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PSP is unable to read a memory stick

my psp can't read my sony memory stick pro duo, every time I insert it  the light on the LAN showing it in reading process just blink and blink, and it's like it can't be read. HELP!!!!!

Posted by avatar on Oct 13, 2007

    • By avatarArnel Pobre Oct 21, 2007

    • cheaper but more effective?

    • By avatarArnel Pobre Nov 29, 2007

    • it seems the that ms stick itself is the problem even I format it using computer it won't work, so I guess i have to buy a new one, thanks for help anyway.

    • By avatarkajol55 Oct 30, 2009

    • I HAV A 4 GIG MEM CARD I PUT GAMES IN IT GOSE IN BUT THE PSP GAME SAYS CORRUPT DATA BUT WHEN I PUT IT IN ANOTHER PSP IT COMES ON DOSE ANY ONE HAV A SOLUTION PLEASE

    • By avatarzac_thunderb May 24, 2009

    • my memory card can't be read by the psp?it say cannot read memory stick,please format

    • By avatarleodiablo_wo May 20, 2009

    • everytime i insert all my memory stick DOU it can't be read,
      the first memory stick cannt read but the use data displayed
      the other one cannot read also just blink and blink and blink.

    • By avatarSickDemented May 19, 2009

    • I downloaded a CTF Downloader on my Magic Memory Stick. It was working fine before I put the file on to my Memory Stick. Now my PSP can't read the Stick! So there is no way I can format it. Plus if I do that it will me become a regular Sony Memory Stick. Also my computer can't read it. Oh yeah, and that orange light flashes. Can anyone help?

    • By avatarGuest May 18, 2009

    • I dropped my psp and everything works but the memory card reader.

    • By avatarGuest May 15, 2009

    • same problem, so nobody has an answer for this?

    • By avatarhoosyrdady May 05, 2009

    • i have a 4 gig produo sandisk that my psp wont read. but my friends psp will read it. also my psp WILL read my friends memorystick.

    • By avatarhoosyrdady May 05, 2009

    • My PSP will not read my memory stick but it will read my friends, and my friends PSP will read my memory stick!!!!!!! Whats goin on?

    • By avatardarren1932 Apr 26, 2009

    • i think i know what is happening.i think i'v deleted the file named psp in the memory stick and so that is why it can't read it.if you have any questions or you can help me send an e-mail on darren1932@hotmail.com.ty

    • By avatarsolidsnake62 Apr 20, 2009

    • everytime i insert my memory stick, the amber light keeps flashing and the psp says insert memory stick.

    • By avatarkyrin Apr 13, 2009

    • what is wrong with my memory card for my psp????

      my psp cannot read it, with the read light blinking. i cannot format it using my psp nor my pc.

      pls help.... thanks...

    • By avatarkarl_0297 Apr 12, 2009

    • my memory stick cannot be read but i try formatting it, it doesnt work.

    • By avatarGuest Apr 06, 2009

    • my 8gb memory stick doesnt read, insert my other memory stick it works, tried on three of my other 4 gb and 8 gb memory stick it can be read, particularly only tt memory stick..

    • By avatarmm90556 Apr 01, 2009

    • i know i have the same problem and my memory stick worked with my pwp so i traded it for money to a friend but he said it wouldn't read it.

    • By avatarGuest Mar 26, 2009

    • dunno how to fix

    • By avatarGuest Mar 25, 2009

    • the psp wlan keeps flashing on mine first really quickly then slowly the pc card reader wont read it either

    • By avatarhardeepsange Mar 23, 2009

    • i have a psp currently running on firmwire 4.01m322 and am playing games from the memory stick. the problem is i cant play gta liberty city stories any more. other games from the memory stick still work.

      could someone please help me.

    • By avatarGuest Mar 19, 2009

    • wen i insert ms i go on main menu to fomat it. wen i click on format it will say ms inserted plzz help!

    • By avatarGuest Mar 17, 2009

    • i need help. the light is blinking but it keeps saying that there is no memeory stick inserted. what do i do

    • By avatarGuest Feb 21, 2009

    • memory stick problem

    • By avatarGuest Feb 15, 2009

    • I have the same problem

    • By avatarPsPHacker Feb 08, 2009

    • the light keeps on flashing any help would be greatly appreciated

    • By avataruzy007 Jan 28, 2009

    • you siad you can provide us some pictures ...

      could you please send me a video or some pictured on how 2 do that please .
      the problem with my psp is when i insert a sony mem sstick it turns of .

