Trying to Fix FAULTY Items on eBay for a Profit! S1:E97

[@JazmanGames]

Hey Joey, this is the console I sold you. I gambled with this one and bought it as faulty for £200. It was still warranty sealed when I received it and it was booting but then wouldn't switch back on when you selected reboot. Watching your video jogged my memory and I do recall having to press the power button 3 times after it had failed to reboot. Originally I replaced the liquid metal because it had all shifted to one side. I obviously did a poor job at cleaning up any drips and watching this video has helped me to understand how to clean it up. Also to use less Flux, the Flux I use is Chip Quick SMD291NL which I think you originally suggested in a comment eons ago. When I UART tested I only saw errors relating to the RAM... And we all know what sort of a job I did on that... Loads of unfortunate life stuff got in the way which stopped me going any further with it and needing to sell it and in my haste I completely forgot I'd removed one of the chips before stopping. I don't recall going near the TPM chip, but a faulty chip would stop something like the disk drive from working, as the drive is paired to the main board, the TPM would be responsible for matching up the keys needed to verify the disk drive is the correct one. I really wanted to see you fix this one, partly for my own education and partly because you'd have made a neat profit. I'm by no means a professional and have a long way to go. Sorry you had to spend so much time cleaning my mess. Check your ebay when you get a second.

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Jazman! I’m glad you saw the video and hopefully managed to get some entertainment out of it 😊 It’s always a gamble buying on eBay, PLEASE don’t get disheartened in anyway, I’m assuming you’ve seen where I was at even only a few months ago 😅 You really didn’t need to do the £30 refund on eBay, that’s a very kind gesture but I’m more than aware the game is the game when it comes to buying faulty consoles. All the best fixing in the future! ❤

[@Moby41]

@@JoeyDoesTech This was so fkn wholesome 😭

[@FatalRaven88]

dont beat yourself up, thats the best thing about life you learn from your mistakes and you have unlimated potential to improve. took me ages to build pcs without forgetting something or over thermal pasting getting lbuescreens etc but you pick yourself up and try and try again until you can do it without thinking :) I know you can do it, best of luck with future projects x

[@aaronrogers2073]

What a fantastic community this is! So wholesome to read 😊

[@kimi4life]

What an absolute legend this man

[@alffairweather]

Not sure I've ever been so emotionally involved in a soldering job, Joey. Great episode.

[@bio-plasmictoad5311]

I love watching these, even though I've never fixed anything in my life. So many twists and turns haha.

[@bugzyog]

Usually a bad TPM chip is caused by bad hairline 🤭... Great vid as usual 💯💯

[@JoeyDoesTech]

😂😂😂

[@reece2321]

I know all about bad days, 10 years fixing iMacs, PCs, iPhones and appliances and just this year decided to use a T9 instead of looking for my T8 to tighten a torx screw, screwdriver slipped knocking off a cap linking to the gpu on a 2015 iMac 5K I was trying to repair. That was the end of that

[@frankiehensley2928]

WICK IT,,,,WICK IT GOOD!!!! Should make some merch from that quote

[@ProfessorYana]

When old solder comes along, YOU MUST WICK IT! Before the flux sits out too long, YOU MUST WICK IT!

[@frankiehensley2928]

@@ProfessorYana and I imagine that with editing Joey can add in a whip sound when using solder wick, would be cool to add a sound bit as well from the song but then there's the whole copyright lingo,

[@emre.aktuna]

Watching you is just like a therapy! Keep up the good work, and thanks for everything.

[@Rankoldbeast_UK]

This brings your average profit to about £7.88 per episode 😂

[@betag24cn]

i dont know if feel sad or happy about that

[@seanwilson7740]

How much profit per item do you think? Got to be closer to £5?

[@TechTronics7]

The real profit is in the videos, live streams and gifts.

[@bzfarbodjz]

try heating up the board a little with hot ait before turning it on (maybe some bad caps are there), and also check for the power on button and also the pull up/down resistor of the power button, and enable pin of the pm ic

[@gentle285]

Good tips!

