Fixing EVERY Playstation Ever - Extended Cut

[@gazb0075]

Keep the longs coming, Steve. For me personally, these videos are a great watch. On another topic, I hope you’re doing ok health wise and everything is going well. Thinking of you brother. ❤️🙏

[@TronicsFixLongs]

We'll keep uploading them if people keep watching! Everything is going as well as it can with my treatments. 2 down, 4 to go.

[@EeekiE]

I think people that attempt self-repair fall on both peaks of the Dunning-Kruger chart. It’s always fun and mind-blowing in equal measure to see the aftermath of attempts made by those on the left hand side of the chart. Torn connector ribbons, damaged connectors, missing screws, misplaced parts, randomly missing thermal pads, broken clips. I wish I could be a fly on the wall and just watch the entire process.

[@TheWhteWolf]

As soon as I heard the screech from the ps1 I knew the exact issue as I had the same problem back when I was a kid with min and had to bodge it.

[@nathanlowe4232]

Honestly Steve you have no idea how much confidence you've given me, because of watching you're videos I've fixed 2 ps3s although they were minor disc drive faults but I even tore down a fat ps3 cleaned and replaced the thermal paste and now it runs beautifully, thankyou so much man

[@TattooDallas]

I remember my first HDMI repair it was like 4 or 5yrs ago and it was a success. I did watch a lot of your videos tho and played with my rework station for a while just to make sure I was using the right temp and was consistent enough to do the repair. Worked in my favor but after my first fix I was hooked and it just snow balled from there.

[@ShaneGraham057]

Man, the teardown of the PS2 brought back some SERIOUS memories of the hacking scene back then. From the early chips like the Neo and Origa swap chips, being combined as the NeoOriga to be the first 'No-swap', to the Messiah (and the huge lawsuit/fallout) to all of the clones that eventually flooded the market. If you had the "Devil May Cry" demo, and the appropriate GameShark loading disk along with a handful of HK Silvers (or a DVD burning drive) - you had an awesome PS2 experience. And you know... ;)

[@joshkelly4682]

Now it's just easier to free mcboot hack a memory card

[@Lesterman_1]

DVD RW! ❤

[@ShaneGraham057]

@@Lesterman_1 Then the argument of +R or -R came in. The RWs tended to not work as expected on the PS2.

[@ShaneGraham057]

@@joshkelly4682 This was late 90s/early 2000s technology. McBooting and ROM flashing with CFW came later.

[@brianlawl1]

reminds me of when i soft modded my xbox back in 10th grade. had to use mech assault game with some other stuff

[@djdrwatson]

0:11 Never played a Playstation 1?! You need to play Tekken 3, it's a good button bashing beat 'em up. Great gameplay even today. Gran Turismo is another classic. This PS1 needs a modchip so that it can play backup CDs. It very easy to add a modchip. 35:25 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas killed many PS2 lasers with its need to keep accessing the disc to load in new parts of the map. Original fat PS2's can now load games from a hard drive with a network adapter and a special memory card called FreeMcBoot.

[@hausofhomeaux]

If you asked me why I love the "extended" versions of your videos, I don't know if I could properly articulate it. Having said that, I love the elaborated insight into your process and procedure, and your calm and relaxing presentation. Keep these extended cuts going! ❤

[@Gyffen1971]

@TronicsFix Longs, The Play Station you asked about (The One with the Seized Motor). Model Number: SCPH-101 (White Color) Batch Prod: August 2000 Bios Ver: 4.5 (May-25-2000) Region: NTSC-U/C Motherboard: PM-41

[@CNC-Time-Lapse]

I have watched every one of these longer form versions. I actually prefer them. haha Great job! I like to play them while I'm working. Makes feel like I'm learning something while I work. haha

[@ferrellsl]

You're still looking great! I hope you're tolerating the chemo well and continue to make videos for years to come.

[@Laz3rCat95]

The PS2 part was the most satisfying to watch, I like seeing dust getting cleaned off of things.

