Trying to FIX a SONY PSP GO with No Display (PlayStation Portable)

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Hi, this 'trying to fix' video shows me attempting to repair a faulty PSP Go (PlayStation Portable Go) with no display.
Remember that this is just for entertainment and I am not an expert in these repairs. The processes in the video may not be the best way, the correct way or the safest way to fix these things.
I do love fault finding and trying to fix broken things so I hope that comes across in this 'Trying to FIX' series.
Many thanks, Vince.

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@wojiaobill 5 лет назад

"he's kept it in good condition" back has massive scratches in it lol

@rkan2 5 лет назад

Looks like he has been skating on it lol

@JosiahRombe 5 лет назад

Hey can i sell pieces of the Xbox One to you

@caseyplayz4975 5 лет назад

he lost 1 to many times on fortnite

@thatgraysuburban 5 лет назад

William Hetherington bro that is minor cosmetic issues at least it is not like mine where it has so mAny scratches oh wait i dropped it on the pavement and it slid down a skateboard ramp oops i hate high school

@retrogamer64007 5 лет назад

William Hetherington also it was packed like new but yeah massive scrape on back lol

@smithincanton 5 лет назад

The chip can stand the amount of heat that it would take to melt the solder. The way those boards are made the chip is placed on some solder paste and the whole thing is put through an oven.

@Laluan 5 лет назад

You’re my real hero Vince! You gave me a big smile on my face when the screen came on! Merry Christmas :)

@dvdbytes4348 5 лет назад

Guess I can ask you directly. Did you keep it or do you plan to buy a "new" one on Ebay Gamemania, Nedgame, Cash Converters, cex etc ?

@Laluan 5 лет назад

Dvdbytes He can keep it (as a christmas present)

@johnwongtw1 5 лет назад

*spoiler alert!*

@jerrylyaw 5 лет назад

@@Laluan Your a great guy for letting him keep it!!!

@julieboruta 5 лет назад

Tex how great of you to let him keep it are you planning on buying a new one?

@mikaeldalc 3 года назад

I snapped my ankle during jiu-jitsu training. I've since been stuck on my bed and couch. Your videos have been my go-to. Almost therapeutic. Please, don't stop doing what you're doing.

@ZinfinityX 5 лет назад

This channel puts me in a good freakin mood for some reason. You go through your day dealing with this and that, so maybe witnessing people are learning and growing through experience helps to internalize better vibes.

@mazarmark5 5 лет назад

Hope there's a part 2 since it has been generously gifted to you for Christmas. That was good. I like the way you cautiously progressed with it. Merry Christmas dude!

@GadgetUK164 5 лет назад

Great video! Sounds like a cracked BGA point to me! Although what sometimes happens with these is the pad sheers off the PCB with an impact (or the solder just cracks on one or more points). That's why pressure helps. I would probably try reflowing it as you suggested, if that doesn't provide a reliable fix you would need to remove it with hot air and reball it - not something I would dare try tbh lol - too small for my liking lol! Lovely systems these!

@Mymatevince 5 лет назад

Lovely system indeed :-) I think you are right Chris with the cracked solder or loose pad(s). I was really tempted by the reflow but it would have been a shame to pop the chip especially when the pressure may work for a bit. What I didn't know at the time is that you can get replacement motherboards from eBay for £35 so the risk isn't that bad. I think £50 from CEX is a bit of a bargain for one of these :-)

@elliotpotter7053 5 лет назад

My Mate VINCE Merry Christmas! :)

@vladurbanskiy5227 5 лет назад

horrible he found the issue's location. there are people that could most deff fix it with their eyes closed. so why put abuse on it. i understand to double check and what not but i doubt the owner would want the so called abuse. He should have contacted the owner right there and then

@amristar736 5 лет назад

@@vladurbanskiy5227 What do you mean abuse? He simply shook that lovely thing.

@danmackintosh6325 5 лет назад

There's always one, on every RU-vid channel and in every walk of life.... Always...

@lionabdou 5 лет назад

This was a pure joy to watch! Keep it up Vince.

@Jrv3192 5 лет назад

Merry Christmas Vince! Only descovered your channel this year but really enjoy your content keep up the good work

@Mo-pt2ml 5 лет назад

I used to love my PSP GO. Man what a little gaming machine.

@johnwongtw1 5 лет назад

Merry Christmas Vince & family! 🎅🌲☃️🎁

@Mymatevince 5 лет назад

Thank you, merry Christmas to you and your family too :-)

@IClopToRarity 5 лет назад

I love these vids, they're really good for background noise/chilling out.

