PSP Question

now, this isnt about any games for it, its a question ive got about the PSP itself.

now, i dont really use it. i got it for xmas some time ago, and never opened it until a few months later when i was randomly in gamestop and found crisis core on sale. So, needless to say ive probably only ever played the thing an amount of times (turning it on then off) that i can count with both hands. But recently i dug for it for something, and i saw that the battery was entirely drained, or rather, that the thing wouldnt turn on because of it. Now, i never leave something with low enough of a battery to where i wouldnt be able to use it, but this PSP has me wondering something. I remember the last time i played it, which was at least in september of last year, that it wouldve had a decently charged battery for it. Is it a common thing for the battery's energy to disipate after some time for this thing?

I think that can apply for almost anything that is electronic, right? I think my battery energy sorta disintegrates and slowly degrades over time when I don't use my Zune-HD (whne fully charged) if I don't pick it up for weeks. But it's barely noticeable, I think. I usually play my PSP weekly, so I can't give you a direct answer on that. Mine's normally charging if my battery is less than 50%.

I think that can apply for almost anything that is electronic, right? I think my battery energy sorta disintegrates and slowly degrades over time when I don't use my Zune-HD (whne fully charged) if I don't pick it up for weeks. But it's barely noticeable, I think. I usually play my PSP weekly, so I can't give you a direct answer on that. Mine's normally charging if my battery is less than 50%.

well, id figure itd be like that for all electronics, but just recently i dug through my old room and found an mp3 player that mustve been sitting for a good 6 months without being used, and i turned it on to see if it still worked, and it had a full to 80% charge in it.

The question here, though, is: Did you actually turn it off? If you just switched the power button, you're basically just putting it into a sleep mode, so it'll run out of battery eventually... I think.

The question here, though, is: Did you actually turn it off? If you just switched the power button, you're basically just putting it into a sleep mode, so it'll run out of battery eventually... I think.

Yea, sleep mode will look the same as it being turned off completely, but it will use energy to save the data-state. When its completely off, it will still use a little bit of energy, but far far less than with the device in sleep mode.

The question here, though, is: Did you actually turn it off? If you just switched the power button, you're basically just putting it into a sleep mode, so it'll run out of battery eventually... I think.

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this, i was unaware of...
thanks for the info.

Okay, uhm...
So if just flicking the power tab thing up doesnt turn the device off, and instead puts it into sleep mode... How do i turn it off?

Hold the power switch for a couple secs.