Viewer Tried to Fix Their PS4 Slim - It Didn't Go Well

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Viewer Tries to Fix Their PS4 Slim - It Didn't Go Well -- Seller says this PS4 was stuck by lightning, then they tried to fix it but only made it worse. I'll start by checking the fuses, since that's what the seller said they tried to fix. Then we'll go from there.
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[@apoco_lips9957]

very kind of you to say the previous person didnt make anything worse, they were likely inspired by someone like you that is talented enough to make repairs look easy. I think an important aspect of your channel is to inspire people to learn to fix things. Although dunking on the previous owner might be what many people think to do, it could discourage people who were reached by your enthusiasm and tried to learn to fix something

[@dantenajera9687]

Rsther than inspire is actually to learn something

[@lightskinanticsjiggin8129]

I agree 100%

[@JayyFromFL]

When he confirmed the jumped fuse worked my first thought was “I hope he messaged the guy and let him know he was on the right track” Things like this can be discouraging, especially when you feel like you’ve spent tons of time and aren’t getting anywhere, nice to know you’re going in the right direction

[@Addison0526]

Unless of course the person didn’t mean to bridge it and accidentally goobered solder on there like I would have lol

[@jenglett]

This is one of the reasons I love to watch Steve, he is never negative about anything. He just see's problems that need fixing (with the perfect amount of thermal paste).

[@TheCod3r]

Great job Steve. I hope you're feeling better and recovering well buddy. Much love to your family ❤

[@Tronicsfix]

Thanks Phil/ I had round 1 of chemo about 10 days ago and not feeling too bad. 5 more rounds to go!

[@TheCod3r]

@Tronicsfix genuinely thinking of you bud. I know that's a cliché and people say it all the time but I've had to deal with similar recently (not me, a family member) so I can imagine what we went through is 100x worse for you. I'm sure you'll get through this tough time though and be back to your old self in no time. You also know where I am if you ever need someone impartial to just listen and talk bud

[@ptakup3]

@@Tronicsfix Good to hear that, keep recovering well! I had similar thing (if not the same) 10y ago and I felt pretty bad for 2-3 days every 2 weeks, but as you wrote in your last yt post, chance of cure and remission is pretty high for this one, so you should be fine. :)

[@Notaravisen]

Genuinely thinking of you too. Weird, I’m a random mother of two from Norway, but your videos are my escape from my reality…😂❤ Been rewatching all your vids the last days. I guess we’re a whole bunch of people genuinely wanting the best for you Steve 🙌🏻 Best wishes!!!

[@bpcgos]

I didn't know you got cancer, hope you'll get well soon... Tronicsfix is the only tech fix channel that able to present entertaining content of repairing electronics compared to other (after Ben heck)

[@Cosmic_Espeon]

Glad to see you continuing to upload man! Love the content and wish you a speedy recovery! Kick that cancer’s ass brother! Much love ❤️

[@12345.......]

You should make a video on how to pack electronics for shipping. The gameboy I bought on whatnot was packed beautifully.

[@Tronicsfix]

I probably would if I thought it would get good views.

[@kforkrish]

How possible is a comment from yesterday on a video posted just now?

[@6reen6uy]

@@kforkrishpatreon or channel members get early access, pretty standard across YT.

[@nicholaswalter4107]

@@kforkrish My guess is Patreon gets access first

[@f937r]

@@nicholaswalter4107 This. The videos are posted private with a link for Patreon subscribers and then made public afterwards.

[@TrashPandaKai907]

Its not much, but just wanted to say thanks for making these awesome vids! I know you're going through some stuff...just know we're all behind you! Thanks again and cant wait too see the next vid!

[@Tronicsfix]

Thank you so much for your support! Really appreciate it.

