I Found ANOTHER PlayStation 4 Left Out For Scrap... Can It Be Brought Back To Life?

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[@jasondoesthings919]

😂😂😂😂 You are too much. Thank you for the support

[@TheCod3r]

Please give him back :'(

[@Saif_Bleem]

#BringFreddyback

[@ThePoushal]

Well that was the easiest subscribed ever

[@walterstechrepairs6088]

Just subscribed. Now please give Mr teddy bear back 😢

[@ducyo1851]

Give teddy back you monster!!!!

[@tommyis13]

Was holding my breath whilst you were running those traces, awesome repair. Thanks for the upload.

[@TheCod3r]

Thanks bud, much appreciated 😁

[@Mymatevince]

🤣🤣 Great acting Phil! Nice repair mate, good find 👍

[@MellowVR24762]

Haha hello vince fancy you being in the comments love your channel mate 😊👍

[@TheCod3r]

Haha cheers mate, I guess I'm in the wrong business 😂

[@akiempow]

I really hate a delicate works like this but, its really, really satisfying to see its works! Well done!

[@GoodwinsPlace]

You forget how small these traces are when watching these videos. Great work again and another console saved from the scrap pile.

[@TheCod3r]

Thanks mate, yeah those traces are pretty dang small 😁

[@MineCraftArchi1]

I appreciate how honest you are. Love your content.. tonic fix lead me to your channel and I’ve benched watched (continuously) to your videos, super satisfying to join your adventure of repairs, keep it up Cod3r!

[@TheCod3r]

Thanks bud, much appreciated. Glad people are enjoying the content 😁

[@MellowVR24762]

Great video I'm a fixer and there's nothing like the feeling of reviving dead consoles and other electronics keep up the great work 😊👍

[@virgildeklerk]

Hi Phil, very very impressive repair. Must have taken lots of practice to solder like that under a microscope. Keep it up because we really like these kind of fixes. Cheers

[@TheCod3r]

Cheers Virgil. Yeah it does take practice, but it's definitely doable for anyone with a bit of patience ;)

[@BartechTV]

Nice find. I never find consoles or anything salvageable. I was just watching another channel who restores stuff and he always finds consoles just lying by the side of the road. They're a bit muddy but usually just a quick scrub in a bucket and they're working like new again. I think he's in Asia or somewhere.

[@TheCod3r]

Thanks mate. I love when I find stuff like this, it makes great content seeing how bad they are lol. Do you have the channel name to the other channel you watch? I love finding new channels to watch lol

[@johnphilippatos]

50:13 The thermal pad you thought you lost, was actually stuck on the chip itself. Great skills man. And also, this PS4 defied the laws of science. It would be illegal to still turn on after so much corrosion. This little bastard has the will to live.

[@ToadetteHackFan]

The szene, where he knocked at the tv to get the signal back just killed me 😂

[@Daniel-dl6fp]

Wow thats incredible its been left out in the rain and trashed and you fixed it i wouldnt have the patience or skill to do all the retracing for the hdmi port what a great fix keep up the grear work

[@Islamisthecultofsin]

I think he should have just used it as a donor board and got one of the donor boards working instead.

[@spacekees102]

Never judge a book by its cover I guess! That ps4 still had a good base. Our prayers go out to your teddy subbed to Jason hope you two get reunited. Teddynappers are the worst.

[@TheCod3r]

Thank you. Jason is such a meanie. He's promised I'll get Freddie back but we all know he's a psycho and unpredictable 😂

[@spacekees102]

@@TheCod3r Yeah pretty sure hes tied up in his basement being waterboarded. Poor Freddie.

[@TheCod3r]

@@spacekees102 sounds worse than I thought. Jason needs to realise he's hurting all of us not just me and Freddie 😭

[@Steelninja77]

You amaze me man. I build a decent PC and can repair by replacing parts etc but as for circuitry soldering etc I can only wish. Very impressed with your skills.