[@kenabi]

there's 3 variants of the ps1 spindle lock, red rubber, black rubber, and spring loaded. the original had thinner plastic, and as you saw, break easily after a time. the black rubber variant lasts longer, but still will fail. so they switched to a spring loaded sliding tab assembly that i'm not aware of failing, but you can just replace the springs in them if it does (though that's super fiddly due to size).

[@eMKayyoUwhY]

I still have a 1000-series Playstation 1 with a gameshark (actually it's a Game Cracker) attached in the back. The 1000-series consoles do have an extra connector on the back to connect such a device. It also makes a screeching sound when the laser reads the game. It's old tech, but still works like a charm 🙃

[@onefuriousfox6558]

"You PUNK!" "Leave me alone" Hilarious stuff. I wonder if the people that sell you a "DIY fails" are embarrassed on how badly they've destroyed the console... Great job, Steve. Love these extended cuts

[@willfultrain6779]

I used to play cabelas dangerous hunts back in the day, the hunting games were quite fun even though they weren't really my cup of tea

[@jeremyweaver3598]

Wow thanks for the Extended cuts, love them really useful and a great source of information. Hope all is well dude!

[@dunndnn1]

the larger ring under the top disc holder is a spacer between the game and motor assembly,,the black and red ring are just small o-rings to hold the ball bearing to keep disc from spinning off

[@deamondeathstone1]

I just bought a "refurbished" PS4 Pro that was cheaper because the disc drive doesn't work. Seems like a fun little project. And with your (and others) video's at least I can make an educated guess if I can pop the thing open and give it "The Perfect Amount Of Thermalpaste" and fix the disc drive or maybe wait until I can get a new laser or total disc drive.

[@patrickmorrissey2271]

PS2: Nice job. I might also mention, caps are polarity sensitive.... If you match where the silver stripe is, you'll be fine, usually.... Or some have an arrow.... Whatever, just watch for that...

[@saint4985]

You guys are one of the best content creators on KZbin, thanks so much for everything. Steve, hope you get well and get back to it soon!

[@TronicsFixLongs]

Wow, thanks! Really appreciate your comment

[@CDRaff]

You never get a forgotten gem inside a used console; it's always either some trashy hunting game or Fifa.

[@TronicsFixLongs]

Lol, so true!

[@joshkelly4682]

I was looking for a box to ship something to a friend and ended up finding a wii box that had fire emblem in it that I traded for an nes with 17 games

[@guardianbeardizer6361]

Unless it's an Xbox 360, then it's always a CoD game lol

[@michaelpopowich5095]

I bought an original Xbox from an used game store and it seems they didn't check it thoroughly since the disc drive had a game in it. Which one? A very interesting one: Playboy: the Mansion yeah idk why that was still in there but hey can't say no to a free game

[@PaulTheFox1988]

Not entirely true, I've had a PS1 with tomb raider 3 in it, which was a nice surprise even though I already own it But 99.9% of the time it's a game that no one should ever have bought, and they should be embarrassed that they ever tried it, much less let it fall into some unsuspecting victims hands 😂

[@Rider_of_the_Pale_Horse]

I have every PlayStation model that's ever come out and I have broken versions of all of them my PlayStation has the same problem as the one you repaired the teeth fell out it was a common problem on the original PS model but now thanks to you I know how to fix it so thank you

[@DankMilkGamerz]

i was about to say ps2 didnt use thermal paste. Love your videos. You are my inspiration to do this too!

[@ProjectWrx]

Hey Steve! Get yourself a tube of plasti dip. And dip the tips of your tweezers in em, then you can use em for ribbon cables!

