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DIY or BUY - BGA Rework Station | Frankie will MELT your "spheres" off!

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THIS IS NOT A TUTORIAL. DO NOT DO THIS!
In 2019 I got serious about stepping up my soldering game and worked my way up to Ball Grid Array (BGA) Rework with the goal of reballing the Backwards Compatible PlayStation 3’s GPU.
I’ve limped along with a Ghetto reballing setup, using a T8280 Preheater and 853D Rework station for a couple of years. With practice that worked and I was able to make my own Frankenstein Phat PlayStation 3, which is where you replace a failed 90nm GPU with a more efficient 65 or 40nm model. But it requires a lot of manual attention and it’s not ideal. For awhile I’ve been thinking about hacking together a DIY BGA Rework Station, gathering materials, drawing up schematics, watching videos, and reading articles about the various aspects. And I finally decided to do it.
I would not recommend anyone do this unless you are just looking to push your electronics skill and have a project to work on. I ended up spending more than it would have cost me to buy one! Which would have saved me the last 6 months of my life. Oh well, you live and learn. Besides I had fun, which was mainly the point.
PS: You're not supposed to know what the Potato is yet. Have fun speculating in the comments.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:59 Week 1-5 Build Montage
05:18 1st PWR Test (w/o Heaters)
10:20 Results, Red Herring, & RIP 853D
13:26 Week 6 & 7 - Heater mods, TCs,
16:20 Week 8 - LEDs & 909D (Magic Smoke!)
26:51 Week 9 - 2nd PWR Test (w/heaters)
31:30 T8280 Safety Inspection
34:14 Rework Attempt #1 (Bumbling buffoonery)
41:09 Rework Attempt #2 (Overthinking it)
49:42 Week 10 - Built-in Preheater
51:54 Week 11-13 - Climbing/Slipping...fighting
52:16 UNHOLY Popcorn & Delamination
56:35 Summit Day!
58:57 Outro

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17 авг 2024

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@ericmoses8281 Год назад

Imagine being Felix walking through the super market having fixed one of the most persistent manufacturing defects of our generation and nobody around him has any idea. And now he's out here building his own BGA machine in the most difficult way possible. Legend.

@SonicBoone56 11 месяцев назад

Felix. More like Flexing. This BGA station is an absolute flex.

@dunghoIe Год назад

Babe wake up, RIP Felix just posted a new video!

@noawe_ Год назад

Words cannot describe the respect that I and many others have gained for you. This project was crazy and the patience and thouroughness you showed throughout it are on levels i could only envy. Great work!

@RachelWolfe Год назад

I continue to love the socks off everything you make! Keep the cringe, it helps keep things light when you have to deliver jargon to us that I'm sure you know will go right over the heads of many people. Looking forward to seeing more, as always. Look after yourself 💜

@_Lassic_ Год назад

This dude literally came out of left field. Like, where did he come from? Not to mention, with as many views as he has, he's probably gotten a paycheck from RU-vid already.

@lillyclarity9699 Год назад

@@_Lassic_psx-place forums

@TheoHiggins Год назад

In a very short time you've managed to become the channel I look forward to uploads from the most Keep up the good work!

@RachelWolfe Год назад

Same here.

@TheGlitchyMario Год назад

same

@beff5058 Год назад

this channel is going to be big if he keeps putting the work in

@seesikopter 7 месяцев назад

same lol

@morganpg Год назад

Your videos are the only 1 hr+ videos i can watch multiple times without getting bored

@lever1209 Год назад

ive stuck around since the first upload and lemmi tell ya, its all because you are doing the dirty digging that no one else does, you rip and tear until it is done, sometimes literally, you demystified one of the biggest issues with the ps3 in the long term and inspired me to start collecting them to fix on my own, thanks

@SonicBoone56 11 месяцев назад

Cute moth

@lis6502 Год назад

was on daily meeting, now we're teamwise watching new Felix

@theri0n Год назад

I love your videos so much and I appreciate all the time work and effort you put in your experiences and documentation.

@Morelze 6 месяцев назад

You have the most interesting videos about soldering and electronics, you perfectly show the emotional state. You should make training videos, I think you have a talent for it. 👍 Although I don’t have and never had a PS3, I had ideas like yours, you brought me down to earth and showed me that I still need to grow to this level

@Kato0909 Год назад

Kudos for checking your fire extinguishers, and having multiple short circuit protections on mains. The thing that protects You from being zapped to death by mains voltage is GFCI or RCD. As I see the are not mandatory in US, but it would be good to have additional protection in workshop.

