Can I Make PROFIT Fixing 3 FAULTY PS5's? S2:E24

[@JoeyDoesTech]

SPOILER: The PS5 at the end of the video was investigated during a livestream. The southbridge was replaced and the fault still existed. We managed to eventually get UART to work, which concluded it was the APU :( We gave it our best shot!

[@RogueCylon]

Joey, even sold “as is”, that does not prevent a return and full refund on eBay for not as described.

[@FR4M3Sharma]

Well shite

[@Aiz34]

guess time to change seller

[@theawfulgambler]

APU = dead and buried?

[@FR4M3Sharma]

@@theawfulgambler yee

[@tommo120]

17:12 "Sometimes I'm quite keen to take the probe off" Joey says after literally doing just that a short while ago 😅

[@SkippiiKai]

Joey, every video brings you one step closer to learning PSU repair! Come to the dark side... We've got all the dark topologies. We've got the flyback, the forward converter, the Zeta, the čuk, the sepic... I know you can hear those stacks of PSUs calling you. You know you want to.

[@cfq.tufanuf7601]

That APU on the very first one you opened did not look straight to me! LOL

[@tiggydorset9041]

Need to sort out your multimeter delay. It's costing you in mistakes and time.

[@tallynmorse6808]

Paul Daniels needs to sort out his multimeter software delay that’s been an issue since day one. Louis Rossman which does this same kind of stuff but on apple devices has complained about it before as well. It mostly just comes down to not waiting long enough to get a proper reading. A traditional multimeter would probably have the same delay as it adjusts scales.

[@SkippiiKai]

A half decent multimeter is going to be a lot faster than that. But yeah, Rossman was talkung about Paul Daniels and the bugs in a video yesterday. Somewhere in the middle of an over 1-hour+ long video about a guy he'd considered doing an event with but it didn't work out logistically but instead of saying that he insulted the other guy and his wife said something that wasn't accurate on a live stream and then when the other guy sent him an angry e-mail about it he got incredibly insulted and now apparently it's his mission in life to destroy the other guys life, reputation and company. It was...something. Rossman is great, he really knows his stuff about electronics and the law. I was really disappointed to see that whole psychopath side of him, although he has been hinting or even saying it for months whenever he mentions in a video why he's single. So, yeah, basically any cheap $20 meter should be able to react much quicker than whatever Joey is using. I don't know why he doesn't just make his own basic probe that just has 3 red/green LEDs on it: one for 3.3, 5, and 12v, where each one switches from red to green of the power rail is within tolerance. It would be instant, could have an instant little beep to indicate correct voltage, or a long/low beep/klaxon to indicate a voltage present but out of spec. You could make one in an hour.

[@OldManBadly]

@@SkippiiKai Louis is very knowledgeable but lacking ever so slightly in his social skills approach to dealing with people and finding solutions going forward. I also think (opinion only) that he ended up sort of as a paid pet for a billionaire, and that has only served to amplify his weaknesses. His how to repair videos are awesome, I use to really enjoy them. But he opened up a right to repair rabbit hole and is still digging on the bottom of it. That said, yes, the multimeter is too slow. For the type of "skipping around the board looking for shorts" approach it is nowhere near quick enough. For voltage reading, it seems to have a very hard time to range up properly and takes too long to report a result. This is the sort of thing that can cost a lot of time and a lot of money chasing a false symptom.

[@MikeG-rh1lk]

I’ve heard flux in HDMI port can return failed APU on UART 😉

[@jamesk9375]

I wouldn't have the patience to use that computer multimeter system. There is so much delay in the system and that's partially why you didn't catch the 3.3v reading, but I get why you use it.

[@pedrohcs8]

It's a setting on the multimeter, by default its on slow, quite annoying

[@ajaks7636]

Great Video! Thank You. 😀

[@danielhulan3058]

Man Ajaks, your comment was being displayed and it had spoilers lol.

[@ajaks7636]

@@danielhulan3058 I'm sorry, I'll edit it.

[@danielhulan3058]

​@ajaks7636 I was just playing. Its not really a big deal. I'm going to watch the video anyway lol.

[@danielhulan3058]

I thought it was funny but I was playing. Its really not a big deal.

[@mirayanomi]

For the power supply issue put your probes on the 12v rail and monitor when it shutdowns if the voltage drops🎉

[@woox2k]

You really should start looking into power supplies too! You did say that you are afraid of them because of hazardous voltages in them but many PSU issues can be diagnosed and repaired without even plugging them in. Only thing you need to remember is to check and discharge input capacitors when you open up the PSU (often there is a bleed resistor but not always), everything else is safe until you plug it in again. This way you could at least look visually at the PSU or measure a thing of two in there. Very often the stability issues are caused by bad output capacitors which are easy enough to replace. PSU with no output at all may be as simple as dead bridge rectifier, input capacitors or primary driver mosfet, again, easy to fix (blown input fuse usually indicates this). There might be more weird issues there but at that point you at least know if it's worth while to fix or not.

