5 BROKEN Special Edition PS4's - Repairs & Shell Swaps

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5 BROKEN Special Edition PS4's - Repairs & Shell Swaps - These 5 broken Special Edition PlayStation 4s have been sitting around my shop for a while so I decided to try one more time to fix them... and if not, I'll at least swap the cases onto working PS4s. I probably won't be able to fix all of them, but hopefully at least a few... hopefully.
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[@vincenttranquille5198]

Hello i got a problem with my ps4 fat model Like as soon that i start the ps4 the fan goes fast like i was playing a very demanding game I have change the thermal paste and put a new fan in but same problem Can someone help me please!!

[@x260houtori]

When you replaced the thermal compound and cleaned the fan did you try replacing the thermal pads too?

[@isaiahpeterson6134]

What paste and how much?

[@isaiahpeterson6134]

Or how little

[@Riku148]

You need to tighten those two screws that hold down the APU pressure plate. Add washers if needed but apply the pressure very gently. Paste has nothing to do with this problem.

[@mikeyp4690]

I bought a PS4 from a work colleague for £40, which had BLOD. I "fixed" it with a couple of washers. Still going strong. Even if it died tomorrow, I definitely got my money's worth!

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[@Tronicsfix]

Sorry there were so many case swaps in this video and not as many repairs. I was hoping there were more that would be fixable. Here's the link to the Taco Bell PS4 that I mentioned at the end. Hope you enjoy it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4SugGyOgpt_rpI

[@captaincrunch1707]

Could you do a video of investigating the e106 etc errors that are due to the Xbox 1S&1X internal hdd SATA connector going bad?? Never knew until it happened to me. New hdd and offline updates all fail but there’s people who bypass the data part with off the shelf SATA and use an extension power SATA cable to continue connecting to the proprietary OG connector’s power plug. A real mess I’m not sure many Xbox owners are aware of

[@SupremeGang420]

It has been so long since I last watched Steve repair things. I’m glad I went back to watching him repair things

[@Tronicsfix]

Thanks for watching!

[@JiuJitus1210]

This was great. Even the best of us miss easy stuff every now and then.

[@xrazzr1]

thats why when i repair something, before turning on or putting the case back, i like to check everything lmao

[@DeepThought420]

You're a living legend! Thanks for saving our world 1 game system at a time! P.S. that last fix 😆 thanks for the awesome videos!

[@Tronicsfix]

Hey thanks!

[@FoxsuIsAGamer]

Bet

[@margotlv7930]

Special editions are amazing, glad to see someone likes those enough to go out their way and salvage them, even if it's only a case swap.

[@m4heshd]

I've got a special place in my heart for Steve's work which makes me turn my adblocker off when watching his videos.

[@jeromekurtzsr878]

You definitely know your stuff on fixing electronics….I watch everything you post. So informative.

[@StormsparkPegasus]

It'a amazing how many people just throw away a console because of a bad hard drive.

[@Tronicsfix]

Agreed

[@JzLyfe]

@@Tronicsfix any chance would you be able to sell me a shell? I have been looking for sometime and all the ones I found have been frauds online who only want money. They never send me the shell.

[@Lukeno52]

Happens all the time with computer equipment. The best ones are the ones sold as "faulty" because Windows got corrupted, but have no actual hardware issues whatsoever.

[@MyRegardsToTheDodo]

@@Lukeno52 I have a Switch with a corrupted save that I bought as defective. It's an easy fix, just go into the recovery menue and reset the Switch. Problem is, the first owner didn't know that and sold it as defective, the (atleast) second owner didn't bother with it and sold it on and now I have it and have no way of reaching the original owner to ask them about the parental controll pin. A reset is only possible with the parental controll pin. And because I also can't get an inquiry number I also can't get the parental controll master pin from Nintendo. At the moment I hope that Nintendo releases a full system update soon and that this maybe fixes it.

[@SEliteGuitarist]

I love your videos man! Finally gave me the confidence to take apart my dual sense controllers and clean the joysticks for the drift they had and haven't had an issue with it since. Wouldn't have wanted to follow anyone else in seeing how to take it apart. Thanks!

