PSP Blue Screen Of Death - January 3, 2006
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
posted by Sahas Katta in Gaming & Software
on 1/3/2006 at 03:54 PM with Comments (109) & TrackPings (2)
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beeva says
my blue screen of death doesnt go away when i press O. the screen just comes up again. i need a hand here!
HellRazor says
I have the same problem as Beeva, my Blue Screen of Death keeps coming back also.Is there something i can do about it?
rebelpspplaya says
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
JAy says
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?
nguyenkhoalinh says
I WANT TO DOWNGRADE V2.60 TO 1.50 ,HELP HELP
beeva says
i hear the psp is bricked and i’ve given up.
Leo Ashcraft says
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!
j says
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
pavaloo says
umm i wanna get this blue screen can someone tell me a garaunteed way to?
TTT says
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.
pavaloo says
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?
sahas says
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!
A.J. says
Pavaloo:
A guaranteed way to get this blue screen to happen is to take out the PSP in very cold weather (95 degrees Fahrenheit).
J.V. says
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??
ho says
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 ??
computerfreak202 says
i had this BSOD the second time on my psp when i try to setup the internet connection (FW 2.50)
Unlucky Person says
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
dave says
yeah i had twice. i ejected a game as it was abut to load cus i wnted to display the home screen.
Kunio14 says
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.
evofan says
I found it only realy happens on vers.2.6
headhunter says
is there a way u can do it with 2.8 psps (usin psp to post now)
PSPFREAK says
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……..
Bl4ckNo0bik says
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
sahas says
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.
ace9094 says
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
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