[@lewissammons]

Sometimes you're the windshield and sometimes you're the bug! Nice try and good, clean looking work as always!

[@jordanbrinkmann7401]

I know nothing about repairing anything yet this is my favourite series on KZbin at the moment. Love it

[@EvelynLogan-od7zc]

Jordan

[@3ijnweu3oq3]

Tip for reballing, what I like to do, is add solder with a iron onto the chips so there is a bump then align the stencil and reball as normally, this helps so much as there is a way less chance of moving the stencil. Also you should try to put the chip on a kitchen paper towel and reball, it helps keeps everything even

[@danielson9667]

I'm so glad i found this series.!!

[@BargainBarons]

Seems like someone THOUGHT the TPM chip was swappable and so did??? Is that why it won't read discs too? Just a thought.

[@ajaks7636]

Uh oh, no joy. Lot's of practice though. Great Attempt and Video! Better luck next time. Thank You. 😀

[@gregthatcher919]

My face feels very welcomed, thank joey :)

[@peteasmr2952]

I really hope by the 100th episode you get to your goal. Wishing you the best of luck. Your videos have been helping to inspire me to maybe do something similar one day. I like your energy and you’ve helped give me more confidence in my skills I just have a bad habit of underestimating myself.

[@thetexanachilles452]

This man is so knowledgeable that he makes me feel like I could do these sort of repairs. But in truth I have giant bear hands meant for fixing cars not computers.

[@johnstaples3605]

It wasn't a fail. It didn't work at all and now works...eventually. that's a win

[@EvelynLogan-od7zc]

John

[@PatrickHoodDaniel]

I am in no disbelief whatsoever!

[@bblod4896]

At 2:07 Beep on, beep off. Wax on, wax off. The Mr. Miyagi of Profit or Loss 😎

[@smorls7904]

Joey you have to be the best KZbinr ever man!

[@tamus41]

This is what I look forward to every week. Eastenders, Constipation Street and Emerdale, have a lot to learn from these videos. There's horror, sadness, elation, anger, frustration, a whole plethora of emotions, with deception thrown in. You can't write this stuff. Thanks @joeydoestech, for the best entertainment on KZbin. For those who haven't seen the live streams, I highly recommend them. So much fun and information you don't see on here. Keep it up Joey.

[@groggyme]

I feel like you have been scammed again here. Yeah the ram was a good fix but that tpm issue and disk drive seems very suspicious.

[@ZatriX_ZA]

TPM very sus, agree

[@bellafiasandpuppies4220]

I would love that ps5 to try to resolve the problem but can't afford it via got brain damage

[@thekuba9352]

Its never a scam, its a gamble.

[@XuroX.]

Don't say "never a scam" it definitely happens that people will leave out crucial info, even if they know what the problem is, and just pass it onto someone else for them to recoup some money.

[@mindmending]

As a hail mary I’d try software. This error could be a result of the PS5 firmware or system software incorrectly reporting a problem with its internal security mechanisms. Since the PS5 doesn't use a standard TPM 2.0 chip, this might be a misreported error from a deeper issue with the console's secure boot system, a reset and rollback could clear it, nothing to lose but time I guess

[@fouzanium]

Yea considering that desktop BIOS have some secure key reset option, I wonder if PS5s have some sort of security reset as well

[@lshallo4864]

You could get the cheapest HDMI switch for testing. It will terminate HDCP and the console thinks HDCP is working while the capture card gets a clean signal. Then you don't have to disable it every time.

[@stcr1935]

Joey what is your selection process of what to buy off eBay?

[@DarcAngel77]

Another great bit of content, your spoiling us Joey. 😊

[@itsdarkos]

Great video uncle joey!