[@delmarrali-khan4019]

Thank you for making these videos Steve. You inspired to become an electrical engineer. You’ve been a huge inspiration in my life.

[@randysuave7773]

Watching you videos inspired me to take apart, clean and add the perfect amount of thermal paste to my ps3 slim and og PS4 couple months back and man do they run strong as ever

[@LetsRestoreIt]

You’re so close to the well deserved 1 million subs! Keep it up man, you’re doing great!!! :):)

[@Tronicsfix]

Thanks! Almost there!

[@LetsRestoreIt]

@@Tronicsfix yep!! Almost!

[@misterangels]

15:00 Genuinely felt relieved and laughed, this small serotonin boost made my day

[@gooseman247]

That poor Horizon disc has seen some things! Great video as always. Merry Christmas to you and yours, and all the best for 1M subscribers!

[@manuelcabrera3329]

Amazing video! To me you are like a tv show that I wait every week to see a new episode. Love your content

[@Tronicsfix]

So great to hear. So glad you like these videos.

[@subtlesraf]

loved that laugh at the end, those moments are great but so frustrating. great video

[@TM_Stone]

Christmas came early, a new video from Steve! Thanks for all of your great videos, looking forward to next year!

[@xentinel1551]

ur videos are so educational I learned so many things about fixing techs. I find enjoyment on fixing this kind of things, my controller is the first device that I fix and I feel so happy when I got to use it again.

[@ZackCase]

Never thought fixing things videos would be entertaining. Glad you changed my mind indefinitely. Kudos!

[@miguelpinto84]

The t-shirt logo design... EPIC!!! The perfect amount of thermal paste 😅 nice one Steve. Merry Xmas!

[@MentePositivaRafael]

Yah, the entertainment we were waiting this holiday, thanks for the video!

[@Tronicsfix]

Thank you for watching!

[@stuartleckie]

Ha ha ha, love that you noticed the ribbon cable. Great stuff Steve, and all the best to you for the festive season

[@Tronicsfix]

Thank you. You too!

[@fourwinnsdummy]

Merry Christmas! I love watching these videos.

[@snagger2810]

Nice one Steve. That last video with the ribbon cable upside-down! A rookie mistake in your trade that we all make which is the equivalent to mine in carpentry. I spent 30 mins looking for a 3mm drill bit. Found it behind my ear where my pencil usually is 🤣 Love the videos dude.

[@giantheman16]

merry christmas steve! you always bring good tidings to us ... thanks a bunch ... i just wanna add those ps4 casings and designs look absolutely amazing XD

[@YayoParaLosCompas]

The perfect amount of thermal paste! Was waiting for it since PS #1 lol

[@luissantiago5163]

Happy holidays! Appreciate the uploads

[@Tronicsfix]

Thank you. You too!

[@jangoosen5407]

Steve, thanks for interesting videos through the year. Wishing you a great Christmas and all the best in 2022.

[@randelcross]

Sometimes, its the smallest things in life that trip us up... LOL! The world of PS4's is a safer place with you here Steve... Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year!

[@Tronicsfix]

Thank you. You too!

[@zantar666]

Massive merry Christmas to you and the family, Steve. Hope you have a good one

[@WissamSalous]

Nice work! I think tou have to start trying to fix those stations that have a faulty solder balls problems in APU. As long as the problem is just about reballing the chip, that's mean there is no serious problem in it! isn't? I don't know man! I am really enjoying watching you fixing things, and I think you have the skills to fix thos stations that have APU reballing issues! Wish you all the best!

[@JoeyDoesTech]

15:10 that happens to everyone 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Fantastic video Steve 👍👍

[@Tronicsfix]

Lol. Thanks Joey!

[@ellensburgamplifier]

Another good one Steve! I hate it when I miss the obvious problems when something isn't working right.

[@jimmyg645]

It's been a great year Steve! Merry Christmas!

[@abadyalb4399]

Nice working keep going 👍

[@gregjohnson247]

Awesome channel, you are the best and very good man! Brutal honesty is your best quality!

