Troubleshooting. Won't turn on. - Blu-ray Forum

jsteinhauer · 01-19-2014, 02:19 AM

PSVita two months old. Has been connected to PS4 continually when not in use, so I know it's fully charged. PS button glows blue. But it won't power up. When I connect to PS4, it says "device not recognized". Is it dead? I suspect some ******* (I know which one) touched the electronics when they were instructed never to do so. When you touch them this time of year, you give things static electricity shocks, if you don't discharge first. I have fried AVR's in the past in a similar way.

PSN online service request has no ability to select Vita (or PS4). Any advice?

Edit: The bleep above is a big huge A followed by a big huge HOLE!

videohead · 01-19-2014, 02:59 AM

My vita had this same issue. I ended up just selling it to the retarded guy down the street. He still owes me like five more $75 payments for it. They told me that it never worked for their ps4 either

that's weird. Anyways try that static electricity thing the other guy said, it might work.

jsteinhauer · 01-19-2014, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by videohead

My vita had this same issue. I ended up just selling it to the retarded guy down the street. He still owes me like five more $75 payments for it. They told me that it never worked for their ps4 either

that's weird. Anyways try that static electricity thing the other guy said, it might work.

I'm no saint, but I would never consider selling something that did not work without disclosing that fact. Like when I sold a 20 year old car with a leaky gas tank for $10.

Cholkavich · 01-20-2014, 04:23 PM

hold down the power button for 30 seconds, this should bring up a debug type menu, then restart the system from there.

PA_Kid · 01-21-2014, 06:15 PM

Yeah, try a very long power hold and see if anything happens. I thought mine bricked once and while it felt like nothing worked, it finally responded and didn't happen again.

If that doesn't work you may want to unplug it and let it discharge and then try and charge it up and turn it on. It may be a software freeze, not a hardware issue.

Goodintentions · 01-22-2014, 11:33 AM

yeah try the above . i had a similar issue when DLing a demo and trying to play it .. the system just froze on a screen and would do nothing . it wouldnt turn off or anything ... i actually just let the battery completely die and then charged it again and it was fine ..

01-19-2014, 02:19 AM	#1
jsteinhauer Gaming Moderator Member since:Aug 2007 Blu-ray reviews:120 Trading Score:66	Troubleshooting. Won't turn on. PSVita two months old. Has been connected to PS4 continually when not in use, so I know it's fully charged. PS button glows blue. But it won't power up. When I connect to PS4, it says "device not recognized". Is it dead? I suspect some ***** (I know which one) touched the electronics when they were instructed never to do so. When you touch them this time of year, you give things static electricity shocks, if you don't discharge first. I have fried AVR's in the past in a similar way. PSN online service request has no ability to select Vita (or PS4). Any advice? Edit: The bleep above is a big huge A followed by a big huge HOLE**!

01-19-2014, 02:59 AM	#2
videohead Expert Member Member since:Oct 2011 Location:ontario, california Home Theater Gallery:4 Blu-ray collection:780 DVD collection:12 Trading Score:7	My vita had this same issue. I ended up just selling it to the retarded guy down the street. He still owes me like five more $75 payments for it. They told me that it never worked for their ps4 either that's weird. Anyways try that static electricity thing the other guy said, it might work.

01-20-2014, 04:23 PM	#4
Cholkavich Expert Member Member since:Jul 2013 Blu-ray collection:1175 DVD collection:400 Digital collection:2 Trading Score:74	hold down the power button for 30 seconds, this should bring up a debug type menu, then restart the system from there.

01-21-2014, 06:15 PM	#5
PA_Kid Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX	Yeah, try a very long power hold and see if anything happens. I thought mine bricked once and while it felt like nothing worked, it finally responded and didn't happen again. If that doesn't work you may want to unplug it and let it discharge and then try and charge it up and turn it on. It may be a software freeze, not a hardware issue.

01-22-2014, 11:33 AM	#6
Goodintentions Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2009 Location:the Anals of Uranus Blu-ray collection:16	yeah try the above . i had a similar issue when DLing a demo and trying to play it .. the system just froze on a screen and would do nothing . it wouldnt turn off or anything ... i actually just let the battery completely die and then charged it again and it was fine ..

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