I just picked up a PSP slim just for this purpose.
From what I read you need to open up your battery and remove a leg from one of the pins to do this...
...well I opened my battery, but thankfully the tutorial did not warn me that there are thin power cables near the bottom of the pack that can easily be sliced...
...and well I sliced it.
On top of this they did not mention in the tutorial that some batteries are encased in a silver bagging.
I figured to get to the circuit board they showed in there tutorials I would have to remove the silver bagging...
...well low and behold, something dripped out, burned my hand, gave my nose a bit of stress, then began to smoke.
Guess I'm out to lay down $45 for another battery to mess up.