@SonicBoone56 11 месяцев назад

GFCI is mandatory in bathrooms, kitchens, and utility rooms. Circuit breakers are required in all buildings. What the US lacks is a mandate on circuit breakers that protect things beyond what's directly connected to the wall.

@hadesmcc Год назад

It was pretty cool to watch you go through the whole process, even if time condensed. Thanks for making this video. RIP to that popcorned board. It gave it's life for science!

@randallbro6749 Год назад

Absolute engineering. Felix you're too good to not get paid for this quality of work

@6reen6uy Год назад

Seem quite young to be so skilled at engineering while also being a massive gamer. Nice work man, I’m sure better men than I are as impressed.

@pbjandahighfive Год назад

I respect your ability to persevere immensely. I think what you lost in time and money on this you more than made up in experience and understanding.

@Lawthugg Год назад

You sir are like a mad scientist, keep the cringe, it makes everything authentic. Love seeing trial and error and not just the final result.

@LKComputes Год назад

the editing style is pure gold. i love it.

@lis6502 Год назад

> THIS IS NOT A TUTORIAL. DO NOT DO THIS! This is tutorian on NOT how to do this - as infomative and needed piece of documentary as these successfull ones. Appreciated Felix, appreciated

@Xorat Год назад

I had so many of your problems as well. I bought an ir 6500 and I felt you on every step of learning! So encouraging seeing you going through this process for me to continue with bga work! Keep on going with the videos with your pace! Love the videos and keep em coming!

@Een_Thijs Год назад

I really enjoy your videos RIP-Felix. The last 1 minute and 30 seconds were also really enjoyable!!!

@TheGlitchyMario Год назад

these videos aernt cringe. They not only keep me engaged, but in most cases, actually enhance them by representing what is happening. I cant wait to see what you do next!

@neverendingstudent 2 месяца назад

The end financial calculus may have weighed in favor of buying instead of making, but the stressful, painful, and incredibly valuable experience you earned sticking with that build... hard to put a price tag there. Amazing job sir. Beyond that, thank you so much for putting the further effort to make sure we got to ride along with you for that journey. I value this hour of my life spent getting a glimpse into your design and test iteration towards your desired working frankentool. Oh, and you have a new subscriber. From one tech to another, respect.

@beff5058 Год назад

dude, keep this up, this channel is going to be big in the next year.

@radeonfreak 11 месяцев назад

I'll be very honest, you're good at story telling and that's good for youtube. I'm looking forward to your next content!

@algizmo7079 10 месяцев назад

Man has been trying to make his... hammer work better for him for ooo 1.5m years, while his buddy looked on and said "just use a bigger one!" RIP Felix shows how far we have come with both approaches. The release of each video is an event for me. Love seeing the adventure unfold.

@RetroFix Год назад

Good lord that was a lot of building, nice job figuring that all out. Pretty impressive stuff. That also had to be many hours of editing. Your efforts were noticed. Great job!

@alialhelou1651 Год назад

WOW a new video from decade

@Shadi8694 7 месяцев назад

"flawless" victory. Thank you for taking us on this journey.

@whiskywaters Год назад

WOOOO YEAHHH BABY THATS WHAT IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THATS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT

@jam8489 3 месяца назад

This man is truly skilled and insightful in would not think twice leaving my ps3 in his care

@tomh.648 2 месяца назад

33:25 -- LOL! Oh, the oh-so-common "extra screw". Hell, its more like "extra PARTS" for me, at times, haha. You're clearly quite skilled, man. I've been incredibly fascinated & entertained by your videos. They've been educational, & your subtle humor at times is perfectly done.

@anthonydenn4345 Год назад

Just goes to show, the Chinese really know how to squeeze every last cent out of their stations. Nice project though. You really went the extra mile on it. It's a real eye opening-er on the amount of time and work needed to D.I.Y your own station. If I need a BGA rework station in the future, after watching this, I'll stick to buying it 😉

@SonicBoone56 11 месяцев назад

Same. I'll never attempt this lol. Gotta give Yihua credit for significantly bringing down costs on soldering equipment without sacrificing quality or safety (other than their weak ass desoldering vacuums).

@HellBreaker Год назад

this was very insightful. im looking forward the upcoming videos to add more context into this journey and hope to learn more. please keep them coming

@Playerz714 Год назад

Awesome to see this type of work

@seesikopter 7 месяцев назад

I must admit i love watching your videos they're something i probably will never do but in the end i really like seeing them

@didenkoaa Год назад

Thanks for the video! Once I had to decide between building a reballing station or buying that so I bought it due to lack of time. So I can see how many efforts that might take meanwhile how interesting it could be. Looking forward for the next video!

