Comments on: DIY usb psp charger

By: me

me — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:19:24 +0000

Found this via google for “psp charge via usb” and I just wanted to add a comment about the laptop 200ma output “overcharge” situation. It’s just windows telling you that you’re exceeding the power draw that the usb device is willing to give. I believe it’s actually to the tune of “USB Hub power exceeded”. If you click the balloon instead of freaking it, it will suggest other ports that do have enough available power. I’ve seen laptops with a single full power USB port and other low-power ports.

I can duplicate this by using a 25ft USB extension, G15 keyboard, and trying to use almost anything in the keyboard’s USB ports. =)

By: john

john — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 11:12:21 +0000

hey i plug a tmobile model;tc p310 ac adapter output 5v 1a with usb razor and hooked it to my psp usb port and it worked fine …well next day i went to play it and was checkin it out and open the memory card slot and took battery out as well …now it doesnt want to turn on ..i just got it and didnt have the correct charger ….so is there anything u suggest i do before i start spending money on it to see what the problem is///thank u

By: Neil

Neil — Wed, 19 May 2010 10:54:38 +0000

This works fine. Please read comment made further up by Alin – (who said his english not so good but is just fine.) – He KNOWS what he is talking about.
This may seem unrelated but is relevant…
Once got this dist.pedal for my guitar when i was 19, Marshall JackHammer. Manual said ‘ use 9v 300mA ac adaptor. So i bought one. From a proper electrics shop not a chain like Curry’s. It stopped working after 2 months. Went to shop and said: ‘ it just stopped working ‘. The guy in the electrics shop asked me what i used it with and i told him. He said: ‘ if you use a device with 300mA requirement you should use a power source with a larger mA value, in this case 500mA would be better for you as the mA value is resistance , not power. The voltage is the power and the amperage the resistance. Always use a power source with the same Voltage as that required and a larger amperage / mA value than that required by the device.’ So I got the 500mA adaptor and I’m still using with no problems and that was 7 years ago… …
I bought a cheap charger for my PSP just over 2 months ago on ebay. It stopped working also. It was 5v but only 500mA. Got a replacement cheap adaptor from ebay. 5v but 2A / 2000mA. Comes with a year warranty. And again, yes, the USB cable idea works. I had a USB mini vacuum cleaner, got from the pound shop. Chopped USB plug an the lead off. Chopped the plug and most of lead off the burnt out charger. Both these cables were basically the same inside, one red wire one white wire. (one cable had 1 red and 1 black, the other had 1 red and 1 white.)
I twisted the red from each cable together and the black from each together ( well, black to white actually ).
Works fine. I haven’t seen anyway say they had done it this way which is so simple so thought i’d say. Anyway, gotta go back to work now. Happy wiring… Neil

By: True

True — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:01 +0000

I don’t know if you’d be able to help, but I used the PSP charger for my camera, and now my camera isn’t turning or charging, but it will turn on when I put the PSP charger back in. You have any idea why that is?

Thanks.

By: vernon

vernon — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:48:46 +0000

the spring broke in memo stick reader should it still read the stick

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By: paco napoles

paco napoles — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 07:03:56 +0000

you need be careful and read the the charger has the same amount of mini amps or the you are gonna be dameshing the battery. o the polarity of the wires is very important is easier if you have a voltage meter on hand. just be careful or you will create a short. dameshing the eletronics and electrocuiting your self.

By: Bob Damnit

Bob Damnit — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:46:59 +0000

My little brother has had his PSP Slim 300x for almost a year now. The original charger had gone bad, and I didn’t want him running out to my car or my parents car to charge his PSP. What an inconvenience.

So, Googling around, I came across this website. I was skeptical at first, knowing that USB only puts out 500mA @ 5v on most desktop computers. While this isn’t what the original charger puts out (not by a long shot! The original charger put out 1500mA @ 5v!), it is enough to charge the PSP just fine.

It will charge slower, and more efficiently. I’ve been using the cable I made with this guide for almost a month now and have noticed that the PSP actually lasts longer on a full battery. (Used to be about 3 hours. Now its over 5 hours!)

However, there is a drawback. DO NOT plug this cable into a laptop computer while the PSP is plugged in. Most laptops only supply 200mA @ 5v. When I plugged it into my laptop to charge his PSP, my laptop went haywire with USB “overcharge” errors. (In Mac OS X. I’m not entirely sure what would happen in Windows. It may just burn up the USB hub!)

I unplugged it really quickly, luckily not burning up my laptop USB hub.

So, to those of you claiming that this doesn’t work, or somehow bricked your PSP, you must’ve failed at following directions.

Here are some tips I’ve found while creating this cable:

I clipped off the adaptor that plugs into the PSP from the charger. (The little round adaptor with the yellow end.) Then stripped the wires. Pay attention to the wire insulation! If you look, one of the wires has little white hashmarks all along the wire insulation. THIS IS THE GROUND WIRE! Be sure to connect this to the ground wire on the USB cable!

Because of the comments here, I decided to try this with two different USB cables. Some have said that using the Green/White wires in the USB cable would cause the cable to function improperly. I tried this way originally, with success. Being ambitious however, I made another while using the Green/White wires. It also worked just fine. So using the Green/White cables has NO effect on whether or not this will charge your PSP. (At least, in my limited testing it did not.)

Some things I’ve noticed about this cable:

My friend has a fat PSP. THIS CABLE WILL NOT CHARGE YOUR FAT PLAYSTATION PORTABLES!!! (In his case, it would charge for a half second, then completely shut off. Then repeat the process.)

You can plug this into your PS3 and it will charge the PSP while you’re playing CoD: MW2!

Mac OS X (10.5.8) sees the Memory Stick Duo inside the PSP, however I cannot modify the contents of the memory stick. It doesn’t show up as an external drive like most memory sticks, however it does show inside “System Profiler”. While I own a Windows computer, I have not tried this on it. I’ve always used my MacPro which does not boot Windows, or I use my PS3.

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By: nicolas

nicolas — Fri, 29 May 2009 02:02:23 +0000

me funciono de mil maravillas solo conecte el cable rojo y negro al los de el conector de psp y listo psp cargando 100% exito en mi pais el cargador original es muy caro aproximadamente 30 dolares lo que en argentina equivale a 100 pesos asi que esto si es una gran solucion muchas gracias….

By: pawn3d

pawn3d — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:45:24 +0000

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By: Alin

Alin — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:16:41 +0000

Guis, first excuse if my english is not so good, second, use this with no fear, the output of the PSP AC Adapter is corect 2000mAh/2Ah, that means that the battery will charge faster and nothing else, actualy the USB Charger is safer because it does not have the power (Amperrage per Hour) to stress the battery pack, so in the end the USB Charger (Homemade or not) is better for Battery Life (Charge Cicles) than the Sony AC Adapter, ask any electronist and it will tel you the same thing, A BATTERY LIVES LONGER WHEN IS CHARGED SLOWLY, keep it up, USE HOME MADE THINGS :P.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:47:57 +0000

what should i do with the white and green wire email me at gadgetman94@hotmail.com thank for your help

By: psp man

psp man — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:42:13 +0000

it did not work with my psp

By: RoB

RoB — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 01:41:39 +0000

Well how come the pelican chargers dont work???Or do they? if u open it u see a chip and blue and black wires…Would those work?