I Bought an UNTESTED PlayStation Classic from eBay | Can I FIX It?!

[@StezStixFix]

Stupid mini PlayStation classic thing

[@iwannacuddleurbutt]

Adorable stocking filler in 2022 tho

[@MagralhoPT]

Thanks once again!

[@TCG-Juice]

Can you do a gpu?

[@Herrikias]

The snow and gravity really ganged up on you there. Better teach them a lesson by setting the system on fire and throwing it at the sky.

[@Caddy666]

i bought one new from tesco for that price, mate.

[@hillonwheels8838]

You could have just put the flux on the chip, held it with your tweezers and plugged it in and it would have just come off by itself.

[@rambo191c]

I came here to say the same :')

[@hugegamer5988]

Lol

[@ralphj4012]

@@Dammocless Would have required an additional 25C at least, so leave on, have some tea, wait for the smoke alarm, then lift the chip.

[@TheRealXyzven]

@@Michael-jj8gz The chip got so hot on it's own that it would have eventually desoldered itself if StezStix put flux on, held the chip and turned on the board.

[@Vamptonius]

Beat me to it by 9 months.

[@clairehoffner2851]

“let’s take a look at the lies- I mean the listing” made me lol

[@shallenburglar]

Watching your videos has inspired me to attempt and fix the loads of slightly broken electronics in my house. Just went and bought the ifixit set. Thanks for helping me find a new hobby; I’ve been searching for one.

[@theshuff]

i like how "untested" became another term to say, "it's a dead product" !

[@BuyitFixit]

"Untested" means "Broken", "F***ED" or "I had a go myself and now it's even more broken", well that's what I've usually found...

[@Ragnar8504]

Been like that as least as long as eBay's been a thing. Probably well back into the days of classified ads.

[@rciancia]

Nice fix Mate... I live in Jacksonville Florida which is where Lynyrd Skynyrd hails from and I am good friends with Darlene, Johnny and Donnie Van Zant ( Ronnies siblings) and they would be proud to here you singing "That Smell " Well done mate... excellent sleuthing work and repair. Kudos

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Ron. Wow, that's so cool that you know the Van Zant's! I'm a massive fan, so please pass on my regards (not that they'll have a clue who I am 🤣)

[@Stiffeno]

If the band ever has a “stupid broken PlayStation thing” they know exactly who to call to fix it 😎👌🏻

[@wanjockey]

I love the straight forward fixes. Thanks for the video Steve.

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks WanJockey! 😁

[@acidhelm]

I love your celebrations when you get something to work. But when I saw it drawing 3A I nearly screamed "Unplug it now!"

[@BenStinson1]

"Untested" has become an eBay/Vinted byword for "its buggered but i dont want tonbe transparent because I'm a terrible human". I actively exclude the word when im searching for stuff on eBay now 🤦‍♂️. Fun cideo as always, Stez.

[@EverythingPSPOfficial]

This is the exact fault I have with mine that I also bought “untested” so I will be following along diligently! Already have my chip on the way (plus a spare for when I inevitably f it up 😂) thanks for your thorough video !

[@lisaj2269]

What a fun idea for a channel! So interesting to see him take on such problems and just have to troubleshoot it on his own with no guidance or instructions. Very fun and clever. I love how he said “come on!” and “get in” when fixing a device in the same way my British friends say that when watching football (soccer).

[@Mymatevince]

Nicely done Stez 👌

[@StezStixFix]

Cheers Vince! 👍

[@BuyitFixit]

Great Job Steve! Your soldering skills have definitely improved. Nice repair, well done!👍👍👍

[@mrjarto]

I suggest changing the caption before the tap to something like “for VOS lovers, stay tuned until (timestamp)”. Great video. Thanks, Steve

[@Greg_Watchorn]

This one has the smell of victory Steve - back of the net!!!😃😃

[@StezStixFix]

🤣 definitely! Thanks Greg 👍

[@OneLovePsych]

I remember when Mr. Steve only had a couple hundred subs and would reply to every comment… Insane how he got so popular in a short amount of time, happy for him!

[@tomhekker]

How can you hate the VOS rap. It’s 90% of the reason I keep watching these videos.

