Go inside the PSP-3000, literally

by Andrew Yoon { Oct 16th 2008 at 8:40AM }

If for some reason you wanted to rip open a PSP Brite system and see its innards -- well, PC Watch will let you satiate your fantasy vicariously. There's no need to waste hundreds of dollars to buy a new system simply to open it and see what's inside. Let these guys do it for you instead.

To check out the comprehensive gallery, click here.

Tags: psp-3000, psp-brite

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

SparkyJ23 @ Oct 16th 2008 9:25AM

Interesting - A side by side comparison with the Phat and the 2000 would have been nice

Unknown @ Oct 16th 2008 10:05AM

i've been looking into the possibility of putting a 3000 screen into a 2000 model, and with these pics the chances are rather slim.
the first link is from the above article and the second link is from a side by side between the 1000 and the 2000. its clear that the 2000 and 3000 use different connectors

http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2008/1016/psp34.jpg

http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20070919/139324/AAA.jpg

wem003 @ Oct 16th 2008 10:41AM

Not knocking your idea - but I am curious why you want to do that, other than to play with the hardware.

Xaijin @ Oct 16th 2008 11:05AM

Because the screen is brighter.

Strike Man @ Oct 16th 2008 12:13PM

I'm fairly certain wem003's question still stands.

The screen is brighter, we know that. It doesn't explain why someone who owns a 2000 would then purchase a 3000...only to rip the screen out and place it back into the 2000.

Again, the geeky "because we can" answer would suffice, but we're wondering if there's another objective being sought out here.

unknown @ Oct 16th 2008 1:49PM

Strike Man. i wouldn't go out and buy a 3000, i would just buy the screen, which would work out to be rather cheap, for a 2000 screen its about $45-50. and reason why i would ever do this is for the screen clarity, one of things i found terrible about FFCC was the blur, with games such as Final Fantasy: Dissidia coming out, there will be a great deal of ghosting. i personally notice ghosting on my PSP sometimes but that doesn't mean others will.

andwhyisit @ Oct 16th 2008 7:06PM

The connectors look to be the same on all three to be honest.

JamesNorman93 @ Oct 17th 2008 6:19AM

Please note this tho...
Because the new screen is brighter/better, it uses more
power.
To make sure the battery life didn't change, Sony got to work making other components in the PSP use less power and succeeded.
My main concern is that if you did get the screen you would loose quite a bit of battery life since the PSP-2000 doesn't contain the modified components as the PSP-3000 does...