@adamthiry868 Год назад

This was an AWESOME video man. Loved every second. All the funny edits were on point.

@Justgreen89925 Год назад

1 entire hour GLUED to the screen! Awesome content man

@Sydney268 Год назад

Nice work, I made one of these too! You have your top heater way too far from the chip - wants to be as close as you can get it!

@WacKEDmaN Год назад

holy popcorn batman! nice one Felix!

@Deep_wolf Год назад

What a madman. Thumbs up to your work, sir!

@Josh.Davidson Год назад

Great job Felix.

@NewRetroRepair 11 месяцев назад

Great video Felix, I can tell you put a lot of effort in on this one. I like the way your unit looks. Some feedback: I don't know if you did or not, but it didn't look like you properly earthed the metallic parts of your unit like the top heater housing, the bottom heater housing and the like. If you haven't, you should check all of the metal parts that could end up live in a failure scenario with a multimeter, check that it has a path to earth. The last thing you want is that unit to be live and for it to use you as a path to ground. On a related note, those Puhui preheating plates are dangerous "out of the factory", they aren't properly earthed. They're so bad that the UK has put them on a dangerous item list lol.

@ripfelix3020 11 месяцев назад

Yeah, I made sure to check all that. It's in the unaired (yet) stuff. This was the manacured version.

@iurizinhodoti6611 6 месяцев назад

I'm from Brazil, learning too much with you and wondering about the quality of your videos. Thanks for all.

@vas729 Год назад

If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour... you're gonna see some serious shit.

@Space_Reptile Год назад

RE: tangent at the end; this is a great video, just keep doing what you feel like doing the memes add a but of flair and "humanity" to it all, its less of a lecture and more of a "tag along"

@craigslaunwhite579 8 месяцев назад

I love watching the legend continuation.

@Egress. Год назад

ITS HERE!!!

@BADUH9 Год назад

A dream comin true. Pure respect bro!!

@computerbooter1566 11 месяцев назад

WOW Felix, that was a crazy amount of time and effort, props to you!! Very enjoyable watching the process and glad you were able to finally get it up and running. Awesome video editing too, maybe one day I will learn how to cut my videos down and make videos people would enjoy watching. Thank you for all your hard work and support, and friendship

@jb2590 Год назад

Awesome! I've been waiting on this the be released👍

@mf_glitch Год назад

small explanation of what is a bga in the beginning would have been great edit: just googled it (half-assed) it is re-heat machine. probably works in order to remove embedded chips on a circuit board (like gpu on ps3)

@lilressler Год назад

Awesome video. Thanks for the hard work and effort

@huiko12 Год назад

Thanks for uploading! Benn waiting for quite a while for you update on you PS3 adventure. Thank youj for your hard work

@djlancematthew Год назад

Heck yes! I need to turn on notifications for this channel….😮

@mugenmaniac1598 Год назад

You have come so far from what I see. Even though I started watching your channel just 2 weeks ago hahaha. I am looking forward to this video. There was literally a 6 minute advertisement. But that's okay. I am using it as a time limit to make this message. It should be telling you. That I put my attention in this message. And I am influenced to ask my brother how to do reverse engineering on my Dad's broken A01-E01.

@andyo1872 Год назад

Hey Felix, I also did DIY PCB BGA heater station by myself. My setup only have one medium size ceramic heater.

@theartofbored 4 месяца назад

This was really fun to watch, great video!

@mattyinnit9009 Год назад

I love your channel! Keep up the good work!

@damienparker3541 Месяц назад

Never give to the extreme, love it

@StillTheVoid Год назад

Can't wait until this monster comes back alive. Here's hoping for the PS3 Redux coming soon. 🍻🍻

@XtergoBlue Год назад

I come here for the wacky cringe last minute editing stuff perfection for us on this corner of RU-vid.

@chelsona2574 Год назад

cool project dude, keep em coming!

@AndreNYH Год назад

Keep up the good work in you don’t care about what other people are saying do whatever you want to do in your videos it’s yours to make and just have fun

@m1k4c Месяц назад

It really looks awesome. Totally opposite of my dream station (that has just two knobs and preferably no display), but still awesome. I'm ashamed to admit, my first project used dead receiver, pid controller and bunch of hot plates wired in parallel, screwed on top of the receiver. It had no front panel :D

@eticetic7262 4 месяца назад

I like your videos very much because you are going in the core or the problem i am going same root on ps4. Also you working regular job and this is the hoby and let it stay like that and will be more comprehensive like it is as you sad you are now chasing algorithms WISH YOU GREAT SUCCESS IN FUTURE REGARDS

@PosleRucka Год назад

Which termal camera for phone you use pls?