[@Jzwiz]

Im going to be taking apart my whole playstation line (starting with 2, only gonna dust the 5) to clean, replace a laser and repaste if needed in a week or so. Might use some ptm7950 if its viable since i have a sheet from honeywell. Scared of the ps3 since i heard some models have very delicate ribbon cables. Also never done this before but should be fun, the ps2 is the one that needs a new laser i believe since it wont detect disc anymore

[@MrDarkknight2011]

The PlayStation model you fixed usually had an issue with cleaning the laser eye with a cotton swab. To help remove the dust and dirt build up every time you opened the CD hatch to switch games. Also, you had to care for your CD games and make sure they didn't accumulate a lot of scratches on the disc, or the disc drive wouldn't be able to read them properly which would cause the game to skip or glitch. The PSOne was more of a compact re-release of the bigger PlayStation console. For some odd reason, Sony had a thing with re-releasing/reinventing the systems to be thinner, and more space saving once the original consoles were released for each iteration in the PlayStation family.

[@deadmetalbr]

That 'odd reason' was and still is to make those consoles less expensive to manufacture. In the past, they'd even pass those savings onto the consumer, although that is demonstrably _not_ the case with the 'slim' PS5.

[@Greg-cy2li]

You da man Tronix! These longs are pretty darn cool! I suggest them to my CS students

[@CecilTheDarkKnight234]

Great job as always!! Also by far the ps1/mini & the ps2 slim are some of Sony's easiest consoles to fix. I've tried fixing a phat ps3 20gb BC console and it did not got well.

[@mattelder1971]

Those PS2 drives are a pain in the rear to get out and reinstall. I always have trouble getting some of the ribbon cables back in.

[@joshkelly4682]

Curved tweezers are a big help

[@teknikal6969]

I had two ps1s in both cases I ended up having to turn them upside down for things to load, my opinion is they had the lens glued to a top housing and the glue eventually fails. I think that's the only explanation for upside down working, I could be wrong but turning them upside down actually worked so my feeling is glue failing on the lens a lot.

[@Skeeball1979]

Hello, what flux do you use? And I enjoy your videos.

[@TronicsFixLongs]

I use Kingbo most of the time

[@Skeeball1979]

Awesome, Thank you@@TronicsFixLongs

[@bluebearyt12]

Awesome! I like the extended cut!

[@TronicsFixLongs]

Good to hear!

[@bluebearyt12]

@@TronicsFixLongs will there be any subscriptions for here for members from the other channel?

[@RaZZaR18]

I rly enjoy those long videos some bit more as short ones but both of them are super quality

[@elscarface1]

Oh yeah! 1hr+! I like watching these long vids 😎👍

[@WarPhotographer1974]

I still have my launch ps2 hooked up to a CRT television. The PS1 disk unit has a couple of pots you can adjust if it isn’t reading the disks right (or if you want to use burn games)

[@syafiqaffendi5411]

You might want to use paintbrush for cleaning.. It works way better than the current brush..

[@electron0002]

I probably would of changed the battery in the ps2 as well do to age other than that good job

[@stephenarkless9444]

Ooo can we definitely have more of these types of videos please 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@TronicsFixLongs]

More to come!

[@harshadsavant]

Sir, ur work always seems very professional n like manufacturers 😊

[@Jividen83]

Look at those PS1 graphics! It's like you're there.

[@danielhulan3058]

With the ps1 I believe it is the disk not spinning while the spindle spins. They did that a lot back in the day.

[@patrickmorrissey2271]

Hard to comment on these long ones, but I do enjoy them.... Very nice for when I'm on the X country machine..... I don't have to keep pushing buttons, I can just let that long video run.... Nice. PS 1... You could see the hub slipping, when it made the sound.... I'm sure you're not gonna re-watch your own video, but you have it on film there, the hub was slipping when the disk slowed down and it made the sound..... Maybe you noticed it in the editing room.... PS 2.... What a mess. I take that stuff outside & blast it with an air compressor.... I have a little "sprayer gun" thing, and the trigger can control how much air, which is nice.... And if it's really bad, I've been known to set it on the driveway and hit it with a leaf blower..... I will say, I've started taking my XBox Series X outside and blasting it once every couple months... A reasonable poof of dust comes out of that thing.... It's a little dust collector. If you have one, blast it out once in awhile, before it gets bad.... I'm always nervous, I had the red ring of death years ago, so I have it out on a flat surface and I run a fan on it all the time.... Maybe that's making my dust worse, I don't know... My AC guy keeps telling me how dust free my house is, and how my filters, and ducts, and all the blah blah looks really good, so.... I dunno.

