Trying to Fix Extremely EXPENSIVE Faulty eBay Items for Profit | Profit or Loss S1:E9

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Here is the follow on Livestream for this one 😊▶kzbin.infosmDlS_n5IRA?feature=share

[@marcsduk]

Can you put your eBay so maybe we can buy some of the stuff , thanks

[@Wurstifier]

To be honest I find it more exciting to see your tries and fails than the 'normal' repair videos. This just seems more real and honest. And hey, you also make money from the videos, don't you? You have at least 20600 subscribers! .. and a Sponsor!

[@silwyth88]

Word on the street is that you need about a million monthly views for an 'average' wage

[@DreStyle]

Word

[@doctorlaptopuk]

Joey. Only recently found your channel. I always take my hat off to anyone who posts video's of fails. HOWEVER, you have NOT failed at all. You succeeded in proving it could not be repaired by you. There is a difference. One is giving up. One is trying. And you have learned. It is an expensive lesson, but my experience of 99% of ebay items is that they are either worse than skip finds, or are incorrectly described. Be very cautious of anything described as "untested". But best wishes, keep going and thanks for posting!

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Thankyou and welcome! I will always post the fails so people can learn with me :)

[@triplexdread]

My immediate thought when I saw the staining on chassis was nicotine. Snip the wires to motor on both drives and solder them back together then heat shrink them to allow swapping the JST connector

[@Derek_Garnham]

re the motor power - exactly, no brainer, wonder why he didn't see it?

[@JoeyDoesTech]

I updated the comment to state I tried another disc drive but unfortunately it didn’t fix the issue 😢 Great idea though, thanks :)

[@DreStyle]

Nicotine? Ffs it's must be in a tonne of smoke lol ,,there is nicotine present,,the dust is brown and stained (can be vape) however dust ...dust dust

[@Davidson762]

I think cigarette / nicotine is sticky and traps gunk easier. I've seen very similar buildup from heavy smokers PC's​@@DreStyle

[@aserta]

@@DreStyle In today's world, this is unseen and odd, but for those of us from eons ago, this is ... normal. You'd pop open a pc from the 90's it was all like that. Every surface, every chip, everything. You'd have to dip entire boards in mystery sauce to clean it. Horrible addiction and it cost them thousands of dollars per year in some cases. I personally knew someone who had to replace electronics in his house every few years because they couldn't stand up to the nicotine + dust combo. Neither did his body in the end.

[@phatwayne]

Love how honest you are about how much this is making / costing you :)

[@sorcererstan]

Never a failure, always an education. And having reference boards and parts is not a bad thing. Consider it investment for future repairs.

[@MirceaD28]

The last one can be fixed. Buy the same model board is an option. Another option is to swap connectors. The pins (wires) can be removed from the connector. There are small lock that that holds the pin in the connector. So if the pins inside are the same you just need to swap the connector.

[@christywear5272]

yep, also can test voltages for pos , neg.. if there's a third it's prob sense line.. which.. is optional. So .. even if not swapping pins.. can prob just nothing else solder into other connector leave third off(sense).

[@christywear5272]

2 wire fans, either run full tilt, or voltage variable. 3 wire, uses sense wire to try to detect pulse width or has rpm sensor.. 4 wire has control wire and sense wire, for better more precise mgmnt. just depends on the controller prob, or design.

[@bookishaxis123]

Don't feel sorry for us, we enjoy either way, it doesn't matter for us that you "failed", it's all learning! Also every bit of the video is enjoyable. The sad part is the profit only hahaha

[@TheKec789]

Love your work! Also see you have improved quite a bit since this video a year ago! I will never understand how some treat their expensive gear so poorly. I have an Xbox 1s and PS4 Pro, both purchased when they launched, and both still look like they came out of the box. Take better care of your hardware people!

[@alfredhughes8765]

For PS 4, Joey, it may not help but with the large amount of dirt and dust, there is a remote possibility that there is a short somewhere in the system. Also, with the drive spinning and not stopping and not sounding well. I would clean the drive or disconnect it and boot. A good clean can't hurt.

