It took probably a month on and off. Not the final repair. That was just a few hours. I'm just a hobbyist, not a business so I can spend as much time as I want.
Good video. I have asked Phil if he had done a complete ram swap successfully and he said not yet. So it’s good to know since I am about to do it. Thanks
A well thought out methodical approach and repair as always. I would be even more impressed if you can help me find the transistor that I dropped on the floor while watching your video. 🤣 Who needs TV when there is this content to watch and enjoy.
Again nice repair mate and some useful info there to keep an eye out for. Doing these videos are great to look back on later down the track just to see if u found a common link to these fails. U mentioned in another ram vid recently about a ram tester being stupid expensive. what kind of tester have u been looking at? Im surprised these are failing so early in their life span already.
Great fix there! Always appreciate the amount of effort you put in on these consoles, sheds a lot of light on issues that many of the RU-vid fixers never find because its not financially viable. Props for the many many hours this took. 👏
Really enjoy these repairs! I take it you have some sort of background in a related trade / education? I graduated high school in 2005, went to college for computer science in 2007 and went down the software engineering path career wise but the entire time I was in school (and a few years after) I was an arcade repair tech for a living. Over the years I have become very interesting in component level repair and have done quite a few advanced soldering mods to video game consoles like the PS1Digital, XStation, N64Digital and similar. While I know "some" about the component level repair side, I'm not quite good enough to work out on my own what might be wrong with a system I'm not familiar with. I'd rely heavily on videos like yours giving the more likely hints at what could be wrong. I've never done BGA rework either. I have decent soldering gear, but no GBA stuff and nothing like a rework station or board heater. Rolling with just a decent T-12 hakko style soldering setup and a decent hot air station. It's interesting to note the Samsung chips working while the micron ones seemed to have failed. Samsung is usually regarded as one of the best makers of memory chips. I guess micron doesn't have a bad rep really... and it's a sample size of 2 (so like you said... may mean nothing) but it still is interesting. Are these chips available on the open market? I'd hate to see a PS5 board sacrificed but I'm sure (at least I think so) the donor board was non repairable? I'm curious as to what fate that board suffered? Anyways, awesome stuff. Love to learn, and seeing this is both a lesson and some entertainment while I eat my dinner. Win win! Thank you!
Congrats on yet another amazing display of knowledge, perseverance and tool proficiency. It's not easy to reball and solder big chips properly. Just a quick question... is there a reason why you do use a preheater for a southbridge but not for 8 ram chips? I've seen a German technician that replaces GPU Ram chips pretty commonly and says that it's pretty important to do it that way to stress the board and chips as little as possible.
KrisFix-Germany is his channel by the way if you want to check him out or exchange some ideas on RAM problems. He only focuses on GPU's and he has the advantage that there is software to troubleshoot those Rams though.
@ToltecMerc, Another great video. It is a pleasure to watch your videos as always. Just had a quick question if you dont mind? What size solder balls do you use for the PS5 RAM modules? I have a ps5 pulling the 80C00140 uart code. This points to GDDR6. Need to reball or replace just like you. I appreciate the help if you have time. Thank you sir. :)
Awesome job @TotalMerc I've had an issue with a brand new unit the day I bought it and I've seen the same issue from a few others but never heard of the reason for it. Have you ever seen when going into rest mode once in awhile when the video output turns off the screen goes completely green before power cuts, only to turn it on next time for it to say repairing storage or whatever the error is? I have since sold that ps5 but was wondering if you've ever seen this? Thanks.
Hi mate great job my issue is similar it goes to update then gets to 99% and and says it wants to reset goes back to rebuild menu do you think it would be ram or SSD I changed controller no change so in thought ram but now seeing this maybe not?
I got a question when I first trun on a ps5 some paper was hitting that fan or is there tat connection to the disk drive ? And it froze on the something when wrong and it showed su-101312-8
Wow Job well done how did u know it was ram i was thinking this is an SSD issue . What heat and air setting did u use to remove and install the ram chips im curious? Thanks!
I felt it was likely RAM because I think that is where the update is copied first. I used 420C to remove and install and probably should have used a pre-heater.
Thanks! There are error codes that can be read with a serial UART adapter. The codes can be cross-referenced to a database of known error codes. It's the best thing we have at the moment.