[@Liam_Oliver]

Hi Steve! Just wanted to say thanks for showing me how to dismantle a PS4 Pro some years ago when mine became desperate for a deep clean. I was willing to dive straight in, but I've learned it's best to go into these things with half an idea before jumping in with fingers of sausages and fists of ham. Tomorrow I will be deep cleaning my 99th and 100th (!) PS4 model, a number of which I probably wouldn't be at if your video hadn't given me that boost of confidence to dismantle it properly! So thanks for all the entertainment and advocacy for O/O repair! Oh, and helping me pad my wallet out a bit more... 👍🏻

[@ChrisTian-sd5yq]

wow

[@lbdjthethird1240]

I respect someone willing to try and jury rig something that may or may not be out of their league. 😂

[@fs_dave]

If your console was "struck by lightning" and it's not a pile of slag, it wasn't struck by lightning. LOVE your videos, Steve!

[@BigM_TV]

They likely mean a lightning strike caused a power surge, which blew the fuse.

[@volvo09]

Doing tech support I had a guy bring me his laptop power brick after his power line got hit by lightning. The brick exploded like a massive firecracker was put in it! His wireless router wall wart popped open too, it was wild. The laptop survived though! He lost just about all electronics that were plugged in.

[@MyRegardsToTheDodo]

@@BigM_TV That would normally kill the fuse in the PSU.

[@awilliams1701]

I heard of a car that was......from the power grid (EV). No visible damage because it was hit a mile away. The dealer couldn't fix it. GM bought it from the owner. GM gave reports to the owner. They never did fix it. But yeah sometimes struck by lightning doesn't mean directly. But if it was, it wouldn't have been that easy to fix. So I too have my doubts.

[@MyRegardsToTheDodo]

@@awilliams1701 A lightning strike normally means that it got an overcharge through the wall power outlet, which normally kills the fuse in the PSU and doesn't move on to the rest of the motherboard. It's not very likely that the damage to this console was caused by a lightning strike, but the original owner might have thought it did, because he didn't understand the original fault (the bad drive motor), but found the blown fuse.

[@bryanwharton6692]

The locked rotor current of the disk drive motor is probably what blew the fuse. Nice fix!

[@AndresLionheart]

So nothing to do with lightning. They had a disc stuck, tried using the manual eject with a screwdriver that was too big and then continue to use the console until the fuse blew.

[@algizmo7079]

You got a jigsaw puzzle, and made a PS4 Slim out of it. Nice work. Teardown vids are good for new starters, but reassembly in correct order and position is so important.

[@Blind-Ambition]

hah, love these "console in pieces" videos. it's gotten to a point where the packing (or lack thereof) is the most anticipating part

[@guitarhero918]

I loved this video Steve! Specifically how focused and serious you were throughout the video. Some of the videos you joke around a lot, but this is to the point and informative. Bravo! Thank you

[@alext6933]

Now this is how you ship something you never want to run again lmao

[@liquidsteel8131]

Another great video!✌️ I also hope all your health issues get resolved.🙏🙏🙏

[@minkles1330]

I don't know why I love watching these videos but what you do is so impressive. You're an inspiration Steve

[@iamthestormthatisapproachi5349]

Always love it when you upload, it's so interesting to watch.

[@1ohmwrecker]

Wow, you're really talented man! Great job! 👏👏👏

[@ShiestyBackshots]

Glad to see you back mate. Keep yourself healthy and safe, wishing you the best in your journey to recovery ❤

[@Tobywan83]

Learning from you, and buying the equipment. I think I'm ready to start restoring old consoles. I know I will still have to fail a lot of times before I get good at it. But because of your videos (and other channels) I'm finally willing to give it a go.

[@antiricergt]

Should do more drones like the Mini 3, 4 pro. I’m worried about crashing mine. Even something as simple as breaking an arm would be a GREAT repair video. I seen the other videos you done on the lot of drones.

[@Rob.S_1]

I just love watching your videos. In a busy world, it’s my relaxing place and just seems to massage my brain

[@Houtka86]

Thank you for the content Steve. Hope you are doing well!

[@GetsugaTensho33]

I had a slim since November 2016. Gave it to my son 2 years ago and noticed it didnt have the same speed it once had. Watched your video on taking them apart, gave it a MASSIVE cleaning from all the built up dust. The original thermal paste was hardly even there. I got the 2nd most expensive kind at bestbuy and added about the same amount as you do. Put it back together (of course with a few extra screws left over) and it runs as good as it did when I bought it. Nicely cleaned, quiet, and smooth.

