PS5 is broke, better call a plumber...
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Wow, how was that thing even partially functional?
Unfortunately, most information you find on soldering for beginners leaves out vital information like what type of flux to use (or avoid), and plumber's flux is not clearly marked as such when you search on Amazon. Having said that, this person should have learned by breaking their own device, not your customer's.
My money's on a DIY heat gun being used to remove the old port. I think if it was a blowtorch, the damage would be much much worse.
Asking trained people instead of saying “I don’t know anything, but I buy everything without having a clue” is the way to go - not Amazon or Tiktok.
What the "darn" indeed - they charged real money for that job?
That "Jesus Wept" @ 5:17 Priceless in so many ways!!
I had one of those HDMI capacitors fall off, it turned into an hours long nightmare. I tried doing the port first, that didn't work. Tried doing the capacitor first, then it blew away doing the port, then I couldn't do the capacitor with the port in, so I took it back out, then I dropped it had to get a new one, then I did the capacitor next the port, when I was soldering a loose leg I knocked the cap off and soldered it to the legs of the port, then bridged a bunch of legs trying to get it off, so I took the port off again to clean up the legs of the HDMI port. Finally I said fuck it, I'm going to do it all at once, so I tinned everything, covered it with flux and used hot air on the back to reflow it all, and... it actually worked. See kids! It's easy! Soldering's fun!
This is insane. Good job in getting it functional for the customer though.
Grip tape? Makes sense... We call it Hockey tape in Canada :XD
That's one lucky owner right there (a) because the PS5 is, as you say, pretty tough, & (b) because you have mastered the skills needed to assess it and to rescue it. Good outcome.
I couldn't help but laugh at the shakey hand incident =D Great job!
Yeah - I know that kind of incidents very well. You absolutely have to take a short break, because it gets more worse the longer you keep going. I am only glad that it does not happen too often. Even at my age (I am almost 70), my hands are steady enough to do that fine SMD work with tiny components. And indeed - He did a great job.
@@jclosed2516 Yes, it has happened to me!
Tip i learned for easy hdmi soldering.
Pre tin the pads
Also pre tin the pins
Enough flux
Place the connector.
Heat gun from below and press when the tin melts.
As if a machine did it for you.
(I say tin... I am Dutch)
Yep, exactly so, makes your life easier. Heat from below, just as you removed the connector. Makes sure the port doesn't melt, and you get a good bond on the grounding lugs. Don't even need to clean the holes that way.
I was using plumbers flux for a while until I realized the error. Zinc based and conductive. Circuits weren’t working, components getting fried, electricity was arcing, I had no idea what was going on… as flux it worked AMAZINGLY though.
Nice dubbing 🤣You did well to get it working again. I haven't seen many in worse condition than this one.
Why does so many people not put pride in their work? Missing/stripped screws, not properly fitted, “chernobyl” repair etc. I mean, you’re working on other peoples stuff.
Very common in the UK, no pride and full of expensive cowboys
That is astounding that it apparently worked, to some degree.
I remember the first repair job I did, it wss a DC jack on a laptop. I went out and bought a bunch of stuff, it was an investment though and that was a very simple job! I can't imagine looking at an HDMI port and thinking you could do this with a DIY heat gun and some plumbers flux...
I'm a big fan of the knife tip too, I know it's all preference but it just seems to be the most versatile for this type of work anyway.
I would recommend just using straight hot air when resoldering the pins on the port. As you experienced the tips are typically too big, whereas if you heat from the bottom of the board, it will melt those solder joints just the same, and the port will just sit in place naturally.
That looked kind of medieval repair attempt...
I can't imagine a shop doing this kind of job, my bet is that it was a DIY attempt or some friend that watched a YT video and thought he could do it with a 10$ soledring iron with a 20mm tip...
I agree - the story about another shop could simply have been an invention to hide the embarrassing truth!
why don't use electric screw driver?
Because that is a sure way to strip either the screw heads or the screw holes. Just stop being lazy.
Electronics tend to use really shitty, soft screws for some reason. It's insanely easy to strip the head.
@@harshbarjI use an electric screwdriver on everything nowadays. Not a drill… an electric screwdriver, like pencil shaped. If the screw is stuck I break the seal manually then the rest of the way with the motor.
Superb soundtrack for the finishing touches 🎶
They went wrong when they didnt keep trying untill they got the job done.
Honestly, on first glance, I wouldn't have even tried to fix that mess. Well done for succeeding.
The problem is people see a video and think "I can do that easily", they then attempt a repair and it looks like this. I've got over 20 years of experience in repair but if I do something for the 1st time then I'm extremely careful and use the correct stuff for the job.
WoW I'm speechless that this PS5 even worked especially after The Blob (1958) Staring Steve McQueen Invaded that HDMI.
I truly thought this unit was toast.
But you were able to work a true Miracle and bring it back to life.🤗🥳
With the liquid metal thing, I see quite a lot of other tech repairers reuse all the time. They are typically more concerned with dry spots.
