Just did one and have a few critiques that made my job infinitely easier. 1. Prep both the new port and pads with low melt solder and flux, clean with isopropyl after. 2. Let the port fall out of the board upside down, that way you don't damage any pads. Cool vid!
If you do it right, you can swap the port within 30 seconds. In my video, the pads were already ripped so it didn't seem so quick But here's another video to reference on why hot swap, without any of the extra steps you mentioned, works so well www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRuhXqEE/
I just did that same technique, just kind of winged it, didn't really know what I was doing,just figured it'd work well though,I got good at doing those tiny little tips off ends. Good video, thank you.
Jesse you do great work and I love watching these videos. this method i have been doing for almost 7 years now but a personal suggestion from experience. i would not hold the heat gun under the board face up because this angle puts the hazardous ,acidic sometimes, flux fumes directly into the person working without proper ventilation and can cause all types of problems. you can still do the hot swap method with the heat gun facing down and will get the same desired effect. touch up the pins on the back and even sometimes a little bit on the legs and your ready to go!!
I feel like if there's danger from heating from the bottom due to any fumes, the same danger would be present from heating from the top. I generally don't put my face on the scope when heating from the bottom anyway. And I have a fume extractor. From my experience, heating from the top makes it easier to melt the plastic on the HDMI as well
I've had a lot of success using low melt solder to remove HDMI ports and you heat the ports up a lot less. Also getting it from the back is good too front or back works fine. The hot swap method doesn't seem terrible, the pins look soldered on well, I guess when I first started I would have pins fall off so I always try to use the most solder possible on pins because I don't want connections to break in the future so it's more of a pet peeve of mine now. Either way GOOD JOB JESSE!!!
This video was very helpful I now have the confidence to attempt to fix myself very informative just having the right tools and some practice will allow me to fix it if things doing this hot method seems like the best way in my opinion I have several kids that are hard on electronics so maybe I can make it a hobby as well Thank You !!!
Nice method Jesse, you could also prepare the port pins on all your hdmi ports when you buy them so they’re ready to go if you get any port repair jobs in. Great video as always.
Thanks for the help. Not new to soldering but new to hot air machines. This was a huge help esp your settings. Again thanks a lot I hope you keep busy doing this kind of work :)
I found it very difficult, with only a magnifier glass, to replace the 100 nF cap. Managed to do it by heating the HDMI contacts on pin 2 and 3 after tinning them and before replacing the HDMI connector. Thanks for the video.
Nice method, never considered heat from underneath, I do like using low melt solder (93°c melting point) to remove the old port, might give this one a go though 😄
Yes, Low Melt is super helpful. Although when doing it like this, you don't even have to do that. Saves so much time. Although i've never heard of 93C melting point solder. Do you have a link?
Hello, thanks for the Video. I am a bit into soldering and a friend of mine wants me to repair a HDMI port on a Ps3 and I didn't know how to go about it. This was helpfull. Did you use low melt solder?
Great. Watch the videos on my channel to get a better idea of soldering. Consoles in general require a lot of heat. I may have used 183C solder. But honestly dont remember.
Great video, I don't have that much room on my microscope to hang boards off the desk and use the hot air station, while still being able to point the microscope at it. So I probably won't use this technique in my videos lol
Definitely going to take the hot swap advice. The tinning of the leads makes perfect sense before placing the port. I always worry that i will melt plastic in these types of components so this will help immensely. Thanks for the video and the tips. Any chance you could make a video of how long the tear down takes to get to that point on the board so i can accurately estimate costs for clients? If you already have a video on that then i apologize.
Is there a substitute I can use I don't have Flux and I don't know if I have the proper Sauder. I'm pretty nervous about doing the repair iv never done this before
Most cleaning I do after work is with acetone. Jobs like this still have stubborn flux seeping out from under the port. I use a 50/50 blend of Tetrachloroethylene and N-Hexane for that. Known by the State of California to work.
I just use regular nitrile exam gloves: amzn.to/3yVBBCd No, they're not heat resistant per se, but the thin layer of nitrile does add a very tiny fraction of heat protection. Enough to give you a heads up that you're being burned
I took my ps5 to do this but it seems like it doesn’t look as crisp it may be in my head so you know if the place I took it to used a cheap hdmi port can it effect resolution? I have a hdmi 2.1 tv and all the bells n whistles cables Ect
by jumper what were you using? where can i buy it? why were you using it? i just started to learn to repair stuff and i need as much help i can get, thank you.
