TronicsFix Bet Me I Couldn't Fix His PS4 Pro 500m Special Edition! Will He Win The Bet?

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[@Tronicsfix]

I mean, definitely not the perfect amount of thermal paste, lol. I won't give any spoilers for those that haven't watched it but really enjoyed your video!

[@TheCod3r]

Haha thanks Steve, definitely calling you out on the thermal pasta, you've been lying to us 👀 🤣

[@jameshill2098]

You and tronicfix are the only guys I watch for this stuff, massive amount of learning..you guys are insanely smart with this stuff , thank you for being such great teachers!! I watch every single video you guys put out :)

[@Tronicsfix]

@@TheCod3r LOL

[@AusSonic]

@@TheCod3r Yeah the good old argument about sodder instead of solder 🤣

[@ianburkard]

I love these international shipment challenges... great comradery.

[@TheCod3r]

Please show some love for Steve on his channel: youtube.com/@Tronicsfix

[@StormsparkPegasus]

Amusingly enough, I first found your channel because of Steve's. I had been subscribed to him for about a year (maybe a little more) when I got a video recommendation...it was a reballing video where he couldn't fix a PS4 and sent it to you.

[@Otep35Otep]

@@StormsparkPegasus Yep me too that how I found this channel:)

[@UnrealVideoDuke]

Have you sent him a board to work on?

[@epicman5324]

@@StormsparkPegasus same but the video popped up in my recommended before I watched tronics fix lol

[@monkstandinglast]

Will the next showdown be between yourself and ComputerBooter/Dave lol I remember a video title of his "TheBoot3r is greater than TheCod3r" sounds like a challenge to me lol best of luck on the Steve challange hope you send him a stinker one day lol on a serious note though(lol cheers I see you read my messages) your fault finding skills are second to none and the dedication you put into these repairs is brilliant top man Phill.

[@synstaur5986]

love the friendly back and forth between you guys. something only techies will understand... that friendly competition

[@edwardmclaughlin719]

Yeah, only they would understand. No.

[@Max-uv3eg]

I knew right away Steve meant TheCod3r. Nice!

[@motodankz4838]

I love watching your content. Really entretaining and sometimes I do these little repairs for a hobby, I am a software engineer with no experience in repairing electronics, but I have been watching these kinds of videos for some years and learned lots of stuff. And because of that I managed to get a collection of old retro consoles and ps3 that I bought broken and repaired them myself. Including the infamous NIC TOKEN replacement on the PS3! I have to thank you and all the content creators out there that film their work and explain everything they are doing. Thank you

[@MisterWofford]

Awesome seeing you guys working and helping each other out. Enjoy bot of you guys videos.

[@OcarinaHero93]

Love the videos dude!! The collaboration between you and tronicsfix is heartwarming ☺️

[@RicolaMint]

I was sure ! You were the Guy ! And you'll be the one who repare it

[@ScottFix]

I am a big fan of both of your channels. I only just watched Steve's video on the PS4 500m the other day. Very interesting to see you trying to fix this board. Must admit a lot of it went over my head but the more videos I watch the more I will learn. Keep up the great work.

[@tdbla98]

Also shout out to Steve for kick-starting your channel. Really cool to see big creators helping out their smaller counterparts.

[@Cybertruck1000]

How great that you two can participate in such a friendly way. The internet works in good ways sometimes....

[@britishpatriot2276]

Only discovered your channel today.. I'm watching your live now. Appriciate the content and effort you clearly put into your videos. Informative, clear and easy to understand, you come across really well. Will definitely be using your business if ever in need. Again, appriciate the content 👍🏻

[@britishpatriot2276]

@Matthew Harrup bait*

[@Ljudet_Innan]

This is awesome~! I learned a ton just watching you; even thou the board wasn't fixed, the video is a gem of information.

[@watchingdanny]

Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn. Never lose. Nice video. Good job.

[@brandonparks770]

Nice, use to work on boards computers and automotive and this brought back so much of the good feelings I got from trying to fix the not so obvious issues. Even called the internal short problem just before you did (yeah still got it). Just subscribed and can't wait to see what else you've videoed and what's to come. Great content.

[@neo8223]

ha i remember that video 2 years ago. Thats why i'm here :) Just so impressed how you fix things that even the best of people would have given up on. Glad you cleaned your desk in this video though! It sends my OCD crazy. I absolutely know your channels going to sky rocket :)

[@bluewinterwolf]

Been following Tronics for a long time so nice to see you both colab regularly :)

[@ArcadeFreak-gw5rp]

Steve is how I found your channel, your amazing at repairing these things. I have a ps4 that has the same issue but I have 2 that do work so I’m not really worried about it.

