Hey, one of my friends has a PSP-2000, (the bottom says PSP-2001), and he's been trying to play it for months now and it won't turn on. I tried to take a look at it, but since it is not hacked, I can't get into flash 0 or anything. I don't know the details or anything, other than that when he was playing, words flashed across the screen then it shut off. By looking at his game saves, I've concluded the most likely game he last played was that "eragon" game that was worse than the movie. There is also a file on his memory stick entitle "RapidGX Media Setup.exe", and his firmware was not up to date (It's most likely under 3.00) When I try to turn it on (even when using a different battery), the green light shows for about 5-15 seconds then shuts off. It won't even turn on with the AC adapter plugged in and no battery.
THIS PSP HAS NOT BEEN HACKED! I don't know how much emphasis I have to put on this, as everywhere else I've been to, people suggest that the Psp has been hacked. IT ISN'T!
I just need to figure out what is going on and how to fix it. The best advice I've gotten so far is to leave the battery out for a day and clean up the place were the battery is inserted with a dry cloth. Didn't work.