@DuckReconMajor Год назад

your channel is so good

@nkls287 Год назад

Great Video. Was fun to watch

@weaselbox6746 Год назад

this just popped up on my screen! go felix! : o D

@taunull Год назад

I love this channel

@nickst2797 Год назад

Thank you for another excellent video. I have three short questions if you wouldn't mind. 1. Which slim models have the 40mm RSX needed for the swap? In your original video, you state {CXD-5300, 5301, 5302}. However, looking at the ps3 dev wiki, the 40nm models are {CECH-21xx, CECH-25xx, CECH-30xx, CECH-40xx}. So how can we identify if a particular PS3 slim is the one we want? 2. Can you find slim models that are damaged but with intact RSX in the market? I cannot buy a working slim model to do the swap, that would be a waste, because the slim can have CFW as well. Is it common to find these models on sale with a usual defect (with working RSX)? 3. Is the OS support fixed for 40nm RXS, or is someone working towards it? What is the PS3 had CFW before the swap of the RSX? Could you have a high CFW (with OtherOS) and have the 40nm RSX?

@ripfelix3020 Год назад

Ethically speaking, I dont like the idea of killing a working console to steal it's GPU. Even Dr. Frankenstein didn't. He harvested from the dead to revive the dead. OTOH, it does improve the odds of getting a working one. Since 65nm and 40nm RSX appear to be reliable, the chances a dead slim died because of dead GPU is small. But I don't have much data on what kills slims. People way under report issues with them. Either because they're reliable, cheap to replace and they don't bother, or difficult to troubleshoot without service manuals. 21xx and many (not all) 25xx are fully jail-breakable. So I don't really like the idea of killing them to steal their GPU. 30xx aren't and have a 40nm. 40xx can have either the 40nm or 28nm. It's been reported that 40xxA and 40xxB tend to have the 40nm more often than 28nm, and 40xxC tend to have 28nm. But it seems to be a bit of a gamble. Taking them from these models might eliviate any guilt you have about killing them for their GPU, what I call "Technomancy." But the can still have HEN installed and that does most of what people want CFW for anyway. As for OtherOS support, you can't downgrade to 3.15 to get native OtherOS support. Not with a 40nm RSX. You'll get an RSX ROM Abort GLOD. But there is an option with CfW to install OtherOS in higher FW. So it's not really needed.

@nickst2797 Год назад

@@ripfelix3020 Thank you very much for your immediate and insightful comment! Well, my YLOD ps3 had Kmeaww 3.55 CFW. In case of a 40nm RSX installation, will the OtherOS work? With this CFW or with even higher CFW revisions?

@ripfelix3020 Год назад

I'm not an expert on what all you can do with CFW, my interest maily ends on offloading my discs to the HDD and using webMan mod dynamic fan control.

@SonicBoone56 11 месяцев назад

You're way braver than I am. I'll touch DC powered items any day, but not mains. If it's AC-powered, I want something already manufactured. And no, I will not attempt this! I'll gladly save the money to buy a proper rework station one day.

@MartinKlason Год назад

My nr 1 "soon to be youtuber" period.

@tuff_lover Год назад

bruh i was about to leave me house, i see a notification...you...

@TOMelectronicsfix Год назад

good job

@QsTechService1 Год назад

Great job very interesting Definitely looks like a project I thought about building one many years never did because I know it was going to be a big project you verify that haha good video keep the videos coming

@sammyso79 10 месяцев назад

great work!!!

@sonsoanonimo9728 Год назад

Good job

@zurielheros8872 Год назад

Another night without sleep oh yeah xD

@MrReeceyburger123 11 месяцев назад

Your videos are brilliant mate. Would love for you todo a ps4 blod explanation like the ps3 one 😝

@tigerwoods2814 10 месяцев назад

Mann you changed My Live with your Videos,i cant say if its Better ,But i Neeeed a Frankenstein

@Martin-L08.669 Год назад

the youtube kids animation style is legendary

@frankwhite2072 11 месяцев назад

I had forgotten about Max's chonk friend.

@taylordudek9772 Год назад

bruh the 'woah something literally jumped off had me dying' i laugh because what happened too you in that reflow wouldve been my first attempt

@lis6502 Год назад

1:01:52, no sir, it's YOUR fault i've made it so far without skipping :D amazing material, srsly, these shitty 15 mins success stories where dude cramps 3 months of falls and rises into pink, fluffy, family-friendly content on "oh look, it's THAT simple". I'd rather look at over an hour long materials showing me dead ends, traps, pitfalls and red herrings, all the journey of Dunning-Kruger's mountains. So sorry bro, you WILL have my sub, comment and like, don't care if you want to be ytber or no :D

@beff5058 Год назад

Thanks!