[@TheRightToFilmPolice]

Hey man. Nice video and nice rap song. I can tell your channel is going to blow up from the audio and video quality. I remember when fry's had the PS1 classic on promo code for $40. I wish I would have gotten two or three of em. (And the ps tv which I did buy but it broke) wish I could mail you it and have you fix it for a video but I guess I'd never get it back then huh 😃

[@DarViKo]

Really like the sarcasm and delivery style, especially unexpected rap 😅

[@BrunakoPAO]

Quick and easy fix congrats ! ❤

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Bruno! 👍

[@rockmanx2002]

I bought one of these things brand new for $20 USD on clearance. It's still brand new in the box to this day. I do suppose that makes mine untested as well, though.

[@pmarin3855]

You’re funny

[@TheJackal342]

I just bought one of these from Facebook marketplace and met the guy selling it. Untested,1 controller, no power supply. Worked perfect when I tested it and I only paid $15 USD.

[@theonus_4483]

Lovely job Steve. Wish I could watch these every day 😉

[@sambra1979]

You know your doing youtube well when they dump adverts on your video every 60-90 seconds. Another great video, I would love to try what you do but no space or money for the equipment you use. I guess I'm stuck to watching your videos broken up by adverts. Maybe someday I can follow in your footsteps, your videos surely inspire others as they do me. Keep up the great work.

[@979259]

now is the most profitable time of year for KZbin creators. The CPM is the highest it ever gets because of competition over holiday dollars.

[@realityanalyst]

Seriously, who watches youtube without an ad blocker?

[@TheAbandonedAccount7]

This is usually set by the YTer themselves. Either that or they don't bother changing it after YT does it automatically to their vids. (don't blame them for old vids but new vids should be kept up with)

[@salongier]

Maybe you are interested in the RTS5482 chip (USB hub) for PS Classic mini? I bought three pieces, replaced one in my console and it helped. I have two pieces left, one stays in stock, and I can give you the last one.

[@spamaccount6460]

You are insane to risk your working one like that, but I think your insanity is why we love the channel. In a couple months when the new chip comes in I guess we'll see if you can now get your original one working again.

[@chris-pike]

Great quick fix on your PS Classic and nicely done too Steve 👍

[@pedromimoso8804]

Nice one, Captain Bodge! 😁😁😁

[@nrvsauto8990]

I like how this guy adds a repair video to his up and coming rap songs, watch out Eminem.

[@simonlunt353]

Well done Steve but you have more balls than me l wouldn’t have taken the chip out of your good one just to see if that was it but you did good 👍 😊and merry Christmas 🎄

[@hellalike]

as always love all the music references. Always loved CoolBoarders2.

[@nayt33z]

nice job man. So good to see people fixing electronics rather than throwing them in the trash over a cheap an easy fix. what type of flux are you using? It looks like it pours out pretty tacky. I might want to pick some up.

[@jnharton]

It's not a cheap and easy fix for someone with no experience in electronics repair, none of the needed tools, no replacement parts, and no idea what's wrong.

[@stoptheplanetiwantoff6906]

I've enjoyed your content this year I like to take this opportunity to wish you and your family A Very Merry Christmas and a prosperous new year🇳🇿🥝

[@captcraig777]

Great job recognizing that dent in the chip. Thanks for the content and Merry Christmas to you and your family!

[@override7486]

Well, it's quite obvious when part of the chip is missing, you don't need microscope for that, maybe some light better than £5 Tesco lamp.

[@StevenScott_studio53]

watched this channel since 5k... come on the silver play button!

[@aanmaaklimonade]

New logo Is smashing!

[@mightyrandom]

Always wanted to get hold of some broken mini console from ebay or a 8 bit console from wish that looks line a nes or something. Just to gut it, put in a rasperry pi 3b and make it neat looking

[@mallatratt36]

nice fix hell i forgotten how bad the graphics wher in them days and the screen tearing on that game

[@Leeum123]

Great content Steve! Stupid USB Controller Chip

[@johnbaldwin143]

Love the process and the comedy.

[@-abacchus]

Hope you make sure to video the repair to your original PS Mini once the AliExpress knock-off arrives; we might see more than just heat... KAABOOM..!

[@patatje1237]

what's the brand off the heat camera, where did you buy it ? Love your channel and i'm still learning to do repairs also. keep up the great work. Greetings from a big Fan :)

[@BuyitFixit]

Looks like a HUEPAR HTi80P? I recently bought a broken FLIR one off ebay, was an interesting fix!

[@TravisFabel]

I was actually worried about the way you did it because you didn't check the capacitors when the chip was off. So if it was a shorted capacitor that blew out the first chip, it would have blown out your replacement one.

