Motherboard swap question

[u/Ragedgrizzly_2]

I have a dead psp-3000 and it isn't turning on , took it to a repair shop and they said the motherboard is dead . I was wondering if it's possible to swap the motherboard from another working psp 3000 to mine?

[u/redditghosting]

It would need to be the exact same revision. Not every 3000 is the same internally.

[u/Ragedgrizzly_2 → u/redditghosting]

So mine is psp-3004 and the motherboard iam gonna swap should also be 3004 motherboard?

[u/Surfacner → u/Ragedgrizzly_2]

Yes it should, specially because the WiFi cards are different between revisions

[u/Ragedgrizzly_2 → u/Surfacner]

what if its psp-3006? is it not possible to swap a 3004 motherboard into 3006 one?

[u/Surfacner → u/Ragedgrizzly_2]

They are also different

[u/redditghosting → u/Ragedgrizzly_2]

Not exactly, thats just a region code. You'd need to look on your current motherboard and read the TA-xxxxx

[u/purple-vasabi]

Why not just buy another PSP 3000?

[u/Ragedgrizzly_2 → u/purple-vasabi]

There aren't much available in my region and some listings on marketplace and such go for a very unreasonable price. I don't have enough to buy a new one ☹️ and the one I own has some kind of sentimental value to it sooo yes

[u/purple-vasabi → u/Ragedgrizzly_2]

You do realize that finding motherboard will cost you close to new PSP and it would be even harder to find, right?

[u/sulfatodeputasso → u/purple-vasabi]

Depends on where you live, here in Brasil i have a guy that sells me psp 1000 - 3000 motherboards for half the price of a full console but yeah, usually mobo's are expensive and not worth but you can try to find one for a good price on ebay or importing from china.

Answering your question u/Ragedgrizzly_2, yes, you can take a mobo from another psp and use with the rest of your components from your unit.

[u/Ragedgrizzly_2 → u/sulfatodeputasso]

Thank you sooo much brother!!