The heating from the bottom hot swap is great until you bump the board accidentally and lose all the flowing parts. Also you are placing tremendous amount of heat on the board. Obviously you have replaced alot of ports as this is not a beginner move. I prefer to put the port in cold. Excellent job though!
Hot swap method is a great method for HDMI port replacements. It should be done by professionals who know how to solder. If you're a newbie, definitely requires practice first and training if possible. Any method is risky without proper technique or training.
Jesse, help :) iPhone 7Plus, all works but no front cam. Flex and cam is OK. I checked diod mode values on Front Flex connector and all is about to correct value. Device fall from running car window.
Most likely not. It does take practice and experience to be able to handle a job like this. It may look easy on video, but once you have it in front of you, it can go very bad if you dont know how to handle it.
@@aaronnunez5466 If you have no experience soldering with a hot air station, yes, it will be difficult. Just keep in mind, most repair shops will charge you extra if the board has been worked on previously & is worse shape. My recommendation would be to practice on non-working boards, so you can see what the actual job entails
Hi 👋 . I'm fairly new to PS4\5 Repair. I lost a small cap just below the hdmi port on a ps5 replacement. I do not know it's value. It bridges two of the hdmi pins. Could you please advise. Will the video signal function without it and or where can I find out what it's capicatance value is? Thank you.
@@VCCBoardRepairs Hi Jesse, if you take a look on your video @ 5:50 you will see this diode over the HDMI on the left side. To the left of that diode there is a component which is connected to its anode. Do you have any details about this component? Thank you!
As a fellow technician, I have a couple of problems with this . 1. You should use low melt solder so you don't have to overheat the board. 2. If you're heating it from the bottom, in order to take it off, you should turn the board upside-down so the HDMI port will fall off by itself. (Les risk of ripping pads) 3. You need to wick off the old solder and clean up all the flux . Use fresh flux and solder the pads. 4. Clean up, use fresh flux, solder the pins, and place the HDMI port in its place. 5 . Then you can decide if you want to flow it or solder it pin by pin. I know technicians have their own way, but just heating it up and swapping it to a new one and skipping all the steps above is wrong. Hope this comment helps .
We've been skipping all your steps & have had 100% success rates with no warranty issues. I'm confident hot swap method is not an issue and we back it with a lifetime warranty.
Could be a few reasons. 1. Bad solder work by the repair shop, causing the port to fail easily 2. Low quality replacement port. 3. Or you keep damaging it by unplugging & replugging it and not lining up the cable when doing so
wow so professional.wish you lived in my neighborhood!Recently contacted a local repair shop and they quoted this repair at $289. I hung up because I was so disgusted that PARASITES actually have the nerve to try and charge people this much.
Does it matter what size jumper wire we use ? as long as it doesn't rub on anything around it? I got this one its 0.10 mm Chinese stuff or is that too thin ? It's almost like hair, it looks thicker in all the videos but I think that's just because it's under the microscope possibly??
Oh yeah and I forgot to ask when you are jumping the pins say I'm going to jump every single one , you connect it to the spot above it but what about the ones in between I think there's three or four that are ground I think where do they get jumped to? Can I just scratch anywhere on the board to reveal copper and connect them to that since they don't have their own pin above it?
Does the newest version of the PS5 have a different HDMI connector that launch edition? It looks different to me and I'm not sure if the HDMI connector is interchangeable. Thanks
In most cases, running a jumper wire is better. If you want the soldering lugs, you can buy them here: www.injuredgadgets.com/wylie-soldering-repair-spot-welding-piece-patch-solder-lugs/?acc=3d2d53e5abcd70e24cc444935b88e6ac21
@@VCCBoardRepairs my friend sent you a text regarding a repair. It's his ps5 that intermittently loses the video signal. He's able to play for a little at a time until the screen goes black. The HDMI cable is quite hot to the touch at the ps5 port. Thank you.
The fact that 2 year old or less systems are having this many fucking problems and Sony is just making us either try to do it ourselves or go spend $200+ to get it fixed is asinine. I will not own another sony product after the trash ass ps5
from my experience, most of the devices that come into my shop, are damaged HDMI ports. this is from physical damage caused by the user. so you can't really blame Sony for that.