It's a RUclips comment thing. every video on RUclips that has thermal paste being applied has people complaining about it being too much or too little so he does that little joke.
That exact same thing happened to my old ps4, i dropped it and i took it to couple repair places but they all told me the motherboard was bad and that there was no fix for it. I was hoping one day someone could fix mine but by watching this video i guess i should call it a loss
man, i'm an english teacher but i love your optimism and the way you always have a way of fixing stuff with patience and respect for the hardware. your videos are so entertaining i wish i could do this random console fixing for a living!
Excuse me, my name is Dr Simmons and at night I am a professional P.I for B.S. I've been investigating you for 3 minutes now and I have noticed something very, VERY concerning. If you're an "english teacher" ,then how come you failed to point out the glaring spelling mistake that a 5 year old would make? This is a code red situation in the BS service. So we will have to give you a red slip 🎴 and 3 seconds in BS Juvy. Thank you for your time. Simmons, out. 👨⚕️
I can agree to that entirely. I've accumulated so many broken electronics that I couldn't repair and ended up fixing many other things with the scrap components. I bought a original Xbox for $10 that had some bad caps. I had an old socket 754 motherboard that wouldn't post with the same value caps the Xbox needed. Just one of hundreds of things I was able to repair without having to pay extra for parts.
I appreciate that you upload videos when you don't find the solution to fix the device. Not like others do that they "always" manage to repair everything. Subscribed.
I just wanna say I respect your content so much, you've helped me through a lot of tech issues I've had an I've learned a LOT of technical info from just watching these console repair videos
Unlucky Steve, I thought when you replaced the capacitor it was going to work :-( Still $40 for a load of spares isn't too bad. Great video as usual :-)
You don't need a master. I'm actually concerned about my nephew's PS4 slim hanging around our house. It sits in a niche under the TV and cats sometimes jump up there to find a secluded spot. By watching this vid I can see how much damage can be done to devices like these. All it takes is a little bit of carelessness and an external force to be this devastating.
So, back in the DOS era, just before Windows 3.0 released, I made a program in Quick Basic. Little did I know that every time I tested the save feature it was copying all of the code into whatever directory I was in. It was on somebody else's computer. Turns out the owner was confused as to why his hard drive had less space than before. Turns out I had made over a dozen copies of the game in a bunch of different directories. I was banned from using his computer ever again.
After watching you for the first time last night, I was inspired to start fixing ps4s! I already jailbreak and fix ps3s, but I wanted to try a PS4. So today I actually brought a broken PS4 from a local for $40! It had cooling issues, had I not watched your videos last night, I would've struggled to navigate the PS4 system. I pulled it completely apart and cleaned everything from top to bottom. I also reapplied thermal compound and put it all back together and tested it. It works perfectly!! Very happy now and I thank you for your help in navigating the PS4 hardware!
I always like a video with a happy ending, but this is real... you don't always win. Sometimes you're the windshield, and some days, you're the bug. Great video. I'm guessing someone really slammed the game system on the floor in frustration, and some of the electrical paths were broken.
I am not a fixer and i have no idea what are you doing but i really enjoy watching your video! I like the way you approach broken stuff with jokes and bit of suspense, good job man keep it up!
I'm sitting here trying to do some video editing and then i clicked on your video, i literally sacked off the video editing to watch the whole video. I find the electronic stuff really interesting. Wouldn't have a clue where to start with it but really enjoy watching you work your magic.
Hi, Do you think you can do a series with some electronic for beginners: whats a diode/coil/video chip/southbridge (how it works, the purpose of it, and how to fix it), how to use a multimeter, equipment required in electronic repairs ( recommendations) etc? I would really enjoy it, i always have that passion to fix things.
Glad you got your mic fixed and I hope you weren't insulted by some of the comments ppl made about it on the last video. Glad to see you back up and running videos again. Thanks.
Hi, I'm not too much into electronics fixing part (rather using and ripping the same), I like your videos so much now because that they are so satisfying, my craving for the electronic items and understanding their concepts functionality etc is done here. You're as good as Rossman... Kudos man..I love you both for doing fantastic job.
