My son's the screen on my son's psp does not light up. he hears sounds, but there's no picture???? wondering if there's a distributor locally that would look at it cheaply????

If you can hear sound then the problem is most likely your LCD screen. look at the screen under a bright light. if you can make out a faint picture then your backlight is out. Usually this means your screen needs to be replaced. replacement screens can be found on ebay for about $25

If you cannot hear sound or see anything on the screen then you have a more general motherboard failure of some kind and should bring it to a service technician.

clicking sound is coming from the umd drive. no picture would be either the light or the main board is bad in the PSP.

To fix both issues would cost more then just getting a new psp. Get a new psp.

There may have been shock inflicted on the PSP causing it to break the LCD which is fairly easy to do as they are fragile. If you are courageous you can buy a new LCD screen for it of the internet then open the PSP and swap the LCD screens.

You most likely need to clean the lens. Local game stores have kits that clean it for you.

You probably need a new memory stick module inside the PSP. I have seen this many times in my store and we replaced the board and it worked fine. Contact your local game stores to see if they do console repairs. See if there is a Play-N-Trade within your area. I work at one and we do repairs. I'm not sure if Gamestop or Gamecrazy do repairs.

Unfortunately, your son may have damaged the back light in the PSP. The only way to repair this is to take it to a local repair shop and have them remove the old PSP screen and put in a new one. It is possible that the connection to the motherboard and the screen has become looser, but I want to prepare you for the worse.

j_saddiq the problem here is that may be it dropped and made something with the screen bring it to a mechanic to help you

Here is where you can get the screen for the Psp. I do not know where you live so I can not tell you if you can get it local. But you can get them from this site.
http://vpgames.com/nsearch.aspx?keywords=psp+lcd+screen&gclid=CNaSu9KFxpcCFQ0xawod01d-TA

you failed to state if your son was doing the update via UMD disc. im inferring so, so if the battery died while it was updating, your sons PSP is bricked. you need a Pandora battery + magic memory stick. you can find them on ebay, amazon, anywhere. also if you ask around where you live some people may do it locally.

if the psp screen is anything like a laptop it will have a backlight that lights up the screen what can happen is you can break the light and while you will still see things on the screen when you look closely but it wont be illuminated. i had a friend that dropped his laptop and smashed the backlight he sent it away and got it fixed i suggest you send it to sony to get it fixed