What is the minimal amount of parts for a 'working psp'?

[Nausicaa]

I would like to buy a partial PSP to just connect to my computer and play games off it.
If I bought a main board, I would need just need the power board and then connecting it via USB to my computer?

[socomhacker239]

well the minimal is a wifi board, motherboard, and the two control boards (i forgot the correct name square circle and left right up and down ect.) and powerboard. but thats basically everything in a psp.

[Nausicaa]

So it needs the wifi board to run?

[bustinthejustin]

There is no wifi board in a psp-2000. The wifi antennae is completely seperate from anything and you do NOT need it. To get the psp to turn on, i think a mobo and powerboard is all you need... but of course you can't really do anything with it without buttons to control it. Plus if you wanted to use it to play games on the computer, you would have to install CFW blind, and then run the program blind, so it'd be useful to have an LCD too.

[W-Gaming5]

[bustinthejustin]

how would you play games on your computer?
Remotejoy with cfw can only run SOME (not much) Homebrew apps with no sound glitchy.
You can't play Iso/cso, pops, or most homebrew.
So you would need psp speakers if you wanted sound for listening to music,some homebrew, and xmb stuff.

If you wanna cheap psp
Just buy a psp with a broken screen from ebay for 20-30$.
then buy a screen (I think slim screens are like 40$) and replace it.

dude i played ps1 games fine so i don't see why isos/most homebrew won't work.

But I agree - just get a cheap, full psp.

[W-Gaming5]

[EliteGamer83]

What are you talking about... Remotejoy workes fine for all ISO's and CSO's I play games on my monitor all the time, sound is 100% too.

Lol at the PSP 2000 wifi bored thing...

Well as justin said all really needed (electronics wise, besides the backplate and other little plastic bits and pieces. TECHNICALLY just the motherboard and power socket. But a PSP without all the "bell's and whistles" but functional, Motherboard, power socket, power board, ABXY bus wire, d pad bus wire, LCD and ETHER 1 speaker lol or the AV daughter board.

[socomhacker239]

There is no wifi board in a psp-2000. The wifi antennae is completely seperate from anything and you do NOT need it. To get the psp to turn on, i think a mobo and powerboard is all you need... but of course you can't really do anything with it without buttons to control it. Plus if you wanted to use it to play games on the computer, you would have to install CFW blind, and then run the program blind, so it'd be useful to have an LCD too.

oh haha my bad im so used to being in the psp fat section. 

[Nausicaa]

Ah, I see. The thing is that I was thinking about purchasing a slim board and just hooking it up to my computer after I put on M33 and using my 360 controller. I do have a fat that just has problem after problem, maybe I'll do it for that one instead. Thanks a lot everyone, I'll just buy a broken one instead of a few parts.

[W-Gaming5]