[@MightyJabroni]

Agreed, with that amount of dirt, you never know what noises it can introduce. It also can mask corrosion.

[@auxc.6805]

26:30 desolder and solder the old connector pin to the new mobo. Or cut the enlarged cable and solder new fitting cable to fit that mobo connector. Idk if its possible but it looks like it would be

[@Wanton110]

4:47 1RO has bluing and brown fading around the edges which may be a sign of it burning out

[@MomirPeh]

Hi Joey! I think you should've checked the state of the USB ports on that PS4 as the pins might be mangled and shorting to the shielding or to each other which could cause such an issue. Good luck and I hope I catch the next live stream. ;) Cheers!

[@mirayanomi]

Swap over the eeprom from drive to another board will isolate if chip is dead or of disk drive has been swapped

[@DG-mi2mc]

Imagine the house that PS4 has lived in... How people can live like animals is beyond me

[@rob41n]

Great to see, from a newbies point of view that people dont always get to fix things.

[@virgildeklerk]

Love this video! Yes too bad was was a loss till now but you've shown a lot of skill replacing all parts and trying to fix so well done for that. I also have two broken ps4's here with the same problem as yours still have not found a solution for them. I you revisit this ps4 i'm hoping you'll find a solution. Great content Joey 👍🏻

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Thankyou Virgil as always :)

[@jonathanmartin3375]

Not a failure - just content for livestreams. I'm looking forward to them.

[@uhZeny]

Wouldn’t have guessed that this channel only had 21k subs when I watched the video. Nice work it’ll pay off

[@jontait1095]

If it's just that 1 small connector that is different on the 2 bluray drives you can cut the wires a couple of inches up from the connector and join them on the other drive to test

[@bufordmaddogtannen]

@1:02 Did someone took a dump in the Ethernet port or is that tar? 😁 Said that, excessive dirt and dust can cause shorts or alter "signals" (due to added resistance). I'd start by cleaning that PS4 board, you may get lucky.

[@maxis576]

Don’t give up on the ps5! We wanna see it fixed no matter what it takes

[@eain9009]

The joys of PlayStations every daughter board is tied to the mainboard, one fails and it can't update. And there is many types of drives and revisions to find a replacement drive.

[@scottb8809]

Would it be possible to just cut and swap those motor connectors so you can swap the DVD drive boards?

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Thankyou for watching! If you want to checkout more videos from this series, here's the playlist in order 😊▶ kzbin.info/aero/PLPPvwjMj29nAmcOq0Pn3zHkHxX35xfeGG | SPOILER for this video below I managed to get another PS5 Disc Drive with the correct socket, and I have the exact same issue. I've also tried a new front eject and power button board (in case the button was stuck or jammed) however same issue. I believe the problem is one of the following: 1. Original disc drive wasn't included, meaning the chip to pair them is gone (meaning console is bricked) 2. Main motherboard on the PS5 has an issue with it 3. I didn't put the Southbridge on correctly 4. Somethings gone wrong on the disc drive board itself Comment on this comment with which one you think it might be 😊😊

[@alfredhughes8765]

I know nothing about any gaming systems, so this may be a dumb question but if the board and disk drive are paired have you tried to unplug the drive to see the results. Also, I may have missed it, but I have you taken it down to the point where you can test all power rails and components? It is tedious work but good experience if you haven't done anything like that before. I like your videos where you are keeping track of initial cost, expense, and if it is sellable or not.

[@spikeygoc]

Cut the motor wires about 10cm above the plug on both disc drives and solder the plug wires from the working disc drive to plug wires for the motherboard. Problem solved no? Or am I missing something.

[@SnipesXxX]

When you try to update the system is the disc drive connected or not? Just connect it, update and sell it as a digital. If the drive is hooked up and it's failing to update I'd say the drive board is bad.

[@MissFoxification]

That sounds like a drive with gears that are not aligned properly. I haven't seen it in a while but when I repaired PC's that happened a bit, someone shoves a disc in and it keeps spitting the disc/tray back out. When there's no disc it's always trying to eject it. It could be the sensor that detects the presence of a disc as well.