@johhnnsmith4 5 лет назад

Love the videos vince, I lean as I watch love it

@ErminTr 5 лет назад

Holy moly, i dont know what got into me. I have many chanels that im subscribed to on youtube, but i just cant wait for you to upload a new video. Man keep up the good work, you are doing extremely good job!

@hunterspcgaming9805 5 лет назад

Another great video! I enjoy listening at work.

@Soullessrun 5 лет назад

Merry Chrstmas Vince :) a thanks for your awesome videos through out whole year :)

@ShR33k 4 года назад

Yet another great video! Good idea with the packing. And not only packing - but thermal pads ... on a chip - brilliant thinking! You've probably given it back now - but I'd of gone with a reflow myself. You wouldn't of damaged the chip, they're built to handle heat. I've never been brave enough to do a full BGA chip removal, clean up and re-ball myself (and don't have any of those sort of tools myself like BGA templates or the clamps, etc). Some people might say a reflow is only a temporary fix, but repairs I've done where a reflow has worked - has never caused any further issues. The way I would see it, it's broke anyway... nothing to lose! But understand it's not yours, so not sure about making that call. Great diagnostics.

@sergioeidi5432 4 года назад

Dude... this video was entertaining as hell. I came to see some solutions for a PSP lcd screen and was really amused by your fix. Best part was when you noticed the backlight was on for the first time, amazing. The screen brightness flickering was also terrific. Thanks for your video and effort to solve it.

@halvorlol 5 лет назад

Great video Vince. You inspired me to fix a few things myself and I now have a couple of ps vitas i fixed from 3 on ebay!

@BloodyClash 5 лет назад

:D even we who studied electonics make mistakes. And not rarely much worse than you do. Your modified trial end error method paired with logical thinking is just awesome In german we say "every street leads to rome". As long as you reach your target the way doesn't matter :D

@101fng 4 года назад

“All roads lead to Rome” in idiomatic English. Interesting that two languages would share the same idiom.

@capralmarines4043 4 года назад

@@101fng We say the same in Polish, "Wszystkie drogi prowadzą do Rzymu".

@thedutchretrogamer 3 года назад

@@101fng in the netherlands we say alle wegen leiden naar rome

@ackliph 5 лет назад

This video kept me on the edge of my seat. I root for you to find the problem in every episode!

@scottchampion3511 5 лет назад

Excellent video and Merry Christmas Vince

@paulsimms6795 5 лет назад

Thank you for your videos absolutely great to watch. Keep up the good work

@gedmcgaffin1255 5 лет назад

Thanks for sharing the knowledge. All the best to you and yours.

@ArlanFixStuff 5 лет назад

Thanks a lot vince, I learn a new thing

@FireballXL55 5 лет назад

When using a torch you need a smallish one say 15-20mm diameter, put it right on the screen so you see no reflections and with the light bleed around the torch you may be able to see a display. When testing a fuse use the ohms range not the beeper setting, this uses a low voltage and will not turn on any semiconductors causing the meter to beep.

@smashups400 5 лет назад

Thanks for posting this, on my birthday! :) Also, how can anyone downvote his videos lol...like...for what reason?? His videos are so informative, I love them!

@mattbowman242 5 лет назад

Your a legend bud Merry Christmas M8 and all the best for the new year.

@__dudewitagun__4607 5 лет назад

entertaining. it was fun watching you undergo this challenge. I honestly thought it was a lost cause until you tapped that area of the board

@AtariFitness 5 лет назад

Merry Christmas Vince + family! 💪🎅👍

@edwardryan7332 Год назад

I gave up 3 weeks ago on a board replacement. Then I found this video. The very first fuse I checked was the bad one. I soldered a new one top of the broken one and it's all working now. To check the inaccessible fuses, I hooked up a small wire onto my multimeter.

@PMCRetroGamer 5 лет назад

Fantastic video again. Merry Christmas to you and your family

@bikerdave1274 5 лет назад

Hi Vince 😊, I think I would've given the reflow a shot with this,🤔 as even if it did end up dickered a replacement m/board from aliexpress is £25 and these PSP GO units are infinitely desirable and worth the extra money as they will sell (the box itself adds a lot to the value with these) anyway thanks for the vids and Merry Christmas and a Happy New year to you and your family 👍😊

@Insane98 5 лет назад

Netherlands represent! Fijne kerstdagen! (Translation: Merry Christmass!)

