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Instructions
Opening the PSP
Put a soft cloth down on a table. Put the PSP face down on the soft cloth with the disc drive door at the top edge facing away from you.
Remove the battery compartment lid from the left side of the bottom of the PSP. Pull the battery out of the battery compartment.
Scratch off the sticker inside of the battery compartment with the tip of the Phillips jeweler̵7;s screwdriver.
Remove the exposed screw and the other three inside of the battery compartment with the Phillips jeweler̵7;s screwdriver.
Remove the screw from the bottom middle edge of the PSP using the Phillips jeweler̵7;s screwdriver. Remove the two screws from around the disc drive door with the Phillips jeweler̵7;s screwdriver.
Turn the PSP face up on the soft cloth. Pull the faceplate off the PSP with your fingers.
Insert the tip of the Phillips jeweler̵7;s screwdriver into the left bottom edge of the black metal bracket inside of the PSP. Wiggle the tip of the Phillips jeweler̵7;s screwdriver to loosen the black metal bracket. Repeat this procedure on the right side of the black metal bracket. Lift the black metal bracket up and off of the PSP with your fingers.
Rotate the PSP so that the disc drive door is facing you. Insert the tip of the Phillips jeweler̵7;s screwdriver beneath the LCD panel on the left side.
Wiggle the tip of the Phillips jeweler̵7;s screwdriver to loosen the LCD panel. Repeat this procedure on the right side of the LCD panel.
Lift the LCD panel up and off the PSP using your fingers. Pull the cable attached to the LCD panel out of the motherboard using the tweezers.
Remove the screws from around the metal bracket that is inside the PSP on the right side using the Phillips jeweler̵7;s screwdriver. Lif the metal bracket up and off of the PSP.
Remove the screws from around the antenna connector bracket on the upper right corner inside of the PSP using the Phillips jeweler̵7;s screwdriver. Lift the antenna connector bracket up and off of the PSP.
Adding the External Wi-Fi Antenna to the PSP
Insert the tip of the Phillips jeweler̵7;s screwdriver beneath the black cable antenna in the upper right corner of the PSP. Wiggle the tip of the Phillips jeweler̵7;s screwdriver to loosen the connector of the black cable antenna from the network card below it. Pull the black cable antenna off the network card using the tweezers.
Insert the tip of the Phillips jeweler̵7;s screwdriver beneath the small metal bracket over the network card. Wiggle the tip of the Phillips jeweler̵7;s screwdriver to loosen the small metal bracket. Remove the small metal bracket with the tweezers. Remove the black cable antenna from the PSP using the tweezers.
Make a small hole through the side of the PSP where the black cable antenna is using the portable drill.
Run the cable connector of the omni directional antenna purchased from an electronics shop through the hole in the side of the PSP.
Run the cable connector of the omni directional antenna through the small metal bracket. Attach the cable connector of the omni directional antenna to the connection on the network card. Push the cable connector into the connection on the network card with the tweezers.
Replace the small metal bracket over the network card. Push down on the small metal bracket with the tweezers to snap it back into place over the network card.
Put the metal antenna bracket back over the small metal bracket. Reattach the screws with the Phillips jeweler̵7;s screwdriver.
Reverse the disassembly process to put the PSP back together. Reinsert the battery to the battery compartment. Put the battery compartment lid back on the bottom of the PSP.