[@g.christopherlyn685]

I’m so amazed that you know where everything goes after taking it apart…I’m also amazed at your knowledge to fix these things

[@SpaceJazz3K]

Saw an older person the other day at Home Depot that for some reason had a PS5 with the covers taken off in their cart. Looking for parts or tools? Future TronicsFix content 😂!

[@tylorpwnsall]

Watched so many of your videos and it sparked my interest into this as a hobby, since then I’ve opened up a switch joycon I’ve had broken for years and found the right bumper button broken off. With the knowledge of your videos and a ifixit kit I successfully!!!!!!! Swapped the mother board (lmao) from a device with bad battery and stick drift. Then I changed my fans and thermal paste on my gaming laptop! Then yesterday I changed the charging port on and dsi XL and it works!!

[@pinksnootgaming]

Love you buddy you bless us with your content

[@ajaks7636]

The Perfect amount of Repair! Great Repairs and Video! Thank You. Get better soon!! 😀

[@Singecku4K]

One of the best channels and i hope yoire feeling okay brother ❤

[@boosted94sc300]

i can honestly say this guy did better than 100% of the console repair chain store repairs ive seen on this channel. he just needs to work on his shipping and handling.

[@thegees]

nice fix steve 😎 hope you're well

[@catdog726]

Another great fix Steve well done from Australia 🇦🇺

[@robertlawrence9000]

Awesome job! You make it looks so easy!

[@Idontactuallyknowwhy]

Hey Steve! Thanks to you I was able to replace the fan in my ps4! As well as the thermal paste and thermal pads! It no longer overheats or sounds like an airplane 😂 Thank you for everything you do as well as influence us to repair and create less e-waste!

[@x1o1Adamx2015]

Your looking good dude ^__^ Hope your feeeling better and nice to see your videos!! ^__^

[@joetaylorchristmastree2866]

Nice videos i love your videos keep up the good work 👍❤

[@R4idenXS]

10:37 I haven't seen any videos recently but the zoom in was a good touch/idea. Maybe next you could include up close b roll for other hard to see stuff?

[@ktownc936]

Steve obviously you know what you have done. The best channel consistently producing educational but noob friendly content. Steve...you bridge the gap.

[@RetroPennsylvania]

Great video like always 😊

[@ray24051]

From a box of parts to a working system, nice save Steve!

[@robertlucke4964]

Thank you for sharing god bless pray 🙏 you feel better

[@istvanbally2817]

As always, excellent video!

[@DR_X69]

Thinking of you Steve and all the best my friend. You can beat this. I know I had 4 rounds of chemo last year and a stem cell transplant for ny Myeloma (blood cancer). All the best.

[@briannorthFW]

Thanks for another great video, hang in there!!

[@mrpetit2]

Thanks for showing us again what the perfect amount of thermal paste looks like 😁😆👍👍

[@f0x4nn3]

The seller did packaged that like a complete idiot.

[@MarioSratss]

You did a great job with this PS4❤

[@pvfd0973]

Love the content & repairs. Was just wondering what the best way to contact you is since I have several consoles needing repair & would like to discuss it further. Thanks & keep up the good work!

[@carlosdenully1080]

YOU ARE AMAZING. You are the Console Whisperer

[@robfrancois]

Another banger Steve

[@Tronicsfix]

Glad you enjoyed! It’s always interesting to see how others try to fix stuff

[@bradmarthafocker4285]

Excellent video. As always, you make it look easy. I've got a PS4 slim that will not take an update. One of the wires with the button snap style connector had the connection point come loose from the board (I think it has to do with bluetooth?) I am hoping that is the issue. But I need better tools before I can attempt the repair.

[@mohammedsyedosman780]

Beautiful repair

[@jerryjohnson4618]

Impressive 😮 Two thumbs way up 👍👍

[@bradtraq1]

Love these videos where you try to fix a box of garbage!

