This is undoubtedly the BEST non-repair I've seen so far in any channel.... The expertise to bring a (exploded) board back from the dead was outstanding. I just hope i can be one day half of the technician you are.... Nice video!
Wow, I didn't think there was any chance of it working again, but you did it! Someone ordered extra crispy. An Excellent repair attempt, and Video Sir! At least you have a great donor board now. Thank You. 😀
Interesting repair. My favorite youtuber is back again. Thanks to your videos I fixed my first 2 PS5 hdmi port repalcement this week. I have an EDM10 also, but my short is on the 1V coils. My 12V rail is fine. I don't know if any of the mosfets or a cap is short. I have the short on all the coils on both sides of the board near to the main 12V coil. I hope my apu isn't short because the usb ports were physically damaged but are not shorted when I test with meter. Where can I inject voltage to see if the mosfets, cap or apu is gone?
You can expect to measure about 0.2 ohm on the 6-phase rail and about 4 ohm on the 2-phase rail. If that is close to what you measure, your problem is elsewhere.
Nice repair! I love to watch how techs repair charred PCB issues as well as cracked GPU PCB Hooks (from overweight video cards). There is a fella who has a channel called Northwestrepair that does these kind repairs, you might find it interesting. Once again... Well done.
Resuscitation was a partial success and sadly she is probably dead for good. Mind you, some of her parts would survive on other boards as donor parts. Brilliant work and amazing effort. This one caught my attention, as I have worked with similar explosions LOL.
Man. When I saw that black hole, the word donor board kept being repeated in my mind. But you actually fixed it! That looked super frustrating and stressful m8. Ligit Rollercoaster 😅. Can't win them all unfortunately, good try, I leard somethings!
@@ToltecMerc Hello, one question/idea. Why you didnt cured it with uv resin before turning on? Maybe carbon started conducting once board was heated, if it was soaked in insulation, maybe it wouldnt conduct/short for 2nd time. What you think? I see this attempt to turn on, as trying to run with a fresh wound.
@@orion310591RS I did cure it with UV. I didn’t show it. I had to edit a lot. Several hours of video recorded. There was simply too much charring down in the hole. The hole was directly under the DrMOS.
I'm afraid it has burned between the layers. I might be able to remove more and get it to work again but I don't believe it would ever be reliable enough to sell.
Great video, I pressed the like button before watching it and I don't regret it despite the sad ending this story had. I wonder if when you say, "I will get the replacement from a donor," you had the donor's written consent before doing so. 😂
(3:28) This MoBo received a .50 caliber "barret" shot in the side and although it was in the hands of one of the best surgeons; The "wound" was too deep. Despite the excellent suturing and healing work...requiem. Of course it's educational. I didn't know about that important IC on this PCB, although the manufacturer Infineon DOES (mainly in SMPS for TVs and DVD players). Thank you very much for sharing (soldering technical skill and electronic component part numbers). Another way of saying it, with you sir we always learn something, regardless of the final result. All the best.
Amazing video again. To even get it up and running for a short time was unreal. If you don’t mind me asking, what is your background in repair? How did you get into this?
I am an electronic technician but my day job does not give much opportunity for electronic repair. I do enjoy trouble-shooting electronics. I started looking for a way I could enjoy electronic repair and maybe not lose money at it. There are a lot of broken electronic items available.
That was some great repair you did in that destroyed area of the board, i enjoy watching your vids over the COD3R and hes a great tech also but your better, its hard for me to listen to his mouth,
Toltecmerc. I am really digging your videos. Very entertaining and helpful. I was wondering if you could make videos with Xbox series x and s. I think you could do some great work with them
Thank you! I have repaired a few XBox One S. I do try to make money on my repairs so I end up repairing whatever is in demand at the time. That seems to be the PS5 right now. That could always change.
Old handhelds are a great way to start. Minimal investment and there are usually lots of parts and information available as people have figured out the normal failures in them. Best of luck in your repairs and makes some videos!
@@ToltecMerc yea fixed few here and there with iPhones when kids damage them probably changed every part of iPhone from 6s up to 11 now think fault finding be hardest thing get used to but got none working nes to and fancy megadrive body change out so take it slow hope don’t damage to much🤪
Great video as usual. Your mistake was that you didn’t clean the spot properly at the first timed therefore it happened again ( you should use more propriate tool for this like dremel etc with high speed, otherwise you’ll have it again, knife is bad for this situation. Good luck.
@@ToltecMerc I did that kind of restoration on laptops and no one get back to me with the same problem again. Chemistry is a stubborn thing 😋 Hope to see your next vid with successful restoration 😉
I have worked on MacBooks in the past. I just find that I enjoy working on gaming consoles and I can make money doing it. It's very satisfying to have a hobby you enjoy and make a bit of money while you do it.
@@ToltecMerc you didn't know about the death until it happened, so even just for fun ;). Or, this actually is more like a Frankenstein :D. It's back from dead.
The board is charred between the layers. The charring is conductive and thus giving the 12V short to ground. I may yet revisit that board and try to dig out more charring. I will need to the fill the board with some epoxy to give some strength to that area of the board but it's possible.
I believe the DrMOS IC failed. The component carries a lot of current so it is stressed quite a bit. If there are any weaknesses to the component it will fail. Sometimes they fail from input to output and sometimes input to ground.
You need a good drilling kit. I've seen northwestrepair fix cracked and burned board five to six layers deep, and he uses several types of drill bit. I believe you didn't clear all the charcoal and that killed it.😵🪦💀 Great video though.👍🏻👍🏻