[@mianimalito]

Great Video man. Congratulations from mexico

[@nykopingshockey]

You have a big magnet behind the toolkit in ifixit pro kit :)

[@joshkelly4682]

**edit** the piece that is broken on the ps1 can be taken from a portable cd player, or other cd player that the disc snaps into** Ps1 needs either worm motor replaced or cleaned and lubricated

[@mikewhitley1183]

Excellent work

[@GTAVince]

How do people break these hdmi connectors 😮

[@Edizonstudio]

Tronix master I love your videos!

[@Altered-Stigma]

When I took apart my first PS2 (original) i struggled a lot with the darn ribbon cables as well haha. Honestly, to this day with all the many different types of consoles I've taken apart; the only consoles I had so much trouble with reassembling would have to be the the PS2, and the 2DS XL that was a headache as well at least at first after about 3 screen replacements i kinda got the hang of it. Still not fun tho.

[@mitchbug420]

What up love your video and keep up the great work you are doing

[@Holycurative9610]

You gotta love Sony for putting all the little arrows pointing towards the screws.

[@jumper55ful]

PS1....god that was the best Playstation console ever. the amount of incredible games that came out on that system was amazing

[@cruejones742]

The original NES and the PlayStation 2 were always the easiest to open up, clean and repair. Edit. I wish you'd do a video on fixing the "Open Tray" error on XBox 360s.

[@TronicsFixLongs]

I might have to do that sometime

[@cruejones742]

​@@TronicsFixLongsI truly wish you would because most current online tutorials to fix the problem consist of either a ridiculous sequence of power on, reset, eject disk............etc. or "lightly hitting the top of the console during boot up. An actual fix that doesn't possibly destroy other components would greatly be appreciated.

[@Jzwiz]

The cabellas games were actually pretty fun. And im saying that as someone who prefers stuff like ratchet and clank/god of war

[@rlube01]

Hi Steve, on ps2 is easier to plug and unplug cd drive ribbon cables without the bottom shield, ps2 should be dismantled from bottom to top

[@robindickinson5376]

Love these long videos 👍👍👍

[@TronicsFixLongs]

Glad you like them!

[@DankMilkGamerz]

same

[@lt200420]

It would be easier, faster, and more clean if you would start with a vacuum of any kind (or use it in tandem with a blower) and then wipe with cleaner/rag instead of ever taking time with a small brush to clean dusty electronics.

[@rheagotthis633]

Great vid as always steve!! Thanks

[@universalsoldier1]

love all the tec. your fixing.

[@Omri.Collects]

The spindles seemed to always break on the ps1. I've always just replaced the spindle top.

[@KyleJohnson-fy3rx]

As my uncle always said when I asked why so much flux? He said well when you are repairing something it’s always best to give a flux about it lol

[@CountingCarp_uK]

How’s the chemo hope your smashing it

[@TronicsFixLongs]

Not fun but it's been manageable so far.

[@tobiaskraft6695]

After the Millenium the Industry change to not fixible Hardware to make more winning. You can see it on the difference from PS1 to PS2

[@dunndnn1]

ps1 were always picky when reading discs

[@victorparedes9407]

a huge difference between PS1/PS2/PS3 and PS4 and PS5. 1 2 and 3 only need clean and maintenance and still working, the last Ps4 and 6 need replaced parts. Nothing like the old consoles!!!

[@ibrahimmardini7784]

If you have limited time, I've found that watching these videos at higher playback speeds saves you time without losing out on the information conveyed in the videos

[@darreng1666]

PS3 you need to hold power button and wait for 2 beeps if you switch between HDMI and Avi. See alot of ppl make that mistake and think there broken.

