*Help* PSP DC-In Port Not Working

Hello, I bought a great condition PSP from Craigslist, and the only thing wrong is that the DC-In port wont charge the battery. The problem is not actually the port. I'll put a pic of how far I've traced the electricity. The arrow shows the farthest point I've found the electricity. I have also checked the battery terminal and that point gets no signal.

 

check the main fuse

 

where is the main fuse?

 

i dont think theres a fuse, if you havent yet you could solder a 5v wire to the motherboard and see if thats charging it. i can only think the thing has a bad connector

 

This thread has fuse locations: http://www.acidmods.com/forum/index.php?topic=32532.0

Someone else asked about here before: http://www.acidmods.com/forum/index.php?topic=23105.0

 

Reflow that connector too, I believe its surface mount so may be cold..

 

Please if you don't know what about you are talking don't write this bullshits...
There's a main fuse for charger as LINKED by sp193, tips like you posted are useless, because if the charger is shorted, and it burned the fuse, bypassing the fuse you can say goodbye to the psp.
The fuse there's for a reason!

 

Answers like that don't help either!

 

Sure it does, it stops people doing something really stupid.

Saving peoples hardware from bad advice is pretty helpful IMO.

 

Ok. I won't start flame, but now you should tell me what's wrong in my answer.
Thanks
At least i know where i should do and how move to TRY to repair something without killing it ....

 

Please stop arguing!

So just to be 100% sure, when it says to bridge the fuse, it just means to bypass it correct? As in if theres the fuse with solder on either side, basically connect the solder points?

 

Don't Bridge a fuse.

Test if it's gone with a multimeter and replace if it has

 

Where do you have read you should bypass fuse? IF you feel like do it, pray and hope it's all ok, either you will happy to throw away your PSP
The discussion above was born precisely for this reason

 

on the Acidmods thread that was linked, it said to bridge the fuse. soo yeah. I thought thats what i was supposed to do
Don't worry, i haven't done anything yet.

 

Do what bad_ad says Just test the fus, if there is continuity then thats not the problem.

Do you have a charged battery? If so thrown one in and see if it powers on. I doubt you have a lab power supply to test but..

 

I do have a charged battery because it still charged thru USB. It just takes ~6 hours

 

what are you using to charge it? a PC or something??

 

If all else fails you could just get a 2amp usb wallwart and charge like that ....

 

yeah i charge it with my computer, it doesnt charge thru USB unless it's plugged into a computer or a PS3

 

Even an Iphone Charger? I believe they have the data lines bridged or going to ground..