@spooktasticaparanormal 4 года назад

That was a great fix. Well done Vince. Kind regards. Paul.

@seanscaddan8608 5 лет назад

Good vid can't wait for next one Vince merry Xmas and happy New year

@charlesdeens8927 5 лет назад

Excellent fix!

@Schlimtendo 5 лет назад

amazing crazy guy thanks for so many nice tipps and repairs i cann show and make it self !!! Fantastic !

@willrobinson7599 2 года назад

Great video vince .the White ones all seem to have discolour on the rubber grips on the back Picked up a psp this week and I'm well impressed . I have a couple of normal psp but this is now the one I use the most. As u say once u put the customer firmware on and drag your fav iso on ,just great

@CasSpell 5 лет назад

Merry Christmas Vince :) ❄⛄

@tomthebadasscat 5 лет назад

Hi Vince, Nice find but I would have tried to reflow the chip. Have a great Xmas 😎

@jerrylyaw 5 лет назад

Merry Christmas Vince!

@wickeduploads 4 года назад

thank you for making these kind of videos

@wimwiddershins 5 лет назад

I found one at a boot sale for cheap, as new. Great device, very hackable. Great problem solving. I'd quit while it's more or less working.

@forevercomputing 5 лет назад

I bought 2x 2003s one Ebay, one turned out to be a 1003. Good and bad. Can't use it for fixing the second, but I can see why people prefer the phat.

@dimitrismandas 5 лет назад

You are a genius a love the videos continue

@AlvinMarin. 5 лет назад

Excellent video , fault finding at it’s best

@pds8475 5 лет назад

Even with a BGA machine your not guaranteed to fix it on the first attempt. I used to work at a company that repaired computers and laptops to component level. About 10% of BGA reflows actually killed the equipment and because the company only allowed so much time to work on each piece of equipment it had to be scrapped. With a hot air gun/soldering station there is more chance that connections will either not solder or two or more connections will short. So yeah like you say if it's your own equipment and your not that bothered then do it. If it's someone else's be a lot more cautious about doing it. Anyway Merry Christmas to you and your family

@Mymatevince 5 лет назад

Thanks for the great advice on this and all the other videos. Merry to you and your family too :-)

@hussssshie 5 лет назад

I've actually repaired lots of BGA chips using hot air. It depends on the package size and it takes a little bit of practice, but as long as you are careful with the temperature rise speed and peak temp, you're good to go. My tips are: preheat the surrounding areas to 130ºC, MAKE SURE to cover any heat sensible components such as crystal oscillators, RAM or other BGA chips you don't want to reflow using kepton tape or aluminum foil, making sure it's not pulling anywhere, just resting on top of those components to prevent the blast of the heat. Lay the board COMPLETELY FLAT, set the hot air to 210-230 degrees with a meduim size nozzle and heat up the BGA from all four sides for around 1 minute and a half. When it's hot then set the temp to 350-400ºC pointing directly on top of the chip for 30 to 50 seconds at 3-5cm apart, and let it cool off. Don't touch the board with anything while doing all that, or you're likely to short something. Airflow should be set around 10 to 30%, don't go bananas or the chip could move.

@pds8475 5 лет назад

@@hussssshieYes it is very possible to do but for someone who isn't confident in their soldering technique I wouldn't advise against it on some one else's piece of kit. If Vince had bought it of Ebay I would of been all for him trying to reflow it.

@calipacks5025 5 лет назад

My Mate VINCE I’d like to giv u a hoverboard to fix I hav loads I fix them for a living an hav a Facebook group selling them facebook.com/groups/159509004545003/ plz look

@wobbledobbler 5 лет назад

Great little video of a ''normal person'' doing a good job of mimicking shipping lol. keep the videos coming i love the channel.

@Regaljester75 5 лет назад

I would've done exactly what you did with the padding, no shame in bodging it and it seemed very secure. I reckon it'll last longer than the solder would've.

@BenCos2018 5 лет назад

Happy Christmas Vince and family

@tetenc555 5 лет назад

I love this channel

@kyedav 5 лет назад

"I think it might have been dropped possibly" after 34 minutes of seeing the massive scratches on the back xD Oh and it looks like it needs a reflow. Probably a cracked connection on the chip due to the drop. Heatgun should do it, especially with the size of a psp go.

@jamess9260 3 года назад

Thanks you so much, my psp go was having the same problem, by watching you troubleshoot through the problem, I just squeezed my psp go by the back and the button area, and wow " power on ". Who knew ? Great video.