[@Stalkerrob20]

Great job as always!

[@dennisphillips9089]

Need a little IPA for the metal on the PS5 to clean up the edges.

[@jeffredd9965]

The PS1 sounds exactly as it should. Back then, a taste of the future came with some noise.

[@KennyBacchus-yg3uv]

Fixing. Every. PlayStation. Ever. Extended cut

[@ryans413]

That disc booting up on the PS3 was not normal. It sounded like a weak laser.

[@Alfactors]

Love the 4.3 res

[@winlose3073]

very nice and entertaining video

[@MrCode4money]

The spare / parts console Is a "PS One" whereas the broken console is a "PlayStation". When it was released there were no other PlayStation versions. The "PS One" came out when the PS2 or "PlayStation 2" had already been released.

[@Sakkeboy272]

One thing i cant wrap my mind around is how do you screw up an hdmi port anyway? Ive had alot of systems with hdmi ports in them and never managed to break one XD How forcefully does one need to instert an hdmi cable

[@ImaginationToForm]

Is that liquid metal tiny t-1000s?

[@erniesdeck7550]

Out of all of them the PS2 is the worst some of the ribbon cables are placed in extremely tight places and they are super short. Very frustrating. The rest of them aren't half as bad

[@frijoles0007]

@41:01 you should have checked/replaced the CR2032 battery while you had everything apart - would save you the hassle in the future

[@SandroSmith]

I see a great missed opportunity to "now - the perfect amount of thermalpaste" on PS2 with zero actual paste applied.

[@SpaceTech54]

Do you update the battery while you have them open?

[@chrismifsud7154]

That is not how you open the drive door for a PS3 Super Slim.. Push the eject button ;)

[@yaguio1]

The PS One is the last of the versions comes with a little tv screen

[@Danziii]

I have never seen the PS3 in that white color before and it's beautiful. I really want one now

[@TronicsFixLongs]

Yeah, it's a cool color!

[@InconsistentManner]

On the fixing of the Original PlayStation and taking parts form the PSone. The original PlayStation is infinitely more moldable. Whicle the PSone is not moldable (I believe). I would rather see you fix the PSone and leave the Original PlayStation as parts.

[@fmbbeachbum8163]

The load times on the Original Playstation were terrible. Coming off cartridges to load times was brutal. Still not as bad as GTAV.

[@shawzeneguer]

Would be amazing to fix a old atari console

[@douhacomcastnet]

Hi Steve, on the PS2, while you had the machine all the way apart, as a matter of general maintenance, would it have been a good idea to look at the battery and consider replacing it? Thanks😊😊😊

[@TronicsFixLongs]

Yes, that would have been a great idea, lol. Not sure why I didn't.

[@ctrlundo]

It's just a clock battery, but as you can see, it's a pain to replace without a full disassemble on this revision

[@youwillneverbeahamster]

that old PS1 part had a chunk broke off

[@XENONEOMORPH1979]

ps1 a good console they later made another version where the laser was more to the power pcb board and it was not a good choice to put it there due to heating. the mukka done it again

[@ethanthomas8159]

I like this type of video

[@wtfiswiththosehandles]

Always made me wonder why HDMI ports keep failing on consoles. Do people keep plugging and unplugging them?

[@kattriella1331]

I swear, I think people are somehow brute forcing the plug in upside down or something and breaking crap. I have no other explanation other than people are just really incompetent.

[@sdungworth]

Nice JOB Mate 👍😹

[@H2Oredfirefox]

Unfortunately the original Playstation 1 always had a terrible signal out put pretty much standard definition🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@transtat74]

My original PS always made that sound

[@khaled7cs]

When you are always fixing the games and never playing, the rock will dominate you😂

[@allie85178]

Bro was locked in 😂❤

[@Allerka]

Too bad you're not more local. I have a PS3 development kit, DECR-1000A, that needs some work done on it.

[@danielhulan3058]

@man how do you just line up that hdmi without even looking at it.