Vita won't turn on

XFoxPrower

Well-Known Member
OP
Member
Joined
Mar 27, 2023
Messages
129
Trophies
0
XP
449
Country
United States
My Vita 11xx won't turn on after messing with ribbon cables (For gamepads?) See Initial Issue below. Plug in power adaptor: No light. Hold Power Button: Slow single orange blink for as long as it's held. No display. It's as though the Vita's saying "There's a battery connection and the power button works, but something's wrong". Does it have to do with all those contact terminals scattered around the board (Pictures: https://bunkaikoubou.jp/ps/psvita-pch1100/pch1100_1lana.html See back, makes connections throughout, particularly to Gamepad components attached by ribbon cables)? Does it have to make a full circuit around? I can't find any guides on blink codes. May as well order a new unit and keep this one around for screws & research.

Initial Issue:
After a spill, various buttons stopped working on my Vita. The D-pad X, and O would work fine in the Bubble menu. But launch an app such as Settings and only the touch screen works. Yet some text-based homebrew would work fine. Except also, Power wouldn't bring up the Power Off menu, so the only way to power off would be to wait for the battery to fully die (weeks?) or use "Shutdown or Reboot" (homebrew, touch screen). Because holding Power for 20 seconds only reboots. And Home wouldn't work, so I couldn't exit apps. Almost seemed like a software issue, but apparently 'R' and possibly other buttons were thought to be held down at the circuit level and maybe different input APIs seem to handle things differently. So I got everything but the right analog stick (random inputs) by wiping down connectors & cables with alcohol.
 

Site & Scene News

Popular threads in this forum

General chit-chat
Help Users
  • light27 @ light27:
    my bad
  • light27 @ light27:
    happy birthday
  • light27 @ light27:
    OIP.19q3E5NK_Mdn0K35CZWrWQHaJ4
    for you bro
    +2
  • Xdqwerty @ Xdqwerty:
    @light27, it's actually tommorrow but thx
  • light27 @ light27:
    oh it’s the least I could do
    +1
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    yawn
  • Xdqwerty @ Xdqwerty:
    @K3Nv2, stop stealing my phrases
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    why
  • Xdqwerty @ Xdqwerty:
    @K3Nv2, it's not funny
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    ok
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    Wut?
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    That's not funny
    +1
  • Psionic Roshambo @ Psionic Roshambo:
    So two cannibals where eating a clown and one says to the other. Hey does this taste funny to you?
    +1
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    What do you call a slow car? Retired
    +1
  • Psionic Roshambo @ Psionic Roshambo:
    Did you hear about the police car that someone stole the wheels off of? The police are working tirelessly to find the thieves.
    +1
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    A firefighter got arrested for assault his main claim was what I was told he was on fire
    +1
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    What do you call a hooker with a runny nose? Full
    +1
  • Psionic Roshambo @ Psionic Roshambo:
    What do you tell a woman with two black eyes? Nothing you already told her twice!
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Diddy also works
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    A scientist heard the word batman so he put a naked lady in a cage with a bat
  • Psionic Roshambo @ Psionic Roshambo:
    Chuck Norris won a staring contest, with the sun.
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    A vampires favorite thing to do is moon you
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    What's the difference between an airplane, and Ken's mom? Not everyone has been in an airplane.
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    What's the difference between @BigOnYa and his wife? Neither both want to bone me
    K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2: What's the difference between @BigOnYa and his wife? Neither both want to bone me