5 Broken PS5's - 13 PS5's Revisit - Can I Fix Them Now?

[@Tronicsfix]

Here's the first video I made on these PS5's: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4OmoJ6knrR7sK8

[@CTCTraining1]

Credit to your honesty showing how difficult it can be as information builds slowly for new models. Hopefully you have space and a considerate partner who won’t mind you storing them until new knowledge or techniques become available. Keep up the great work 😀👍

[@Straight_White_Fatherly_Figure]

His wife is awesome. Shes also a techy

[@Rose.Of.Hizaki]

At the end of the day - These PS5s are worth *A LOT OF MONEY* and people are still struggling to buy one as well as getting ripped off by scalpers. These PS5s represent a money making investment not just because he makes money from the youtube views but also because he can sell them for profit when he's done repairing them or at least have a few that couldnt be repaired saved for parts for ones that can.

[@Chrissmills]

I’m so addicted to this channel. Im an electrician and I’ve learnt so much from these videos since we don’t work on electronics, but we do fault find on pcb’s. Keep up the amazing content!

[@vgamesx1]

I was tempted to say faulty ram for the first couple, but after thinking about it, the PS5 mostly works fine and will crash only after loading a game, so I'd say the most likely culprit is a bad VRM phase or something is overheating, because it seems to only happen once the GPU ramps up.

[@spamaccount6460]

It might have been interesting to try installing Horizon (PS4) to an external drive and run it directly off of that. If it doesn't freeze, it strengthens the assumption that the internal SSD is the culprit. I wonder if re-seating that internal SSD would do anything or if it's just faulty.

[@AsaTheEvilOne]

My thoughts exactly

[@TheCod3r]

Ahhh bummer, such a shame, but like you said not every one is fixable. That said, the green screen of death is typically an overheating VRAM issue. I noticed it a couple of times while I've worked on them. It could make sense if the games are crashing that you have a bad ram module. P.S if you want to sell the green screen one, I'd love to have a shot at it, or to try and fix it and send it back to you 😉

[@Tronicsfix]

That makes sense. It wouldn't surprise me if that's the issue. Send me an email about the green screen PS5

[@windowsxpprofessional]

@@Tronicsfix CANT WAIT FOR THIE COLLAB (kinda)

[@123theprodigy5]

@@Tronicsfix Great video man, where do you actually live actually? They are usually Micro Center everywhere.

[@AleksanderFimreite]

I agree, I have seen simular visual issues when graphic cards on computers crash. I don't have much experience with consoles specifically, but I have seen tearing, freezing, and even total blackouts of the computer screen. On a computer the OS will attempt to restart the graphics card most of the time when things go bad. But the PS is probably programmed to shut down to preserve the hardware. The fact that they were running at all is an indication of that everything was ok for a moment, but likely has some bad connections in the circuit which changed with heat.

[@windowsxpprofessional]

@@AleksanderFimreite you're not totally right about computers graphics card. In a pc / laptop, the is can bsod into whea_uncorrectable_error, which is hardware based error and may be gpu. A computer can never 'restart' it's gpu. The whole system has to be unplugged, then power button has to be pressed for 10-20 secs and that is the best way to clean any corruption in the memory which might be retained even after a pc is shut down. For resetting graphics you can press windows+control+shift+b key.

[@kikihun9726]

For the frozen game consoles. Try to install a game to an external usb drive. If it won't crash, the internal ssd is faulty. If it fails,the ram is faulty. Try non disc(digital) games first. For the green screen shutdown, the vrm or the APU could be faulty. If the hdmi driver chip is faulty, the data communication between the tv and the console would broke or fail sometimes, and the tv would throw the data away if it has a lots of errors.

[@makinamara321654]

Even if he install games to an external drive, the same error wouldn't show? Cause the system of PS5 is running on the internal drive ssd

[@wigm]

Came to say the same thing, configure to install on external drive or add a drive (nvme) and default installs there.

[@kikihun9726]

@@makinamara321654 maybe the sector where the game is installed is faulty.