[@Dtr146]

bruh those gloves MUST work. I was replacing a usb port on a laptop last night and burnt the tips of my fingers on my wick several times

[@Milion23]

Joey when you scout for faulty electronics do you also look for Xbox series s's? or do you look for Ps5, Xbox series x and Nintendo switches because they bring the best profit

[@JoeyDoesTech]

I look for everything evenly and buy what I can :)

[@johanndaart7326]

Some of them have HDMI ports torn of with trashed pads... which is a tiresome repair that many repair shops just won't bother to do, but for content one like that might be good.

[@Ryan4bear]

Joey your uploads always happen as im eating i post it on nearly every video now it's getting scary keep it up 🎉

[@aserta]

Man, indeed a roller coaster and a kick in the quad at the end. I was so hoping this one would be it. Just wasn't written in the stars. Bummer. Well, better luck next time! Keeping all my appendages crossed that you get a doozy.

[@dmanwithers]

I’ve noticed you always add leaded solder. I’m still new, and figured because health purposes, lead free was better. Can you explain the difference?

[@garyeast7259]

Non leaded tends to dry an crack over time. Ur right about the leaded toxicity thing but it melts at a lower temp and holds up better over time. Adding leaded to non leaded lowers the melting point of non leaded an makes it easier to get off. There is low melt that lowers temp way down but this does same but not as well.

[@seedmoreuser]

I'd also be leaning towards bios or os firmware gone awry. Might be worth just reloading it and seeing if it comes back to life. But there's also the chance that the seller did swap the drive out first and then the liquid metal all over the board caused the shorts and killed the ram and the TPM.

[@EvelynLogan-od7zc]

Hello

[@tom.e]

Ever tried using a wick for liquid metal?

[@MichaelNazar]

@18:24 Is that a grey hair or 2? 1 on top curling up and 1 or 2 in the closer to the scalp pointing down? It has started. Old Joey Does Tech. ❤ Kids will do that to you. Time fir a 2nd kid now that the greys have started.

[@MikeTheMic]

Just get to 1000£! Lol. If this aired on network television you'd almost be syndicated at this point!!!

[@EvelynLogan-od7zc]

Mike

[@thiagohilgenberg9087]

Love the vid joey, I would like to see in the second season some old school video games, like super nintendos or similar. Would be nice to make some classic consoles back to life. Cheers mate

[@romaniantech]

At 17:11 isn't there a break in the trace? From the lower left side (next to the arrow) 2nd row up, 5th pad to the right.

[@ryn1986]

The show must go on! 😆

[@1998eclipse1998]

CHIP QUIK sells solder paste that has the lead powered ball and flux separate so you can make your own flux/lead mix ratio

[@draaks1]

you should do different devices for season 2 like maybe cell phones or laptops or something like that, could be fun to switch it up

[@GameplaySheep]

hello, genuine question here: Why do you put the airflow to 99%? Is it really that different from just putting it to 100%? I'm wondering what's the reason for that specific value anyway

[@JoeyDoesTech]

The hot air station only goes up to 99% 😊

[@GameplaySheep]

@@JoeyDoesTech oooh okay, I see thanks!

[@EslamNawito]

Is it like bit rot? there was an issue that happens to the bios where suddenly some data get degraded.. If only Sony can flash it by online services like IDK a firmware update!

[@dodgydruid]

I had a result with an untested PS3... came with a game in the machine and... a NVME 2.5" SSD instead of the usual HDD, so spent today putting in a 500gb HDD and now I has an SSD of 500gb which I am going to put into my Forza edition Xone

[@susibaka]

Nvme in a ps3? Like m.2 interface?

[@Rayjacker]

@@susibaka U.2 drives can use PCIe in a 2.5" form factor, but that's reserved for enterprise-grade drives. He probably meant SATA.

[@rudeq86]

15:35 Witness the definition of insanity by Einstein 18:51 joey really goes insane

[@ancient_pelican]

I keep looking for mention of the flux you like, or will any brand do? Love the videos.

