How to repair bricked PSP ?

How to Repair Bricked PSP?

Having fun with your PSP? Everything seemed perfect unless you thought of upgrading your PSP firmware to a newer version, as always a newer version promises better features and aesthetics.
So you pressed the key, the upgrading started, you are asked to restart your console & there you see, all lights on, but nothing on your screen. Guess what? Your PSP is bricked!
This is when you start your search on Google for "How to fix bricked PSP" , in simpler words, it's of no use other than hammering your head with it.
But stop before you go and build a new dog shed for your puppy with that shinning brick. You can repair the bricked PSP, fix it, play again and ask your friends for more games.
You will need to get a few things to fix the bricked PSP, a.k.a Un-brick you PSP

1. A Memory Card Reader.
2. A Pro Duo Memory Stick.
3. A Pandora Battery & Firmware, you can easily get that from the Pandora's Official, or you can search for a cheaper version of it.
4. Next, you would need a PSP Grader, it is a windows application which is used to create a magic stick for use with the Pandora Battery. Download the PSP Grader v0008 from PSP Repair Guide website.
5. The last thing you need is the Official Sony 5.00 Firmware Update. You can either get that from the PSP Graded Download itself, or from internet.
You also need the Microsoft .NET Framework, as the application is built on .NET.
So, now you are done collecting the stuff to unbrick your PSP. Let's start the real Process.
1. Unzip the PSP Grader, Run it.
2. If you downloaded the 5.00 Update, the click on "load official eboot", otherwise, download it from the internet.
3. Connect your Memory Card Reader & insert you Pro Duo Memory Stick.
4. Next, select your card reader drive for the memory stick & Click on "Create Pandora Stick". If you select "Format Memory Stick", it would delete and format the stick. Use it only if you need to.
5. So now, you are done with creating your Magic Memory Stick.
Now, remove that Memory Stick and put it into your PSP. Replace your PSP Battery with the Pandora Battery, while inserting the Pandora Battery, you need to hold down the L shoulder button of your PSP.
6. A menu will be loaded on your PSP, press the X button & wait for few minutes.
7. After a couple of minutes the process would be complete, just press the X button again & remove the Pandora Battery.
8. Now you are done with repairing your bricked PSP, go and enjoy gaming on your PSP again.
So, this was a simple and lucid process to Un-brick your PSP. Hope that the process un-bricks yours. Files and other details are available on PSP Repair Guide website.