@tankie915 10 месяцев назад

Honestly im just happy I didn’t burn my cup of ramen

@herbertpocket8855 Год назад

Badass

@SonicBoone56 11 месяцев назад

This video shows why BGA, hot air, and soldering combination stations cost so damn much. A lot goes into them and there's a lot of stuff that needs to be shrunken down. I'm not sure why hot air and desoldering vacuums can't be in one unit though. I imagine they're literally the same except the fan blows in the opposite direction. Correct me if I'm wrong though.

@saviourmensah893 Год назад

😍

@awesomeminecrafter8676 11 месяцев назад

I feel you could make a smaller and generally better bga machine with the experience you've gotten. I've been making my own machines and small devices like this for a few years because it's been my major. I was wondering if you lay anything out in CAD before you start building? Like electrical and mechanical layouts just to help you along. There's also a good few books on electrical standards on everything from wire size for different currents to what fuze size you should use to protect stuff. Nema has a few useful ones but I can't remember which off the top of my head. Getting your toes wet with PCB design might help you clean up all the wires too with some adapter boards, if not also just help you in general with console repair. I've just started doing pcb design myself so I can't be super sure. Good luck though and I look forward to seeing what else you come up with!

@Sampsonay Год назад

That delam tho

@alexstone691 Год назад

2:10 That is incredibly old drill you have there! I am surprised to see somebody has one

@ripfelix3020 Год назад

It wont die! Hand me down from my grandpa. It has been used ALOT!

@alexstone691 Год назад

@@ripfelix3020 Do you maybe know the model? Or if its readable onit? I had just seen one my father tried to repair but did not see the model

@ripfelix3020 Год назад

Makita 6095D

@alexstone691 Год назад

@@ripfelix3020 Thank you!

@hedgehog11953 11 месяцев назад

You should probably invest in this skill you have, beyond the playstation 3. Ever considered research? You are seriously bright.

@eduardoK995 2 месяца назад

Any chance you'll ever make a video showing your process of doing a reball/frankie using your budget setup? Just wondering because I recently picked up a cheap 853D. Or have you perhaps done a write up on a forum somewhere I can read 😄

@ripfelix3020 Месяц назад

In short, yes. I'm working on a video that will use it, but it's not about the BGA station. That's actually a relitivly short section. I work at a slow pace based on whatever interestes me at any one time. I dont sell frankies, I make them for my own use. So far anyway. I've only made one since completing that station and while it worked well, the 40nm artifacted in game and needs replaced. That video is in limbo until then and I havent decided on s format for it. Have been working on other projects in the meantime and it got sidelined. I'm juggling somthing like 20 projects at the same time and not finishing any of them...lol. Only so much time with a full time job. And some days I just feel like veging instead of burning my eyes up on another video. I'm sure I could grow the channel if I were to work at it like it were my job, but it doesn't pay the bills and what does takes the better part of my energy. ATM, I'm focusing on what I like about the hobby. Doing the modding, soldering, following the scene, gathering data. Posting on psx place, etc. And that reignites my passion for it. But I do need to get organized and focus on finishing projects.

@MITSI1991 Год назад

Had a few of my ps3s, a B01 and E01 killed a few weeks ago from a bad delid job. Since then ive been wanting to look into a Frankie system and so on. I got ahold of a few YLOD consoles that havent been opened and are intact. Errors read mostly RSX failures. More research I do the better.

@ripfelix3020 Год назад

Yeah, delidding can wreck the console if you don't know what UR doing. Always advisable to practice on a donor board or send it to someone with a proven track record.

@Kenno10rapid 5 месяцев назад

Brilliant.

@solaralexx3205 Год назад

I think you should do the next frankenstein mod using a waffle iron and a hair dryer, in a kind of opposite experiment to this

@AverageMichaelJordans Год назад

going from the potato to waffles... sounds like an upgrade to me!

@mirahno3436 Год назад

where did you find the info necessary to learn ps3 board repair? i have a ps3 myself, watched a couple of your videos on your journey throughout these 4 years, and it motivated me a bit. i diagnosed a fault with the 12v line on the board, but since i don't know much myself, i'm not sure where to go from there. i want to try this myself to learn something new. do you have any resources for this?

@ripfelix3020 Год назад

Yes, but prepare yourself for forum link inceptions... www.psx-place.com/threads/research-experimental-nec-tokin-capacitors-replacement-ylod.25260/page-204#post-301356