      What I simply did was to laminate a little piece of cardboard a little thinner than the card and a little longer, to be able to take it out when you need so. After making that piece, all you have to do is insert it with the card (on the card side that doesn't have pins --> where the sony logo is) and voila, you reader will start reading cards again, just like it always did!

      This is a simple, cheap, and working method! No need to risk opening the Psp for nothing!!

    • By avatarAlexD818 Jan 24, 2009

    • i put the memory stick in the psp but it takes a long time to read it
      then when it reads it i try to delete some stuff and it says that data is corrupted and can't be deleted


    • By avatarhuskerfan101 Jan 21, 2009

    • I have the same problem too! The light just keeps on blinking. Is it the system or the memory card??????

    • By avatarGuest Jan 17, 2009

    • this sux

    • By avatarcytoplazm11 Jan 07, 2009

    • I have a PSP slim with firm ware 3.90 m33-3
      I have a 8GB and i have PSPTUBE on it.
      iwas downloading a video onto my psp, it took so long so i pressed hometo quit app and it took longer than usual so i removed the battery andnow when i try to turn it on the screen is blank and the memory sticklight continuously blinks. i can go to recovery mode with the mem stickin it. and i can go to the PSP home by turning the the PSP on withoutthe memory stick in it. when im on home, i place the memory stick inand it doesn't detect it. my life is in shambles. please help me, iwould be so grateful.

    • By avatarGuest Jan 04, 2009

    • i have the psp-2001 and i just got it as a christmas gift and my friends psp did the same thing so we tried his memory card in mine and it still does not work plz help we need to figure this thing out it has important business files on it

    • By avatarveon_browne2 Dec 30, 2008

    • i gt the same thing my 2G the it suddenly stopped working the i tryd my 512 i was doing the same thing then i put in the memory card that with the psp (30mb) and its still not working help me

    • By avatarrapxever Dec 23, 2008

    • I CHANGED MY MEMORY STICK COZ I HAVE TWO OF THEM THEN SUDDENLY MY PSP WONT READ THE MEMORY THAT I JUST PUT IN, WHEN I PUT BACK THE OTHER MEMORY STICK BEFORE I CHANGED IT, IT STILL WONT READ IT.. PLEASE HELP ME WITH MY PROBLEM... PLEASE....

    • By avatarnestor_11291 Dec 19, 2008

    • I have the same problem but its not the psp. Its the memory stick. I tried my brother-in-laws memory stick and it works perfectly fine. CAN SOMEONE HELP ME????

    • By avatarGuest Dec 11, 2008

    • PSP is unable to read a memory stick problem

    • By avatarcspd_jhay08 Nov 23, 2008

    • it is the same problem that i have!! pls help me!!

    • By avatarcopelandi21 Nov 19, 2008

    • I put my memory stick in my PSP but it wont read the data and say "there is no memory stick inserted".What do i do?please message me soon.

    • By avatarjevarr1 Nov 04, 2008

    • i have the same problem

    • By avatarjj56540 Oct 24, 2008

    • my psp will not read memory stick

    • By avatarmarco1853 Sep 21, 2008

    • i had my 8gb memory stick which had downloaded games on it and it was working veofre now it doesent work any more it just showst he free space but the games arent there

    • By avatarpaulmunoz6 Aug 28, 2008

    • i had a 2 gig memory stick micro sd with reader and i just put it in one day and it didn't read on my psp the next day, it didn't read on anything so i took it out and the reader fell apart on me then i saw a prong for the micro sd reader was bent then it broke off, does anyone know where to get a new reader?
      dont know whether it was the memstick or reader.

    • By avatarghfhfh Jul 20, 2008

    • PLZ HELP! I think my SVR 07 damaged my reader cos it always messes up when i make a CAW, so i predict that it killed my psp reder or my memory stick.

    • By avatarZiuDah Jun 28, 2008

    • I inserted my 4gbmemory stick in a card reader and it works fine... but the second time, when I insert it.. the cardreader cannot detect the memory stick in it... I tried my other memory stick and it goes smoothly..



      I also tried to insert my 4gbmemstick on my psp and it wont work anymore... but my other memory stick were doin fine...



      what could be the problem???



      --I almost forgot.. when I inserted that on the cardreader.. my anti-virus detected a worm/virus "autorun.inf." a trojan type... but I think its not connected with the problem because I encountered that worm/virus on different systems and it didnt affect anything when you quarantine it...