Good job like always 👌 can u help me with something im fixing a ps4 slim all the standby voltages are there but when i press the power button there is no voltage on the caps which supposed to have voltage and there is no short on southbridge or any other place it's southbridge fault?? For sure?
@ToltecMerc thanks no worries, I have a bunch of kester floating around it's the best solder I've used to date. I love it! I'm still experimenting with finding a good flux for me to use all around. I haven't given kingbo a try, but I hear good things.
@@rubenmejia4881 I use Kingbo RMA-218. It’s cheap and readily available. It’s nothing special but it works for me. I buy it in the small tubs and refill old syringes from other fluxes I have bought. I get decent results. It may tend to burn quicker than some other fluxes but it’s usually not a problem unless I’m working really slow.
@ToltecMerc when you say it was unstable and crashing after reballing... was it giving you 108255-1 or 108262-9 errors?? I think some of these consoles have a range of issues, some wont update, some crash at dashboard, some have artifacts, and some just give error codes
I should be more clear, I want to donate one of these 108255-1 for the cause. Ive been doing console repair for years but your level of troubleshooting is superior
Couple of questions , 1. Can you mix RAM manufactures on same console ? 2. Do you have the part number for the samsung RAM? , i have no doner board to pull from.
Does replacing defective ram chips also fix game crashes to the Home screen with error ce 108255? My ps5 crashes immediately when starting certain games. My guess is defective ram is it?
It certainly could be RAM but there is no easy way to find out. It would have to be replaced with known good RAM and that is challenging, costly and time consuming.
Good morning Toltec. I know I ask you many questions, but here is one more. When you want to safely remove RAM from a PS5, what temperatures do you set for the hot air? And what temperature do you set your preheater to? I had a console doing the same thing, so I decided to bump the RAM. Then, the service tool told me I had 4 RAM errors, and I am worried I killed the RAM.
I have successfully removed and installed RAM without a preheater with 400C air. If I use a preheater, I will heat the surface of the board to about 110C and then use 350-400C. You probably did not kill the RAM but you may have merged balls under the RAM.
@@ToltecMerc That is a relief. It is frustrating when you don't know for sure. I very much appreciate it. I will pull them off and reball with .45MM because .5 seemed to big. Perhaps that will allow me to get them back on properly.
@@ToltecMerc You were correct sir, I did not kill the RAM and managed to get it back on the console. It was absolutely miserable. It still will not take an update, and I don't know where to go from here. It is XTON RAM. I have some SK Hynix but no XTON. Is there any advice you could give?
Probably not for just one console, but the knowledge learned leads to quicker repairs on other consoles. I just like to learn. I'm not really trying to just make money as I am not a business.
The only way I can think of is to read the codes out of the South Bridge with a UART adapter and code reading software. If you are lucky, it will tell you exactly which one has failed. I'm not sure if the system is always able to detect failing RAM.
Hopefully the board inside the Blu-Ray matches the mainboard. If so, are you getting 12V and 5V to the drive? There are some fuses on the drive board also. If it has been taken apart before, you may need to look carefully at the contacts on the flexible ribbon cable. See if any of the contacts look damaged or swap another cable in and test. If any of the plastic locking ears are missing from the flex cable, be sure to check the connectors to see if plastic pieces were left inside.
@@ToltecMerc thanks, yeah it was just my buddies kids not taking care of their things/rage quitting i'm sure. only time it was ever opened was by me. i just wanted to check and see if the ribbon cable came out. it does look almost crimped idk if that normal or not. I looked online for another cable and couldn't find one. at least not one that actually says ps5. does the ps4 cable work on ps5? or where dod i get another ribbon cable? it was never opened before just the one time by me. so i should check fuses and voltage next.
Hmm 🤔 i been watching this carefully and i figured out that maybe the 1 and 8 according to the order you set on the rams 1 and 8 were the most hottest ones probably causing the ram to fail but its just a theory
hello remember to test them always with solid PS5 such as Mortal kombat 11, easy to install and run the PS5 to its limit. has you already resolve these issue 108255-1 dont let you play games, 108262-9 problem with software systems it rcrash. also is there a way to make you donations you really worthing cause make a great job to all of us who watch your videos in a religiously way
Micron -- unreliable since 1981 or so... If Adrian Black (Adrian's Digital Basement) sees Micron RAM in a C64, he might replace it on sight. Its that bad.... Sad to see that 40 years later, its still the same...
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