You inspired me to try to fix my two drifting Joy-Cons. I messed up both repairs (one from a stripped screw and one from a busted replacement part from Amazon [long story], but I'm glad I tried. I wish I would've done it correctly, but I'm glad I gave it a try. They were annoying the hell out of me and now they aren't, so kind of a win? Anyway, thanks for the videos! Keep them up! Edit: to be clear, the repair mistakes were 99.9% my fault.
That's awesome that you tried. Now you just need to do it a few more times and you'll be an ace in no time! It took me a lot of tries when I was first learning to fix this stuff.
I don't know why I keep watching these. I dont know anything about eletronics, dont own a PS4 or any other console. But it's just too interesting. Keep up with thoses videos my man
Nope, here's the photo of an identical motherboard, you can see that nothing's attached to these solder pads cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-vp6ru76cli/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/325/1920/ps4-slim-motherboard-SAF-001-2__45261.1560272189.jpg?c=2?imbypass=on
It has to do with designing of motherboards. They sometimes have extra solder pads or spots for capacitors or other components. When a specific model of a product is designed,they use the motherboard and place specific components in specific places. Some designs don’t require extra capacitors or chips. It is cheaper for a company to have one board designed that can be used with multiple different schematic designs...rather than paying more to have multiple motherboards designed. The extra pads are there in case the manufacturer that assembles components needs to add capacitors to fulfill a specific schematic. Sometimes for example,a laptop motherboard will be used on multiple different versions with i3 or i5 processors,maybe even low end atoms. The components and selection of these components are different in many places on the board,but the motherboard itself is identical to the other model laptops. The CPU and circuitry is just differently laid out according to the schematic requirements for the different model laptop
Absolutely love your channel.. I know absolutely nothing about fixing things, probably never will, but it doesn’t keep me from enjoying your videos ! Great content !
Well, there are D-wave computers on the market. They claim that it's a quantum computer, but it's actually quantum annealing. It can do some stuff faster than a regular computer, but a quantum computer can do more.
@@karlkastor it IS a quantum computer it just uses quantum annealing. That doesnt make it not a quantum computer. If you watch frame of essence these computers are the pink guys
I'm sorry man, I like your persistence. Definitely one of my new favorite channels, I hope you reach 1M subscribers soon so you can get that big YT $$$$$.
I actually came to this channel to see if I could learn how to fix my laptop screen.. my trusty acer chromebook 14. Well I didnt, but still, this channel is absolutely great! I dont have nearly enough tools or competence to do any of this, but its loads of fun to watch!
@@The_Keeper I want this to be an ISO unit of solder flux. (I had to specify, there are many "fluxes" out there: magnetic flux, current, flux capacitor...)
When i learneed SMD Soldering, my instructor told me there are just 2 important rules : 1. You always use to much soldering tin 2. You always use too less flux
I'm on this channel to see how to fix a console if I wanna buy a cheap one from eBay but I'm genuinely interested now in how to fix electronics thanks to this guy.
Year 3693: "We've searched all our data bases but there was only *ONE* person to ever use the *perfect* amount of thermal paste." "Okay, so who is that?" "He was a popular RUclipsr who lived at around 2022 era."
The Nth law of repair: Thou shalt check voltage rails. (Even with a good power supply, there has to be some power on order / maybe a repair guide has some voltage levels to check.)
man you have so much patience! i can't stop watching the videos, i have zero electronics knowledge but still! keep up the good work dude. also, get some sleep man you look tired! peace
Aaah! I was hoping so much for you! If you decide to keep track of the ps4, I wish you the best in finding the solution. As far as I’m concerned, you made massive improvements to that sad ps4.
At 7:50, look at the top-center of the video... I see two pins with solder! Not sure if anything is supposed to be there, but it looks like something was supposed to be there...
That's the problem with these machines sometimes they are easy fixes and sometimes they take you to hell and back. I have only had one which I could not repair. If only we could source schematics then this problem would be easy to fix. You did exactly what I have done to these guess I was just lucky and with 2 of them it was power supply and with 2 others it was a reflow on the south bridge.
