Gaming PSP Home button needs fixing

[Devil May Cry]

Well, this one has got me stumped. I repair PSPs and someone came up to me a few days back asking for help repairing his. The problem with his is that when in game the screen to quit the game always pops up. Normally this would mean a stuck/faulty Home button or that the button strip is making an improper connection. However, this problem only occurs in-game. When using other applications like the Internet Explorer, there is no problem. I'm not quite sure what the problem is, so I was hoping someone here might know. Any ideas?

 

[easycrashing]

I'd recommend reflashing it and the memory card.

Something like MacroFire could cause it if he didn't know what he's doing.

 

[Devil May Cry]

New detail, charger doesn't like to work sometimes. I doubt these are connected though. I'll see what he's done with the PSP beforehand.

 

[thedicemaster]

home-button thing, could perhaps be a umd problem too.
opening the umd door while in a game opens the quit-menu too, and i've noticed some umd's can trigger this even with the door closed.

 

[Devil May Cry]

home-button thing, could perhaps be a umd problem too.
opening the umd door while in a game opens the quit-menu too, and i've noticed some umd's can trigger this even with the door closed.

Oh wow, can't believe I forgot that. Haven't used my UMD drive in ages, totally forgot it does that.

 

[thedicemaster]

i used to have it with wipeout pulse, quite annoying having the home-button screen pop up in the middle of a race.
no longer a problem though, with the psn version on my go.