Another $700 Console Ruined Because Of Poor Engineering! PS5 Not Turning On Repair

[@TheCod3r]

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[@TheRealBobHickman]

Nice one Phil. Although the unnecessary WiFi IC replacement was a ball-ache (pun intended) for you, it was great content for us mere mortals. Cheers for sharing.

[@TheCod3r]

Haha love it mate 🤣

[@theinkedgamer1703]

the way you flicked that cap off and scratched the punters board lol, braver than me hahah

[@sdjmchattie]

I grimaced so bad when I heard that scratch being made and then I saw it. Traces exposed.

[@TheCod3r]

Lol yeah a little bit rough on my part

[@Tech3604u]

Phil -1 Sony -0

[@Tech3604u]

No traces where harm during the making of this video

[@cutemartinj]

The way you handle BGAs, just beautiful 💪💪

[@marksapollo]

I didn’t realise it was your birthday the other day. Happy Birthday!🎉🎉

[@djwaveshark]

That part of putting some alcohol and feeding with 1v for see what component is hotting up is THE WAY...ooo man, WHAT A TRICK 😱. How you know the different volatge on some parts of the mother board? You have a diagram or somerhing? GOOOD WORK MATE👍👍👊

[@RN-pf8vr]

Why didn't you measure the cap value before installing? You could just keep a book of hand drawn images of the values of smd at frequent areas like southbridge, wifi, hdmi port etc. You won't need to depend on donor boards then. 👍

[@TheCod3r]

Yeah that's definitely something I need to do soon. Problem is my LCR tweezers aren't the best so I need to invest in some better test equipment to be able to get accurate values of capacitors

[@RN-pf8vr]

@@TheCod3r i think once it's removed from the board any branded multimeter should give a good approximation of the value. Anyway goodluck with that. Love the videos and they are a blessing for many others. Thankyou ✌️

[@bigh73]

Thank you for all your great videos. I do some repairs as a hobby mostly. One of my biggest repair jobs I see are cockroaches infested ps4 power supplies. Thank you once again.

[@tgriffin6938]

Have you found any diagrams saying what the parts are on the power supply or there part numbers? I have one here that I cannot find what's wrong on it yet.

[@L1ghtOn3]

I never quite understand why the AC adapter they use a decent thickness of cable coming into the ADC, 100-240V @ 2.5A transforming it down to 20V @ 10A, then using a tiny cable into say a laptop or whatever. I get that the power is a third P = VI, but the current is higher, so why use a smaller wire, and ALWAYS these wires twist and bend, so that tells me the wire is too small. They should at least use the same size of wire coming into the AC adapter or maybe larger since the current is 4 times larger no? Anyway I might have to go look at my old Electronics books that are THICK with dust, been FAR too long since Ive looked at those, you forget real fast...or maybe I'm just getting old and forgetful lol 😂 ✌🏽

[@pablohdz14]

You should measure the donors fine capacitors and make some type of guide to know which capacitor you should purchase nope? Or even if they are the same in other part of the board

[@filips7158]

No need really. Unless the cap is used in some analog circuitry as a compensator, filter, or similar, it is more than likely a decoupling cap at 100nF. If it's a small cap 0402 and below, it's very safe to assume this. If it's a beefier SMD cap, it might be in the 1-10uF range. As far the voltage rating and technology : always go for MLCC caps at as high voltage rating as you can get at the same capacitance, 50V and above. In a nutshell, higher voltage rating at the same cap equates a more expensive but better performance cap. The ones that usually fail on low profit margin boards like laptops and game consoles are cheap, low voltage rating caps chosen at almost exact working voltage.

[@TheCod3r]

I do think I need to start mapping out some of these circuits to be honest. But if I couldn't find one on a donor I'd just throw something in the 100nf to 1uf range on and it would work perfectly fine 😉

[@demontekdigital1704]

You almost cost me a keyboard when that rogue cap went walkabout, lol. I was drinking coffee when I heard "bye bye". Yet another outstanding job, sir. As if we should expect anything less though right? If companies would just stop using the cheapest components they can get a hold of this kind of thing wouldn't happen nearly as much. I understand cutting costs to lower the prices for customers, but this seems more like trying to expand their profit margin rather than passing the savings on to customers. Shameful when you're talking about a multi-billion dollar company like Sony.