The spare parts alone he can easily get his money back, or just use on other repairs. Dude makes great content and was helpful with tearing mine for cleaning in his assemble tips and tricks vid.
I always watch your videos even though I don't have a ps console or idont fix electronics, I hope to get one someday.. i just love to watch your fixing videos its amazing.. more fixin videos pls... watching from philippines.
Sony consoles (PS3 and up) like having HDDs installed when attempting to boot, even if the firmware is stored on its EMMC/Flash storage. Was the HDD connected at all during these tests?
Hey, Just curious how do you know what goes to what on the mother board ... for instance the disk drive had a stripped plastic and you knew exactly which fuses correlate to that area. Is there a schematic that you look at or is it just experience. Please leave a link if you can ! Thank you keep doing the good stuff!
Have you noticed that Steve keeps reminding us of 'the perfect amount of thermal paste". I'll sleep soundly tonight. Also that $40 you spent on those PS4 parts is a good buy - always useful spares for other mends.
I should be studying for finals, and tomorrow Friday is my last day doing finals but yet again here I am on a 4 hour loop of going through all his fixes 😔
thank you so much for these videos I have actually learned quite a bit watching your videos and explaining the capacitors and things like that to us it's actually really awesome my dad never showed me or told me anything I just watched and now that you're actually telling us what you're doing and what is what it's helped quite a bit for me to understand and I enjoy watching videos like this
When you first tested it at the 4:40 if it works, I was so happy that didn't work, coz I had 9 more minutes to watch your skills! Another one good video dude! :)
Might be. Multi-layered motherboards are sensitive and when just one tiny path inbetween layers breaks, there is no fixing them, no matter how good you are at fixing stuff. Since the problem shows up so early on boot, I assume it is somewhere near the southbridge or the main flash rom chip.
"Brokenest" is not a superlative adjective as Steve knows. The function of language is to communicate. "Brokenest" works fine and is a good bit of click bait! Lol
Why not just fit a known working motherboard *before* attempting any kind of fix? If it powers on ok with the donor motherboard, you then know the original is defective and you can concentrate your efforts on that. It seems like you blindly attempted various motherboard repairs before establishing if there was actually a motherboard fault.
@@Robert-rk8xu What a strange reply. Of course most don't have multiple motherboards but this guy definitely does have many working boards he could have used.
@@Robert-rk8xu I understand that but showing attempted component repairs on a motherboard when you don't know if the components are even faulty isn't the best way to troubleshoot. I watch these videos out of interest but if you're a beginner and you actually need guidance, you could end up causing more issues if you follow this video and attempt repairs based on a guess.
It was $40 take out the Blu-ray Drive in the hard drive, and turn it into an oversized phone charger, to get an equivalent phone charger with that many boards at least $30
@@Tronicsfix I think you're amazing at these things.and i was so hoping it was going to work but i do understand there's only so much you can/want to do. and thanks for putting these videos on here i really DO enjoy your channel.
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What do you want me to try and fix next?
TronicsFix retro console! Maybe like GameCube, n64, NES, etc!
Xbox 360 (slim)
PsVita. There are nothing, but literally nothing on the Vita on the web
try a phone any phone will do
DualShock 4 controllers :)
I have no idea what you're doing but I can't stop watching it
Thanks for watching!
Right?!
Than learn it and imagine knowing whats he doing
A usual thing when you watch people who love their thing.
Me too! :)
Never seen anyone put on such a perfect amount of thermal paste before.
Ha, ha...thanks!
“If it’s the power supply, it’s an easy fix”
*checks video length
It’s definitely not
“It’s not”
Ha, ha...yep!
Nooo you'll ruin the video by checking the length of the video
Ah yes, the MyMateVince theory of repair difficulty.
LOL! Classic! :D
@@Ebolachicken
That's a horrible idea, Louis Rossman would like to have a word with you...
This guy is always really proud of his thermal paste
It's a RUclips comment thing. every video on RUclips that has thermal paste being applied has people complaining about it being too much or too little so he does that little joke.
