I too love a challenge but I do hope the video wasn't too long. Sometimes it takes a long time to fix something. I'm very grateful I have the time to spend on them. Thanks for watching and commenting!
great video friend! I loved the way you soldered the HDMI connector to the board, I always had difficulty soldering the connector anchor points, thanks to your video now I know how to do it! thanks!
It's the danger of buying broken items on eBay. People lie all the time, unfortunately. Such is life. At least I got a win in the end! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Amazing content, as always. Professional, good presentation, and great at explaining what's happening. In fact, I never miss one :) It's unfair if anyone sold this as "no power". I've seen other content creators opening disputes when this happened (if purchased on eBay that is).
That Aaaah sigh at 2.28 summs it all up😂 gonna be an interesting vid to watch at Christmas eve. Happy holidays friend. Excellent job with that rabbit hole.
@@ToltecMerc Thank you Sir! I always like the posts on this channel and this channel is one of my favorite channels because it it really provides a professional way of doing repairs.🤝
Try do a search for (some of) these (yes, it's also available as a pre-made product): Soldering Lugs Solder Piece Rework Pad Welding Point Repair for Phones IC Pad Touch BGA PCB Fingerprint Welding Plates - premade pads with, and without, a small wire to solder onto - makes things a LOT easier... ok, sometimes ;ø)
A "butcher" or a coroner's apprentice (forensic) got hold of this PS5 before... luckily it fell into the hands of a "miraculous" engineer... excellent job; exhausting but with a happy (successful) ending. A sincere congratulations. Thank you very much for sharing. All the best.
I thoroughly enjoy watching your videos! I'm quite intrigued by the tools you use. Would you consider creating a setup/tools video to give us a closer look? Merry Christmas, by the way! 🎄
Wow, what an awsome repair. Another wow for what a "dogs dinner" of a console that was! Some sellers have no scruples when it comes to selling on faulty consoles. How much did you pay for that just out of interest? Hope you have a great Christmas and I look forward to some more excellent repairs in the near future.
Hello! Thank you for the videos! As a fellow tinkerer, former arcade repair tech and nerd in general I love this kind of stuff. I've done a fair bit of retro game console repair / modding... did some of the HDMI mod kits for PS1 and N64 and so on. These videos are so cool, and a great source of information. I am actually in the middle of my own very first PS5 repair! In doing that however, I seemed to have damaged the flat flex connector socket for the front USB ports on the console. I was super gentle with it, but the cable just didn't seem to want to seat. Looks like the ports goofed up now (socket on the motherboard, that recives that wide flat flex). Any idea of where I might be able to source another socket? I'm torn between even messing with it though. The ports on the back will charge and sync a controller just fine. Not sure if theres any reason to even repair it, but if I can... I'd like too. Any recommendations on a beginners scope for doing HDMI port repair? Ive done micro usb port replacements before. And I've soldered quad flat packs with 0.5mm leg pitch before without. Both without magnification. For this HDMI port, I'm feeling like I should have/use a scope. I think as long as I use some low melt solder, and pick up a reasonable microscope, I should be able to do it. I do have a quick 957dw hot air station too.
You would need to source that connector from a donor I'm afraid. The cable is what usually gets easily damaged. The contacts get folder over at the end and break. There are several inexpensive microscopes available from Adonstar. That's what I started out with. The only issues are the small amount of work space underneath and it's not easy getting use to working while looking at the monitor instead of where your hands are.
@@ToltecMerc I appreciate the reply. I managed to successfully swap out that HDMI port with just my $30 USB microscope. I have the quick 957DW hot air station, which says it'll go as high as 450C. Using low melt it wasn't too hard to get the original port off. It did seem to take longer than I thought it should, but I feel like the ground legs don't just come out so easily and that the pins on the top were probably safely wetted but I felt resistance because of the anchor legs and was afraid I'd rip a pad. But even with the nozzle off and the temp set to 430, I couldn't flow the new HDMI port back into place. I had to fully clean out the ground leg holes with desoldering braid and low melt solder, then clean the area, tin the pads with fresh 70/30 rosin core, put the port down, solder the ground / anchor legs down and then one by one solder the each leg carefully. Managed not to knock off that filter cap, but it did take me a few min to get every single leg to be good and solid. I verified each pin was solid with my tweezers before moving on. I've decided just to live with the front USB ports inoperable. I'd have to spend $20 on that front USB module just to steal the connector off of it, plus another $10+ for a new cable. The back USB ports work just fine. So I use those. Debating, but I might just spend the $250 for the amscope binocular style setup. Probably overkill for my needs. I guess I could always subsidize it by doing a handful of HDMI repairs for people locally.
Nice fix! once again. I wanted mention that you can solder a digital edition bios chip on the disc version and it will work as a digital version. It's best to install the OS via a usb flash drive. This can be useful if you have a ps5 with the incorrect disc drive. just thought I'd let you know. Cheers!
there is a process to convert a PS5 disk edition to a digital one, you have to make some work on the BIOS chip, that is just in case the disk drive is broken or not the original one, greetings froom Costa Rica and thanks a lot for share.
Hello, I have a question about Nintendo Switch. on The Nintendo log appears, and after a while, an orange screen appears. I have one more question. I know that if I remove the Wi-Fi IC, Nintendo runs normally. However, if I remove Wi-Fi and turn it on for the product, the Nintendo log appears and an orange screen appears.
Wow! Nice work, I am going to go on the belief that this was someone else's first attempt to fix some thing... bolstered by a RU-vid U education. Everyone starts some where. Although my first repair was not a PS5 tiered cost I am certain my fathers apprehension was the same as the previous owners. I hope the "Tech in Training" is a viewer of yours and just learned as much as all the rest of us did! Perhaps you could start a sub channel where all us lesser techno types could send you our "Beyond My Skill-set" type boards. I was even more impress how you went at it "Blind" with no real idea of the awaiting issues. That too could be a factor for your sub channel... we won't send you a note/description of what is wrong with the device. LOL I am dying up here laughing at my own humor. Sorry! BTW, Happy Holidays to you and yours. Thank you for providing me with entertainment and an education. You have no clue how much it has helped me! Take care.
Had repair shop replace the wifi module chip & now it wont power on, just #1 beep but no power. They took off wifi module n still same result. I'm thinking something on 3.3v rail that's blown or shorted
Also something I forgot to mention, they had the power supply connected to the motherboard when they took off the wifi chip, guess they didn't want to deal with the liquid metal. Do u think that had something to do with ps5 not powering on
