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Help, cr-3100 not working!!!
« on: April 04, 2009, 07:30:31 PM »
Hi all,
been a while since I've posted anything here... Or done anything PSP related...
Anyways, I just got my photofast cr3100 in the mail, and am eager to do the internal sd mod. So I ripped the casing off, and inserted a 8GB SDHC and a 2GB SD. When I inserted it into my psp, my PSP wouldn't boot :censored:. It was kinda like a brick, except for that it wasn't since it would boot perfectly fine without anything in the slot, or with my pro duos. I think that it has to do with how the ribbon was soldered onto the board, but I'm not sure. So...uhh yeah...help? :help:

Thanks.
BTW, I tried using search.

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Re: Help, cr-3100 not working!!!
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2009, 07:50:28 PM »
Did you format the cards on your computer?

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Re: Help, cr-3100 not working!!!
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2009, 07:55:37 PM »
Thanks for the quick reply.
yes.
I forgot to mention that it worked before I took it out of the case.
That was when I formatted it.
Then, when I removed the case, it only read one SD.
After looking around it to see wha was causing it, the thing stopped working period.

Edit: Now, The psp does that random orange blinking thing when I insert it, and it doesn't automatically turn of like it did earlier.

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Re: Help, cr-3100 not working!!!
« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2009, 08:01:12 PM »
I remember seeing a thread about the cr-3100 doing that... Anyway yea you might've broken the thing when you took it out of the case.

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Re: Help, cr-3100 not working!!!
« Reply #4 on: April 04, 2009, 08:06:40 PM »
I thought about that, but nothing seems broken.

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Re: Help, cr-3100 not working!!!
« Reply #5 on: April 04, 2009, 08:40:49 PM »
Alright, now I'm 100% sure that the ribbon was messed up since it just fell off.
Now, my second question is can I use electrical tape to tape the ribbon back on after exposing the wires? (Sorry, but I'm a noob at circuitry.)

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Re: Help, cr-3100 not working!!!
« Reply #6 on: April 04, 2009, 10:37:31 PM »
Depends... If you can get a good connection, I guess, but the best idea would be to solder it back on. Assuming you still CAN solder it. Pictures would be nice.

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Re: Help, cr-3100 not working!!!
« Reply #7 on: April 05, 2009, 11:10:21 AM »
Alright, here's some pics.






I'm thinking that I'll just try to solder it back on later, but other suggestions would be nice. ( I'm not exactly the best at soldering; haven't even done the LED trigger mod or anything like that yet...)

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Re: Help, cr-3100 not working!!!
« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2009, 03:34:22 PM »
Just solder them back up.  The taping only will you problems later on with it. 

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Re: Help, cr-3100 not working!!!
« Reply #9 on: April 05, 2009, 04:04:14 PM »
yeah, that was what I was thinking.
Thanks guys for the help.
Hopefully, I'll be able to fix it.
Wish me luck. :)

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Re: Help, cr-3100 not working!!!
« Reply #10 on: April 05, 2009, 04:43:31 PM »
Good luck :D

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Re: Help, cr-3100 not working!!!
« Reply #11 on: April 05, 2009, 05:30:26 PM »
lol thanks.  :laughing:

 

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