[@ronniecrozier]

such a solder wizard man. awesome!!

[@Khashraan]

Absolutely nice work! I definitely enjoy these kind of TTR videos!

[@coondogtheman]

You need fine tip soldering iron for those tiny traces on the HDMI connector. I do some electronics work but i avoid surface mount because i think it's junk. Tried to fix a flatscreen TV but I couldn't fix it so I just made a light out of it.

[@knighthawk86855]

He took your Teddy, oh the humanity..... Wow amazing work mate.

[@DR_X69]

Hey Phil, you are amazing man. Thanks for the great video. Just subbed about a week ago and am absolutely loving it.

[@gamejoy-nick]

Love this fix Phil, great video..

[@MrReeceyburger123]

I’ve saved a good few TVs from the scrap then made money on them 😁 Nice one again cheers Phill 👍

[@TheCod3r]

Yeah it's amazing what you'll find out on the kerb. Cheers mate, much appreciated 😁

[@my3dprintedlife]

You are a master! Such delicate work made to look easy. Well done mate!

[@lukejames8981]

Wow mate, I watch many Restoration videos and I find it really interesting

[@mm0077]

You should be given a part in one of the soaps on TV LOL.

[@TheCod3r]

Nah I was gonna be hired by eastenders but apparently I'm too good 😂

[@dagvidarsigvartson6291]

Really like that you not freak out. Ohhhh never mind I just ... Hehe so calm .

[@marcusandrews8903]

Soz Phil needed to write this you are good advert for Pure Gym lol besides that keep up the good work always entertaining

[@TheCod3r]

Haha yep, funny thing is I've never worked for pure gym, I was given a few shirts and jackets by a friend when I was doing scrap collections

[@CameronM47]

Hahahaha that intro though. GG my mon, bostin repair.

[@takemebacktothe80s15]

You're a wizard bro 🇬🇧✌️

[@user-te1le7ck6b]

Hahahhahah the intro abolsutely bought me to tears 😂😂😂😭

[@TheKayliedGamerChannel-YouTube]

Last traces I repaired was my own fault, lifted pads while modding a PAL Sega Saturn about 8yrs back. Nice work 👍 Wonder how many ps4s have been left down at the local tip.... ✌️

[@TheCod3r]

Did it work afterwards 😁 I sure hope so lol. Yeah I would love to see the ewaste bin at the tip 😀

[@GordonNew]

Great job Phil , another machine not in land fill :)

[@rogercroll856]

Love your vids mate. Great watch. Keep em coming.

[@ralph8237]

Well done and thank you very much for the entertainment 👍

[@TravisStamper]

Jesus Phil, I am dying here!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. Thanks for the video

[@TheCod3r]

Haha I just have to let the world know what he's done 😂

[@Ed31003]

great repair Phil!!

[@t0p_snek407]

absolutely love the vid :D I have a pesky SNES that was given to me that im trying to fix right now, Water damaged and someone ripped the power port out. Its amazing how badly people neglect their consoles or throw them out for something simple. Meanwhile i baby mine haha

[@TheCod3r]

Haha yeah i dont get it neither. People seem to think they're indestructible. Then get a shock when they get high repair bills 🙄

[@KillerINst1ncts]

@@TheCod3r this one they seemed to have spilled a soda on it or something and literally yanked it from the power cord. I've since replaced the power port but have been unsure as to why it won't power on. I checked traces and saw no damage but it illudes me. Maybe the soda killed other parts or something I'm missing. Still new to diagnosis stuff but have been working on soldering as of late

[@snowdogg106]

Great work Phil really enjoyed this video.

[@markvandesande8855]

When i was teaching guys to do this many moons ago. I would always tell them to work from left to right if they were right handed. Also i would do pre-redesigned motherboards so maybe two three hundred traces. And it had to be very neat. I would use wire wrap wire which had ptfe coating. 240 pin ic half mil pitch, wires going everywhere. But we had to loom the wires glue the harness to the board. At the beginning these would go out as final product for that version run. One board would take me two to three days. Look beautiful in its own way.

