PSP Blue Screen Of Death 120
Many of you may have come across an article about six months ago (on sites such as [tag]digg[/tag]), which showed a crashed PSP with a blue screen. The image that was showed back then was actually a result of what would occur if your PSP were to crash when running a homebrew application. But the image seen above is actually a real Blue Screen that is a part of Sony’s PSP. From my experience I had never seen this screen before, but only appeared on my PSP with Firmware v2.60 when a game froze. The error message popped up when I accidentally hit the eject button on the Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories UMD while the game was loading. (This might also occur if you put a PSP to sleep when a webpage is loading.) The actual error message says:
Setting Information is corrupted. Press the O button to repair and restore default settings. (displayed in 10 languages)
When this occurs none of the buttons function (even power switch) other than the O button. Once it is pressed it starts to restart and it goes through the startup splash screen. After that it displays the setup process that everyone goes through the FIRST time the PSP is turned. Also to note, the PSP that got a Blue Screen has never had any homebrew applications on it and has never been downgraded. There was no mention of this crash screen anywhere in the manual or online, if this has happened to you let everyone know by commenting below.
Links: U.S. PlayStation.com | Latest Firmware Update
Related: PSP v2.60 Review | DownGrade PSP | TiVo 2 PSP
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i was plaing GTA on my friends psp whin i hit the power button to turn it off (i dont own one so i didnt know not to do this) and then i turned it back on and got the bsod. it freaked my out, lukily my friend has 2 memory cards and he restored from the other one. (i never told him that i mesed it up, just that something happened)
you are on digg
http://digg.com/software/PSP_Blue_Screen_Of_Death__2
dang, i didn’t know the psp could actually crash
I’ve had one of the first PSP. I’ve upgraded the firmware everytime, taken games out when I wasn’t supposed to and had no problem.
Happened to me during Prince of Persia. Never had any homebrew and just upgraded to 2.60
I lent my PSP to a friend so that he could play GTA on it, and he came back with that blue screen! My save was destroyed! And he didn’t do anything special, he was just playing and Bam! Something happened! PSP is crap, Rockstar are lousy programmers!
I have gotten this a number of times but it is mainly when I am using one of those “cell boost” battery packs to play my PSP for extended periods. It seems as though the cell boost doesn’t give enough juice to actually charge the PSP and the unit will loose enough power from the battery to loose it’s settings. I’ve never lost any data or anything like that… it’s just been when I turn off the unit and the battery is completely drained. If I try and power on the PSP without the cell boost on or the charging cord in place, the unit will not even turn on the green power light. But that’s my experience.
My cousin has come back from Canada today, he got a psp from overthere.
I want to play GTA with him, i dont think he has it.
I hope that i don’t get this blue screen of death when i perform the 1 game sharing umd trick..
I’ve seen this message once upon downgrading from firmware v2.00 to v1.50. v2.00 has new settings that are not supported in v1.50 – new context menus and whatnot that have variables that v1.50 simply does not like. This happened on first boot into v1.50 and after clearing back to factory default settings, I haven’t experienced it again.
I did, however, experience some difficulty in attempting to upgrade firmware back to v2.00. Had to clear to default settings again in order to successfully get through the update.
Just happened to me, thought something horrible was going on until I realized I had taken it out in a 29 degree blizzard. :O
Back to normal now.
my blue screen of death doesnt go away when i press O. the screen just comes up again. i need a hand here!
I have the same problem as Beeva, my Blue Screen of Death keeps coming back also.Is there something i can do about it?
I was playing a game and when i turned it off wrong it came up with a red screen and its neva hane homebrew on it
My PSP crashed!How can i restore this. Is it wise to call Sony? I was in a middle of game when suddenly I got the blue screen of death!Can you restore the PSP with a memory stick?
I WANT TO DOWNGRADE V2.60 TO 1.50 ,HELP HELP
i hear the psp is bricked and i’ve given up.
its just a btg that Sony’s gotta deal with…it’ll probably be gone in the next update that iam impatiently waiting on. ~dont worry about it. just make sure u bak ur files up!
this started happening to me at least a month ago. i do play lcs but its happend when the disk aint even in. usually if im gonna get it then it happens after a restart. or if i just turn it on. sometimes the browser has just froze
umm i wanna get this blue screen can someone tell me a garaunteed way to?
I have the same shnizzle..
Running firmware v2.50 and never used homebrew..
And yes i’m playing GTA:LCS
Im tired to type my WEP key everytime after reset.. (and other settings) bah.
hey if you started off with a 1.5 psp and updated to 2.6 would this bring you to your original settings and downgrade?
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I wish it would downgrade your PSP back to 1.50 everytime this occured so I could go back to using homebrew, but it unfortunatley doesn’t work that way. The PSP firmware is writing to the bios, which replaces any old files already on the PSP. If you get to 2.60 your stuck there.
P.S. I agree, retyping the WEP key each time is extremely annoying!
Pavaloo:
A guaranteed way to get this blue screen to happen is to take out the PSP in very cold weather (95 degrees Fahrenheit).
I have the same problem as beeva and HellRazor. The blue screen just keeps coming up after hitting the O button! Anyone know how to get my psp working??
i was uprading my psp then when it reach 67percent my power cut off and my psp wont even turn on!!! any idea how 2 get it back runnin ??
i had this BSOD the second time on my psp when i try to setup the internet connection (FW 2.50)
i was changeing the font on my psp with theme psp 1.1 flashed and bam Blue screen now i get this screen everytime i load my psp and thats it i cant go no futher
yeah i had twice. i ejected a game as it was abut to load cus i wnted to display the home screen.
I’m using firmware 1.5, and yesterday i had tried the devhook 0.45, but i didn’t like it, so i go back to devhook0.44, in that time when i’m trying to launch a game(homebrew), it appear the Blue screen.
