reinstall it.

Locate the LCD brace. The LCD brace is a large, metal plate found under the screen and covers the logic board. Remove the seven screws holding the brace in place. Open the UMD door on the back of the PSP. Use your safe opening tool to carefully pry the metal brace free and remove it.

Locate the D-Pad in the left corner of the PSP. Remove the screw holding it in place and lift it up. Disconnect the cable and remove the D-Pad.

Locate the power switch board on the right side of the device. Unplug the power cable from the motherboard. Use your safe opening tool to carefully pry up the bottom half of the power switch board, enough that it clears the latch on the PSP's main housing. Slide the right trigger button contact, located at the top of the PSP, out of the PSP's housing. Lift the power switch board up and remove it.

Remove the screw holding the logic board in place, located near the right trigger area. Disconnect any cables still attached to the logic board, including the large orange cable for the laser. Use your safe opening tool to carefully pry the bottom of the logic board up and out of the PSP's housing. Once the board has cleared the housing, simply slide it out and set it aside.

Remove the wireless board, located on the left side of the PSP case. Remove the three screws holding the metal bracket in place and remove the bracket. Lift up the top of the wireless board and slide it out of the PSP case.

Open the UMD door on the back of your PSP case. Return it to the front. Locate the left hinge for the door on the bottom of the device. Use your safe opening tool to carefully bend the hinge to the right and push it through the opening in the back of the case. This will cause the UMD door to drop off of the PSP.

Remove the UMD drive by removing the screws located in each corner of the drive assembly and pulling the drive out of the case.