[@Gaming_with_Bobby1]

I had a ps4 slim, it was overheating so, I watched you and decided to fix it. It now works fine and it is my dads now as I have an og ps5.

[@PowerSynopsis]

Dude can't even pack a box, ofc he can't fix his PS4.

[@xenorace]

My thought exactly. SIR please step away from the packing box very slowly 😂

[@Dadee3]

*Right. Your typical every day average joe kinda guy.*

[@bigbossman5959]

Hey Steve! What sort of games do u play if at all? Big up

[@Tronicsfix]

I usually don’t have time to play much but I’ve been enjoying Tears of The Kingdom recently

[@Dylis]

Something about the "perfect amount of thermal paste" being used and not spreading it evenly, is driving me bananas... You are however, inspiring me to go back to what I used to do as a kid, open every electronic that has an issue or stopped working and fix it or break it more!

[@fifthnail]

Wow, i would gave given this one a 10% chance of fixing with all the loose parts. Amazing job!!

[@djdanieljamesni1272]

Another Magical Repair Steve as a matter of interest what was your hot air gun temperature & air flow % when replacing the fuse as I'm having trouble when it comes to these micro fuses lol 😆

[@bodekerlegand9768]

Steve you're a beast!

[@elchepo]

Hi Steve, i like tours videos. Hipe you can fix onces a Sega Geesis. I like that console. Cheers

[@hawkfeather6802]

Nice job! People must think broken system don't need to be protected or something.

[@FallingStar1080]

You're incredible dude

[@NewQuietBear]

You forgot to put new thermal pads on a few chips on the APU side and on the memory chips on the clamp side. They're very important, because they're known to overheat without them. You should place them.

[@chriscloete7310]

Love watching your channel. I need some help if possible. Xbox 360 slim, RF board cap C57 needs replacement and I cannot find any information on the value. Any advise?

[@molebogengbutanasomo3894]

Thank you very much to the fan who sent this ps4 in, this is a very nice puzzle 😁.

[@marchumphreys3865]

Excellent job.

[@legoboy-ox2kx]

I fixed one of these recently. Just a simple PSU and HDD replacement luckily.

[@williamharris8367]

My Grandfather would have loved this video -- he was the master of "temporary" repairs just to get something working. Why waste money on replacement parts when you can improvise for much cheaper? 😂

[@Tronicsfix]

Yep, I grew up on a farm and many times we just had to fix it enough to get it to work.

[@briandoss9232]

Great work! Frankenstein PS4!

[@crashbando2561]

I would love to see you repair lcd tvs or gaming monitors

[@tableclothcheckered6738]

would love to see more videos about ps5 slim and the smaller heat sink and what noise levels and temperature it results in compared to original fat ps5

[@MyRegardsToTheDodo]

I am very surprised that both the laser and the harddrive survived the mishandling during shipping. The laser was exposed to every other part dinging against it and the harddrive got a few strikes aswell.

[@DaftKermitThePunk]

Been on a kick lately, bought like 7 OG Xbox, 3 ps1's a wii u... xbox 360 s mod kits, the whole shuhbang waiting for my 10k resistor to finish the mod, currently cleaning one of the xbox's out and going over the dvd drive, which im also waiting on my grease to get here. 😆 but it's keeping me busy and is super fun. Now all i want to do is figure out how to spray paint one of the ps1 slims with like crash or abe on it, but having a hard time figuring out how.. stencil and spray paint is so far my best idea. Idk maybe you have a better idea steve?

[@cr9890]

I WATCH YOUR VIDEOS KEEP IT UP. LOOK SOME XBOX 1X HAVE A HDMI PROBLEM WHERE THERE IS NO PICTURE MAY BE YOU COULD LOOK INTO IT.🧐🧐🧐

[@90sArcadeKid]

Seller: “I just need ifixit tools… 😌” Ooops

[@GamerLegend.97]

Thanks for the tutorial for fixing a ps4 slim

[@JosePineda-jn8jk]

I know it seems like a shot in the dark but, would you be interested in trying to fix a guitar amp? It is a boss katana and they pretty much said they don’t do repairs on them but, seeing as you are not bad with a soldering iron, can maybe read schematics to fix stuff, maybe this thing is right up your alley.. would be cool to see it done because I haven’t seen any videos of anyone actually fixing one.