[@TheCod3r]

That would be quite the accomplishment, definitely sounds like tedius work though lol

[@markvandesande8855]

@@TheCod3r Yes amongst other jobs at the time i did 27 mods in 6 months. Then i left and went self employed doing same thing also other job for three times the money. But i just hit burnout because of no sleep thursday friday saturday morning drop my jobs off then sleep. 9 months of overwork. Then i just quit. Live life on coffee and pro plus sucks.

[@Sam-gw3gc]

I work at an e-waste place and have found a few consoles. mostly ps2's and 360s. A lot of the 360s have bad gpus but the majority of the other consoles are fixable or just work fine

[@GinandTronics]

Great repair Phil. what will you do with the console now? would you sell and mention the repair or kept for yourself?

[@TheCod3r]

It'll go in my collection mate but I have a couple of videos planned for it for in the future lol

[@GinandTronics]

@@TheCod3r mate I purchased a broken switch with two joycons off eBay for £77( no power), then I noticed the sellers name was danks, so my heart sank. but the console came, and it turned out it just needed charging for around 20mins. and there was a copy of FIFA 20 in the reader. and mario kart 8 as a download Asked the seller, what's suppose to be wrong with it, and she said her daughter said, it's not turning on. but it was, it was just showing the battery icon.

[@sophiebremner7044]

Hiya! I was just wondering how long it usually takes to get back to emails? I’ve literally only just send the email but I’m due to send my console to Nintendo tomorrow and if you’re able to help me I’ll cancel the return!😊

[@TheCod3r]

I can definitely help you out. I'll check emails now and get back to you :)

[@zigzag8111]

When I say "oh dear this is going to take a lot of work" it usually means yesss project....it's exciting fixing something up that would otherwise would go to landfill. Just saying although in my case it's bicycle's.

[@alucantropo8340]

Excellent work!!

[@frankyw8803]

Another great job well done kidder.

[@muktaribrahim2007]

Just discovered this channel, perfect for me, subscribed

[@ryanhinton3104]

Don't usually comment but good start XD it was touching

[@TheCod3r]

Haha thanks mate

[@dodgydruid]

Oh dear, poor Freddie... good job my daughter didn't see this as she years on is still very sensitive when our staffy ate all her teddies, I mean Gandalf was crapping random eyes and bits of thread for days then he munched all her Van's and Converse's and I got lumped into replacing 'em :S

[@TheCod3r]

Damn that sounds savage. I probably shouldn't find stuff like that funny 🤭

[@markantony7413]

Silly question but how do you remove the enamel on the wire to solder it?

[@Finditfixitphilipit]

Just clean the rollers in ipa

[@MrReeceyburger123]

Acetone gets the rubber nice and sticky again

[@unclechronic2098]

10:51 how can you do that and STILL HAVE IT TURN ON?

[@xXxGamingaddictxXx]

You just made me lough m8. Keep up

[@robroberts1473]

Dude that ransom note lol

[@shifty2755]

Unbelievable fix. Nice one.

[@jameshines4012]

Did you find that in someone's pond? Great video thanks.

[@thatdude5104]

Ahahahaha that Jason plug was gold LMAO

[@TheCod3r]

Haha cheers mate, comedy at its' finest 😂

[@danielhornung4310]

This is abit over board with size ........ u can use it for a sunbed

[@STAB991]

just a pro guy, nice job !!!

[@randomretroplays3123]

I only just started watching and I was laughing so much, genius 👍😄😄

[@TheCod3r]

Haha thanks buddy

[@andysierra6934]

Great work yet again.