@jvaldez5 4 года назад

You’re truly doing the Lord’s work here

@BMWfivethirty 3 года назад

@My Mate VINCE I have a psp go that has a short in what I think may be a faulty capacitor. Do you know how to determine the size or proper replacement smd capacitor? I have researched it some, but not really finding much as to what size each capacitor is on the board and not real sure what to do at this point? Love your videos btw, thanks!

@kevincalzadilla4865 5 лет назад

You fix is soo good

@techstar6540 5 лет назад

Nice video Vince. I would actually go and reflow the chip with the heatgun. Mostly because i think it will last longer that way than with the thermal pads.

@IceSpike 5 лет назад

Merry Christmas from Manchester 👍

@Pepsiman2006 5 лет назад

Great vid! My PSP Go isn't charging and just bought some replacement fuses. I'll be a little better a ease using your current video as a guide on investigating the source of the problem. Thanks!

@Rubenvi8179 4 года назад

Pepsiman2006 did you get that working? Mine doesn’t want to charge or connect via USB

@CRG 5 лет назад

Love the psp myself all be it I prefer the original one with the umd drive. I probably would of left it as you did with the packing to apply pressure then if that failed attempted a reflow with heat but as you say you run the risk of killing it. I don't know just how hot these get but I suppose if left long enough with the packing it may fix itself? Between you and gadgetuk I've been inspired so I'll shortly be digging out some of my old consoles to attempt repair. Cause why not. Fun to poke around them and sure I'm not going to make it any worse...... Great video and keep em coming.

@welshtony1 5 лет назад

Iv got a standard PSP and always fancied the PSP Go. May have to see if CEX will post one and not got one local to me lol. Side note, What mat is that that you use for working on these items?

@CLC-1000 5 лет назад

Great video. Have a great Christmas.

@Mymatevince 5 лет назад

Thanks, I hope you have a brilliant Christmas and New Year too :-)

@CLC-1000 5 лет назад

@@Mymatevince You're welcome.

@maxplayz1219 5 лет назад

What camera do you use for your videos? I am actually interested in your videos because i plan on doing fixing things like this in the future.

@GabrielAndroczky 5 лет назад

Also, a tip for this kind of thing, when you are working on one side of a device and need to see the other side, either use a mirror, or use a glass surface and a mirror under it (you can go for an underdesk camera as well, but that might be too much :D)

@MyRegardsToTheDodo 5 лет назад

Great video. I would do whatever I do with PS3 or Xbox 360 boards when they're not working, put flux around the chip and put the board in the oven. 15 minutes at 200 °C has saved quite a lot of boards for me, even lasts longer than a reflow normally.

@tinydus 5 лет назад

i love your videos

@dforaker 5 лет назад

That was great fault finding. Definately was dropped causing a damaged BGA contact. Your fix may last. Too bad you can't test it with a game running to see how it behaves under stress and heat.

@karlwooduk 5 лет назад

magic fingers, last resort fault finding, squeeze and poke everything haha

@sweetasbloodredjam 5 лет назад

I hope you come back to this and attempt to reflow it, seeing that Tex gave it to you as a christmas present. Someone left some really good advice on reflowing with a heat gun in the comments as well. As for reballing it, you'd need a stencil for this specific chip and even then it's not easy to do.

@weheartdzny8525 5 лет назад

Noob question: How do you know if something is supposed to short or not when testing chips, resistors, etc. with a multimeter? Do you use charts?

@1LastShinobi 5 лет назад

@My Mate VINCE Hi love your videos. But I have an issue I was hoping you may be of help with. I have a PS4 pro that has a white light and doesn't seem to want to boot up, it goes to a safe mode and asks me to install a usb with the latest update . When I do it wont take the update I checked the hard drive on a pc it seems to be healthy would you know what else could cause the problem? thanks

@ComputerAndTechnologyChannelTM 5 лет назад

Whenever I have had to tighten somewhat together like that, I have done it with cardboard. It works well.

@etiennevanharen3893 5 лет назад

Great video!! Nice lucky find on the pressure point. I have no knowledge whatsoever about this, but maybe if you heat it from the back you don't fry the chip and it only needs the board to get the heat throug instead of the entire chip? just my 10cents on this.

