Replacing the Battery in a PSV 1000

I’ve had this PSV 1000 for I don’t even know how long now — probably 8-plus years. Officially it’s been abandoned, but I picked it up again recently.

And found the battery seems to be shot.

Sony says the PSV battery isn’t replaceable, but swapping it is still dead simple. I remember Sony even put out battery replacement instructions for the PSV 2000 later on.

Undo the four screws on the back, the four on the top and bottom, and the two inside the card reader, and the thing opens up.

The battery is right there on the back, with a little clip. Pop the ribbon cable loose, pull the battery out, drop the new one in, screw everything back exactly as it was.

Used the PSV for several days after that, and the new battery’s runtime is clearly way better — I can get close to 5 hours even on AVG.

I’ve been playing the PSV nonstop lately and realizing there’s a ton of good games I still haven’t gotten to. Slowly working through them. Replacing the battery was worth it — it’s easy, and the batteries are cheap.