[@matthewr1990]

Won’t lie Joey. Much prefer these proper videos to edited live streams. Plus I watch you on my OLED Telly and would much prefer no burn in from twitch chat lmao. Either way. Good work. Keep it up.

[@theawfulgambler]

The same!

[@dylanleach1604]

At 12:25 the light reflecting around the chip looks like there might be a bubble in the board

[@TheSkaldenmettrunk]

-- Spoiler Saver The first one hit hard.. The Second PS5 was a nice fix and just easy because of the knowledge you gained over the years. And with the third one.. I don't know.. Sally isn't that happy lately but as every win streak, every loss streak has an end. Still runs better in my opinion than in the first season.

[@tomfinn739]

Problems that fix themselves will break themself again. If you can't repro the fault and test the fix, it's not a fix.

[@fabini14]

Easy way to test if is the the power supply is just log the 12v rail, if it starts to drop voltage than you know you dont have enough amps or if cuts off the 12v for 1 ou 2 sec.

[@MaNNeRz91]

As if I just sat down with a coffee and a smoke and got greeted with a "1 minute ago" upload 🙌🏻👌🏻 lovely jubbly!

[@Vuknovic_04]

Stop smoking...

[@MaNNeRz91]

@Vuknovic_04 I don't smoke cigs 👀

[@edlowry1]

More great content, thanks ❤

[@robertovers1863]

we have known unknowns, and known knowns but what we don't have is unknown unknowns, i think

[@RogueCylon]

Relaxing with my cuppa tea, over here in North Carolina. Around noon, so good entertainment for my cuppa.

[@haideralikhan5947]

Preparing tea to watch this

[@RogueCylon]

Same! Except I’m in the US, and drinking imported F&M tea

[@sandy1234853]

No boot sequance holding 13mah check south bridge or just replace it

[@cod4Rlp]

why do you think its a good price if it costs £100 and its broken. Do you not account for your time and risk. I hope that if you do this in your own time you actually get good deals. The price of broken goods should be extremely cheap not 1/3 working price. It's people like that that reinforce these prices. It's not economical at all, I repair digital cameras, the for parts prices are nuts but I find it quite fun. I really do hope you keep the good deals to yourself otherwise I worry for your financial future. Please do not sell yourself short.

[@jeen0351]

1- broken stuff is overpriced on ebay, and you can get good deals only on lots at eg auctions 2- he gets way more money from the stream itself

[@MichaelBelcher-g7t]

Why not inject voltage again after replacing RT chip??

[@wittsy]

Hey can you repair an og xbox wifi module instead or replacing it ?

[@dawidbachleda]

Didn't realise you had your vids dubbed hits diff in Spanish 😂😂

[@LorienDrechsler]

Wow, I got the 2nd Like!!!

[@giorgostsamouris4061]

Joey.... Is this lazymi cooking mat good antistatic wise? I see that The Cod3r uses it too. I bought other mats supposedly antistatic for electronics but they weren't, you could feel the static on them.

[@pedrohcs8]

Is static really a problem for you? Here in Brazil I do my repairs on a bare wooden table, only recently I got one of those popular blue mats, I do all my repairs barefoot and foot on the ground to eliminate the chance of static. I know some cold and dry countries have issues like that

[@giorgostsamouris4061]

@pedrohcs8 Well it isn't only about protecting the electronics which ofcourse its major. Its about orotecting a good wooden table surface as well. Not all have a special workspace. Working barefoot is good, i do it myself but only in summertime.

[@pedrohcs8]

@giorgostsamouris4061 can totally understand, at the very start I worked on electronics on my main PC table with horrendous lighting, now I have a table just for the electronics that I don't care about its condition (even melted it's side lol)

[@giorgostsamouris4061]

@pedrohcs8 This lazymi mat is actually a cooking mat, you see the circles on it? They're actually for measuring pizza dow to fit in your pan. But is heat resistant AND has to be antistatic because you're supposed to have flour on it which if it wasnt it would stick all over it. Its also dishwasher compatible. All of the above make it an ideal mat for electronics and from what I saw both Joey and Thecod3r use it.