    • By avatarSamUL May 01, 2008

    • Hi there, i got that problem too! When i start my GTA LCS it says: ''Save data corrupted'' And i got Tekken 5 Dark Ressurection it is the same!
      And my sister she plays Luxor, and its the same too!!
      Can someone please help me?

    • By avatarGuest Mar 08, 2008

    • please my psp is unable to read a memory stick please help me to solve this problem

    • By avatarGuest Mar 04, 2008

    • I put any memory stick and in the lan logo a orange light starts to blink and my memory stick is not able to be read by my psp ia m :(

    • By avatarAtreaus Feb 15, 2008

    • i was playing with my PSP (GTA LCS) just after i saved the game i decided to go to the bathroom i turned off my PSP but when i came back and turn on to my PSP it cant read my Memo stick!!? waaah!! i tried to format it but it failed error (8001B006)What does this error means?? HHELLPP!! please!!!

    • By avatarkightmare Feb 14, 2008

    • i had the same problem on a psp i had for 1 year i bought a brand new
      one and it did work at first but it stoped after awhile and did the
      same thing it blinks like it is trying to read it but cant and the
      compressed air can did not get it to work both of my memery cards work
      on my ps3, my computer,
      and my friends psp's but not on mine and it is really beginning to PISS
      ME OFF
      !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

    • By avatarGuest Dec 20, 2007

    • I connect the PSP to my computer but it doesn't show any icon folder with memory stick in my PC .

    • By avatarbico_att Dec 18, 2007

    • While my psp running game (GTA=LCS) on memory stick, i was fall down after i get it up it still paying game. went i press button Home, screen is white and not blackligh until i removed battery.

      when i press power on, my psp unknown memory stick. i try to formart to FAT, FAT32 and other memory but not work. but i can play game on UMD.

      please help me to slove my psp memory slot! Thank

      srong_vandy@yahoo.com

    • By avatarnivra Nov 25, 2007

    • my psp does not read my memory stick and the lan ligth keeps blinking what should i do

    • By avatarHenmoe Nov 25, 2007

    • I am also having the same problem. Blowing into the slot works for awhile then unable to read memory stick error. Placed same stick into another PSP and it reads fine. Placed it back into the problem PSP nothing. Please help.

    • By avatarGuest Nov 22, 2007

    • none yet

    • By avatargoyoelburro Nov 19, 2007

    • The lan light blinks and memory stick is not recognized. Sometimes I can blow into the slot (thinking contacts might be dirty) and it fixes the problem, for about 3 minutes, when it gives an error and will not read the stick.

Solutions (41)

Best Solution

Hi there, same thing happened to me and It was really frustrating, to a point where I was about to smash my PSP! But don't do that, It wont fix anything... Instead, I will propose you something....

For all those people who have the problem of a PSP stopping to read REAL SONY CARDS, first, make sure that the problem comes from the PSP card reader and not the card. To do so, simply test 2 or 3 different cards in your PSP, and If your reader is "damaged", the orange light will keep on blinking... You can also test these same cards on another psp if you have one in hand. They should work perfectly (if the problem is your psp card reader...).

After making sure that your problem is located in the psp, thats what you will do:

- The problem might simply come from the fact that with allot of use, the pins inside the reader don't touch properly the connection contacts from your cards anymore. At least that's what happened to me, and I believe allot of people had the same problem...

What I simply did was to laminate a little piece of cardboard a little thinner than the card and a little longer, to be able to take it out when you need so. After making that piece, all you have to do is insert it with the card (on the card side that doesn't have pins --> where the sony logo is) and voila, you reader will start reading cards again, just like it always did!

This is a simple, cheap, and working method! No need to risk opening the Psp for nothing!!

  • By Author imagedloyo Jul 29, 2008

    • By avatardloyo Aug 18, 2008

    • I can provide pictures if anyone is interested...

    • By avatarjuliwong Oct 01, 2010

    • could you please provide pictures please. sorry. just before i break my card

      thanx

    • By avatarvinam7 Nov 18, 2010

    • can u post me picture at vinam7@rediffmail.com

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Hi all,

This problem can be easly fix... is just a matter of making your memory stick touch all the pins of your psp... If you want to see a video of how I fixed this problem on my psp please check my video on youtube...