[@Phille023]

gutted you didn't fix the PS5 because you really did a excellent job with the soldering. I hope you can find a solution for it

[@soybigmac]

i love how these videos pop up and they are like "trying to fix faulty ebay items" but its really just "another playstation video."

[@sdgx0]

your channel is small but i hope you keep growing i love your repair videos

[@neilgreenfield4696]

Nice bit of voice over Rob worked well

[@ghohenzollern]

Often with connectors like the one between the optical drive and its board, the wires lock in to the plug and by pressing a small metal release on the plug you can unlock them, pull the wires out of the plug and then push them into another plug, no soldering or electrical tape required. :P

[@keithgoldston2859]

My grandson is over at the house and I heard your kids in the background lol I looked around thought my grandson had woken up lol

[@JJJJJJJ337]

You should make this a new series, but on episode one you should give yourself a starting budget of let’s say £10 or £20 and that covers whatever you buy plus repairs. Then episode 2 you use the remaining balance plus profits from episode 1 and build it that way. Would be fun to watch the progress

[@JoeyDoesTech]

This is a great idea! I’m sure some other Repair KZbinrs have tried this but I’m sure I could put a JDT spin on it :)

[@swan2886]

Its like watching a Doctor doing keyhole surgery on a robot, love it, so satisfying 😊

[@victoriacotton6018]

Yeay new vid! Hope you're having a great day comments and Joey ~!

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Thankyou Vicky!

[@alfascarlate]

Hi Joey, big fan of your channel, i've been wondering if could tell me what kind of tweezers do you use? mine are those black simplistic "anti-static" that can't grab for nothing and left me hanging when it launched my DsLite touchscreen FPC connector across the room, lol. thanks in advance mate!

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Thankyou! I got them from Ali Express :) if you type in soldering tweezers, they’re usually the first ones to pop up!

[@alfascarlate]

@@JoeyDoesTech thanks mate!

[@indy5280]

Dirt can cause issues. Another person on KZbin had a no power or display. (Forgot the exact issue) n64 that failed to work due to dirt and grime

[@uhZeny]

Couldn’t you cut the connector and solder the new on? Not to the motherboard but female connector that is on the wire.

[@cra1gyp]

Loving the videos, keep it up! On the ones you don’t manage to fix, is there no resale value if sold as faulty/for parts?

[@AdotBooM]

Subbed, love these kind of vidoes!

[@shiivoooooo]

I still can't believe you upgraded the console after you found out the drive was failing. With the experience you have repairing ps4, and knowing that the drive is paired to the motherboard.

[@willkra]

Fine job with the ps5, but unlucky in the end😞. The crushed plastic outside the usb ports on the ps4, couldnt this indicate a possible problem with one of them?

[@alejandrocorrea3915]

Hey joey i got a xbox series x for 170 only problem bad housing badly damaged and it had a bad disc drive the laser snapped off the rails can u recommend a place where u get these drives USA

[@CourtJester7489.]

how do i start doing things like this? where is a good and cost efficient place to start?

[@krisiejamie]

lots of hard work with this one joey. good attempt mate

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Thanks bud ❤

[@jaredgarbo3679]

Could you have soldered the old connector onto the new motherboard?

[@mball1993]

I wonder if the disc drive didn't work as it was tied to the shorted South Bridge?

[@TheSpotify95]

Most things that are sold on eBay (or elsewhere) "for parts", which have already been taken apart before, are because the thing is faulty and is beyond economic repair. Really not worth buying said lots.

[@Mattsie]

Hi Joey, I noticed you are wearing a fitbit Ionic if I'm not mistaken. Did you know there is a recall for this model? Really like the series!

[@KingAndaval]

Enjoying your vids! Can't you just snip that cable from the disc drive and solder to a cable that has the correct connector? The replacement disc drive board looks like it's JST-PH 2-pin 2.0mm and the original looks possibly like it's JST-SH 2-pin 1.0mm (difficult to fully tell without measuring) Worst comes to worst, you can remove the original connector block and just solder straight to the terminals on the disc drive board? Edit: just seen your comment that a correct connector didn't work. Annoying that these things are factory-paired.

