Great video! I'm afraid it's too fiddly for me. I'll probably mess it up😅

Question: My son's PS4 1215b had a stuck disc. I pulled it and replaced the blue-ray drive because of the dreaded unrecognized disc error. I went with a new one from Amazon. It was not new....sent it back. Second one sounds good but still getting error. I noticed what I think is resign from the rubber rollers on eject. So I backed up his games and reset to factory settings. Still getting unrecognized error. Should I send back the 2nd blu-ray drive and get one from another source? What would be your next move? Thanks so much.

I wish someone would make a video about the Slim model disc drive not catching and spinning the discs while the head keeps trying to read it until it gives up. Similar to the problem shown at the beginning 0:41. Weirdly, the drive will have no issue picking up Blu-Ray movies and DVDs, it only fails with game discs. I can't understand what it's happening, and it's supposedly a common PS4 disc drive issue. I've seen people on KZbin come up with that same problem only for them to replace the whole disc drive, which isn't a fix!

Can you make one for a leap pad Ultimate?

I love to see this type of content with someone learning the ropes! I was bummed to see that you stopped making videos.

Thank you. Bought this at the thrift store and wanted to set it up for my kiddo. You da best.

couldnt you use a solder sucker to help desolder the ribbon cable connector without a hot air station?

Thank you so much this helped!!!

Guys. Use flux and lots of solder. A good trick is to take the connectors length in solid coper wire and soak that in solder against the connector. Does it matter if you use the 18 or 19 pin connector that's available? You just offset either the cable or the connector right? In the video info you linked 18 pin connectors in the video you use a 19 pin connector. But I don;t think you mention the options and how to offset the 18 pin cable in the 19 pin socket.

Hah, the exact same set of buttons failed on one of my controllers! I've got a new membrane on order to repair it (actually four, as they were the same price as two). Thankfully, the controller that I have to repair is an ALPS-manufactured controller (though I do have a Hosiden controller which I might try to repair if someone has already replaced the connector).

thanks man awesome video information big brain

New sub! My PS4 is fixed!

OMG thank you! I couldn’t find my problem and when i watched your video, it had the same sound ! So i found the same situation with my disk reader the flex cable was unseated!!!!

Most controllers (A and H) use this terrible design, but the latter has poorer quality membranes

jesus christ your camera is pure garbage

i know im two years late but the link for the conductive film is broken. anyone have a new link or model number that im looking for?

Hi, Very Good video, thx a lot I have a problem and I would like to know if you could help me. My Play 4 pro does not read discs, it seemed that the discs did not rotate, so I disassembled it and I did not see anything strange in it, so I decided to change the disc drive “Kes-496aaa” and now it tries to rotate the disc, but still does not read them, and I do not know what to do, what could it be?

I gave it a try and 1. there is no need for hot air, as soon as you start adding new solder the old connector goes off super easy on its own, 2. ribbon model 259t0 is a 1:1 replacement of the original SA1Q42A looks to be the same as well but I haven't tested it, no need for cutting anything (edit: don't buy it, aliexpresss copy is faulty, it does not work, it's different than the original with the same model number, they have messed up the copy) 3. use a connector with the correct number of pins - they sell both 4. when reassembling, pop out the triggers and put them in last - I wasted 30 min trying to close the case with triggers in place hahaha

There actually exists a second-revision LeapPad Academy with a Rockchip SOC and Android 10 pre-installed. In those revisions the recovery menu is now stripped down to a factory reset prompt asking the user if they want to wipe data off their LeapPad. It also has the data partition permanently encrypted so there's no way a rogue user would be able to get through it without logging in.

Id of taken one look at that PSU and thrown it away 😂

I got this for my little one as a gift. I've been trying to get this to work for a while now. I did the steps you gave, and it rebooted it. Now im back the activation code screen.

I took a big risk trying this on my broken H model, knowing there was a high chance of breaking the board... and sure enough I tore up 7 traces haha. Second time ever soldering so definitely a learning experience...

Do you know how to get past the activation screen?

it was funny :)

When I connect the ps2 controller to my PC adapter to test it, the computer doesn't recognize the pad. Do you know what could be the problem? It's not the adapter because the PC recognizes it by itself as a generic USB controller. But when the dualshock is attached, it disappears from the device manager. I know the pad works and is receiving power because if I push the "analogue" button, the red LED lights on.

Every single one of H series I came across does not work -_- if they were plain black I'd just dump them to garbage but all the pearl white are H series...

like para que se compre una camara nueva y nosotros los repuestos o un nuevo mando

One thing they overlooked is that the data partition is unencrypted, so a determined creep could just make a dump of the EMMC and pore through whatever it is the previous owner stored in it. It's a double-edged sword in terms of data recovery though, especially if there are priceless memories on the tablet and a parent would like to have those recovered somehow. My friends and I have done a lot of work on these tablets, and unlike Nabi's SE tablet which ran on much the same hardware, this one has kernel sources available so anyone could port a custom OS to this thing. Heck, I even ported TWRP to both the Epic and the Nabi SE in case anyone's interested.

what flex part number should i buy to this same case? (the flex is solder to the rigid PCB)

Thank you 🙏

Even I have the same controller which is the "H model" having the problem. The D-pad's up & left button and L1 & L2 does not work while the other buttons are functioning

I replaced analog but angels going everywhere 😢

❤good work 👏

Great instructions, purchased this second hand and was about to toss it. Thanks!!!!

Great video ur video help unlock the leappad

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Man, I wish I listened to you and not try and use the soldering iron to get the pins off... I accidentally pulled all of pins off the board lmao

Thank you!

Thank you for making such a brilliant video. Not a single other video on here talks about the drive mechanism or repairing it. Took me hours trying to figure out how the magnetic spindle pulley was supposed to go haha Everyone's always just ,,replace and throw away the old part" but soooo many old parts still work perfectly and just require a but of work. Replacement is not repair!

Life saver tysm

Hello. I have a sttrange problem. I have an H-type controller and i need to replace the flex ribbon. But instead of a soldered on connector, it has a 19-pin connector on the circuit board with 2 small tabs on the sides that needs to be pushed upwards in order to remove the flex ribbon. Normally there's a number on the flex ribbon (SA1Q43-A and such), but mine seems like a hybrid between the SA1Q43-A and a R45-0380. On the corner there's written 0285A J. I understand the SA1Q43-A has 18 pins, so that one's not compatible. The controller itself is as good as new. In fact, i can't remember ever using it. I can't find the correct replacement. Does anyone know more about this or have any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

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Omg thank you for your video. I was having trouble resetting my leap frog epic, and I came across your video. You are a life saver

I ask about the value of the capacitor?

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Thank you for this video, i wasn't having luck resetting a leap pad academy until i came across your video!!!!!!!!!!! 👍

Thank you so much

This also works on a Leappad Academy if you forget the password thank you sooo much!!!!

Tried this on leappad platinum and can't seem to get the reboot come up. It just flashes up the leapfrog logo and goes blank again.

Has leapsearch removed content? After a factory reset we are now missing all the Pixar videos that used to show up. Not actual movies but clips