[@dadwillfixit1907]

Great work mate 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻

[@bestdj2010]

Another good one buddy 🍻

[@shadeliquid]

Always so satisfying to see this kinda yt streams from ps5, repairs

[@ajaks7636]

Oh man, that was hilarious! Thank You.

[@spot-technology]

Good work 🎉

[@richardstone8615]

Hey hey been watching since day one , love your content cheers

[@TheCod3r]

Cheers buddy I appreciate the continuous support

[@REMEDY-REPAIRS]

Wow u do some amazing work bro 💯👍🏾👏🏾

[@bblod4896]

Amazing how the balls just pop into place when heated.

[@ಶುಗರ್ಡ್ಯಾಡಿ]

🌚🌚🌚

[@militaryminds5013]

jesus christ, that live cap removal was so brutal, glad that wasnt my ps5. Next time heat it up please....looked like a hachet job

[@kikihobbyrepair]

Really nice fix mate. Finding that shitty tiny capacitor is really challanging :)

[@chrisnavarro1972]

Well done

[@MikeGervasi]

They throw those cheap filter caps on every line. It's unnecessary and is just asking for issues like this one.

[@reacey]

Decent , good fault finding

[@shuggiemcg1]

Shocking! people paying Sony a lot of money for substandard componants!

[@anro_gaming]

cheap components and they dare to raise the price of the console 🙃

[@TheRoadrunna]

If that cap was shity quality on the board your working on. Arent you replacing it with the same shity quality cap from donor board?

[@niino4329]

how do you prevent the caps on the bottom from falling off when heating the board from the bottom? or is the surface tension strong enough to keep them in place?

[@TheCod3r]

Surface tension is generally strong enough to keep them in place. I've had a few occasions where they fall off but it's very rare

[@hughjanus6630]

I bought a PS3 that came from New Jersey and it was full of roaches. I put it in a bag and put it in the freezer for 6 days. Pulled it out and took it apart. Within 15 minutes them things were coming back to life. You can't kill them.

[@markofbay900]

Try putting it in a trash bag and put high concentration alcohol on each side of the console and all over the bag, tie it up and tape up the hole and leave for about 2 days. Will smother them all

[@mhorvath514]

I'd be more concerned about infesting my living space with roaches then the console lol

[@GIacius]

Then the poop they leave behind rusts the metal parts within the console. So annoying to clean. Fucking up power supplies.

[@TheCod3r]

RIP 😂 I'd provably send it back if I got one covered in roaches lol

[@patrickbrandon890]

Hi Simon

[@UnCoolDad]

Where is the best place to get solder braid? Stuff on Amazon seems over priced.

[@TheCod3r]

Aliexpress is alright if you can wait for it, but other than that gootwick is fairly cheap on ebay

[@brooklyn11218]

You reball things so often why don't you get a stencil and some solder paste? Would make things quicker.

[@TheCod3r]

I do have a bunch of different stencils but can't find one for the WiFi module but they only take 5 mins by hand :)

[@LadyBama]

I am so very happy that my son didn’t want a PS5 for Christmas or his birthday.

[@marksapollo]

Microsoft said they are losing between 100 to 200 dollars per Series X console they sell, Sony said they make a profit on every PS5 sold. Says it all.

[@don4techy]

Have you been able to sort out the accommodation issue Phill

[@TheCod3r]

Not yet bud

[@adrianpearce5214]

What flux do you use on the console and controllers

[@mackemsruleFTM]

he had it up on the screen when he used it Kingbro RMA-218

[@captaincrunch1707]

Did you rescue that runaway capacitor? Nice repair but I’m depressed how crappy those caps are.

[@TheCod3r]

Haha nah that thing ran off quicker than a junkie with a pensioners handbag 🤣

[@bradleyxdebruin]

Just curious how come reball by hand instead of using solder paste and a stencil?

