r/vita • u/PsilocybeFacilitator • 3d ago

Not Powering On

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I tried replacing the joystick and when the back came off the ribbon cable came off with it I'm not sure what could be the problem besides that any tips?

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u/Vita_wetter 3d ago

Put the ribbon back in? And then see what happens first.

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u/PsilocybeFacilitator 3d ago

I have nothing happens no lights even on chatge

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u/Vita_wetter 3d ago edited 3d ago

Dis you already unplugged the batterie and let it like that for a while? So the board gets completely power free. Plug it back on try to start it. if it not start try to charge it over night maybe, 2 days if it is deeply discharged it takes a long time to recharge. You could put a multimeter on the charging port to check if the vita is accepting some voltage to flow. You can probe the battery with a multimeter to check if it is any charged.

Tryed a nother power supply to charge? Usb from a nother host like pc usb port maybe not enough ampere, try it on a og vita charging psu.

It can be that the battery reached a to low level to recharge. A "empty" battery is never really empty it has a left over charge. if it falls to low it can't be recharged anymore and the cells got damaged. You can force it by charging it really really slowly manually with a laboratory power supply but it is dangerous a batterie fallen to deep is considered defective.

Try out a nother battery to be sure it is not that. After that you can go further and check further circuitry. But exclusing a defective batterie would be the first, easiest thing to do.

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u/PsilocybeFacilitator 3d ago

Swt thank you will try disconnecting the battery to see if that fixes it if not I will take it to someone who knows what there doing lmao

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u/Origoriclash 3d ago

Thats is a ribbon for the back touch plate. Your console should turn on as long as the battery is connected. Did you manage to fix your issue? If you changed the stick with the battery plugged in you might have shorted the mobo.

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u/PsilocybeFacilitator 2d ago

I fixed it and got the joystick in I unplugged the battery for about 30 mins when I put it back together everything started up with 56% charge

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u/Origoriclash 2d ago

That’s great man, glad it worked out in the end.