He's definitely being sarcastic.
😂😂😂😂
Straitjacket r/whooosh
Of course. It's the perfect amount.
"Aaah tsk that's a bummer" - more patience than 99.99% of people out there...
Shanil Misra thats just the part he recorded into the video 😂
He probably burns it out of camera
*flips table* I’m done
It took me 2 or 3 years to fix my ps4 because he never replied to any of my questions
@@babyyoda6587 why not send it to the store to repair lmao, surley you could of afforded it after 2 years
'Look at that, the perfect amount of thermal paste' should be on a T-shirt.
Great idea!
@@Tronicsfix But make it with a HUGE amount of thermal paste. For fun.
sounds like a new mech idea 😁
@RC Club Artic Silver 5 and yes it does as far as I know.
Someone had a real serious rage attack with that PS4.
Yep
reminded me of the japanese guy who smashed his son's Playstation with a hammer because... reasons.
That exact same thing happened to my old ps4, i dropped it and i took it to couple repair places but they all told me the motherboard was bad and that there was no fix for it. I was hoping one day someone could fix mine but by watching this video i guess i should call it a loss
@@josec413 😞
@@josec413 you "dropped" it?
man, i'm an english teacher but i love your optimism and the way you always have a way of fixing stuff with patience and respect for the hardware. your videos are so entertaining i wish i could do this random console fixing for a living!
Hey thanks so much! You could always buy a few broken items and give it a go!
I love English. I passed was very good at it better than Maths.
Excuse me, my name is Dr Simmons and at night I am a professional P.I for B.S. I've been investigating you for 3 minutes now and I have noticed something very, VERY concerning. If you're an "english teacher" ,then how come you failed to point out the glaring spelling mistake that a 5 year old would make? This is a code red situation in the BS service. So we will have to give you a red slip 🎴 and 3 seconds in BS Juvy. Thank you for your time. Simmons, out. 👨⚕️
EMpathiZe there is something call “typo”
Well at least you have a bunch of pare parts to use in other repairs.
Yep!
Do you think it's a "all the broken spares put together" unit?
@Evil Ash I don't think so
Pear parts
@@mattman402 pair parts
unfixable is just another word for spare parts
Yep!
I can agree to that entirely. I've accumulated so many broken electronics that I couldn't repair and ended up fixing many other things with the scrap components. I bought a original Xbox for $10 that had some bad caps. I had an old socket 754 motherboard that wouldn't post with the same value caps the Xbox needed. Just one of hundreds of things I was able to repair without having to pay extra for parts.
I appreciate that you upload videos when you don't find the solution to fix the device. Not like others do that they "always" manage to repair everything. Subscribed.
I just wanna say I respect your content so much, you've helped me through a lot of tech issues I've had an I've learned a LOT of technical info from just watching these console repair videos
Im glad you showed your attempt at reflowing, thanks for the attempt man!
You're welcome!
The sheer amount of patience shown in these videos is absolutely incredible. And admirable
Unlucky Steve, I thought when you replaced the capacitor it was going to work :-( Still $40 for a load of spares isn't too bad. Great video as usual :-)
I wish it would have worked after that! The parts on this will more than pay for what I spent on it so not too bad
When the switch killer comments on the PS4 killers channel.
I read the comments before finishing the vid...
@@JSJneo what switch killer
@@sliseofrandom same
Enjoyed this. Sometimes a failed attempt is more interesting than a fix.
Thanks! Good to know!
Lol it feals a little mess up but that how i feel too hahah
Yeah at least we know he isn't faking it!
Yes indeed, that way we can see more possible fix solutions. It reminds me when I was fixing Gamecubes, good times :-)
Abdul M GG good spoiler. Good bye video
Watching you pull things apart is really soothing, greetings from Mexico, keep up the awsome work
Glad you're enjoying these! Love Mexico...I've been there 3 times.
Takes a real master to break it that good LOL
Ha, ha...true!
Kids when I hear that the console was dropped I always think it’s gotta be a kid.
