We own an 08 cobalt, which we purchased NEW. It's an LS, 5spd, have gotten 41.2 mpg on a road trip to Indiana before. Ours started with crazy symptoms just after the 36k warranty ran out several years ago. Front speakers completely quit, turn signals have no ticking sound, left signal front or rear no longer works at all (new bulbs no fix), gages go crazy from time to time, engine light stays on, engine runs ruff off & on... Car only has 111k miles on it as of today. I'll be checking into this fix, thanks.
Thank you for this. I have a PU-7 with 40-pin BIOS that has this same stuck at Sony logo problem. I initially thought it to be a BIOS corruption, and it's hard to get a replacement for 40-pin models. I'll definitely give the capacitors a check now!
I am installing a PSIO on a 1001, it was working normally, and had a bigger mod chip on it, to run burned CD i presume. I took it off, installed the PSIO Switchboard, and now it is stuck on the Sony logo. I should had tried to boot after removing the old modchip, too late now. Will try to check those capacitors, hope that is the problem.
If the console didn't have any issues booting before the modchip removal and PSIO installation, then it seems highly unlikely that capacitors would be causing your issue. You might want to triple check your switch board installation before going down this path. Best of luck to you.
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Nice job, thanks for sharing. After repairing hundreds of consoles I learned that replacing all capacitors is a must. They can affect everything from not working at all to bad video and audio.
After creating this video I did decide to recap the power board. In general I always recap power boards on consoles this age that I plan on reselling as I've run into too many issues with worn out filtering capacitors on older power boards/supplies. Link to the eBay listing is here for anyone who may be interested: www.ebay.com/itm/156314189300
i looking your this video on 2024 i have a questions what the correct speed for burn games ps1 (2x) my drive did not supprt this speed so i burn at 10x and i have a problems with some games thank you for the video
You generally want to burn as slow as your burner will allow, and use quality CD-R discs. You're going to have to do some research on what is considered quality CD-R media in this day and age. Sorry I can't be of further help.
If you happen to be in the Phoenix area then I would be glad to help. Otherwise, I recommend looking for a local repair shop in your region. Best of luck.
Thanks for the video. All the other videos had me taking off a bunch of parts underneath when it was much easier to go from the top like you suggested. Oil was all over the clip sensor and on the TCM bottom sensor. Car already runs better. Had issues with it for two years so I’m crossing my fingers!