[@xxxhypoxxx]

Yep, COVID's over and Steve isnt interested in this channel anymore.

[@chadmasta5]

@@xxxhypoxxx neither of those things are true.

[@whompronnie]

@@xxxhypoxxx The bugger you on about?

[@hugegamer5988]

Yep, it is tricky because if it was on anything but a power rail it would draw normal power until the new chip was added and it blew out the pin (and rest of chip) and shorted it out again.

[@iaincowell9747]

@@whompronnie I think he's a mental case

[@ericcatman9977]

Your smile shines my day🎉

[@TheCod3r]

You have way too much fun in these videos lol

[@StezStixFix]

😂 not in the bits I edit out I don't! 🤣🤣

[@TheCod3r]

@@StezStixFix haha yeah I feel that 🤣

[@EverythingPSPOfficial]

I just bought a broken PSClassic with a burnt RTS5482 chip, I am going to try rework it and replace the chip on my channel but inevitably I may have to bin the whole thing if I can’t repair it. Will see once the new SMD IC chip arrives 🤞

[@ChildrensStoryTime]

Mine went faulty, same symptoms. I had a powered usb hub connected to one of the controller ports. The hub went faulty, the power surge took out the Realtek chip 😢

[@SixtyDoesStuff]

Incredibly brave(?) to take that chip off the working one and hope the other board isn't overall faulty and fries your chip... I don't think I would have!

[@mattrichardson4351]

Love it … I wanna pick one up but they have jumped up in price in Australia

[@dcross8382]

"HDMI cables are like Hen's teeth" - they're almost as rare as the 50 SKART cables I've been lugging around for the last ten years "just in case".

[@dcross8382]

Damn , it's not often you get a Skynyrd reference on YT these days.

[@DuckReconMajor]

this channel is a delight

[@simonsepic]

I used to be obsessed with that game!!

[@gravedigga71]

Well done again Steve. 👋

[@LucasA84]

I really enjoy these videos but I think you should just have waited the chip to finish. Love the covers at the end too .

[@xSiC84]

I want to know if the chip you ordered worked or not. Plz do a video and or add it into something sometime. :) ty for the content brother.

[@Stiffeno]

The different motherboard revision probably fixes the exploding controller chip issue!

[@eathenalexander2836]

Great fix Steve 🎉

[@Chris-tx9ou]

the playstation loading screen and sound never gets old - Niceeeeee

[@TheRealXyzven]

If they change the BOM (Build of Materials) for ICs (usually) they change the version of the board. Sometimes that means if they use (for example) Hynix memory chips rather than Samsung they change the board version so that they know which versions they are dealing with. It allows for metrics on which boards come back and for what reasons.

[@doughy67]

hi great video as usual, can i ask what flux you use?

[@BobsChannelYT]

I had that issue come up on my classic, sucks. Lucky I had hackchi installed already so I can use the rear port for controllers and power.

[@trevann8213]

I don't know if you check these later but apparently these are pretty easy to mod or whatever to turn into great little emulators of games from several years ago+ and probably get a lot more use out of little things like these

[@morganpg]

eyyy new vid. love your content my man!

[@dragnar1147]

Great video. I have two ps1 that i need to change the chip, What temperature and speed did you used to make the repair

[@nbaua3454]

I would have never taken the chip from a working console to be really honest.. cudos man.. love from India..

[@manuelkikowatz7538]

Same chip can be found in the PlayStation 5 camera adapter (The one thats used to connect ps4 cam to ps5)

[@MCraigyboy7]

learning lots from your videos

[@cwwCADAVER]

I hope off camera you got all the reading of the chip before you swapped over and then see if you have the same reading before powering up 😉

[@RichyB.]

Hi Steve. Thank you for your Videos. Could you tell me which App do you use in this Video,please? Thank you in advance

Thank's a lot for confirming this can be done. MAny people that do the CAp removal mod end up with fried Usb Chips.

[@njones621]

We all still have that glimmer of hope that it’ll work out of the box when listed as “untested,” but deep down, we know it won’t! 🤦‍♂️🤣

[@TheAbandonedAccount7]

Honestly, I sold a Sega master system and og Xbox last year that I wasn't able to test and both of em surprisingly worked lol

[@njones621]

@@TheAbandonedAccount7 you are the exception, sir! 😉

[@CommonScentsAintSoCommonNow]

All of my untested listings also state that there have been no repairs attempted so hopefully that puts the buyers at ease. Also if I sell a for repair/parts item I will disclose if a repair has been attempted.