You don't need a master. I'm actually concerned about my nephew's PS4 slim hanging around our house. It sits in a niche under the TV and cats sometimes jump up there to find a secluded spot. By watching this vid I can see how much damage can be done to devices like these.
All it takes is a little bit of carelessness and an external force to be this devastating.
So, back in the DOS era, just before
Windows 3.0 released, I made a program in Quick Basic. Little did I know that every time I tested the save feature it was copying all of the code into whatever directory I was in. It was on somebody else's computer. Turns out the owner was confused as to why his hard drive had less space than before.
Turns out I had made over a dozen copies of the game in a bunch of different directories. I was banned from using his computer ever again.
After watching you for the first time last night, I was inspired to start fixing ps4s! I already jailbreak and fix ps3s, but I wanted to try a PS4. So today I actually brought a broken PS4 from a local for $40! It had cooling issues, had I not watched your videos last night, I would've struggled to navigate the PS4 system. I pulled it completely apart and cleaned everything from top to bottom. I also reapplied thermal compound and put it all back together and tested it. It works perfectly!! Very happy now and I thank you for your help in navigating the PS4 hardware!
I always like a video with a happy ending, but this is real... you don't always win. Sometimes you're the windshield, and some days, you're the bug. Great video. I'm guessing someone really slammed the game system on the floor in frustration, and some of the electrical paths were broken.
Yep, exactly. I don't want to create a false hope in my viewers that this is easy or things are always fixable.
I am not a fixer and i have no idea what are you doing but i really enjoy watching your video! I like the way you approach broken stuff with jokes and bit of suspense, good job man keep it up!
That was suspenseful! I thought you had it there!!! Great job on identifiying the other things that needed doing to it to get it back together though!
Thanks! Ya, wish I could have fixed this one. I'll have it around for a while so maybe I'll take another look sometime
I'm sitting here trying to do some video editing and then i clicked on your video, i literally sacked off the video editing to watch the whole video. I find the electronic stuff really interesting. Wouldn't have a clue where to start with it but really enjoy watching you work your magic.
Hi, Do you think you can do a series with some electronic for beginners: whats a diode/coil/video chip/southbridge (how it works, the purpose of it, and how to fix it), how to use a multimeter, equipment required in electronic repairs ( recommendations) etc? I would really enjoy it, i always have that passion to fix things.
I second this request!!
Would love to watch such series
I understand most of these things but never really had a proper explanation and 3rd this idea
@@erbertvandesteen8527 Same here. I 4th this idea. :D
speaking of which, can anyone tell me why he had one of the probes of the multimiter on the orange part of the motherboard while testing ?
Glad you got your mic fixed and I hope you weren't insulted by some of the comments ppl made about it on the last video. Glad to see you back up and running videos again. Thanks.
Sometimes it's a matter of putting out a video that isn't what I want it to be or not putting out a video at all.
lol, what not to buy on ebay. still earned a thumbs up!
Ha, ha...thanks!
i was really hoping it would work - but hey sometimes we gotta see some things simply fail. part of the real experience :) still fun to watch
I‘m starting to get addicted watching your vids.
I‘d love to see Phone Repairs
Hi,
I'm not too much into electronics fixing part (rather using and ripping the same), I like your videos so much now because that they are so satisfying, my craving for the electronic items and understanding their concepts functionality etc is done here. You're as good as Rossman... Kudos man..I love you both for doing fantastic job.
You inspired me to try to fix my two drifting Joy-Cons. I messed up both repairs (one from a stripped screw and one from a busted replacement part from Amazon [long story], but I'm glad I tried.
I wish I would've done it correctly, but I'm glad I gave it a try. They were annoying the hell out of me and now they aren't, so kind of a win?
Anyway, thanks for the videos! Keep them up!
Edit: to be clear, the repair mistakes were 99.9% my fault.
That's awesome that you tried. Now you just need to do it a few more times and you'll be an ace in no time! It took me a lot of tries when I was first learning to fix this stuff.
Sounds like a great idea, I need an excuse to buy some new purple/orange joy cons. Maybe I just need to fix my current set!!