[@Jaklas1979]

I was going to suggest wether Steve could out of curiosity try a nmve drive/stick in ps5 slot to try and install and run games there

[@kikihun9726]

@@wolf0491 on ps4 and xbox one, the system always checks if the disc is present or not after the game is started. (Only for the games, that are installed from disc)

[@ex2c8]

Watching these videos makes me so glad my ps5 has had no issues. My friend sent it to me from overseas and I had to buy a normal power cord. Just cleaned it for the first time after 5-6 months, barely any dust. And it's so quiet. Hope these can be fixed and hope mine never gets the green screen 😁

[@nils1471]

It's normal it makes a ton of noise when I turn it on right?

[@CiaranMcC]

@@nils1471 Yes. But it should go quiet again after around 10 to 15 seconds.

[@b38c9]

@@nils1471 Mine makes a lot of noice to, but its just the disc spinning up. Without it mine is perfectly quiet.

[@12345.......]

@@nils1471 mine doesn't make much noise when turning on. Just a little fan spin. Maybe something to keep an eye on. At least the fan is super easy to replace if you find a new one.

[@nils1471]

It's like turning on a turbine engine. But haven't tried without a disc in it yet...

[@victormanuelparraexposito2819]

I think on the SSD what's married is the actual controller, you could swap memory chips out. You already have 3 unfixable PS5, nothing to loose and content to make.

[@baoboumusic]

I'm always impressed with your skills but now I'm even more impressed with your honesty. Well done that man, I hope this video is extra successful!

[@greenmaillink]

Thanks for showing us not just the successes but also the failures. We get caught up all the time with looking at only the successes that we forget how important it is for us to fail so we know that there is plenty of room for growth and further research.

[@jckshummer7385]

Always loved your videos Sir. I've done fixes with confidence because of your informative videos. Truly Thank you Indeed

[@Tronicsfix]

Great to hear!

[@whaleoilbeefhookedmain7672]

Great vid Steve. So many broken Ps5's tut tut,such a shame. I'm afraid to turn on my own Ps5 now ha.. 👏

[@ayybarker4035]

I have done the same, some with too much confidence xD

[@sorakat42]

I still like watching you fixing things even if you fix it until it's still broken. We're still in early days of the PS5, so hoping the code can be cracked at some point to bring these back to life.

[@Tronicsfix]

Yes, I'm still hopeful that this can be fixed in the future.

[@DavorBa]

I think these videos are good because they reflect how hard or impossible it is to repair tech sometimes, thereby raising awareness about the need for right to repair to take off.

[@rayvonmorelyfe3976]

I love the fact that you do the revisit videos . I absolutely love your videos . As a viewer I love that you go back and try again and show what you’ve learned. Keep going please . Bless you man .

[@chocolate_bar007]

You’ve inspired me to get into the electronic field, I thank you man for helping me choose a career for my future. ❤️

[@GamingToad66]

For the first few consoles that freeze, have you tested to see if installing the games on a SSD in the m.2 slot would run the game? I feel like that might help identify if it's the soldered SSD.

[@kairukun93]

I have a feeling it's a defective APU/CPU. You could try reflow the APU (one with liquid metal paste). Could be an internal storage, just a maybe. Normally most computers now days especially PS5 is not excluded loads game files to System RAM or GPU VRAM, if it was a faulty storage, it wouldn't allow you to download and install games especially PS5 firmware. I have also have a feeling one of the RAM/VRAM chip is faulty. Could be just the APU/CPU is faulty period.

[@matthewtooley3771]

Try installing onto a extended storage SSD and see if it will play from there, surely that will pretty much tell if it’s the onboard SSD.

[@williamq6435]

This video really helps to show me that I'm not the only one that can't fix some consoles sometimes. Thanks for the vids and for being honest!

[@Kevin-zd5bi]

I love your honesty in posting this video anyways. Keep it up. It's nice to see the process even if it doesn't work out. On the bright side I guess you have 5 PS5s worth of spare parts.

[@Johnsondidit]

I'm glad you got to revisit those PS5's all the help is appreciated

[@Adil-sv2xi]

Try flashing the firmware on the ps5 no. 1. Not the software update, but the firmware itself. You can find it on sony’s website.

[@YonsonTurbowski]

Wow your in the big leagues now man getting that micro center sponsor great work bro

[@ayybarker4035]

It's quite amazing what you can do with research and learning hands on how to do something, and solve different problems with troubleshooting techniques. I know Tronics dedicated alot of time learning how to do all of this stuff. Love it !

[@kinshukruparelia7809]

The other 2 which just have game freeze, try getting a new ssd in the expansion slot since the firmware supports it now and try installing it there. I am no expert but could be a possible fix if the ps5’s ssd is the culprit.