I found it only realy happens on vers.2.6
is there a way u can do it with 2.8 psps (usin psp to post now)
I got a 1.50 psp after i ran THEMEPSP1.2 for 1.50 PSP MY PSP KEPT SHOWING THE BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH now i am stuck with it. Everytime I press O to restore or repair the settings it still keeps showing up And the only way i could run anything is if i go to RECOVERY mode I HATE THIS THING i don’t have a clue how to make it go away……..
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Does anyone know how to resolve this problem? Is it a good idea to send to Sony? i bought the PSP 4/5 months ago and i have downgraded. Will that affect in something if i send it back to Sony for repair? PLz answer me ;)
thx
For all of you with Blue Screen which are not going away even after restarting. This is because you tried to downgrade or run some sort of homebrew application. If you try to restart it and it doesn’t work at all it is probably bricked. Sony will probably not offer support because you were not suppose to downgrade in the first place. However i’d still try using my warrantee and just say it happened while playing game. Also try removing your memory stick and then restart it after it has been off for a while. If you are able to load the PSP normally try upgrading your firmware to a newer edition so that it overides any errors in your current one.
ok if you get BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH
Follow the guide below…
step1
Call sony:- 08705 99 88 77
you must NOT tell them you use homebrew..
tell them you bought locoroco it asked you to update. you connected to the ac adapter then run update when you came back it was on a blue screen with funny writing..
Sony will ask when didi you buy it? you say It was a gift and you dont know…
if they ask any other questions about the update just say you left it to update came back and that is the screen it was on, now it dont work.. if they ask any other questions play dumb and say i dont know…
it worked for me 4 times so far using differnt addresses of friends..
sony will then send a courier in 2days to change it
Ok thx…
im gonna try that ^^ if it works ill post here =P
Stay Coll and thx for the tip ace9094
what if i press the “o” butten and nothing still happens……..i have no memory card
That happend to me a couple times. It sucks cuse it deletes all ur settings and u have to put date, time, wep password if you have one all that stuff.
everytime i try to play a game off my memory card it freezes after laoding to a higher firmware and the “ble screen of death appears and it really @#$@$%%@##$ me off
I get the Blue Screen of Death as well, but I haven’t used homebrew or downgraded around the time of the initial release. It happened out of nowhere, my PSP is just being a f*g and I have no way to fix it. Maybe I’ll call Sony and use that method to get them to fix it. I took my memory stick out and left the PSP off for an entire week and it still hasn’t done sh*t. Now its annoying because every kid has a PSP and makes fun of me because mine doesn’t work anymore. How the hell did their’s stay in such good shape? They drop theirs, leave it in cold, lend it out, downgrade, re-upgrade, play homebrews and all theirs work perfectly.
Though when my PSP did work; it’d occasionally refuse to load things like the music folder or the USB connection. The little load sphere in the corner came up and went away instantly, I’d restart about 5 times before it’d work. Months later this blue screen crap happened and now I’m screwed.
I tried to opgrade my PSP from version 2,82 i think to 3,01 and after the installation my psp restarted as it always does after installation and when the start screen where it is written “SonyComputerEntertainment” it freeze and turns itself off.
i have the same problem as beeva + HellRazor- wen i press O the screen just comes back again. can any1 help me plz?
i got the blue screen of death i rang playstation on
08705 99 88 77 and said i got locoroco and updated
and left it when i came back the psp was off and when i turned it on it came up with the blue screen
they will ask you to give the serial and model number and then send you a new replacment psp its that easy
hi this has happend to me several times wen i installed fonts onto my psp but wen i pressed circle it went bak to choose ur settings as normal. but now its totoaly gone weird and now it keeps coming up and i cart access the xmb menu. plzzzz help
the blue screen happened to me in very language and said to press the o button, i pressed it and then it goes to the start up screen then GOES RIGHT BACK to the blu screen again and again. i tried taking out the battery and startin it up again but nothing works. CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME PLEASE.
hmmm so i was usin thempsp v 1.2 and i wanted to reinstall the default xmb back..so i do and i do it to the flash thing and devhook 1.5…so afterwards i get tht blue screen….i press o it restarts…and poof…what happens? it keeps comin bac..dunno how and y ….im runnin 1.5 emulatin 3.01…email:xxshadowslayer92@hotmail.com
i think ive found a way to solve this emi brickedness!
http://tinyurl.com/2mxkln
this might just work…i think it’ll work on 1.5s too but if you have 2.8 it will deff work…..ima try it out tho…otherwise i gotta call fxckin sony………..
“XeCuTeR NG5 says
i got the blue screen of death i rang playstation on
08705 99 88 77 …they will ask you to give the serial and model number and then send you a new replacment psp its that easy”
Do you neeed warranty in order to do that ?
I live I AUS and i just got my psp from hong kong. It’ sucks x_X, the day I leave the airport I decided to try the Internet option via the home menu of the new homebrew games ( cos 1.5, the firmware i have, doesn’t have the Internet option)& i accidentally turned my psp off while the browser fing was on. Then Blue screen >
helloz. I fixed my psp ^^!!!! I just formated my memory card & re-installed devhook by following tutorials.
Check out this link: http://tinyurl.com/yqg4na
I’ts meant to recover ur psp from a corrupted flash1.( the thing that’s causing the blue screen I fink’). It was only released yesterday(19/1/07) & i’m guessing it’s the first of it’s kind cos i’ve never come across this type of program b4. Best of Luck!!
I was playin on GTA Vice City Stories, I then compleated a mission and all of a suddun the Blue Screen came up i pushed 0 then a red screen came up that said nothin so I tryed to restart it but it wouldn’t switch back on even if you push the on button!!!!