I received a 2nd generation PSP from my friend. He insists it works but from what I've seen, it doesn't. I've read that you have to have a certain "USB charge setting" – but can I access that from my PC or only from the PSP?
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Best Answer
The "USB Charge" setting they refer to is a setting on the PSP itself. Go to Settings -> System Settings and there should be a USB Charge: On/Off toggle. Set that to On.
Once that's enabled, there's two other conditions you need to meet to charge the PSP over a USB connection:
Note that this means you can't charge it via USB and play games at the same time.
The official Sony documentation for USB charging can be found here.