[@Virang807]

That could work, but thats really just a workaround since the problem itself is not fixed. But if the Ps5 can still successfully play games, then its a playable ps5 at the end of the day

[@thadofalltrades]

@@Virang807 it would allow him to confirm that it is the ssd. If it freezes on the expansion drive it's another issue

[@georgemorris6924]

I got to order my ifixit pro tech toolkit! Thank you Steve for being a big inspiration!

[@Tronicsfix]

So glad you got one! They're great tools!

[@DjDestinyChicago]

I appreciate your honesty in these realistic videos 👍

[@alipetuniashow]

This channel has improved my confidence to fix tech

[@TheGlitchyMario]

Great video, even if they’re not fixable. I seriously hope that we can find a way to fix them.

[@toml1087]

Any video you make is successful to me. Keep up the good work!

[@sos.gamers]

Nice, at least you will have more info in future, and how fast your channe has grown, i had to quit mine for "work" reazons, but that you got suscribed was amazing :D

[@robertdufour2456]

I appreciate the effort! Each show is fascinating

[@furtalance_x]

For Ps5 number 1: Maybe the issue is with the disk drive. U played Horizan and COD which are both disks and got stuck. But Astro's playroom ran fine. Maybe try another game digital only. There are many free games on PS Store, any can be used to test. Edit: Thanks for the likes guys. Watch my channel too for gaming news and stuff.

[@teropirttimaki]

Yes, this could be the issue. There can be an issue with the laser. The alignment of the reading laser is tilted. It works till certain points, stops when the ankle of the laser is too much off.

[@thadofalltrades]

That was immediately my first thought

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Thankyou for showing this one Steve. The unfixable are just as important as fixable for content in my opinion 👍👍😊😊

[@1984nightrider]

Hey props for putting out a video knowing you couldn't get them fixed. Can't rain all the time.

[@LordBonesaw]

I’m so glad that I’ve had my digital ps5 since launch and not had one problem with it..also have never heard a sound from the console not even the fan witch is great for late night gaming

[@ShoelessJP]

Bummer about your luck, but it's not from a lack of trying, that's for sure. Love to see how methodical you are with your processes.

[@Superzesh101]

I loved watching it mate. Thanks for the video

[@PullOutGame100]

Back when these first came out my ps5 was experiencing the ce- 108255 error and Sony kept telling me to wait for a firmware update.. I ended up telling them I had graphic issues because I was tired of waiting and they gave me a new one.. crazy to know I'd still be waiting for that update they claimed was going to fix the freezing issue

[@javiles2331]

Awesome video as usual!

[@awilliams1701]

It might be possible to do a NAND swap. I can't imagine those are married to the board. But that's more complicated than the type of repairs you normally do. If anything I would think it's the controller itself that can't be swapped.

[@detroxx56784]

The NAND itself is probably just a stupid flash chip, but it's possible that there's some sort of encryption or special formatting going on which also links the flash chip to its controller. Not in a unbreakable way but that would probably require reading and writing to the raw flash chip itself, so unless one has the skills to do that, it's basically paired to the rest of the board. That's a really stupid thing to do btw, because honestly how many people are going to transfer flash chips from one console to another. It's not like Sony would be losing a load of money by allowing these kinds of repairs, I think 🤔 Unless they know that this is going to be a frequent point of failure and thus they can sell more consoles. But that also doesn't make a ton of sense because the hardware is supposedly sold at a loss, so it would actually hurt them if one user was to buy multiple consoles.

[@stuartleckie]

Good work Steve. I bet this video took a really long time to put together. Too bad still not fixable, but one day. Maybe. I just finally got my own PS5 this week, so if nothing else it’s fascinating to see how they work (or not, as the case may be) 😃

[@JensilDsouza]

Hello Tronics Friday! 🙂

[@adinchandra1797]

I remembered when you uploaded "Repair PS4" about 20 maybe, sorry forgot. This new video just makes me missed that day

[@PrevName-h9v]

First system - seemed to only happen with discs, I'd test it more with downloaded games, but wonder if it could be a bad drive, as in it reads only so much data then has a problem.

[@makermelissa]

I was going to say the same thing.

[@markdove5930]

Horizon is a large install unless it's some kind of strange error it should have failed the install

[@jstorm001]

Bad disc drive or bad internal SSD chip possibly if digitals freeze too .

