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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DAT (dark alex in training) says
this has happned to me about 20 times this is known as a semi brick. good news is that it is reversable if you have a custom firmware, and pressing the circle button doesnt work. you just need to boot the psp in recovery mode and either undo the last thing you did on the flash 1, 2, or 3. or you can run the program at /PSP/GAME/RECOVERY/eboot.pbp. and there you have unbricked the psp. if you dont have cfw and the circle button doesnt work then call sony and get a new psp like XeCuTeR NG5 did.
DAT (dark alex in training) says
in refrence to Amit’s comment “Since most of you were playing GTA that game must have a virus or something like that, but it is not the PSP console, because when I was playing , DBZ Shin budokai another road, then I started playing GTA, and it turned to that blue screen, I thin they shouldn’t change the PSP, but GTA instead :-)” most of the people were probably playing an unpatched version of GTA. this unpatched version, if used correctly can downgrade the phat psp to 1.50, and can downgrade the slim to 3.60. most of the people probably activated this feature without knowing it and the shut off their psp. this has happned to me several times, and i still havent figured out how this action got started. when i figure out how to start this action i will let you people know. until thenbe careful with what you do with the firmware, cause if you brick this correctly it is PERMINATLY UNBRICKABLE, EVEN WITH THE PANDORAS BATTERY.
bob says
My psp is messed up(ded brick) wont shut on or off, no buttons work if i try the battery thing it is still a brick. How can i fix this?????
allso the screen is ALLWAYS BLUE once it changed collores to green then back?? How can i fix this without sony??? Maby the memory stick trick might work?? IDK im trashing this!!!!!!!!!!!
canieves1 says
iwas lookin at the comments and i laughd when _ _ _ _ said now you can throw your psp away like _ _ _ _did.. my story was similar i was flashing from 3.71m33-4 to the beta4 and it worked but it was so diferent that i thought that it did not work so i went on the recovery mode and by error i formatted flash o it came up with n error code so i went back to the recovery mode and went to the flash o and i had some saved files fro another version i had 3.03 oe-c and i had made acopy of the font and the vhs folders so i thought that putin them in the same place were the ones y formatted were and it was a disater now the psp does’t even boot to the recovery menu that is to throw awy answer my question ?? what would you do after you delete the files after turning it back on ///no boot screen/no recovery menu/no usb open pot
jonathan says
i was playing psp then the blue screen pop out then i panic n took off the battery n when i turned it back on the screen was black anyone know how to fix this??plz help
gonzored says
DAT has it!! I tired it and it works. thanx DAT.
Michael Kim says
i need the flash 0 back up file for 3.03ce-c
my psp works fine even the umd drive, but when ever i go to the xmb it goes to that blue screen…
everything works except the xmb…when ever i go there the blue screen appears.
Help? please
Stanley Yelnats says
i got the screen. i was stillable to access recovery mode so i put my backuped flash 1 and flash0 and it worked. always have a pandora battery jst incase if nything worse happens. if you dont have a backup of your flashes, ask a friend with the same cfw to send it to you so you can replace your lashes. if you have no friends, you are screwed. good luck. your friend Stanley Yelnats
Gabriel says
every one who has a blue screen of death (BSOD): your PSP is not screwed! all you need is a pandora battery and a magic memory stick! go to my myspace and add or message me if you need help! or email me if ya need help - camaroboi@gmail.com
Slacky says
i went to restore default settings then…it suddenly went to blue then,asked me to pressed o..i did then it went black i turned it on,it ould say sony and the sound comes out but then it shuts it self off again anyone help..really appreciate.
Kevin says
i had that on my psp but I fixed it
abayomi says
i jst got homebrew on my psp slim nd i removed a file fom da psp called “font” nd after dat a blue screen came up.it doesnt work da blue screen is still der after i tried most of ur methods.i tried formatin da flash but it still dint work.i even tried pressin da o button but it only took me to da sony psp icon.i need help.
Gregaman says
hi i have the problem too, it only occurs when i see a video then when i skip it to another video ,why ….can anyone help me please!
flash670 says
hey i need help. my psp is like this also, but like wenever i press O it just keeps goin back to the blue screen. idk wat to do. can someone help me?
Nick says
I forgot all about my PSP until a few days ago.I booted it up and the screen was cracked in 4 places.Now I remember why I had forgotten about it….The PSP is STILL the sleekest gaming device ever created!
isaac says
HELP!!!! yea i got the stupid blue screen displaying this message but only in english. its cuz i have homebrew and im not sure what i did cuz im a noob lol. can anyone help me? jus email me ApexApocalypse@aol.com if you kno how to help. when i turn on the psp it goes straight to the blue screen so idk wat to do. please help
Austen says
My PSP has 4.00 ADP (my own firmware) and i have only ever got the BSOD when i first downgraded to 1.50. I have had CFW for years and no BSOD.
You people must have done something wrong.
NiiNO says
wen i tryed to restore factory settings my psp restarted and came back on wiff the BSOD and it wont go away!! wen i press O it jus restarts nd goes bakk to da BSOD….but i had irshell installed so i i enabled the plugin tomake it start automatically so it gets me passed the blue screen but i cant exit irshell or itll come bakk up
email me if anyone knows hot to use the recovery menu because i need to access my XMB
Gabriel says
My good people. Some of you have emailed me on how to fix this problem. for future BSOD recivers, send me an email, gabrielsimut@yahoo.com
ill be glad to help you fix your PSP.
PSP History: 17 modded, 43 Unbricked, Sold 11 PSP’s
parklane79 says
i have a 3.80m33 psp and i just turned it on and it happened
carlos says
my psp screen wont turn on but the little green light on the power button duz “i need 2 know what to do i need help” send me any info of what to do on my psp @ wicked1336@yahoo.com
jk says
hey i know i know if you only have any M33 or if you have the recovry menu only then you can so i think you deleted some of folders file cause today that happend to me in my psp so you should press the select button but when you are in blue screen then go down to 2nd last one in the screen then select the memory stick and the last one to
enzo says
dat,
your fucking awesome…!! your right
jose says
I NEED HELP!!!a stupid blue screen comes out in my psp and it says press the button o but it doesn’t work if you can help me e-mail me at this email emmanuel_verdin@hotmail.com
AGENT says
my psp is hacked and i have the blue sreen at the top they show u it on the website and anything i do it dose no t work.plzzzzzzzzzzzzz help.
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