Hi Vince. I've been watching your fix it videos for a while now so when my bluray player stopped taking discs in yesterday I would have normally just chucked it. I thought I'd have a go at fixing it. An hour later & it's clean & working again. Inspirational stuff my man...keep it up
@@robertandruw7647 Dusty is bad but add in "air fresheners" it gets worse. The dust clumps together and becomes tacky / clay-like and retains the scent of the air freshener product. That's why I'm curious to see how the trend of vaping affects consoles / laptops and the like. A guy I worked with recently said he'd spend hours in his room vaping with no open window or other ventilation. After some time he found lots of items in his room had became coated with the vape mist. Cigarette smoke left layers of sticky yellow dust in several laptops I had to repair a few years back - so the potential is there for consoles (or anything ventilated by an internal fan) to get gunked up. If that does happen I'm curious to see if we'll end up ultrasonic cleaning complex parts like heatsinks to get them working effectively again.
You got a good deal on that PS4. Seller probably knew it was the chip (notice how it said "HDMI fault" and not "HDMI port fault") and didn't have the equipment/skills to replace it, or didn't consider it worth the time or investment for the extra profit they'd make. You'd think a business seller would have plenty of experience with using a hot air station, but it's possible they just buy broken consoles in bulk, fix the easy ones and sell the rest.
It's a buzz watching you fix the things man, sitting there on the edge of my seat when you turn the item on to see if your fix worked, thanks for the videos.
I understand exactly the reasons why you go out of your way to state that these videos are "just for entertainment" and that you are "not an expert in these repairs" etc, but really it's being too modest. You clearly know what you're doing with these things! Forget the moans of naysayers. You really make it look so easy. I love these videos.
On the hot air reflow station. The square tip is used for working on chips just like the one you were working on. The chip can handle the heat needed to melt the solder. The whole board goes through an oven and gets heated up when it's manufactured.
At 41mins 30 secs....i was waiting for your usual jump for joy and overwhelming excitement that we see when you fix something...but i was a bit dissapointed at the hand rub and yeeeeesss this time, your usually way more happy than this sir!!!
hey Vince i believe the hard drive screw is missing because if i recall the hard drive isn´t supposed to slide out so easily!! by the way great video as always!!
Have Electronics course this year. And i learned a lot from it, its mostly theory and we have some pratical stuff, but not so indepth. I really get to harden my understanding by watching this videos honestly. I actually understand what you are doing and what you are looking at. Love your videos :)
I have been watching your videos for a while now and Ive got to say mate every one is better than the last. You can really see how your skills have improved. Keep up the good work mate and keep the videos coming. All the best.
You have inspired me to start doing more repairs, i tend to stay away from chips replacements but will start doing them now. Thanks Vince your a legend of a man!
Kept overheating because you probably need to replace the thermal compound on the SOC (14:04) (The paste is later replaced) Great and entertaining video thanks 👌
Hats of to you sir, you have a real skill. In the future if you ever need broken consoles to have a go at fixing for a video, I regularly come across them and I’ve got a small stockpile of both retro and current generation consoles and handhelds.
It's amazing how relatable these fix videos are. Just had to fix the same chip, and had every single issue you did, down to forgetting to put the CPU heatsink clamp back on and having it beep and turn off. Thanks for the vid, super helpful!
@@MattP79 ...or it's ineffective because it was exposed to air. I now keep mine in its spool and that in a ziplock bag when I'm not actively using it and the roll has lasted forever without the embedded flux turning into decoration
I really appreciate that you say a lot of the small details like the temperature of your heat gun and stuff like that. I watch a lot of tech videos and I'm often left with questions but I'm never left hanging with your videos. Found your channel recently through TronicsFix and I love the content, almost instant sub.
I'm an electronics hobbyist and I was taught the same thing however our boy here hasn't caused a static discharge at the brush yet. It may happen some day , perhaps during winter when ambient air is dryer but for now...he's rockin it!
@@JordaNeale honestly it's not an issue promise ya. I can see why people think there is though because so many people have the misconception that they do but if you ask them same people if they've ever seen a vacuum cause static build up and break something they were more than likely say no. I've never read or seen anything in all my years of an incident like that happening
Ok Vince this is my second video of yours I’ve watched. I’m hooked. I have subbed and now it’s time for a mymatevince marathon!!!! Keep up the awesome work my friend! That’s a big hello from Texas!
I'm amazed by the fact the chips and boards still work after all that heat, I've never looked into what the components on boards and what the actual board is made of but it must be some damn tough stuff to be able to withstand so much heat lol. It's also interesting to see that it seems to be the norm to just put a small pea sized thermal paste on a chip now, back when I was learning how to build computers we were always told to put a small amount on the chip and then spread it on the chip before attaching the heatsink. Oh how times have changed lol
Haha, well spotted :-) I didn't notice!!! I did wonder why I had a line of solder left at the end. I'm such an idiot. I even offered it up and rotated it to see which way to put it on :-)
@@Mymatevince As someone who is studying electronics engineering, I absolutely love your videos and you do a great job. School pumps me full of theory and almost ZERO hands on. You show how important practice and hands on , with the right equipment , really is....You have also made me more confident in my repairs and most of all, that it is ok to screw up. Ive learned more watching your videos , then I did at my work Co-Op for school. (or at least helped to assure Im on the right track) Repair is becoming a lost artform and in my Co-op placement 99% of time we just replaced the board. So how else do you learn the "right" way aside from trial and error??...Anyways keep doing you and I'll keep watching.
