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Not to be a negative nancy but it sounds like the same problem I was having with mine. I honestly think its a full brick. I never did bother to really try and fix it and there are a couple things I might still try and do. At this point, you've got nothing to lose by bridging the power fuse.

As far ...

I've seen this problem before and every time it has either been a bad LCD or loose ribbons. Just take the Slim apart and look at where the ribbons for the LCD plug into the motherboard. Are they in far and straight?

I've had a very similar problem myself, and it turned out to be the motherboard. I still haven't given up on it though. I currently use the motherboard as a battery charging "test bench". Even though the motherboard doesn't boot, I can still stick a battery on the 3 terminals and charge it by ...

Formatting through the PSP is a good thing. It creates all the folders on the card that are necessary for correct operation. Occasionally these files/folders can get a bit messed up and cause some crazy symptoms like you experienced.

Sometimes it can get a bit worse than that and you'll have to ...

I haven't heard of any protections being placed on newer memory cards. Mine is an 8GB that was purchased around Christmas time and it works perfectly.

Here's what I would do... format your memory stick and then try it again. If that doesn't work, then talk to your friend and see if he'll let you ...

Ok, here is what my VHS menu looks like.

CPU CLOCK XMB 333/166
CPU CLOCK GAME 333/166
USB DEVICE Memory Stick
UMD ISO MODE M33 Driver

Those are good settings.

If you can't do this from the VSH menu, then power off the PSP completely. Then while restarting, hold the R button. You are now at the ...

This was my first guess as well, changing to M33 driver -No UMD- in the recovery menu. But from reading his post I get the impression that nothing is even showing in the Game menu. You would think he would've mentioned an error code of the UMD driver was the case.

You're missing your select button?

I'm assuming that you're trying to run a PSP game, correct? You're going into Memory Stick and not Saved Data Utility?

This might not have been the most entirely appropriate thread to post in, but regardless...

There is an extremely high likelihood that you will get an unhackable PSP. The best course of action is to buy a phat from Craigslist. You can also get a Star Wars or Daxter bundle from Amazon as ALL SW and ...

If there is a demand, it will be filled. The aftermarket will always step into take care of things like this.

Nope, you have to gut the UMD drive in order to internalize the CR3100 for a Phat. This will work just fine on a Slim as well. With CFW, a PSP is completely capable of being 100% UMD in dependent. :)

Am I wrong or was the "in" supposed to be there? Because I think I remember scrapping my umd ...

Nope, you have to gut the UMD drive in order to internalize the CR3100 for a Phat. This will work just fine on a Slim as well. With CFW, a PSP is completely capable of being 100% UMD dependent.

I second that... just completely take it out. It will make the PSP lighter anyway.

How do you define cheap? Does it bother you if it has been opened?

Nope, it should not be in the UPDATE folder. Put it in the root of the memory stick where you see the folders: PSP, ISO, PICTURE, VIDEO, etc.

Find out which drive the PSP is (likely J:/, K:/, or L:/) and open it up. Drop it right there. That should fix it.