I like how he keeps it so real. “Awww well looks like I can’t fix em all”
Love the level of skill and experience he has .....looking foward to viewing more ....
Thanks! I have more coming!
I don't know why I keep watching these. I dont know anything about eletronics, dont own a PS4 or any other console. But it's just too interesting. Keep up with thoses videos my man
Looks like there were 2 more capacitors missing to the upper-right of where you replaced the first missing one, @8:30
Nope, here's the photo of an identical motherboard, you can see that nothing's attached to these solder pads
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I think it is not a Problem.
No that’s normal I’ve seen these slim motherboards and that’s how they are. The one he replaced yea that was missing.
It has to do with designing of motherboards. They sometimes have extra solder pads or spots for capacitors or other components. When a specific model of a product is designed,they use the motherboard and place specific components in specific places. Some designs don’t require extra capacitors or chips.
It is cheaper for a company to have one board designed that can be used with multiple different schematic designs...rather than paying more to have multiple motherboards designed. The extra pads are there in case the manufacturer that assembles components needs to add capacitors to fulfill a specific schematic.
Sometimes for example,a laptop motherboard will be used on multiple different versions with i3 or i5 processors,maybe even low end atoms. The components and selection of these components are different in many places on the board,but the motherboard itself is identical to the other model laptops. The CPU and circuitry is just differently laid out according to the schematic requirements for the different model laptop
look at all of this professionals
Absolutely love your channel.. I know absolutely nothing about fixing things, probably never will, but it doesn’t keep me from enjoying your videos ! Great content !
Thank you!
Buy the most broken quantum computer and fix it
That would be awesome!
Well, there are D-wave computers on the market. They claim that it's a quantum computer, but it's actually quantum annealing. It can do some stuff faster than a regular computer, but a quantum computer can do more.
Brokenest*
@@karlkastor it IS a quantum computer it just uses quantum annealing.
That doesnt make it not a quantum computer.
If you watch frame of essence these computers are the pink guys
God,no, it'd be broken in 3 different ways at the same time
I'm sorry man, I like your persistence. Definitely one of my new favorite channels, I hope you reach 1M subscribers soon so you can get that big YT $$$$$.
just found you a few days ago and i love watching you fix these things makes me want to do it sooooo bad now lol
Do it!
I like when you fix them, but enjoy even better when they go wrong bc you have to look deeper and be more detailed. You are awesome btw
You're like the House M.D. of electronics.
Ha, ha...I'll take it!
Roadhouse
Its lupus
@@nikoskabbadias Don't be ridiculous. It's never lupus.
@@t0xotis except for thatone time it was
It's amazing to see you as a person who wants to improve. You try to fix almost unfixable stuff just to have more knowledge and improve.
Keep it up!!!
I actually came to this channel to see if I could learn how to fix my laptop screen.. my trusty acer chromebook 14. Well I didnt, but still, this channel is absolutely great! I dont have nearly enough tools or competence to do any of this, but its loads of fun to watch!
Thanks for watching! I don't generally repair computers since there's so many others out there doing it but maybe sometime in the future I will.
Tbh, u are my personal hero, Sir! I enjoy your videos more than others enjoy the Witcher on Netflix! Well done!
I definitely like to see more challenges like this one :)
I've got more coming!
@@Tronicsfix you the best
Never searched for this, no clue what's going on, can't stop watching. SUBSCRIBED.
8:30 : You dont need quite that much flux.
Louis Rossmann : WHAT are you talking about, that is WAY to little flux
Yeah, that was like 1 milliPaul, at the most. :D
Ha, ha! True
Louis would add a link to his store to buy more.
@@The_Keeper I want this to be an ISO unit of solder flux. (I had to specify, there are many "fluxes" out there: magnetic flux, current, flux capacitor...)
When i learneed SMD Soldering, my instructor told me there are just 2 important rules :
1. You always use to much soldering tin
2. You always use too less flux
I'm on this channel to see how to fix a console if I wanna buy a cheap one from eBay but I'm genuinely interested now in how to fix electronics thanks to this guy.