[@jonogrimmer6013]

Your patience is impressive! Would like to get into board repair but would end up rage quitting :)

[@chazjenkins4012]

I used to repair PS3 blu-ray drives. If the alignment was out on the drive loading mechanism, it would cause all sorts of issues such as the one you've had - the drive making a loading sound on startup without a disc being present and not reading discs. My thought process is that the console suddenly failed and the owner or previous repairer removed the disc that was loaded (most likely FIFA) and reassembled without resetting the mechanism. I would double check this. I don't have a huge amount of experience on the PS5, so I can't comment on why it's not updating. Other cause for concern would be logic board for the drive has failed or isn't the correct paired one.

[@Vdbdesigns-3dprint]

why didnt you just replace the jst connector to fit? its just power to the motor

[@mr.popcorn6224]

I had the same problem w my ps4. Everything was in good condition, but same outcome with the light and the button. Changing the battery, and shorting the battery socket + and - for 10sec(remove the battery and shorting the contacts) fixed the problem. Booted into safe mode and saw that the system was corrupted. Therefore, concluded the system broke, and the last user tried turning it on and off couple of times, bricking the "check" sequence. Maybe this info will help you. L is for learning.

[@resoursa]

Sooo about ps5, in ps4 cdRom was paired with motherboard, and i think it was with chipset, maybe in ps5 something similar, and when you change chipset it falls to read cdrom, so you need a crom chip from chipset that you changed.

[@fredthesmilingpineapple9856]

I have a dsi with a broken lcd screen could I pay you to replace it?

[@Clawhammer_]

Success or failure, its still entertaining for me.

[@Mobileithelp]

One way you can salvage the ps5 is flash the bios chip with the digital edition firmware. This will then allow updates to run. It won’t fix the disk drive but will let it work normally other than that.

[@Jammysandwedge88]

Hi Joey any videos on an Xbox series X ? Had a new disc tray fitted under warranty December just gone, I’ve not really used it since I’ve had it back but, not when I power it up the light comes on for 3 seconds and straight back off! They now want £289 to look at it because the warranty ran out in March 😂

[@Mouseketier85]

Way to go man. Good repair

[@EndroEndro]

Dirt and dust can make short circuit when console was in soggy environment i had once a server motherboard with issue like that even if dirt seem like dry

[@gamingtechandbeyond]

The touch buttons of the early PS4 are finicky. They eject the disc and turn off randomly with heat as well.

[@KisoX]

There might be a minus in the pure numbers. But the experience is priceless!

[@riparaggi]

Hi Joey! BLOD in PS4 could be everything... bad HDD, bad Southbridge, bad RAM, bad APU, maybe bad HDMI retimer (but in this case you'll have a white light of death and no display). Try reflowing the ram, wish you good luck! (if you need some spare parts let me know..)

[@riparaggi]

for the PS5 watch fuses on Blue Ray daughter board (DAMN! they did it again... the same Renesas board of original PS4's)

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Thankyou bud! I was thinking I could move the renesas chip from one board to another and test :) that works just like the PS4’s I’m assuming!

[@SanjayFrank11]

sometimes a good clean can fix it. looks like the dirt thingy is kinda wet and is shorting some components

[@Enjoymentboy]

While that fan connector replacement wasn't "Leonardo Da Vinci art" I would say it was Leonardo Decaprio art...so you're halfway there.

[@TheSkaldenmettrunk]

Oh no! So much work, such a great job and then? Faultyy Disc Drive.. I feel so sorry.. nevertheless it was a great and interesting video. Cheers and happy Easter!

[@JoeyDoesTech]

You too bud, thanks! It got worse and worse with this one hey 😂

[@TheSkaldenmettrunk]

@@JoeyDoesTech yep..🤣 Thank you!

[@davc6879]

Maybe some switched a disc drive out already thinking that was the case. Not knowing you had to switch the boards as welln

[@voteDC]

Couldn't you just swap the connector on the end of the wire for the disc drive?

[@GanbatteFritos]

Just unsolder the wire from the motor and solder a new one, or just replace the connector end. I don't get it.

