PSP Cheap PSP from eBay Has Broken D-Pad. Best Way to Fix or Replace?

[newageretrohippie]

so, i got a psp off ebay. 50 dollars with a charging cable and 64 GB sd card + adapter... yeah it was the cheapest psp i've ever bought... and it was a little bit too good to be true.

it's clearly had a rough life, and the D-pad -left rocker is broken off from the other three. It's... kind of annoying when playing. I was thinking that maybe i could replace it... but i wonder where would be a good place to source a replacement? (just the plastic, really...) or maybe i should try super glue, first?

 

[norunove]

Since is just the plastic part, there is replacement parts both to the MOBO part of the buttons and plastic ones on Aliexpress or you could just pick up a junk PSP for cheap and keep it for replacement parts (If so, try looking for a bricked PSP, everything would be working perfectly exept the system itself so screen, buttons, audio, shell everything can serve as a backup)

 

[newageretrohippie]

Since is just the plastic part, there is replacement parts both to the MOBO part of the buttons and plastic ones on Aliexpress or you could just pick up a junk PSP for cheap and keep it for replacement parts (If so, try looking for a bricked PSP, everything would be working perfectly exept the system itself so screen, buttons, audio, shell everything can serve as a backup)

yeah, i guess that's what i should do... maybe i should try to find a replacement first.

so, bricked psps are really a thing? they are so easy to hack, you gotta wonder how anybody could get it wrong...

i usually buy handheld systems that come with a case, because you know... they've been in a case... but dang... 50 dollars + buy it now... derp. ahah

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i gotta wonder what even happened to this one. psps are usually so tough.. I had one that slipped under the floormat of my car and lived there for a year before i found it... and NOT A SINGLE SCRATCH ON IT!!!

this ebay PSP has a sweet hairline fracture on the other side of the case that's all swirly... looks like a thumbprint or something. Like maybe somebody dropped it off a 3rd story balcony or something.

 

[Action_Hank]

You can usually find replacement parts for a couple dollars each on ebay. Only downside is the long shipping times. I would definitely go with norunove's suggestion if you have the capital to invest. It will save you time and money in the long term.

 

[Blamhammer]

If you do wish to repair the d-pad, I’d use epoxy over super glue.

 

[FTLOTG]

That's a pain in the ass. Replace the d-pad for sure, broken mechanisms are no good in controllers and you will find it's a subpar experience.

 

[newageretrohippie]

That's a pain in the ass. Replace the d-pad for sure, broken mechanisms are no good in controllers and you will find it's a subpar experience.

yeah it's pretty lame... i need to double check, but i'm pretty sure the seller didn't mention the broken d-pad. I prolly wouldn't have bought it, but meh. it WAS 50 dollars with a 64 GB card. i keep telling myself that... like i've never paid less than 100 for a psp, i don't think.

 

[Matricks]

Just buy new parts or just better restored psp from aliexpress, but too late with the tarifs

 

[newageretrohippie]

aren't these tariffs unconstitutional some how? i mean, wasn't the US formed as a response to outrageous tariffs levied by a government that wasn't serving its people? like... I mean, i'm not exactly proposing a "Boston Switch 2 Party" or anything...

seriously tho, how am i supposed to afford a 125% tariff on a PSP D-Pad?