@damiennavarro4807 5 лет назад

The problem with that though is there are other parts that will fall off/get damaged on the other side. (Small components and I believe the buttons are located there as well)

@dreamertv-live8229 5 лет назад

Super video I like it 👍👍

@Sadman1471 5 лет назад

Vince you should start a podcast, it could be all about ongoing projects, projects coming up and updates on items you have fix/tried to fix :}

@MarkRodenburg 5 лет назад

Nice vids thanks for that. Is it easier to use blueprints off the PCBs

@akatsuki1.034 5 лет назад

Thanks you for this video, i have the same problem, i will check your idea.

@goliath012001 5 лет назад

Great vid. My only recommendation would be to contact the owner and see if he/she would be ok with you applying heat, and make sure to advise that it could wreck the chip. Either that, or a replacement motherboard? I've seen the stand-alone motherboard on ebay going for roughly $35.00 USD

@lindawelby1 5 лет назад

Great video, great guy :-)

@BobBorakovitz 5 лет назад

i would heat it up, personally. but you got it working and that's a good result in the long run. good fix and interesting.

@BlazingMediic 5 лет назад

I'd definitely try and keep it .. it's a cool place of gaming equipment

@creativename2697 5 лет назад

Hi there, Another nice video as always. I was wondering if you could make a list of all the tools you use/have? Would really help me out as I am trying to buy some for the same purposes.

@Bloodbound89 5 лет назад

it could really have been the button did you check what happens if you keep the button pressend and than move the d pad? or did you release the button every time (just to improve the diagnosis procedure)

@richardmewes8085 5 лет назад

Great video, I have a PSP (non online) running homebrew like Megadrive... It's in a draw in a very scratched state, after this I'm gonna look online for a grand new shell and bring it back to life. Btw everytime you say HIT AND MISS I think of that TikTok song ( RU-vid search "Hit and Miss TikTok")

@thebonedaddy 5 лет назад

What a nostalgic start up tone. Wonder whatever happened to all my PSP friends I made on socom lol

@attilatoth5229 5 лет назад

Great video

@danmackintosh6325 5 лет назад

Merry Christmas Vince! :) I think given a similar situation I would have done the same (in fact, I have used packing/shims to apply pressure to a laptop screen on which the bonding had failed as an effective temporary fix). Probably if it was my system I'd try and go with this for now, and maybe one more try with different material if it failed again & only if it became unreliable/unusable would I venture toward reflowing. I think it could well be effective in this case (I'd use a good dose of chip kwik flux like you got with the paperboy ROM package, & probably highish heat but lower air & not dare touch the thing for a good half hour afterwards) but, like you, I'd rather see how long it lasts with the "non-invasive" fix before heating it and possibly killing it entirely. Hope you do get to keep hold of the thing TBH, since it'd be cool if you could push it into regular use and find out how it holds up over time.

@danmackintosh6325 5 лет назад

Just seen further down that Tex has responded in the comments and made the PSP a Christmas gift to you. Nice of him to do so & hopefully that means we get to see how well this lasts... For the record, my LCD bonding "fix" lasted a good few months and even when I got a new laptop it was still usable, just a few areas of lines down the screen again as opposed to the whole panel frozen when it first failed.

@jomichael1060 5 лет назад

Is it possible if I ask you where you got the blue assembly board from. I'm looking for one & I don't know where on Amazon to look. Awesome video

@xCARPx2014 3 года назад

Could there be a possibility that the flex is broken but the fuse is fine, that the backlight won't turn on? Or a broken backlight always means a blown fuse?

@JZM006 5 лет назад

Merry Christmas!

@HM024 5 лет назад

Have you ever done a live stream by chance? A live stream version of a fix video would be awesome, viewers could give you suggestions on what they think!

@jcamp3606 5 лет назад

Where did you get that blue work mat?

@DjStiv3 2 года назад

Is the headphone jack easily replaceable? Seems like it is. Ribbon cable and pull it out?

@rapiconnitronitro781 4 года назад

Good job bro.

@aggelos_0256 5 лет назад

Hey Vince, i think those chips need reballing because many many times at the factory, impurities on the solder or some mistakes by the engineers could lead to bad bga soldering quality which means that the connections under the chips are much more fragile than normal and as you can see by the scrathes on the back casing this has been droped an kinda hard. So all i want to tell you is that some of those connection are broken. REBALLING WILL FIX ISSUE!!!

@MLambi23 5 лет назад

My favourite system! Please (if possible) repair more PSPs or PS Vitas

@MirceaD28 5 лет назад

You didn't had to cut the metal frame to check to fuse. It's clearly even from the picture that the fuse is connected to the component next to it that is more accessible. Still a good job, and that PSP it's alive again because of you.