[@kentstark3104]

i enjoy watching you both Collab... sucks that you can't fix it... but it is what it is... looking forward to more collabs with both of you!

[@Stellerex]

Oh heck yes this is an amazing collab. Love both your channels y'all rock! LESSS GO!

[@isaacjrv]

I like the partnership of two of my favorite channels, double the amount of fun.

[@MikeGervasi]

As soon as I saw Steve's video I knew you'd be the man to take it on. True , I found you due to Steve as well.

[@theplaystationgamer100]

Knew it would be you mate. Good luck bud. Steve’s a great guy too. 👍🏻

[@TheBioWanderer151]

Came here from Tronicsfix with the first crossover and have loved your content ever since. Keep up the great work. I love how you go the extra mile every time.

[@AeiKei]

It would be interesting to know if the short is somewhere in the board or in the APU itself. Maybe you should have removed the APU to check if the short is gone

[@tyronenelson9124]

I thought that, it would make an interesting video to actually find out what the problem is.

[@MElixirDNB]

problem with that is, you cant remove a large chip like that with a hot air flow gun, and if you do you cant get it back on properly. need more expensive equipment.

[@brandonparks770]

@@MElixirDNB not sure what you're talking about , heat gun at 800 will remove everything and properly placed aluminum foil will help keep the heat from the smaller components.

[@AeiKei]

@@MElixirDNB he's already doing reballings...

[@MElixirDNB]

​@@brandonparks770 theres a reason professionals dont use heat guns and use a reflow station specifically for this purpose, so no you should not use a heat gun or a hot airflow rework gun, they are made for small components only. If you want to ruin the lifespan of your silicon go ahead though

[@JohnSmith-yw3jr]

Was totally waiting for this video! Love your work together guys ❤️

[@AhmedTesjeel]

It’s great that you tried, Keep up the good work, and always put the perfect amount of thermal paste lol😂

[@aoneblood]

It's wonderful how you all get along. I'm glad I was able to see everyone evolve into what we have today.

[@Jim_M_75]

I unsubbed one person last week, I won't name him but he retro fitted a backlight connector for a customer and knowingly didn't fit the few other components to get the circut working. The guy charges a large fixed rate for repairs and it was the final straw for me, greed over pride in work. I totally agree on the rest of the community though, lots of banter and good will between the youtubers.

[@Desalater2]

@@Jim_M_75 im assuming im subbed to the same person cause i know which vid you mean, is that on him or the customer tho? cause if you ask for 1 thing but actually need more doing to get it to work should the guy go out on a limb and do it or should the customer have been more specific? not picking a side here im just wondering if he should have gone further even tho the work the customer actually asked for was done

[@Jim_M_75]

@@Desalater2 In this case mate I'm putting it on him not the customer. He charges a set fee, a large one at that. It just seemed a bit nasty to me, just my take. If you could solder smd caps you could change the connector if you get me. The man is good at what he does but compared to others it's very much about $$ and not so much pride and pleasing if you get me.

[@Desalater2]

@@Jim_M_75 yeah ive noticed in his vids its all about fixing it asap or sending it back saying no fix so i was on the fence about what reasonable level you would expect from them when only asked to do one thing, its got that ring of malicious compliance to it i think

[@EpicRivers1]

Steve is a legend man, I love both yours and his content. You got mad skills bro.

[@naderz4064]

Thanks for still uploading it!!

[@chrisbishop3687]

Great effort! I can see why pulsing blue light is uneconomical for repair shops.

[@Ant-kd4mc]

I thought he was sending it you! Love how you support each others channel.

[@Lichti82]

That drop at 3:58 made my heart stop. Else, good work and nice video. That bromance is lovely. Keep it up

[@dazlee3449]

still take my hat hat off for you working Christmas day man, so professional and passionate about the customer,no1 guy to go to for a fix and im in the midlands so im not too far.

[@TheRealVitaminTtm]

Haha what a great continuation of Steve's video. Awesome

[@jcchaconjr]

Ah well - you can't win them all. I was engrossed and thought you were going to find the issue in one of those MOSFETs as you started to remove them all, but then I checked and noticed that there was less than 2 minutes left in the video, lol. Still, very entertaining and informative!

