PSP mod shines ring of light

13 Comments by Kevin Kelly Nov 13th 2006 8:05PM
Filed under: Hacks, Sony PSP

Modder Psyberjock has added a swanky hack to his PlayStation Portable that replaces the silver ring around the UMD tray with a circle of led lights; however, it's not for the faint of heart. If he gets enough requests, he'll post a how-to, but right now he says, "Considering the difficulty level of this mod, if you can't figure it out yourself, you'll probably just break your PSP or UMD tray."

We hope he shares the love, because that's a groovy looking mod.

Tags: dcemu, hacks, mod, mods, PlayStation Portable, PlaystationPortable, PSP, ring of light

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DWells55: Nov 13th 2006; 8:25PM

That is very cool and surprisingly classy.

rockintom99: Nov 13th 2006; 8:37PM

Er, isn't the PSP battery life bad enough as it is?

iceatcs: Nov 13th 2006; 8:43PM

LED light is so so so low power like about 1 watts each, it won't be much different for PSP battery life. About reduce about 5% or less of battery time.

The battery for PSP is not too bad for moment, last about 3.5 hours on GTA:VCS with headphone.

Matt: Nov 13th 2006; 8:55PM

Nice mod... looking at a PSP it seems to be quite possible with some 20-22AWG wire, special resistor placing, and shaved-down 3mm LEDs, but I'd hate to see how many people would be on forums going "omgzzz I bricked my PSP with ledz!!!1 helpz meeeee!" So I wholehartedly agree with Psyberjock that this should be left only to those who have the ingenuity and experience to do the schematics and install on their own.

Geoff: Nov 13th 2006; 9:21PM

He he - from paperweight to nightlight!

Only joking. It looks very cool.

Kevin: Nov 13th 2006; 9:33PM

That's cool looking and all, but that probably lowers the battery greatly compared to how low it already is.

blah: Nov 13th 2006; 9:55PM

I've never had problems with battery life.

chudgoo: Nov 13th 2006; 11:19PM

oh man...

How could we have missed such a GREAT goatse photoshopping opportunity?! ;)
(the goatsebox360 was way too easy)

http://www.joystiq.com/2005/12/03/goatse-themed-xbox-360-faceplate/#comments

ackmondual: Nov 14th 2006; 1:57AM

a black bar? The LG Chocolate? Wait, it IS a PSP!!! It shines so thieves can track it and still it easier :D

But in all seriousness, it's a neat way to customize the externals. I was concerned the next thing to "pimp" the PSP would be diamond studded case (cellphones), gold plated casing (cellphones again), or lacey cover (.... cellphones yet again)

360rules: Nov 14th 2006; 4:16AM

What is a PSP?

Pulse: Nov 14th 2006; 5:04AM

I don't sit at my PSP all day, so the battery life is fine for me as it is.

The led lights look cool, would prefer red though :P

Wulkar: Nov 14th 2006; 2:48PM

Looks good, but i sold my psp back to ebgames.

Einsteinac: Nov 17th 2006; 1:01AM

I think this picture is fake...Lol:P
Someone did a pretty good job with Photoshop I guess...Oh well, it looks pretty cool though.

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