[@LeeDee5]

I always appreciate every device you’re able to fix.

[@ElHombreDorado]

Love your videos dude. I myself like to fix things but not to your extent unless necessary. Keep it up.

[@g-wolf9445]

Just a thought but for the board that keeps resetting the power, try using an IR camera to see if something on the board is overheating and causing the board to reset. There are addons for iPhones and Android phones that can take infrared video and pictures if you don't have a dedicated IR camera.

[@staples6]

“I’ll bet Micro Center has the perfect amount of thermal paste” lol yessss

[@JimCGames]

The first and second unit might be the BluRay player since that’s the commonality between the 2 games that were freezing, whereas the Playroom is a digital download. Maybe it or some component inside is overheating.

[@sandyfordd1843]

The games don’t run from the Blu-ray player, they install to the SSD. The corrupt data would give errors when copying. My money is on faulty RAM or GPU solder connections.

[@ahabwolf7580]

Yeah, I'm not really sure I understand the logic behind assuming it is a software issue... Those games work on PS5, just not those PS5's...

[@Dmiliunas]

@@sandyfordd1843 i second that. Feels like ram error.

[@JimCGames]

@@sandyfordd1843, I’m not sure that’s entirely the case. Otherwise, once installed, you wouldn’t need the disk anymore.

[@JimCGames]

@@ahabwolf7580, I wouldn’t think it’s ram (at least for the first unit, because Astro’s Playroom wasn’t a problem. If it were RAM, it would affect anything/everything.

[@movement1420]

I love your concept of anything is fixable if you try love the vids

[@Full-master]

Need part 2 with resolutions!! Thanks for all)

[@El_Batipapa]

Thanks for the follow-up! So sad you couldn't fix them now, but I'm sure when more info about the motherboard gets figured out, you'll be able to fix them!

[@immortalsoul7172]

The fact that he has short intros which is about only 15 seconds is superior move of him to do that because everyone likes content like this and because of that even if you watch a long video you would get bored but if you watch tronics videos it doesn't seems boring even if it's a long video. He got some cool video tactics

[@Jzwiz]

Gotta love when a company is anti repair and you essentially have expensive bricks

[@bmooch1]

I love microcenter.. I always visit when I travel to OH

[@bobbygray2629]

You should use the first one with the freezing issue as your info unit power it up note all the voltages an then compare to the last one thats not powering on you will be able to see what is different

[@ericvarga2451]

Micro center is amazing!!!

[@TM_Stone]

On the first console, it's freezing as the snow is falling. Put in a game with a warmer atmosphere and this will fix the issue.

[@tomasfaria6461]

Miss the long videos with lots of repairs 😓. I love the repair videos. Need those 30 min ones

[@Tronicsfix]

I make as many of those as I can. If that's all I made I'd only be able to make probably 2 videos per month.

[@tomasfaria6461]

@@Tronicsfix you're right. I'm just addicted to this type of repair videos 😁

[@nonplayablecharacter4815]

Micro center is awesome I live near one they have excellent prices

[@markmurphy3578]

It’s all good content. Sometimes it’s all about the process. It’s just a shame that you didn’t get a result from your hard work.

[@n.h.s.a.d.m.]

Interesting about how the builtin SSDs that can't be removed are married to their motherboards. It's actually kind of a terrible design that they can't be fixed or replaced if there's a problem with them.

[@Jack-nb1zx]

Huh, when I first started the video I didn’t realize that was a clip from your past episode. I was like, wow, my audio’s wildly out of sync.

[@jamesgriffyn]

Soldered on SSDs, oh man. This is gonna be fun in a few years.

[@1rbeaucha]

It was still fun to watch

[@TimeShrike]

Hunting the problems is the most interesting part for me... and when/if you find them, fixing them is the second most interesting part. I'm more than fine with these "failure to fix" videos!

[@divalover159]

hey i always enjoy your Videos no matter of the outcome. the great thing is you fix more than what you cannot, and that is a plus!

[@ayushravikiran595]

Hi tronics , you rlly helped me a lot , to clean my ps4 , i watched ur tutorial

[@xerejuneseve6333]

It's nice to see how durable and valuable the new electronics are.