That's good to know. I do spread it out again to avoid the dry spots - those are definitely killers!
One of your best videos yet. What an absolute mess but you worked through it methodically and it worked.
Man, you have a nice sense of humor. I am a big fan of yours. You are super honest, you say what you think. That's what I like about you. You are also super talented in your job.
Got to hand it to the other guy for successfully fitting an HDMI port with a blowtorch!
When I saw that HDMI port, NGL I also lost my shit... dying from laughter at your reaction! I'd react the same if I found out someone attacked a motherboard with a hacksaw and glue. Good job on the repair nonetheless.
15:00 I think someone else said they're the same or compatible inductors with the ones on Nintendo Switch boards, so if you have any of those as donors, you don't have to order new ones.
4:08 soldering with a paint stripper 101
Excellent repair work.
Come on be fair, Its Stevie Wonder's first PS5 repair.
It's not that it was attempted by someone who was under prepapred and way out of their depth, the problem is that your customer was, presumably, charged for it.
JBC Micro Tweezers make these jobs are lot easier in my opinion, instead of having the risk of tiny components blowing away with hot air. Flux flux flux, use it first when tinning pads. I use Hakko main irons and use the micro pencil for most small stuff. Maybe JBC has something similar, although their prices can be a little obscene.
The solder you are using doesn't seen to "behave" the same way I see in other repair channels. Almost looks like lead free... Is that it?
If not have you tried other brands / alloys. The most common leaded solder alloys are (Tin/Lead/Silver) 63/37, 62/36/2, 60/40, 50/50 and 40/60. Idk with one is better.
Could also be the flux issue.
I can't solder, and even i would do better than that ..
I don't think that port worked at all. Maybe the customer atempted to "repair" it themself and messed up and gladfully brought it to you then.
Think maybe ya need to lay off the caffeine Greg 😂😂😂 lol
Unbelievable!?! Great save lad!!
So they solder-bridged all the data pins LMAO
Have you tried using solder paste... never heard you mention it before, so perhaps it's not something you're aware of...? Great for small items both to hold in place and to solder with an iron.
Why do you hate flux? You are using way too low especially when tinning pads. Also low quantities tend to burn faster leaving a messy job. Also, using an optical stereo microscope will definitely improve the quality of the job
You should really buy a smaller solder tip for these jobs.
Great work as always Graham.
What a bodge job, well done you made it look pretty again 😊
beautiful work
Yes, it looks like they used plumber solder that’s a lot of heavy flux never use plumbers solder or flux if they left that on their long enough it would’ve destroyed the circuit board that would’ve went green & corrode the plumber solder and flux is too heavy for it
Thanks
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It really really worries me that PCBs are by now right on the giddy edge of being impossible to work on by hand, and another few years might see this switch to needing robotics as used for surgery!
I’m hoping the laws of electricity and physics don’t allow it to get much smaller lol. We have to be reaching the max with the materials we are using nowadays.
@@chrisgr00ver It's really down to ability of pick and place machines and behaviour of solder.
It did well for all the plumbing - it will also do for the PS5. What could go wrong ?
Always look forward to your videos, thanks, I like the work demonstrable.
Do you know who "Mister Magoo" is? Alex's" "Hiroshima "! If I could afford the cost of sending you a package from the US to your shop in the UK, I would send you a working PS 4, free. Because the previous attempt used plumbers flux (solder too?) Do you need to double clean the HDMI port area? I believe plumber's flux is acid core / base. I thought the correct orientation for the PS 5 was horizontal, not vertical, due to the nature of the liquid metal thermal paste.
Great job. You might have more luck attaching small SMD parts with a fine tip soldering iron after flattening the pads using Mr. Solderfix's technique, avoids the risk of them blowing away.
Didn't the flux fked up the board internal layers?
That dry spot on the APU is probably the worst I've seen on a PS5
P.S- Reusing liquid metal should be fine but I would rub the whole chip with a cue-tip thoroughly do undo the corrosion
Did they use a blow touch to solder with, what was the heat source och!
Excellent repair as always. You are far too modest about your skill. You mentioned Paul Daniels: have you seen his latest video about a very dodgy Macbook?
Years ago I had to bin a multiport RS232 comm board from a machine control computer.
The machine was subjected to an overvoltage event finding its way to the (at the time) infamous RS232 interface chips.
A very proud electrician showed me how he had removed the chips, ready for socket mounting.
He managed to cut out the DIL chips, remove the pins and then use compressed air to clean the thru holes while the solder was hot.
The result was a PCB plastered with solder splatter and blops all over ...
The board was a disastrous mess, literally. Solder blops and splatter bridging just about anything on the board.
Tracks shorted out, plastic parts engraved with solder, solder bridges under larger components. Like the board had been dipped in hot solder.
I explained him this meant a new control board. I did not even want to try solder in sockets and test the board.
It looked like a very bad liquid metal disaster you see these days ...
I'm sure you are asked this all the time, but do you ever tell your customers to watch their repair on your channel? I'm sure some would find it fascinating. They would probably cry after seeing the condition the last shop left their PS5 in. Nice fix!
