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? asked in Consumer ElectronicsOther - Electronics · 9 months ago

Bought PSP-3000 w/ new battery, won't charge?

I recently got a PSP-3000 with a brand new battery, but no matter what I do it won't charge. It works perfectly fine when plugged in, but shuts off the second I unplug it. Is it something with the console? Could the battery be defective? Seems like all the contacts and everything are clean. Unfortunately can't contact the seller because I bought it through Buyee (Japanese Proxy Service).

Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Seems to be a common problem, but I can only seem to find solutions for variations of the issue I'm having.

Thanks. 

Update:

I have no idea if this matters or not, but the battery that came with it is 

3.6V

3600mAh

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  • ?
    9 months ago

    Either the battery is defective, or the internal PSP power controller or some related component is faulty.. Try a new battery to check..

  • ?
    Lv 7
    9 months ago

    Test the battery ( if rated 12.6V )  with heavy full load ( like with a car front light bulb 150W or higher  ) and monitor its terminal voltage at the same time. If it drops into lower than 12.6V within a few minutes, means this battery is dead.

    Replace the battery, and be sure under charging battery terminal voltage should be read 13.8V .

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