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Expert: Octane - 11/5/2009
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QUESTION: my psp speakers don't work after I was trying to add an external speaker to it. I can still hear static sounds when I put the volume to the max. I tried many solutions like use a toothpick and all other ways but I knew it wouldn't work because it may be I accidentally put the same wire at both plus and negative outputs. so I think that's the problem. this was my second attempt to move around the cables because I connected to only the right speaker, so I just wanted to move one of the cables to the other side to hear both sides. after I put the cable to the other side, the other one came loose. so I went back to it and all of a sudden the music faded away (I was playing music to check if there were working), and I thought the speakers were loose so I double checked and still no sound. but the earphones still works, so is there anything I can do to fix this problem? since the speakers aren't blown (I checked).
ANSWER: Gday Eliazar,
Sounds like whatever mod you tried on your PSP has either blown an internal fuse or screwed something up with the headphone jack rendering your internal speakers useless. (Even though the speakers are working)
I would suggest replacing the board the headphone jack is mounted on. If you have a PSP slim it's a separate board but if it not it part of the Wireless/Memory stick board. Cost should be under $20. since you seem handy pulling the thing to pieces should not be too much of a problem.
Octane
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QUESTION: ah OK, I just thought of something. Could it possibly I separated the sound board or something? maybe... I lifted the left speaker a little to fit the cable under it. but then again, I'm not really sure what was going on. If there is no other way, I have to replace my psp slim,earphone jack socket IC Board then or what is it really called?
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Gday again Eliazar,
Again I not 100% sure what you have possibly damaged doing this mod to your PSP. It would depend on if you are soldering or just clipping stuff in and as to where you attached stuff too. You might have just blown the speakers (Although I would expect one to be functioning by the procedure you described.) you might have blown a tiny fuse on the Earphone IC board/damaged the head phone jack (causing the PSP only to output to the headphones which I believe is the case) or you may have damaged something on the main mother board. (as the speakers just touch this)
I would again check the speaker connections. Even try swapping around the speakers and see if there is anything working as the are universal for both right and left. (I would even think about getting a replacement pair. As they are under $5) Since you've been jamming a tooth pick in the headphone jack as well as goodness knows what else I'd probably bet this is damage (maybe stuck permanently on headphone mode so you will not get any sound out of it other then headphones.)
The safest bet would be getting both speakers and a replacement Headphone Jack Board (I believe that is what is is called). Now the Headphone jack board plugs directly into the mother board so I don't thing you have a loose connection. Plus if it was completely out you would get no sound. If this does not fix your problem you've got a larger thing going on possible something on the mother board. (you just have to use headphones forever)
Again good luck.
Octane
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