[@DreStyle]

Ps is stationary.... The chance the port is fckd is very small Look at it as a pc Boot issue Check CMOS battery Hard drive Ram ALWAYS remove dust ALWAYS clean cooling Dust is able to make shorts ,they can cause trouble Try to reset motherboard Don't know even a slight bit how a ps works ,but it might that the board has crashed (very tiny small change..unless your cmoss batt is dead)

[@philtowle4683]

Couldn't you de pin the connector?

[@MasterJediSean]

Could you not just buy a same type bluray drive and then swap the pcb? might be doable and will help make this sellable. Or could you not plug in the faulty bluray to complete the update? just wondering. Good Luck mate!

[@CH11LER.]

You need to replace the hdmi video chip. Forgot the name of it but its common for that to fail

[@wizzardoffuzz]

Can you not just snip off the connectors from the drive and swap them over?

[@qoopz1618]

The PS5 looks like either the disc drive daughterboard completely died (in which case you cant update the console), or someone just swapped it from another console, in which case you got yourself ps5 donorboard. What a sad buy Joey, I really hope next time you will get profit!

[@Mexidudes]

I got a playstation pro for $21 that had “blod” in 2020. I installed a new hardrive and installed the system software and it’s been working ever since. You should give it a try if you ever have time to kill :)

[@theodanielwollff]

Poor cat! This happens to me all the time when I film. You gotta either let the cat in or put the kitty outside.

[@martinreinhart8483]

The disk drive connector you could have cut off the connector and change it with the other one

[@ajaks7636]

Fail? You didn't fail anyone!! Another Great Video. PS5 hopefully just a bad mechanism; bad laser or spindle motor perhaps. Cheers! 😁

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Thankyou Ajak as always!

[@juli12345istRecorsi]

That PS4 looks rough. Definitely from a smoker household. Good gob on the PS5, I'm sure you will get the disk drive sorted out.

[@danfrancis1984]

I really don’t understand why so many second had consoles are in such bad condition. I’ve had consoles for 30 years and I’ve never scratched, dented, broken or damaged a port.

[@DreStyle]

I have a 4.5 k pc ,,,,it came with the disk drive not working I had to remove the cover with the warranty seal The plug was not put in right ...took me 10 painful minutes of Putin a cable in !!! For a 4k+pc .....much shame However,the babe is now out of warranty,and still working 😅 And me fixed it ,no los ,good

[@marios3202]

Why does it bother me so much that such a smart dude can't spend 5 minutes to learn Excel formulas and automate that spreadsheet?

[@itzkeyz2526]

Can you fix graphics cards

[@maples328]

I cringe everytime someone plugs 🔌 in a game system that way. I fried a brand new Xbox that way. Broke me of that, lol 😂

[@jareddoesstuff358]

Man it's crazy the extent that people trash their consoles lol

[@AngelVamp35]

first clean , then testing and looking .

[@AngelVamp35]

and never trust an all ok " some other told you ,lool

[@kiwisi4446]

How long you been at rocket repairs?

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Under a year :)

[@Lazyman1975]

Looks like nicotine. Sticky and moist as it sticks to dust particles. It is moisture basically so it can cause issues. Ive had a customer motherboard in the past start on fire from smoking around it...sigh

[@evelynrodriguez8652]

New subscriber, you can always go back to them again and we will still watch

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Welcome!

[@urukadooedwards7637]

Damn!! Those Gloves are Dirty! :)

[@milkypelf]

great epoisode thank you

[@why_wait]

The ps5 clearly had been more than opened and shouted that a bodge job had been done. Straight back to the seller for a refund as a item sold that was clearly different than advertised. My guess is someone tried to fix it and broke it

[@jonaszprzybycien6545]

11:24 meow in the background?

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Yeah 😂

[@Dmiliunas]

Ps5, Disk drive, swap them connectors, it's just two wires.

[@brandonbahret5632]

i don't think i've ever seen anyone else use solder wick as a repair material. 😲

[@philtowle4683]

I tried it in an automatic gearbox to replace a solid "track" didn't last long. Used a crimp in the end.

[@ssref3199]

keep it when ps5 gets jailbroken old fw units are gonna be worth alot