"The Disc Cant Be Read" error message, help please

[dimka123]

I was playing Vice city Stories on my psp, and it was working fine. Then the other day i go to play it again, i get an error message that disc cant be read. I pressed that little black tab that lets ur PSP know when you have a UMD in there, and the laser is shinning a red light like its supposed to, and moving up and down. The disc spinner is working fine. I just have no idea whats wrong. Ive tryed multiple umds. Anybody?? Thanks for your help

[Micr0chiP]

Looks like your UMD drive went bye bye
Your best solution will be to take it to the store if its on warranty or to install a custom firmware and play backups (ISO/CSO)
When you have a custom firmware you can turn on the option for playing the backups without a UMD inserted.

I have installed custom firmware on 2 psps that had that problem, both of then are playing only backups, because the UMD has gone on vacations

Of course, if you dont have a UMD you cant make a backup, so you´ll have to make a trip to sites were you can download PSP games, dont let the dark side seduze you, good luck

[perfect_square]

i once had a psp drive that died. you just have to get it replaced; check out this youtube tutorial on how to do it

youtube.com/watch?v=Yct1T-g7w9I