[@MOLHAMSTAR]

Nice to see a shaving beard for micro center sponsored ad , it Show how much professional you are

[@hugomartinez6227]

Quick question is it possible if you can take a look at my ps3 I’m trying to get it fixed for my birthday…nice vids💯

[@SwampFox178]

Been binge watching the past 2 days waiting on a new video 🤣

[@hjmkhalaf]

You should try using Thermal Camera to see hot spots on the motherboard that will tell you which component is hot and replace it

[@bogdanvulic06]

Nice video 😀

[@sabbo456]

Sometimes you lose but never give up, Got a ps5 and its so cool to me to see whats inside the machine 😊🤣

[@brainiac9579]

The way the PS5s are behaving, this looks like an APU or a power delivery issue. Not every games are coded the same and pull the same amount of power, which could explain why some of them are working and others not. Even the SSD corruption can be explained that way, since if APU rails are pulling too much current from the PSU they can affect the SSD rails. But without taking live readings, I can only speculate. I still like watching it, as we're all learning through failures.

[@kenwaller676]

Microcenter is a great place!

[@lucasmills1246]

Hey man, I really want to get into electronics repair. Ever since I've started watching you, Louis Rossman, and Northridge I am extremely interested in learning. I feel passionate about it, but I have no idea where to start or learn. Is this something that I should go to school for? Good luck with your PS5's, I really hope you get them fixed and bank from them!

[@bryans8656]

Re: the number one PS5 freezing during the game: If I saw that behavior on a PC I would try running diagnostics on the RAM or try swapping RAM sticks.

[@Kenjitsuka]

Awesome to get updates! :) Too bad about the results :(

[@rossogier6942]

I'm a little confused, surely if the PS5 freezes when playing a game, that is an issue that should be covered under warranty with Sony? If yes, why did the original owner not initiate a warranty call?

[@Talmiior]

Seeing the failures, at least in my opinion, is as important as seeing the successes

[@crimecity]

Great video lad keep up with the good work ps how are you doing today

[@Battleneter]

1st one "Freeezing" is NEVER going to be software issue, bit surprised he even tried a re-install.

[@tyral001]

As some suggested when the console freezes it could mean the storage is faulty. I would swap out the ssd

[@Enjoymentboy]

For the first 2 they remind me of copy protection gone wrong. I'm assuming the PS5 uses HDCP (probably version 2.2) and if possible try connecting them to an older or lower-end TV that does not use HDCP. I have a 24" Dynex from 2009 that is as basic as HDMI can get. No HDCP to speak of. When I was testing out a new product for my employer a few years ago I had all manner of HDCP errors when connecting to newer TVs but when I connected to my old Dynex it worked perfectly. This enabled them to track down through the device logs to narrow down the cause of the error (was an HDMI timing issue in the firmware that was interfering with HDCP 2.2). Assuming you've done everything software wise (which it appears you have) trying an HDMI connection without HDCP might be interesting to see if it does anything different.

[@I_SuperHiro_I]

Love this type of video, though I wish you showed the entire repair.

[@jontait1095]

Hopefully there will be more info available soon for the ps5 and parts/chips etc. Hopefully you get them fixed or sold for parts

[@addy.is.live1]

Well great video as well 😊

[@larkan511]

Could've tried installing the game to an SSD installed to the PS5's aux slot, or an external USB drive since HZD was PS4 to get a better idea if it was the internal SSD causing it.

[@FishronRBLX]

Guys I have the freezing game problem on ps4. When I play my game (trove) it always freeze at the loafing screen then shows an error message. Any fixes?

[@mtn_sivliu]

On the first ps5, maybe there is a component that somehow gets hotter in the first seconds that a game plays,then the ps5 crashes, maybe check with a thermal camera if one component gets hotter more than 80 degrees?

[@ahogille]

Great video! Maybe if you try to install the games on an external SSD they will work and that might indicate that the problem is with the on-Board SSD

[@Cyberlynk007]

i love these videos. ps5 number one, could it be a ram issue🤷‍♂🤷‍♂

[@ignacioarias4113]

Try to use the m.2 slot with a SSD and try. If that doesn't work maybe is not storage related

[@ronniecrozier]

also you said its soldered to the board. maybe a reflow might help? maybe?

[@bobwallett]

try external drives on the ones with faulty ssd? install game to external

[@PCJesus0]

Maybe the disc drive? It looks like it only crashed because it was a disc game on the first PS5