Gotta love the brokenest stuff, the worst things tend to have the most interesting stories
Agreed
A great attempt. And honestly learned more by you taking multiple approaches. I can tell you have a lot of patience.
Year 3693:
"We've searched all our data bases but there was only *ONE* person to ever use the *perfect* amount of thermal paste."
"Okay, so who is that?"
"He was a popular RUclipsr who lived at around 2022 era."
Lol
i've never seen someone as proud as this guy on puting the right amount of thermal paste
It looks like there are 2 other capacitors missing. Slightly below the right probe at 8:03.
Havran333 That’s normal on these slim motherboards I’ve seen enough to know
No missing capacitors. Thats how these slim consoles are.
I have to agree but first, can anyone tell me what is a capacitor?
I’m not at all a fixer upper when it comes to any electronics but I love watching how you bring them back to life 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
Wassup dude love your videos!
Hi! Glad you're enjoying them!
I don’t know why but I find your videos really relaxing to watch.
You can't rip yourself off if you don't remember...bring on the whiskey!
hahaha!
me every time
Milk of Amnesia....Drink to forget...
I wonder if people know how not easy for you it is to do this kind of videos. Congratulations on this one. It was really entertaining.
The Nth law of repair: Thou shalt check voltage rails. (Even with a good power supply, there has to be some power on order / maybe a repair guide has some voltage levels to check.)
man you have so much patience! i can't stop watching the videos, i have zero electronics knowledge but still! keep up the good work dude. also, get some sleep man you look tired! peace
I thought you had it haha I was so sad when you couldn’t fix it haha but another great video!
Me too! Thanks for watching!
Aaah! I was hoping so much for you! If you decide to keep track of the ps4, I wish you the best in finding the solution. As far as I’m concerned, you made massive improvements to that sad ps4.
Easiest way would be to find another PS4 board and put it in this one and hope nothing else was broke
"fixed it until it's broken" lmao
Thanks to you and Vince, I've taken up attempting to repair things as a hobby, cheers :)
Love hearing this!
At 7:50, look at the top-center of the video... I see two pins with solder!
Not sure if anything is supposed to be there, but it looks like something was supposed to be there...
I'll check it out. Thanks
@@Tronicsfix Was that it?
That's the problem with these machines sometimes they are easy fixes and sometimes they take you to hell and back. I have only had one which I could not repair. If only we could source schematics then this problem would be easy to fix. You did exactly what I have done to these guess I was just lucky and with 2 of them it was power supply and with 2 others it was a reflow on the south bridge.
The spare parts alone he can easily get his money back, or just use on other repairs. Dude makes great content and was helpful with tearing mine for cleaning in his assemble tips and tricks vid.
Do a video on fixing old stereo receivers or stereo’s in general
You mean the analog amps cause the digital ones are boring
I really like to fix random electronic stuff, specially consoles, and I love this channel, makes me want open a YT channel doing my repairs
Do it!
"... and look at that, the perfect amount of thermal paste" So true.
hahaha
That made me laugh xD
Thank you dude, i paid 50$ for a broken ps4 and with your washer fix tutorial it worked again!
“Do you think it will work this time?”
*Looks at length of video left* “No.”
Did exactly the same😆
Don't spoil yourself lol
I always watch your videos even though I don't have a ps console or idont fix electronics, I hope to get one someday.. i just love to watch your fixing videos its amazing.. more fixin videos pls... watching from philippines.
Dean Porter, never knew you did this.
What’s up Josh! I just started this a few years ago. Now it’s my full time income. Nice to hear from you...hope things are well!
@@Tronicsfix This are well, hope all is well with you. I do work at rio now tho.
Even the failed attempts are interesting to watch. Thanks dude, keep at it!
Thanks to this , I wanna be a computer engineer
Awesome!
You're so cool. Watching your videos is enough to renew my college inspiration from time to time.
Sony consoles (PS3 and up) like having HDDs installed when attempting to boot, even if the firmware is stored on its EMMC/Flash storage. Was the HDD connected at all during these tests?