[@postrockforever1974]

Merry christmas from germany for you and your family. you make great videos to learn about this subject(s).

[@Res_me_plz]

I have that Destiny PS4 after all these years. It hasn't gone bad, though I did replace the HDD for an SSD recently. It's a beautiful PS4.

[@ComputerTechNL]

Nice video's this year. Happy holidays.

[@Tronicsfix]

Thank you. You too!

[@z-robloxmore3105]

Been a while since ive seen special edition ps4s, cool video steve

[@Tronicsfix]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed.

[@Gexe89]

Merry christmas! And Congratulation for 1M subscriber :)

[@yashkeswani6948]

Waited to see ps4 video from long time... Thanks Learning from your videos So that if get a faulty cheap ps4 so I can repair it and get my first dream console

[@bryans8656]

I ALWAYS get my money's worth from your free videos. I'm a happy subscriber 😊

[@dhirendrasahay]

Last part was hilarious. Nice video.

[@BAERnado]

No time to watch right away. Thanks for the christmas gift. Happy christmas to you.

[@Trini_T.]

Thank you very much. I definately got my money's worth out of this free video you gave us. Lol. Happy Holidays 😁😁😁

[@Tronicsfix]

Lol, great to hear!

[@RestorationRelaxation]

My man, that’s dope

[@Tronicsfix]

Thanks! Thanks for stopping by

[@crimecity]

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

[@tanzil_joy02]

Merry christmas to you steve and everyone watching

[@Tronicsfix]

Thank you. You too!

[@kingsudais717]

Love the content bro ❤️ from Uganda

[@virgildeklerk]

Great fixes ones again, love those special editions. Do you collect them for your personal museum or? Have a nice christmas with your family Steve

[@oppo-jd4gy]

happy holidays steve... greetings here in manila

[@captiancaveman8040]

Get your moneys worth out of this free video! Lol, I love it. Excellent yet again. Marry Christmas everyone.

[@numberoneappgamesclips]

Merry Christmas Bro!

[@Tronicsfix]

Same to you!

[@sinister184]

Thanks for the content. I saw the larger PS5 heat sink on eBay and thought you should do a video to see if you could easily swap those out in the new PS5. I don’t see why not, but I’m sure people have thought about it.

[@ImCalledBird]

Yeah Tronic! You have a great Christmas.

[@madfinger6884]

Great video!

[@Tronicsfix]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Hcris71]

Really got my money's worth on this free video. Thanks a bunch!

[@YassirAlSaffar]

Great as usual

[@awilliams1701]

speaking of thermal paste. I replaced it on my laptop. It's about a year old now. It works but it ran hotter than I'd like and the fan was going crazy all the time. There was a TON of thermal paste on the substrate, but almost none on the silicon. So I replaced it. It runs a lot cooler. The fan doesn't run as much as before. But it still goes crazy at times. I may replace the fan since it makes so much noise. That silicon was tiny. I know the Ryzen 4700U was a low power chip, but damn it's small. Still it's an improvement.

[@ELProfessoRGameR_PT]

Merry Christmas!!

[@LoftechUK]

Merry Christmas 🎄

[@Tronicsfix]

Thank you. You too!

[@parttimegamer5938]

Hey love the videos always try fix stuff myself got a PSP broken screen how hard are they replace ? Might be above my skill level no sure

[@MrFixiit]

Lol that disc drive went to the dark side "Merry christmas steve"

[@SevenNumber7]

My original PS4 still works after 7 years. I did have a few problems with it like disc drive, hdd and fan. I was able to fix them pretty easily. Never had any blue light of death issues luckily. Maybe it’s because I’ve replaced the thermal paste a few times which kept it alive for longer.

[@rassim_ax7769]

finally ps4 video 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@captaincrunch1707]

Hey Steve, it would be great if you could investigate the xb1s&x E106 error that’s caused by those stupid proprietary Internal-hdd-SATA cable which apparently does go bad. There’s videos of people doing a DIY with pc cables to bypass the data part of that connector which is the part of it that fails.

