Help, cr-3100 not working!!!

[Thaiboy]

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 . 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?

Thanks.
BTW, I tried using search.

[bustinthejustin]

Did you format the cards on your computer?

[Thaiboy]

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.

[bustinthejustin]

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.

[Thaiboy]

I thought about that, but nothing seems broken.

[Thaiboy]

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.)

[bustinthejustin]

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.

[Thaiboy]

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...)

[rgarjr]

Just solder them back up.  The taping only will you problems later on with it. 

[Thaiboy]

yeah, that was what I was thinking.
Thanks guys for the help.
Hopefully, I'll be able to fix it.
Wish me luck.

[bustinthejustin]

Good luck

[Thaiboy]

lol thanks.