[@TABSF1]

Well if electronic repairs ever dry up you could consider coronation street :P

[@TheCod3r]

Haha I'd rather do sitcoms 🤣

[@TABSF1]

@@TheCod3r New IT Crowd 👍

[@pen12345]

How much thermal paste are you supposed to use and is it best to spread it with a card ir leave ad blob

[@TheCod3r]

Personally I use just a pea size blob and just leave it as a blob. Pressure will spread it out evenly for you :)

[@UkdangermanRepairs]

Fantastic video, thoroughly entertaining. Well done 👍 by the way please let us know if you get the bear back. Free the bear!!!!

[@TheCod3r]

Thank you bud... #FreeFredddy

[@victor58010]

Fabulous skills ,well done.

[@danielboskovski]

Nice job Phil!!!

[@jtothew4201]

Curious as to why you wouldn't sell this one? I know it's not perfect but if it's cheap and the description is honest doubt most people would care.

[@deimantasbaltrusaitis8688]

Can u tell me,what has to happen to board so u can call it donor board and why they not repairable? These boards was looking better then this one..Its shorted between layers or what happend to them?

[@TheCod3r]

Usually the apu is dead or the renensas chips have failed so they're either not worth fixing or impossible to fix because the component which fails is linked to the rest of the board

[@benjaminwillis9259]

Amazing work! Any news on blu-ray remarry firmware with original motherboard to non native drive board?

[@TheCod3r]

Thanks bud, sadly the firmware is encrypted so you have to swap the original chip, but that said there might actually be something in the works. I was speaking to a viewer on the phone last night who works in reverse engineering and he may have what we need to do it 😁

[@benjaminwillis9259]

@@TheCod3r thanks for the reply and hopefully when something is developed to remarry I know to watch your channel to learn how to do it! Thanks again and keep up the amazing work you do!

[@anthonyg4671]

i liked the video on the acting alone.

[@TheCod3r]

haha thank you mate

[@joseone69]

Hi , TheCod3r i have a quick question what is the value of the capacitor next to the diode that is by the hdmi port i knock them out changing the port and I got the diode but don’t know what capacitor value and size go there my ps4 is model CUH-1215A

[@TheCod3r]

I'm not sure to be honest mate, if you send me a picture of where it is I can check for you but it should be fine to work without it

[@iFixConsoles]

Ha ha poor Freddy, Jason is getting random with the randsoms began with labels and now moved to teddies what will be next 🤣

[@TheCod3r]

yep, he's a scumbag 😭

[@lusitaniafilms]

I don't normally leave messages on youtube. BUT I hope that you make sure that Jason send you a video of Teddy alive!!! Just Saying. By the way That was bloody funny.. I KNOW I AM 1 YEAR LATE . But Better late then ever. Adeus.

[@Marve_4427]

I swear he was there when they built the ps4 motherboard 👌👌

[@TheCod3r]

Haha nah I've just worked on too many of them now, you kind of get used to where things are meant to go 😁

[@pabajestem]

Great job. Watching channel for long time now. Just quick question got mine PS4 fat and everything apart eject button works fine. It works thru PS4 menu but not when I press it. I did button inspection but everything looks mint what might cause this problem please?

[@TheCod3r]

If it's the 1200 series (the one with the physical button instead of the touch sensor) it could be that the button is damaged. They're really easy to replace (a few screws). If not it's honestly hard to say without seeing it in person

[@pabajestem]

@@TheCod3r Thanks for reply. Not sure what series it is but it has touch button.

[@Daniel-gr3dk]

You should change your password ❗❗❗ Next time I suggest you put a black box over the onscreen keyboard, instead of just blurring it... Good job with the fix!

[@TheCod3r]

To be fair it is a burner account I use just for tests but thanks for the heads up:)

[@12345.......]

10:50 I was hoping you could tell me how that happened.