[@byakenda9692]

I loved the Star Wars - Vader Edition 😍

[@martyclarke969]

Loving the Star Wars one

[@paulpieretti9771]

Merry Christmas !!!!!

[@mattbickford2640]

15:14 have had stupid simple stuff get me before too lol, pisses me off in the moment but man let me tell you thats the first thing i check next time and i get a chuckle out of it afterwards

[@discoRyne]

lmao 13:23 what a cheeky bastid. 2022 1M CONFIRMED BTW!!! PRE-CONGRATS! :)

[@alexanderjager3747]

Merry Christmas 🌲☃️🥳

[@Tronicsfix]

Thank you. You too!

[@gauravmir]

This video is my Christmas present

[@Tronicsfix]

Ha, ha. MERRY CHRISTMAS!

[@jessethepondhopper8370]

Free video that I have too use my time too watch

[@bogdanvulic1124]

Nice video 😃👍

[@Tronicsfix]

Thanks 😁

[@billy_flyers]

"I want to make sure you get your money's worth on this free video-" That made me chuckle 🤭

[@Lenophis]

"I can't believe I missed something like that for so long." I can. The simplest things are always the easiest to overlook. On the bright side though, it's a working special edition PS4!

[@OverlandTrailer]

That Darth Vader one is on point! Obviously my favorite.

[@cleanerbotx]

Awesome videos as always. I recently found a problem with one of my gaming consoles. 6 months after its release I bought an Xbox one. I played 2-3 hours on it. After a breakup a few years back it ended up in a moving box. A week back I dug it out to test Halo infinite. The console starts but the screen is black. Tried different monitors and hdmi cables but it didn't solve the problem. Tried to hold power + eject for the factory reset but screen remains black. I can insert and eject disks and the button sounds from the console seems to be normal. Any suggestions to how I can fix it?

[@addy.is.live1]

Great time for popcorn 🍿 ♥️👉👈

[@bulwinkle]

Service induced fault on the last one. Thats a pretty common occurrence in servicing right across the board from autos to water heaters and everything in between. There's a school of thought that says that if something is operating within tolerances you shouldn't service it.

[@Rainfellow]

when you swap the cases, do you also swap the serial number stickers off the bottom of the units as well?

[@Luke-2954]

Hey Steve! I'm trying to clean and replace the thermal material in my 1000 Series PS4, what Thermal pads and paste do you recommend?

[@seantheshooter520]

I like it he doesn't edit out his mistakes

[@ShoelessJP]

More devices saved from the landfill. Happy holidays and merry Christmas.

[@Tronicsfix]

Thank you. You too!

[@trepanier01]

I would love to see you try and reflow the apus for the heck of it

[@korimack3456]

Great video as usual happy Christmas and new year to you ,looking forward to watching more videos in 2022

[@M1LAD81]

Would be great to see you do some BGA reball work. Just a different flavour is sometimes nice 😁

[@F14foreverF14]

The 1st Ps4 you fixed, the plain white one installing an update at 0:32, please tell me you updated to version 9.00 or lower. Painful to watch coz it's an old unit that probably had 5.05 installed, the most stable jb to date. For sheer re-sale value be updating to 5.05 whenever possible, or to 9.00 which is almost as stable as 5.05. Anyway thanks for yet another great ps4 repair vid.

[@jonathanfeemster5242]

Need to clean that liquid damage to lol that's the best part

[@jontait1095]

Merry christmas

[@arsam294]

Very nice 👌👍

[@RDJ134]

Love that shirt :)

[@syicrone5167]

I'm curious if reflowing the APU could fix the BLOD, if even for a while. I did that with my YLOD PS3 Fat and got a couple more years out of it.

[@RipCityBassWorks]

Wouldn't attempting to reflow the APU be worthwhile to try? If the issue is indeed a cracked solder ball, it seems like reflowing it could work. I have had luck doing so on laptops that don't post.

[@SaNdMaNCuSleep]

I had a teacher once that told us to never over analyze a problem when looking for the solution, but that easier said than done.

[@microgamingrepairs1981]

@Tronicsfix is that scope I spotted there an ADSM302? If it is, I've got the same scope. Worth the $