How to Fix the Right Shoulder Button on a PSP

Put a soft cloth on a table. Put the PSP face down on the soft cloth with the disc drive door facing away from you.

Remove the battery lid from the left side of the PSP. Remove the battery. Place the battery lid and the battery aside.

Scratch off the sticker inside of the battery compartment with the tip of the Phillips jeweler's screwdriver. Remove the screw that was hidden beneath the sticker with the screwdriver.

Remove the three other screws from inside the battery compartment with the Phillips jeweler's screwdriver.

Remove the screw from each side of the disc drive door with the Phillips jeweler's screwdriver.

Remove the screw from the bottom middle edge of the PSP with the Phillips jeweler's screwdriver.

Turn the PSP over. Pull the faceplate off the PSP with your fingers.

Insert the tip of the Phillips jeweler's screwdriver beneath the left side of the black metal bracket at the front edge of the PSP. Wiggle the tip of the screwdriver to loosen the left side of the black metal bracket. Repeat this procedure the right side of the black metal bracket.

Lift the left side of the black metal bracket with your fingers. Pull the cable attached to the black metal bracket out of the PSP's motherboard with the tweezers.

Pull the black metal bracket off the PSP. Put the black metal bracket aside.

Insert the tip of the Phillips jeweler's screwdriver beneath the left side of the LCD panel at the center of the PSP. Wiggle the tip of the screwdriver to loosen the left side of the LCD panel. Repeat this procedure on the right side of the LCD panel.

Lift the left side of the LCD panel with your fingers. Pull the cable attached to the LCD panel out of the PSP's motherboard with the tweezers.

Pull the LCD panel off the PSP. Put the LCD panel aside.

Remove the screws from the metal plate on the left side of the PSP with the Phillips jeweler's screwdriver. Remove the metal plate with your fingers. Put the metal plate aside.

Remove the screws from the silver metal bracket that is at the top edge of the PSP with the Phillips jeweler's screwdriver. The screws are at the top left edge, the top right edge, the middle and the bottom right edge of the silver metal bracket.

Remove the silver metal bracket with your fingers. Put the silver metal bracket aside.

Push the right trigger out of its hole on the right side of the PSP's casing with your fingers. Put the right trigger on the soft cloth.

Blow out the hole in the PSP's casing with compressed air.

Moisten an edge of the lint-free cloth with the distilled alcohol. Wipe the edge of the cloth over all of the sides, top and bottom of the right trigger.

Moisten a cotton swab in the distilled alcohol. Wipe out the hole in the PSP's casing with the cotton swab. Wait five minutes.

Blow out the hole in the PSP's casing again with the compressed air.

Put the right trigger back into the hole in the PSP's casing. Reattach the silver metal bracket to the PSP. Reattach the metal plate to the left side of the PSP. Reattach the cable from the LCD panel to the motherboard of the PSP. Put the LCD panel back onto the PSP. Push down on the LCD panel with your fingers to engage it onto the PSP.

Reattach the cable from the black metal bracket to the motherboard of the PSP. Put the black metal bracket back into the PSP Put the faceplate back onto the PSP.

Turn the PSP over on the soft cloth. Reattach the screws. Put the battery back into the PSP's battery compartment. Put the battery lid back onto the PSP.