I love your videos and you inspire me to be like you. Keep it up!
I was gonna go to work early, I can spare 13 minutes I guess
Ha, ha...yes you can!
Personally, I'm happy to see you fix the same items. More consoles/phones. Always interesting
Hey,
Just curious how do you know what goes to what on the mother board ... for instance the disk drive had a stripped plastic and you knew exactly which fuses correlate to that area. Is there a schematic that you look at or is it just experience.
Please leave a link if you can !
Thank you keep doing the good stuff!
literally I can watch your videos all day and night
Every time I drive through Walla Walla, I wonder what you’re up to. Lol
Probably just trying to fix broken stuff!
Have you noticed that Steve keeps reminding us of 'the perfect amount of thermal paste". I'll sleep soundly tonight. Also that $40 you spent on those PS4 parts is a good buy - always useful spares for other mends.
Those spare parts would be worth well over $100 just by themselves
Is everyone going to ignore the fact that brokenest isn’t even a word?
ahhaha i kept saying it to myself until it sounded normal but it didnt
If it ain't brokenest, don't fixenest!
Yeah but we all know what it means so who cares
@@Atsoc86 i do
No word was ever a word until some makeded it up ;)
I should be studying for finals, and tomorrow Friday is my last day doing finals but yet again here I am on a 4 hour loop of going through all his fixes 😔
30 sec in "oh boy, what did i get myself into?"
thank you so much for these videos I have actually learned quite a bit watching your videos and explaining the capacitors and things like that to us it's actually really awesome my dad never showed me or told me anything I just watched and now that you're actually telling us what you're doing and what is what it's helped quite a bit for me to understand and I enjoy watching videos like this
Atleast there was no roaches on this one lol
When you first tested it at the 4:40 if it works, I was so happy that didn't work, coz I had 9 more minutes to watch your skills! Another one good video dude! :)
There could be a broken trace on the motherboard. If it was dropped it’s possible these motherboards are sensitive.
oof then that is unfixable
Might be. Multi-layered motherboards are sensitive and when just one tiny path inbetween layers breaks, there is no fixing them, no matter how good you are at fixing stuff. Since the problem shows up so early on boot, I assume it is somewhere near the southbridge or the main flash rom chip.
Good video. Even though you didn't fix it, I can tell you are extremely competent in PS4 repair
This dude looks like the fisher guy of zelda oot
That amount of thermal paste was so perfect👍
IKR!
"Brokenest" is not a superlative adjective as Steve knows. The function of language is to communicate. "Brokenest" works fine and is a good bit of click bait! Lol
I love your videos man! Just do RUclips full time!
I'm actually moving that way.
Great! I hope to lean much more from your videos my friend.
Why not just fit a known working motherboard *before* attempting any kind of fix?
If it powers on ok with the donor motherboard, you then know the original is defective and you can concentrate your efforts on that.
It seems like you blindly attempted various motherboard repairs before establishing if there was actually a motherboard fault.
Probably because not everyone has 50 ps4 laying around.
@@Robert-rk8xu What a strange reply.
Of course most don't have multiple motherboards but this guy definitely does have many working boards he could have used.
@SiRobb I think the point is to show others how to troubleshoot and attempt repairs.
@@Robert-rk8xu I understand that but showing attempted component repairs on a motherboard when you don't know if the components are even faulty isn't the best way to troubleshoot.
I watch these videos out of interest but if you're a beginner and you actually need guidance, you could end up causing more issues if you follow this video and attempt repairs based on a guess.
You're so addicting to watch, man! Keep up the great and informative videos!
"If it ain't broken, fix it 'til it is."
It was $40 take out the Blu-ray Drive in the hard drive, and turn it into an oversized phone charger, to get an equivalent phone charger with that many boards at least $30
should be on a t-shirt.
Or in this case, if it's broken, you still can't fix it.
I bloody love these uploads!
Glad you're enjoying these!
@@Tronicsfix I think you're amazing at these things.and i was so hoping it was going to work but i do understand there's only so much you can/want to do. and thanks for putting these videos on here i really DO enjoy your channel.