[@oliverhoschi6135]

the moment i saw the errorcodes and the beep on beep off i had a bad feeling that this would not end well. Regardless, was a good video with ups and downs. sadly without an happy end.

[@TheSpotify95]

Yay, minus! Didn't realize the TPM chips were not replaceable!

[@theawfulgambler]

Thought you had a spot for keeps when you mentioned your hairline 😂

[@TheSkaldenmettrunk]

-- Spoiler Saver This was quite a Rollercoaster of Emotions but I really enjoyed the Video and that's a win for me😂

[@sdjmchattie]

Aren’t the RAM banks numbered from zero? Meaning bank 2 would actually be the chip you described as 3 at the start of the video? Edit: turns out I’m wrong on this

[@EvelynLogan-od7zc]

Hello 👋

[@FrancisSims]

What is the meaning/reason to clear HDCP?

[@Karashata]

HDCP prevents the capture card from capturing the video stream, it's kind of like a form of copy protection or DRM for HD video streams and it needs to be disabled for the capture card to work.

[@EvelynLogan-od7zc]

Francis

[@muhammadzayd6582]

lov your vids man

[@iNireus]

For a moment I thought you had bought that last one😂

[@ovidiu7290]

You should buy an Oscilloscope i think it is very useful

[@Punkplod]

Hope the next one is the winner

[@0ButterBall]

Wow this was a roller coaster of a PS5!

[@BargainBarons]

I will look for a non working console for you at a garage sale, and if I can actually find one, I'll send it! 😊👍👍

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Honestly that would be so awesome but I imagine expensive haha! :) Thank you for watching both of you! ❤

[@proficientplumbus]

ahhh for a second there I thought the "turn it off and on again" was gonna work

[@newCrysis]

Who else saw Assa Ahoy and thought Brian Griffin from Family Guy? 🤣

[@kaivinsky]

PLEASE UPGRDE TO 4k :)

[@gigicho21]

I am soo worried of ur shenanigans sometimes that i actually loose sleep over it 😂 i hope we make double profit another day, for both our sakes

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Hahaha I hope so too!

[@perish1n]

its nothing like cable management

[@why_wait]

Feel like with these ram chips they could have easily made them removable like in a pc

[@Raziel1984]

what about a sonic toothbrush?

[@chrisbustergames0785]

haven't been this early

[@willrobinson7599]

Another ps5 , think u been had on that one joey

[@QsTechService1]

It’s the APU needs to be Re flowed .. or reBalled each time you’re working with the board you’re adding flex 💪 which causes connections with the APU sometimes working, sometimes not

[@christywear5272]

meh i'd swap the tpm, and reinstall firmware if needed. *shrugs*

[@MarshaIIs]

Sucks that you didn't get it working, but great video Loved watching you struggle in the pits of despair, very cool

[@Dtr146]

i hate tpm..... even on pcs

[@tammyeaton6449]

Dang 🫠

[@davidkettell1073]

I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THEY HAVE THE NERVE TO SELL THESE LOW QUALITY ELECTRONICS . I HAVE A 20 YEAR OLD TOSHIBA LAPTOP THAT WORKS PERFECTLY AS LONG AS YOU DON'T WANT TO DO TOO MUCH WITH IT BUT IT WAS TOP OF THE LINE IN ITS TIME . pROFIT OVER QUALITY IS THE NAME OF THE GAME TODAY AND AS FOR WARRANTY FORGET IT .

[@tom.e]

Your ancient Toshiba does seem to have a stuck caps lock and/or shift key.

[@seanwilson7740]

​@@tom.e 😂

[@kylepeach4816]

11:09 fart

[@Cantom_Gaming]

Third

[@robertlarby4233]

First

[@Maedness.]

nice scripted episodes. SUS. jkjk i can't repair shit but i love to watch the videos. I would like to try it myself but its a bit like darksouls. Watching someone struggle is way easier and more fun than doing it yourself. but you miss the satisfying win.

[@loekeharie]

first