[@jnharton]

@@CommonScentsAintSoCommonNowSometimes someone else has attempted a repair and the seller may be unaware if they genuinely haven't tested it.

[@justsometimber1nthelake873]

nice! menz do more PS vita, i like these

[@DaveDeVault]

The untested lie reminds me of going into a Pawn America once. They warranty all electronics for x amount of time. BUT there was one corner where they had a shelf of miscellaneous electronics that had a sign that said "All work but sold as is." Yeah, sure they do.

[@todorhristov5246]

eBay's prices are completely ridiculous. I've bought one of these locally (Belgium) for €30, a couple of months ago. It was like new and only needed me to install the custom firmware to turn it into a capable emulation box. I cannot believe that people are selling faulty items for these prices...

[@jonathan2260]

And a lot of times, the item is cheap but the shipping costs are insane for a defective item.

[@TheAbandonedAccount7]

Typically if you see a crazy price for something, it's more likely that's what people are PAYING rather than what they're selling for. You can only blame yourselves, eBay sellers just price things based on recent solds, so...

[@riparaggi]

ROFL! I had the same reaction at "UNTESTED" ebay items, some days ago I can't resist "PS4 untested as I have no cables"... an HDMI cable and a power cable you can find also in a desert island... long live to liars 😀

[@TheAbandonedAccount7]

You do know that some sellers legitimately can't test consoles right? Like anything, theres going to be nefarious players. But I picked up a lot of 5 consoles from a yard sale last year, and the master system and og Xbox didn't include cables. So I just sold as is. Both buyers got lucky and they worked!

[@riparaggi]

@@TheAbandonedAccount7 you're perfectly right. A Sega Master System or an old Xbox has proprietary cables for video, sometimes external PSU with non standard voltages or non standard connector. But If you write the same words for a PS4 or this Playstation classic... you're an ebay liar, and you know ;-)

[@Grumpyowd2hat]

Great job 👏

[@TheAbandonedAccount7]

Can you buy a regular as-is PS1? Lol I've had it listed for over a year, it's an easy fix too, only the lens is broken

[@novaglow1466]

Always entertaining

[@IRLTools]

1:24 hey that's me!

[@StezStixFix]

😍 certainly is! Thanks for the support 👍

[@wingading5127]

Ive just subbd and have no clue about electrics lol can't be just me that finds it interesting and kinda relaxing 😂

[@eastendboy1000]

Hi, what is the name of the screen you , use to test consoles please?

[@Mark-nh2hs]

Love it when it's a success 👍👍

[@devnull73]

hmmmm, question is, why did that chip blow? Does the newer revision have a tab on the cover/heatsink for that chip? Id be inclined to at least pop a sticky/RAM heatsink on it, if you can make it fit.

[@Inugamiz]

Wish I have the same soldering skills as Steve... have a PS4 with no HDMI chip since I tried and... yea was a mess.

[@BuyitFixit]

Flux is your friend....

[@twotone3070]

That took guts to use that good chip :)

[@tr1p1ea]

'Untested' = Tested and definitely not working but don't want to admit it. Love that I'm not the only one.

[@Popeyes66]

Another Stezstixfix Nice one Steve. Stupid World Cup .

[@TheycallmeHatGuy]

I have one that won't recognize the controllers. I smelled smoke one day then the front usb ports stopped working.

[@AntonMikhaylov]

You probably didn't even have to use heatgun to remove that chip. Just add a bit of flux, connect USB power and poke it with tweezers - voila!

[@harrysboy]

I remember paying £30 for one brand new! Bit worried at the thought of mine breaking now!

[@chrisj2848]

Ballsy repair sir! 👍

[@StezStixFix]

😁 thanks Chris!

[@steve323f]

Us Steve's can do anything. 👌

[@realityanalyst]

Cool boarders is a cool game!!

[@wherami]

Great job.

[@nodes4365]

Thank goodness it is untested and you were able to test it.😂

[@samholdsworth420]

So when are you dropping an album?

[@welshtony1]

Nice little fix, hopefully the new chip fixes your original one now :P

[@rickybrideau2882]

you should of consulted with dave for future fixes.

[@JMcMillen]

Steve: That got up to 200 degrees Me: That's hot. Steve: Celsius Me: 🔥🔥🔥😱🔥🔥🔥

[@bifoutdjamel]

have the same problem but mine turn on but controller not connecting with the console,its the same chip to replace