My wife's PSP had this same problem-- it stopped reading the memory card. I checked the memory card in my PSP, and the card was fine, I looked inside the card slot to make sure none of the prongs were pushed back (which they weren't). I made a jig out of 8 strips of yellow legal tablet paper a bit narrower than the memory card, folded it in half where the creased end fit into the card slot and slid in on the opposite side of the prongs than the card connected, which repositioned the prongs to get a good connection on the card. After inserting the jig into the card slot a couple times, I reinserted the memory card into the PSP, and once again it would read the memory card. This might not be the problem all the time, but obviously this time the problem was that at least one of the prongs wasn't getting a good connection on the card.
I hope this helps someone else!
Laz

  • By Author imageLazerus Mar 14, 2008

someone contact sony and make them address this problem

format it

    • By avatarNischal Gautam Apr 15, 2009

    • dont worry i have a trick to it you will be able to do everything

      just follow my simple process

      take out the memmory stick

      and then slowly insert memory stick pushing it up

      and then enjoy


so many people have this problem, and mosts forums you read focus on the stick, but its the psp man. I have 2 psp, the sticks work on one and not the other, its definatley the PSP.

format your card using your psp console. try it atleast 5 times

  • By Author imagekra2s Apr 20, 2008

MaYbe its the memory stick .. its the bronze colored thingy that is connected w/ the reader in the psp ... maybe its scratched or something check it out ..

Easier I think than using a piece of laminate, I just put a bit of scotch tape on the side without pins and it read the card right away.

Wow, this seems to be a common problem, i see this alot. This problem could be the memory stick, buy a new ine or reformat the card, with the psp(system settings then frmat memory card). For the problem with no folders, you can simply add them. just add a folder called psp and fill it with new folders called(music,videos,games) that should fix that no folder problem.

  • By Author imageAdam C Feb 25, 2008

try formatting it on your computer with a card reader. then insert it into your PSP.

this problem seems to be due to the forks not touching the memory card when its inside the psp system . but i suggest taking it back to sony and see what they can do but just for now have you tryd cutting a bit of paper to the size of the momory card but just a little bit longer so you dont lose it in the psp . and place the paper in with the card and it should make it touch the card reader inside the psp . but this dont allways work seems to work on some bat not all . if you have any questions send me a email on lstewa32@hotmail.co.uk . add me on facebook by my email or if you have a playstation 3 add my psn lstewa32 hope this works for you

liam

hi my psp has this problem when i transfered games to my 4gig sony memory stick some data are corrupted and occupies the gig ex. i transfer 200mb games my free space became lesser like 191mb since i had only transfer 1 games and i have 4 gig memory stick..pls help...smetimes when i open my psp..there's a note memory cannot be read pls format...and still the same problem i encounter..:( pls help!!! thanks

OK,

The problem is not the stick. I have two sticks and the same problem in both.

I took my PSP to work and gave it a thorough cleaning using a compressed air can. I blew air in litterally every orifice I could find on my PSP.

Since then it has only repeated the problem once and it went away quickly.

I'm thinking that over the two years that I have had my PSP there has been some dust or lint build up on the motherboard or something. My next step will be to dissasemble the unit completely and go at it again with the compressed air.

Solution #13 worked for me.

Try this link . . . www.sony.com/playstation3

To find your best solution.

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  • By Author imagefiruki May 07, 2009

I have the same problem. I just received a brand new 8gig memory stick today and it still won't work right. The only solution is to get a new PSP.

I had the same problem and I posted it here on fixya. I found out the problem. Your memory stick is just corrupted and you need to format it. You cannot format it with the psp because obviously the psp cannot read it. You format it by using an 80gig ps3. It must be an 80gig or higher because they have a slot were you can put the memory stick in. I fixed mine by using my brother-in-law's ps3. HOPED THIS HELPED!

I had the same problem and I thought it was the card, but I was wrong, all the different formatting were useless. In my case the problem was with the PSP memory stick slot pins. With a flashlight/torch I could finally see that the seconf pin was missing, it had been pushed into the device I guess, so the card is detected by the reader and you can see the flashing of the red light but the card can not be read. So in my case was a mechanic problem, and I have had my PSP only 1 week, so a bit frustrating.

my psp keep sayin there is no games but i hav already download it!!!help plz!!!

I have 2 psp's & 2 memory sticks. The 1gb worked in both with no problems but my 4gb only showed up in my black psp.  My white psp didnt even recognize it. Both psp's connected to my PS3 perfectly too. A couple of the previous' post said to put cardboard on the non pin side of the card, but as i couldnt fit even thin c/b, i was able to fold some paper & insert it at the same time & woo hoo it worked.
Thank you guys, as after hours of trying this & that i still cant believe it was something so simple.