[@TheCod3r]

Yeah I have no clue 😂

[@mosfettg6857]

Comical begining, Excellent video

[@TheCod3r]

Haha thanks mate 😂

[@REMEDY-REPAIRS]

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[@TheCod3r]

Thanks bud 👍

[@paulwalker427]

quality intro - subbed

[@TheCod3r]

Haha cheers mate

[@davidcook5954]

Thought it was to good to be true 4 video's iv watched and you fixed something 😅

[@micbanand]

Great videos, But Please clean your Iron. It hurt to see it so dirty :)

[@TheCod3r]

Haha I'm actually trying to find some reacement covers because I'm too lazy to clean them 😅

[@BloodlustNL]

Just goes to show what stuff can still be fixed!!! I hope i can get my titanium blue controller working again sometime. Probably needs a board swap for me but you would probably be able to replace a burnt out charging chip on the main board. The daughter board with the usb port still works though on a different controller. So sad my new powerbank decided to give it too much😅

[@TheCod3r]

To be honest it definitely would work out cheaper to do a board swap. The repair itself you would need to factor in parts and labour and then shipping costs too, but new boards can be purchased fairly cheap online. Sucks but thats the problem with controllers, it's impossible to make it a financially viable repair

[@BloodlustNL]

@@TheCod3r thanks, already thought so actually better find me one with a stickdrift issue and just put the sticks of my old one in or something🤣 of even better a cosmetically damaged one🤪

[@Sorbec-i6l]

Perfect thecoder👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@dodgydruid]

"Them two screws stuck in my hole..."??? Oooo

[@TheCod3r]

😂😂😂

[@sircombo4821]

The clever ness of you 👍👍👍

[@tr909love]

where did you learn to fix electronics ?

[@TheCod3r]

I learned myself by just watching videos and practicing

[@tr909love]

@@TheCod3r That's really cool hobby, i want to get into learning but i think it's too late for me. I have a macbook pro m1 chip that had water damage, i''ve cleaned it myself worked for a bit but then it stopped working, after that i opened it up and broke the battery connector. Do you think it's fixable ? Can i send it to you ?

[@Lardzor]

Freddy the teddy is already deady.

[@Starcat128]

Do you have any PlayStation 4 or Xbox CPUs o want one just

[@TheCod3r]

You can't buy just the cpu mate it requires 5 chips in total which are all paired together for the console to work

[@Starcat128]

@@TheCod3r I saw a few boards with no CPU I just wanted the CPU just because

[@JJ21lives4ever]

Nice. I thought there was a good chance you would get lucky. Been working up the good karma ey?

[@TheCod3r]

Haha yep definitely mate 😂

[@1xICExVIPERx1]

Now I'm watching your video late but I did catch something that you said and what that was was I guess you were getting ready to solder the legs on and he said the bigger the tip come on man no joke about that's what she said you didn't even have to go in a detail on anything else but that you left that wide open

[@tonybennett7145]

Good job! 👍

[@trueredexe]

man, your amazing.

[@phynx-victumterra652]

Damn nice job!

[@thatdude5104]

Dang, I did not expect any life from it!

[@f3rns]

I hope is not too late freddie !!!!!!!!!

[@TheCod3r]

Sadly Freddie never returned 😢

[@danielclifton6140]

You bastard Jason😅

[@gizmo1252000]

who the hell is this coder guy harry asked, he,s a wizard harry , he,a a wizard lol :D :P

[@TheCod3r]

Haha cheers mate 😁

[@mikaelbiilmann6826]

How'd it go? Is Freddy back??? 😫😭

[@sebpas85]

Exscelent work :)

[@TonesElectronics]

I think you need to get out more, well out that shed 🤪

[@MrSpireite]

Am i the only one who doesn't understand why hdmi ports get damaged. Think I've plugged mine I and out about twice. Plug it in and leave it. Even so how is it do hard forcromenpeople to plug in a cable..

[@TheCod3r]

I don't get it either to be honest mate. I can understand occasionally they get knocked off the unit they're on but way too many get broken for it to just be that lol

[@RandomGuy-om1vy]

@@TheCod3r Parents rage hehe, mine was a victim but the port withstood it lol