You really should have taken the last hdmi filter off, and refreshed the solder pads. As it stands, plumbers flux could be eating away at the solder joints on it.
Opening that case reminded me of using the same "thump the side" method we used to open some, Brother, electronic typewriters back when they were a thing. Please don't think of how old I must be. I suspect many of your viewers wont ever have seen one.
Wow that was a shocking attempt at a repair. Quite how that functioned at all is a mystery 😮
Plumber's flux is acid based. It'll eat the PC board material.
Graham, you are a genius mate... your skill levels are excellent.
Plumbers flux and a blowtorch?
Dude - you would look so much better without the beard. Sorry ! Love the channel all the same 🙂
Hope there's no shaking hand in your family.
Hi. Where can I buy them emi hdmi filter for xbox one s , I cant find can you help me on where to but or send me a link please or proper name for them please
Pure tension, great "wee" video tackling issues in miniature!
"Shop"? this was a broken DIY HDMI port swap.
The fact you got this to POST! Almost a miracle
What is song called from 28:00 minutes on wards?
You mean you dont use a pipe wrench to fix your PCs??
Not gonna lie ove used it in a pich before , nasty nasty stuff
when you dont know, why do this to someone elses console? was that person on drugs
When blind people attempt a repair....
There is no way that ever worked the way it looked. Lol
I’m guessing plumbers flux
Looks like a bird pooped on it...
Iv never seen a console that has so many HDMI problems..And i bet the PS5 PRO will have many more:( So glad am a PC gamer :)
djeez that looks so bad .... Who would do that anyway? Nice Fix!
Holy moly is it a hdmi port
Nice job Graham!
A true pro.
There’s no problem having a go yourself… maybe try a little less complicated task first…BUT please own it if you balls up.
Don’t make out some sketchy shop done a bad job.
What do you even charge for something like this? I have no idea what these parts cost, but I feel like with all the work you did it's half the cost of the console at least.
ohh.. it looks ok to me!
Electric screwdriver might help with those annoying screws.
That would be wonderful due to how many there are - but it'd need to be fairly beefy. More like one of the small power tool looking ones than the quick electronic ones I have.
I did a usb c connector on the end of the psvr2 cable last week, i often wonder why they make it that small because I wouldn’t mind a bigger sturdier connection for something like that, anyway 24-pin usb c is a real pain to solder and since there is logic in the end of the cable it was the only way
Also I don’t have quite the right tools for it so im really glad i got it working in the end
The new meta for these ports is to just heat up the underside with hot air and drop the new HDMI port on top and jiggle it a bit, and you are done. Safes you ton of time clearing ports etc. The only thing you need to do is pre tin the legs of the HDMI port beforehand.
I actually tried this yesterday on a rush-job that I wasn't filming, I can definitely see how it works, but I haven't mastered the trick to not damaging the new port with hot air. I need a 1000w station, my 600w Quick is too slow to get the joints flowing before the port plastic starts melting.
Definitely going to pre-tin the legs on the port at least though, as that solves the issue of not having enough solder on them, but also not wanting to add more solder and risk bridging everything into a mess.
were the three new inductors bigger than the original because of just been another make ?
Different make. Most likely a common value, I bought ones advertised as 'for PS5' but another commenter mentioned that the Switch uses the same ones.
oh my days
no way! 😲
es caro el flux no?
This thing was not functional nor was it repaired by a store. Costumer fncked it up and was uncapable of admitting it, specially as you would see all that mess he did. This would had never worked and customer claims it was "working".... but that the old store blah blah blah. Yeah, that was all made up.
WTF????....🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣......nice video ....OBS: Im a plumber....
5:28 As @NorthridgeFix would call it; Hiroshima... Take a bucket load of flux, heat with asetylene torch and hope the best that HDMI port will work...
LOL the censoring!
Actually, I can't remember hearing Graham swearing/censoring before, but I can't blame him, that HDMI appeared like it was soldered using a blowtorch!
I really like your videos, but your camera angle is really horrible. It's like leaning over a and looking back to see what you're working on. It feels like its almost upside down.
I try to avoid this as much as I can, but it's a compromise. If I get the camera directly overhead, it's constantly in the way, and my hands (or even head) block the view more than ever. If I have the camera 'lean back' there's more of a trapezoid effect.
It's possible to get a perfect balance - but given that the camera needs to be adjusted for every video (and sometimes during the video) it's not worth the time sink.
@@Adamant_IT right on. I get it. It just messes with my eyes. Kinda guve me vertigo. Lol.
It was only when you had the direct shot overhead. It's all good man. It's all good!
How certain are you this wasn't the customer himself that created this mess? Trying the repair himself, failing miserably, then too embarrassed to say it was him when visiting your store? Because if so, I would say you are being too hash in your comments, and would love to congratulate the customer in even trying. That alone, even he failed miserably, gives me hope in humanity in this era of "just throw it in the garbage and buy another".
There's no way this was ever working in the state it was in.