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I have a psp 2001 series with a UMD disk drive with a worn out laser. Games are no longer being read. There is a guide for psp 2000 umd drive replacement, but there are some steps that I’m not understanding.

  1. On step 10, it says to pinch upper arms to dislocate them from the UMD door. The UMD bracket can now be easily pulled out. How do you remove the bracket? The bracket is still secure in the unit.
  2. On step 10, it says to gently pry on the left hand side of the UMD door to remove it. How do you remove the door because the door is still secure in the unit. I have done all steps to step 10 and I’m puzzled.

Hi Justin, I understand how not every instruction is read or understood by everyone the same way, so sometimes it helps if something is explained in a different way that may make more sense to a given person. So it might help to look at a different set of instructions that explain the same process but in a different way. There’s a guide available over at the French site called sosav.com that may be worth your time to take a look at. UMD drive PSP 2000 repair - Free guide - SOSav In particular, I believe step 40 of their guide is trying to accomplish the same thing as step 10 of the iFixit guide. Step 43 shows you how to do the second part of your question. Let us know how it goes!