[@JosePineda-jn8jk]

I should add the amp is not a tube amp but, rather a solid state digital amp which is more in line with what you do.

[@Neopumper666]

It'd be nice to see what happened to all the screws and parts you didn't use from that ps4 Did you "build" them into se parts ps4 or do they go to a bin? I'd totally forget where they go or what they're for lol

[@artman4444]

How do you handle screw management? I have issues dropping screws and losing them.

[@RetroFix]

What’s your opinion on replacing thermal pads? It looked like most were missing. I’d be very worried about overheating the chips missing thermal pads but maybe I’m just crazy.

[@Tronicsfix]

I always make sure they're in place. Sometimes I don't show it on camera but yes, I think they're super important.

[@bradhaines3142]

you do it every time you take the cooler off. it isnt always needed from a temp standpoint, but removing the cooler tends to tear them, then they dont go back on so well and probly wont cool great either. they're cheap enough to add to the already cheap thermal paste purchase

[@Liam_Oliver]

Everytime I tear down one I fit new (better quality) ones by default at rebuild, but then I charge people a few quid, so it sounds like they're getting more for their money. (plus you can guarantee one or two will tear, or get lost)

[@jonmultimedia]

I'm now to the channel and been watching a lot of videos lately. Can anyone explain to me the "perfect amount of thermal paste"? I assume it became a regular channel thing over something funny or important xD

[@mr.charchar]

Always know what you are doing before doing it!

[@MR82ad]

Get well soon Steve! While you continue to fix things, God will fix/cure you. Stay strong and positive buddy

[@emoAnarchist]

with that ribbon cable, could you stick the cable to the ribbon first so its lined up right. the stick the whole thing down?

[@Kallrd]

Hi and thanks for your tutorials,, Kindly advice, my ps4 restarted while I was playing and then just goes black screen with no sound, I have tried everything, new hdmi cable else. But no hope.. I believe it is something to do with inside the console Kindly advice Thank you

[@Kairi5431]

Is there a reason for aligning the ribbon cable back up as close as possible aside from ensuring it can reach the other connector?

[@newthepanch]

I hope everything works well for.your health

[@iAquaRaG3]

What liquidation website do you use for your purchases and how do you purchase bulk on ebay?

[@maxtornogood]

Still went well for Steve in the end! 😉

[@karthikeyan-th1ct]

Always fan boy 🤩

[@Dadee3]

*Hey where is your shop located? Hopefully you're in Arizona 😅 I'd love to have some consoles repaired by you.*

[@wtfiswiththosehandles]

You don't have to live near. I think you can just disassemble your consoles, throw all the parts in a box with no protection, and ship them :)

[@paranormal6801]

Hey, atleast they saved you time taking it apart, piece by piece by piece, by piece

[@user-bj6kx5kv6j]

A quick question: I have been trying to find a spray you used to use all the time on controller joysticks, but I can't find it in your store and I can't recall what its called... Can you please point me in the right direction? I have a Xbox series x controller with sticks freezing up and not returning to center... Thank you!

[@Kribansis]

Just a quick question. I have a launch PS5 and the disc drive will not read any discs. I am right in thinking the laser is probably burnt out and needs replacing? I am in the UK and not sure where to get a new laser.

[@TSSCATS]

Could you try to fix a ipod shuffle 2nd generation greeen plz

[@WB-14]

How do I know if the liquid heat is not doing its job properly on main chip, I drive sim and car not consistently same in it ability, would it cause this

[@Kangamoos]

self repairs can be dicey. I only do it when the other option is that it's going in the garbage, low stakes!

[@adultmoshifan87]

What could be causing my Dreamcast to have multicolor flashes at the top of the screen? The sound is fine and I recently got a USB-C power mod for it. I don't know if it's the AV cables (which I bought to replace my broken scart lead) being too powerful for my early 2010s smart TV or what, but I have been told that my system's AV out may be dirty. Know a fix? Thanks