So I have a PSP-3000 for almost 2 years now. It's been working fine up til one or two months ago.
The triangle, square, circle and X buttons don't work. Basically all the buttons on the right side. Everything else still works perfectly. Bumpers, directional keys, analog stick, etc, etc.
So far, I've managed to get the buttons to work temporarily by pressing hard at the very rightmost edge of the PSP, and pressing the button. This almost requires two hands though since I have to press the button while I'm holding down the side. Now mostly just use the PSP for music and video. A while ago, if I pressed down random areas of the right side of the PSP, all the buttons would work for a while, but would stop working soon after. Usually around 1 hour of working properly. Now, this method doesn't work.
I opened it up just recently and while I'm by no means a tech expert, I can't really find anything wrong. There's a lot of dust but everything seems to be in order.
I might be able to get a picture sometime in the near future. For now, does anyone know what could be wrong?