[@bagos13GR]

TheCod3r and TronisFix....youtubers that provided me great inspiration to start a hobby on fixing consoles and stuff. Great Video!! Hope we see more of that friendly competition ! It's just Great Content !

[@gos2slo]

A+ for effort mate, well done!

[@MrCoffis]

I love these challenges you guys should do more! 😂

[@checob224]

I knew it was you the one who he sent it 😂. Great video man.

[@andrew4294]

this guy deserves more likes and more subs. I got here through tronics video. more power to you mate.

[@5mf1nc]

Did you clear the "fuse" before voltage injection? Otherwise it backfeeded the rail and that may caused the mosfets' back-diode to turn on/overheat (and those mosfets shouldn't be the problem as the PSU and the CPU/APU was energized during test /it would shut down, if any mosfet would have been shorted/) Are you sure those are the parts that serialized/married together? Afaik "only" the ODD-controller, APU, Syscon and Flash(content) are married-- why would it be paired to the SB's RAM? Have you tried enabling the serial-port and checking the output? (yeah, it's a bit hassle to remove the flash, dump, modify (BwE tool), flash back and solder back) Do you have any experience in how likely the CxD90042GG SB is failing compared to any other SB?

[@shreyasrao6515]

You sound like someone who knows what they are talking about

[@georgeowen2083]

@@shreyasrao6515 if they don’t, they are the best slick talker in history. Lol

[@phr3ui559]

lol

[@TheLucasGregory]

You should be making videos like this, then. If you're so good like you think you are...

[@richardstone8615]

Definitely another fix worth watching 😊🎉

[@GrapplerS10]

I been waiting to see this video pop up!!

[@pumbaajnr9794]

Subscribed - I love your appreciation for other youtubers!

[@jeffwalker7185]

I only came access your channel after your Christmas Day and Boxing Day PS5 saga and subbed. When I watched TronicsFix video with the 500k PS4 - at the end, when he said he would send it to another KZbinr, I was hoping it would be you.

[@megaton_a]

Just started watching, but when Tronics said he was sending it to someone I knew you were the guy! Been waiting for this...

[@Twanger..]

Top man. If my PlayStation 5 keels over I know where I'll be sending it. Keep up the good work chap.

[@CamboRamboTV]

love the content! win some you lose some! on to the next!

[@zanthiel2009]

Came from TronicsFix, nice to find another KZbinr to binge watch electronic fixes!

[@ye-rochawkins5432]

Smart guy you are man. Definitely teaching me some things! Which is what I love about this channel. I’d also love to have some of the equipment you have, truly. One day I’ll get some of the tools. Some things…just aren’t fixable, no matter what people may like to think…unless you literally re-engineer the whole damn machine you’re working on. I’d still love to know if the short was internal, within the layers of the board. How could you actually go about figuring that out? Literally deconstruct every circuit on the board? I’m guessing so, and at that point, you’re just answering a question, and a fix is out of the question, so I understand why you didn’t go down that route lol.

[@DJWHITE_]

You got a sub at the start of the video! Looking forward to this!

[@timvu9427]

Steve sent me here. I'm excited to be a new subscriber to your channel.

[@Jzwiz]

I was wondering who he sent it to, then youtube suggest this video. Neat

[@jeffreymartinez8028]

Steve is how I found you way back when.

[@claytonreed5153]

Was sent by Tronics, and dont regret, good content :)

[@ants5449]

Watched his video the other day how did I know he was sending it to you lol

[@spencerratto9248]

Hell yeah!!!! I knew he was sending it to you when I watched his video!!! I’m super glad he did

[@JP-114]

Subscribed. Thanks Steve showing this channel

[@rosspaginton8212]

Come on Phil! I’ve sat and watched you do a full transplant on a ps4 pro 10 hours work! Manual re-balling with your stencils now surely it’s worth the effort to revive this one!

[@jam120509]

I found your channel because of steve! love your vids man

[@stacey-gray]

I noticed that postit note on the original TronicsFix video. When Steve said something about “guessing who this would be going to”, I immediately thought of you. Plus (and I could be wrong here) but I’m 99.9% sure that same postit note was present in the workspace area on one of your recent videos that I watched recently too? Cannot wait to watch this later. I think you’ll fix it! 🙂👍🏻

[@TheCod3r]

Hahaha yep I've been trying to give subtle clues for a few days now 🤣

[@johanklausen]

cool, like when different channels send challenges to each other and do different collaborations

[@alphanerd2305]

THIS is the video I've been waiting for since Tronics posted his vid.