[@pedrohcs8]

@@giorgostsamouris4061 kind of curious to be so perfect for a completely different application lol, right now I'm happy with my AliExpress Chinese blue mat as I worked on bare wood not long ago, lately I have been investing a lot on my workbench, both on productivity (soldering station mods, oscilloscope, vise, 50w lighting) to basic organization things like drawers, shelves, the mat and stuff, seems fresh now for much more repairs and making in general.

[@mariusmotea]

May be a shorted coil on the RT chip. I will replace them from a donor board.

[@tuxymuxy]

Wouldn't it be possible to swap the apu from a donor? Or is there a cpukey hardcoded?

[@adzinoolol]

Attempt 43 of asking Joey for his Fluke multimeter

[@sandy1234853]

The first ps5 was pre mature it's quite pointless injecting voltage their and looks short but it's not and on the back of the apu there low impedance too and will look short but their not you were also injecting voltage for the memory and memory controller wich is situated in 1 corner of the die so the corner that seemed to be getting slightly warm is actually normal you were better of looking in diod mode

[@shakangel666]

Send the last ps5 to Toltec Merc since it's a rare case.

[@19Craig99]

I bought some Xbox Controllers to repair but one of them absolutely stinks of smoke. Does anyone have any ideas on how to give the plastics a deep clean which will remove the smell? I have plenty of Isopropyl Alcohol to use

[@101spacecase]

struggle is real

[@carlondouglas5741]

Am here

[@MagikGimp]

I reckon you could do power supply repairs, Joey. Quite a few other repair channels tackle them and -none of them have died yet- once you take the plunge and know what to do (safely) it would be another great skill to master. And the timing seems quite prescient. Is that the right word? I just mean with you running out of PSUs now.

[@jonathanfeemster5242]

Joey just make them digital versions instead of disk

[@re_Laxx]

Lets go!

[@matthewbain2408]

great video joey see yu tommorow

[@candyman35786]

joey just wondering if you fix ps5 portal, purchased 2nd hand , R1 button not working, it looks like it has been opened by previous owner.

[@user-mv5bu2kk8b]

Would it be safer tusea dim bulb?

[@SkippiiKai]

Where do you even get incandescent bulbs these days? 😅 But, no, he doesn't need and couldn't use a dim bulb for this stuff. It would just activate the Under Voltage Lockout on the SMPS. Dim bulbs only prevent 240v mains from going bang on a short circuit. They are great if you just replaced a high voltage mosfet on the main power supply and want to see if you put it in backwards without an impact face shield. Useless if you're working on the boards, because the power supply already has over and undervoltage and overcurrent and short circuit protection built in.

[@pedrohcs8]

​​@@SkippiiKai Incandescent is pretty rare, halogens on the other hand are still a thing, 100w+

[@martinnash007]

You fixed it then you broke it then you fixed it then you broke it! Me thinks it wasn't fixed at all...

[@H2Oredfirefox]

I'm guessing changing the CPU out isn't possible 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@carneasadafries15]

It's not possibly cost effective

[@jonathanjones3527]

🤞🏻

[@gentle285]

Poor Joey :(

[@mkoppochman325]

3rd!

[@HugoNobrega87]

hey Joey can you please welcome my face right at the start of the video? it's hard to get through the first 20ish seconds without my face otherwise

[@0ButterBall]

Joey fails so we don't have to

[@TheMrRatzz]

Why does he wear those disgusting gloves, yet touch his face and mouth with them?

[@why_wait]

Burnt flux that's all

[@jochenrudiger]

Flux is his preferred perfume.

[@SkippiiKai]

Sometimes I'll be looking away from my screen for a while and the video will change and I'll come back, see those gloves, and think, "Why is Scott's Bass Lessons taking apart an X-box?"

[@AnarkyDazZy]

please get some new gloves :)

[@8LightLover8]

I welcomce your face to me

[@8LightLover8]

stay jubblillliee

[@ChosesinWon]

Do you end the season of you lose 2000 pounds?

[@slonon6410]

Why don't you repair the power supplies?

[@Tomas-x8x]

He told why in previous episode.

[@jochenrudiger]

He does not want to feel as enlightened as The Cod3r was while repairing a PSU.

[@slonon6410]

I found the video jochenrudiger references and that guy didn't discharge the caps, if he would have it wouldn't have zapped him. Discharge those caps! then wait a few 3-5 minutes then discharge again because they can build a charge back up on their own, after that your good, unless you power back up or charge the caps. @JoeyDoesTech and everyone else for that matter, Don't let someone else's lack of knowledge scare you from learning, sad.

[@pedrohcs8]

​​@@jochenrudiger with personal experience and my biggest experience on repairs being on psus, it aint that bad, just keep the hell out of the primary and you will be fine, for measurements on the primary I wear gloves or I don't lay my hand on the board and that is it, no shocks or anything