  • By Author imagejsnx Jan 07, 2010

    • By avataranagurl_1246 May 07, 2011

    • do u insert it in the pin side or the word side? plzzz.....answer asap!!!!

I HAVE A PSP I INSERT THE MEMORY STICK BUT MY PSP SAYS NO MEMEORY STICK INSERTED

  • By Author imageGuest Dec 23, 2007

I believe my solution was found in... Solution 26. By Jaxx25. I removed the plastic prongs because they were ascew. I know see more clearly the slight indent on one of the middle bronze platelets. FML. I tried the "lamination" method of putting tape on the side of the memory card as to help it connect with all the prongs but got nothing. I guess sometimes the cute costs $40 for a new memory card. Wish sony would just use a normal micro. Hope this helped.

How about this one. I have two memory stick, 4 Gb and 16 Gb. The problem is whenever I transfer game into the 16 Gb stick (I try to occupied all the 16 Gb space), some games cannot be started. I try transfer different games few times and it turns out there will always be a games that cannot be started. So, I try transfer the same game that cannot be played in the 16 Gb stick into 4 Gb and as I expected, it works well. So, I'm assuming it's not the games problem. What do you guys think?

My problem is that I have 2 psp's and a 8gb mem card and a 4 gb mem card the 4 gb mem card works perfect in both cards but its not the same with the 8gb mem card when i insert the 8gb card the light keeps on blinking my pc doesn't evn reads it it just sayd that the card needs to be formatted and then finish!!!!!!I'm in a gr8 problem i need to fix it right away anybody please help!!!!!!!!!!!

my psp is a lexer mark2 pro duo 4gb it just stop working just like that please help me i had alot of saved games on that

my psp wont load madden 08 or 09 i cant seem to figure out why?

my psp wont format when memory stick inside then starts blinking orange.

it happened to my friend your psp ms reader is damaged

  • By Author imageGuest Apr 08, 2008

This has happened to me as well with my 4 gig and 2 gig cards, the original 32meg would read. What's worked everytime for me is pluging the charger in, push in the card, and boot it up. works everytime for me. Mind you, I'm not saying it'll work for everyone else.

  • By Author imageGuest Mar 28, 2008

my psp memory card slot is not reading it might be that one of the metal card readers have gone inside the psp nd u have to take the back off it to poke it back out!!!!!

  • By Author imageGuest Mar 07, 2008

i have the same problem. bue mine it cant read games properly but i just hit the back part where the memory stick is until the light blinks, that means the game is starting

  • By Author imagedjguu12 May 11, 2012

1. remove memory stick for a time.
2. rub every conductor filings with rolled paper to statistically discharge the object.
3. chkdsk the disk after has been read.
fix system errors
scan and attempt recovery of bad sectors.

    • By avatarremote_omcr Oct 09, 2011

    • 1. remove memory stick for a time.
      2. rub every conductor filings with rolled paper to statistically discharge the object.
      3. chkdsk the disk after has been read.
      fix system errors
      scan and attempt recovery of bad sectors.

my memory stick only has DCIM, MP_ROOT and PSP on it.. i recall my friend's having an "ISO" folder. mine doesn't why? pls help me! :((

why is my psp i played evening then now i see in memory stick no games how?

i have the same problem #25 damn i mizz my psp im just playing some sht a** umds

my psp reads my memory card but says 0 kb and my laptop sees the card but when i try to acess it says insert disk into G:/

if you drop it the psp wont work no more well
it would work but not that good

  • By Author imageGuest Jan 28, 2008

My psp wont read anything with the slot.... the mem light dont even blink./ i think that the little contact pins on the reader are damaged. i got a new mem stick but still not working

  • By Author imageGuest Jan 14, 2008

try doing it again or turning it off or reading the instructions then it will work perfect i have the same problem at home or maybe
it needs more charging u should try that :)

  • By Author imageGuest Dec 25, 2007

formateed

  • By Author imageGuest Nov 29, 2007

Suggested Solution (1)

The best way to check if the memory card has the problem or the memory slot is bad is to try a different card and see if the PSP will read it if it reads a different card so the old card is bad but if it wont read a different card the slot is bad and need some repair........

  • by Author image Mark Gil Over a year ago

Source: my psp can't read my sony memory stickpro duo,

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