[@maxdemonx]

King of solder rework! amazing work!

[@gamersplaygroundliquidm3th526]

18:57 I find that when they break like that when taking off the PCB , its usually because they were bad and burned up internally and damaged the outer shell from the inside causing the brittleness and cracking when removing.

[@ianhaylock7409]

Been waiting for this.

[@straubulous9511]

I love watching your videos. Your incredibly talented.

[@tailzer42]

Aww man that sucks to be beaten but great effort and interesting to watch

[@BasicComputerRepair]

That rabbit hole was deep!

[@villamoranto7789]

Both of you guys, (the Coder and tronixfix) i salute you,👌

[@BobbyPenny-wo8ks]

You did a very nice job of diagnosing the issue. I like watching videos like this.

[@stevenmoya2151]

Gotcha your self a new subscriber thru TronicsFix. 👍 great video.

[@yalopov]

first time watching one of your videos, pretty cool stuff!

[@MyklBlue69]

Aw nice! I saw Steve's video but didn't know who he was sending it to. Now I do 😜

[@David-yh5po]

I joined looking forward to seeing more great videos.

[@0rangemuffin]

When he just kept pulling out more motherboards...lol! it's funny that he has so many just within arms reach xD

[@thodangodwar]

I fixed my PS4,thanks 2 u, watching your channel. ⭐⭐⭐

[@dunderdotten]

Really fun to watch and as many other viewers say, its really fun to see you guys respect and battles :D

[@mjc0961]

Awesome, I was hoping it was you again when Steve said he was sending it out.

[@mjc0961]

2:31 - Shots fired! Hahahaha!!!

[@mjc0961]

See, the reason it couldn't be fixed is because Steve used the wrong amount of thermal paste earlier. If he had used the perfect amount, it'd be working right now. Nah Steve's cool. Travis did it. Curse you, Travis! Not your mum though, she's got it goin' on.

[@sorryalligator]

my favorite part is when he began to stack the boards, so rad

[@ServantOfAres]

Love it love your videos and TronixFix !! You guys are great

[@cloudstrife3767]

Think it was the first video where he sent you the console to fix that brought me to this channel, not looked back since.

[@tdbla98]

I love that he sent it to you just to say "bet you can't fix it mate 😏" haha.

[@DragonProtector]

Keep at it!

[@stephenkelly5642]

it's just a pity we don't have repairers like you where l live.

[@cardboard316]

This channel has popped up. I subbed straight away

[@pcjc2006]

I watch both videos from u and Steve wicked videos

[@danatmonst3594]

Came here from TronixFix's channel. Hi! 👋 and YES! Its SOLDER :D

[@martinp485]

Awesome, I have a Pro with the same issue ready to send to you 😃😂

[@slider2828]

Great try. Love the cooperation on the channel

[@ordinarystuff]

Here from tronix, subbed mate.

[@joseph_donovan]

Bah what a crushing finale! I was all ready to tackle my brother's PS 4 Pro with the same problem and, hopefully, fix it, but, alas, I've had to tell him he has a large paperweight! Gutted!

[@hadjimouh8617]

I've just watched tronix' video suddenly ur video pumped in recondition vids & i said why not, good job though 👏

[@Yrenne]

I'm not much of a techie so I didn't fully understand why Steve replaced the motherboard without even trying to fix it, but this makes it crystal clear. When the problem is this difficult (nearly impossible, I would say) to pinpoint and to fix it you might have to replace almost half the board with pieces from another board to fix it... at that point it totally makes more sense to just use another board entirely. Not worth the hassle. But I commend the attempt! Great video.

[@PredatoryQQmber]

And all thanks to legalized vendor-locking and hardware DRM. Not only sourcing those parts directly from manufacturer and screwing around without access to schematic is a major pain but chips are designed to brick themselves if their built-in serial numbers don't match to serial of the unit, to make any replacement impossible.

[@OD91MJ]

Cockroach board is better…I almost feel like he purposely cleaned that board to prove his point.

[@baecchi4153]

Im here because of the other guys video .. im new watcher for both of you guys ..

[@shakangel666]

Nice troubleshooting knowledge shared!!! Would it have shown some type of error if the NOR would have been UART patched and scanned with BwE software?

[@rogerargueta5769]

He brought me here... subscribed and thumbed up

[@leeharris5499]

Well Well. I guessed who Steve would sent it too lol

[@3characterslong]

Im a year late to the party, but its nice to discover your channel you 2 are very entertaining and informative.