How to Fix PSP Lens

Put a soft cloth down on a table. Put the PSP on the soft cloth with the LCD screen down. Remove the battery lid from the left side of the PSP with your fingers. Remove the battery from the battery compartment with your fingers.

Scrape off the sticker inside of the battery compartment with the tip of the utility knife. Remove the screw hidden by the sticker with the Phillips jeweler's screwdriver.

Remove the three remaining screws that are inside of the battery compartment with the Phillips jeweler's screwdriver.

Remove the screw from the bottom middle edge of the PSP with the Phillips jeweler's screwdriver. Remove the screw from the left side of the disc drive door at the top middle edge of the PSP with the Phillips jeweler's screwdriver. Remove the screw from the other side of the disc drive door in the same manner as was just done.

urn the PSP face up. Put the PSP down on the hand towel with the disc drive door facing you. Insert the tip of the utility knife beneath the side of the black metal plate at the top left inside edge of the PSP. Wiggle the tip of the utility knife to loosen the black metal plate. Repeat this procedure on the other side of the black metal plate.

ull the black metal plate towards you with your fingers. Remove the cable connected to the motherboard with the tweezers. Put the black metal plate aside.

Put the tip of the utility knife beneath one edge of the LCD panel. Wiggle the tip of the utility knife to loosen the LCD panel. Repeat this procedure on the other side of the LCD panel.

Lift the LCD panel up with your fingers. Pull the small cable attached to the LCD panel out of the motherboard with the tweezers. Pull the large ribbon connector cable out of the motherboard with the tweezers. Put the LCD panel aside.

Remove the analog stick module from out of the lower left edge with your fingers. Put the analog stick module aside.

Remove the screws from the left side of the PSP. Remove the left side module from out of the PSP with your fingers.

Remove the screws from the right side of the PSP. Remove the right side module from out of the PSP with your fingers. Place the left and right side modules aside.

Remove the screws from around the now exposed metal plate with the Phillips jeweler's screwdriver. Pull the metal plate off of the PSP with your fingers. Put the metal plate aside.

Remove the screw from the top right side edge of the disc drive door with the Phillips jeweler's screwdriver. Remove the metal bracket from the top side edge.

Remove the screws from around the laser module assembly with the Phillips jeweler's screwdriver.

Pull back on the spring assembly at the right side of the disc drive door with your fingers.

Pull the laser module assembly out of the PSP. Put the laser module assembly on the soft cloth with the laser diode facing up.

Blow off the laser module assembly with compressed air.

Moisten a cotton swab in the photographic cleaning solution. Wipe the lens that is on the top of the laser module assembly with the cotton swab. Wipe off the lens with the edge of the lint free cloth.

Blow off the laser module assembly with compressed air.

Reverse the disassembly process to reassemble the laser module assembly to the PSP.

Reverse the disassembly process to reassemble the metal plate, left and right side modules, LCD screen and the black metal bracket to the PSP. Put the faceplate back onto the PSP. Turn the PSP face down on the soft cloth.

Reverse the disassembly process to reattach the screws. Put the battery into the battery compartment. Put the battery compartment lid on the PSP.