This might sound way stupid but I tested it so y’all don’t have to. I like tinkering. Don’t buy cheap replacement parts for ANY piece other than the housing/plastic casing. It will be bricked. I bought a psp motherboard that matched all the specs and I’m pretty confident in my microelectronics.. but it still didn’t work. Gotta find a functioning psp with the same specs and use those working parts unfortunately

I know it’s late asf but I’m working on an old psp 3000. I’ve replaced the power switch board and the motherboard but it wont work. I’ve bought two off brand charging cords and an off brand battery. Do you think that would be the problem? Even the light won’t come on when I charge it. It should be working with just the power cord so I’m not sure.. any help would be appreciated.