[@TheCod3r]

Unfortunately we don't have stencils for the WiFi module. I wouldn't mind buying one but can't seem to find them anywhere

[@bradleyxdebruin]

@@TheCod3r thanks for the reply just getting into board repair and your content has been amazing I love watching all your videos all the way from Canada.

[@monkstandinglast]

@@TheCod3r Because when Phil uses a stencil it still dont play balll lol and we end up reballing 4 chips by hand lol nice work this vid learning loads even though I dont owna ps5 or a switch lol

[@Robert-mt9jw]

Lovely scratch across the board. Maybe use hot tweasers, But you got away with it.

[@TheCod3r]

Yep tbf I didn't mean to scratch it but it was OK this time lol

[@wburger2178]

Probably knockoff components making it into the supply chain!

[@TheCod3r]

Yeah possibly mate

[@ZG0002]

Moans about Sony using cheap components then fixes it with a cheap Sony component. What a guy

[@colinboneham7387]

Sony and it’s drive for profit over rides quality imo

[@repairstudio4940]

I'd build one

[@bulkchart3239]

why don't u replace the components with better ones?

[@AUATUWVSH]

roaches are nasty, the smell when you heat the board...

[@danielrock3119]

have you a hac cpu 10 donor board you would sell phil, need diodes from the back of 1

[@TheCod3r]

Sadly not mate, I sold off all my spare donors a few weeks ago 😢

[@mattiasakerblom3426]

Use caps from an xbox to repair it :)

[@mixinginthebox]

Nice...

[@jontait1095]

Yeh they use cheap components they also use the wrong mf value aswell. It's like they just use what they have got at the time rather than waiting on the correct parts

[@TheCod3r]

Yeah I agree. They really need to stop cheaping out on these things 😞

[@jontait1095]

@@TheCod3r yeah I've noticed the price has gone up on the ps5 and its suddenly available in stores now

[@nothingandmore]

$700? 😂£479 currently in stock at sony direct.

[@Paperghost]

I don't see the benefit of using hot air to solder a cap to a board when you have to go back and touch it up with a soldering iron (plus the added risk of blowing the cap into space (!) and or causing damage to surrounding SMDs). I've been micro-soldering for about 10 years now and find using hot tweezers or a soldering iron the most efficient and tidiest way of replacing 201s, 402 packages etc.

[@saarike]

👍👍👍👍

[@glascoe96]

Chips are not cheap anymore cost of living lol

[@TheCod3r]

Haha too true

[@kevinhamlett1400]

To the fifth dimension.

[@grandadgamer8390]

Euros at least, please, not dollars 😁

[@mettaalpha8551]

I thought ps5 better build quality than series x?

[@popnop2]

LMAO...

[@TheCod3r]

Sadly not 😳

[@Malloy08]

Just compare the amount of PS5 and Xbox Phil fixes in his videos.

[@mettaalpha8551]

@@TheCod3r so better to play your third party’s on series x then maybe that’s why they are losing 200 on every series x and 100 on series s and making 100 on every ps5

[@captaincrunch1707]

@@mettaalpha8551 actually that journalist was just guessing at those $100-$200 figures. You’ll notice that Phil is never quoted in the article giving the exact figures of what they lose on each Series

[@stephenpaquin477]

Helloo

[@TheCod3r]

Hey 👋

[@247hinkey]

second!

[@drewmorama]

Can you speak English?)))

[@TheCod3r]

Lol I speak native English

[@drewmorama]

@@TheCod3r So fucking don't understand what you're mumbling there)))

[@drewmorama]

Even Google subtitles can't understand your pronunciation. Despite the cool content, but fucking don't understand even half of the words

[@drewmorama]

@@TheCod3r JoeyDoesTech is also from England, he speaks clearly and without flooding, as an example. Can you?)

[@austinluke9143]

@@drewmorama You're not very nice...

[@TravisStamper]

First

[@TheCod3r]

Home wrecker! 🤣

[@Chrisj-Pops]

4th

[@Bloodklot]

Damn I hope the cap on my ps5 never goes out. Knock on wood 🪵

[@TheCod3r]

Fingers crossed mate