You're a clever boy Vince. I don't normally watch these vids,but, yours was quite intriguing. I like the classical music interludes as well. That thing was really dirty and it prompted me to give mine a quick spruce. I would happily let you work on mine.
I think that what you do is excellent, but there are very important things in which you have problems because you use too much the heat gun and not the soldering iron (the tip you used to solder the legs of the IC is too thick). Before removing the solder from the pads with the desoldering wire, you must add new solder and then you can add flux and proceed with the desoldering wire. These boards need to be preheated to 100c before being subjected to intense temperatures and that allows you to use safer temperatures for the components and avoid problems related to thermal stress, consider buying a PCB Preheating / Desoldering System.
Love your videos I've always had things in bits trying to fix them from a little kid so can totally relate to the frustrations of not knowing about everything and having to do hours and hours of research but absolutely love learning how things work and getting the sence of achievement when you manage to fix something
Your getting WAY better at all this! Great Job, Keep up the AWESOME Repairs!!! (btw, at this point I think it's time you invested in a real "SMC micro pencil type soldering iron"... the chances of wrecking the boards SMC processors will be GREATLY decreased...)
I think Vince is probably a better person to ask about the continuity tester/repair plug, AFAIK mazarmark5 doesn't use one... I could be wrong, but rarely am lol
@@3absisoRA Is this what you are after? www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313.TR1.TRC0.A0.H0.Xhdmi+breakout.TRS0&_nkw=hdmi+breakout&_sacat=0 :)
One of the things you will get from experience. Seeing all that dust build up told me right away it wasn't a port but an over heating issue. But damn you are getting good and fast!
Nice job VInce. You've certainly come a long way. Your confidence and ability have grown immensely. I remember watching your first video where you replaced this same chip for the first time and struggled. I also remember and can relate the pure elation when it actually worked when you were done. From no soldering iron to desoldering chips in such a short period of time, very impressive.
The only thing I hate about your videos is the title :D You see, I can't stand sad endings and from that "trying to fix" I just never know if you're gonna be successful. Now, the good part is - I know that you're golden almost every time, so I watch everything (of course) - but there is still certain level of uncertainty which bugs me the whole video - every single time :D It's like watching a thriller and I can't handle it! And no, I'm not going to spoil it by watching the end first, not even a thumbnail! :D But on a serious note - thank you for sharing another repair with us! Love this channel!
Just a pun. I recommend them little air pumps for electronics on Amazon, they work great for keeping a PS4 from thermal issues due to clogging. Got one for like 20$ for my PC and it gets way more use on the PS4. PC has dust filters.
Hi Vince. I work in the semiconductor industry (actually in a fab) . I just thought I'd let you know that you're unlikely to damage a chip with a heat gun. The very lowest process temperatures we use are around 650 Celsius, but most are well over 1000 degrees Celsius. The melting point of silicon is around 1375 Celsius as well. You're more likely to damage the 'case' (or whatever its called, we don't assemble) but they're not vital to the operation of the chip inside.
@@Mymatevince I do think your skill level has defiantly got tones better. But I get what you mean... sometimes a little look is needed... especially with sellers on eBay. Lol
The reason you struggled with reflowing the solder on the pins is probably due to the size of the tip you've got on your iron. It's a bit too wee. A bigger tip will hold more heat. Solder behaves differently at high temperatures too, it can get a bit gluey, so hotter isn't necessarily better. Great job though - you're fearless! Keep learning :D
Hi Vince, just want to let you know I really like your videos, but I feel sorry for you with the amount of mis sold stuff you recieve! Keep up the good work, Happy New Year!
Great video as always! I'm glad the purchase of the donor boards worked out well once again. Now that you know the symptoms of the bad hdmi chip, you should check for shorting on the donor boards (I'm surprised you didn't do that before removing the chip).
Man, you never dissapoint with good video! Literally makes me want to buy a faulty ps4 and fix it rather than buying a used one from game stop, especially if its an hdmi fault lol
my dad used to repair computers in the 90s, and i grew up helping fix them, if you think that amount of dust is a lot good god you'd be scarred by the things ive seen hahhahahah
Great job. Just thinking, if as you say that chip is a common failure, then I would have added thermal paste between the chip and the metal plate just to get it running a bit cooler.
few things that will help you in the future... add lead solder to the chip pins to make it easier to come off, you had problems wicking because of the old heated non-lead solder, so add new solder and some flux to the braid... its best with those chips to have flat clean pads then tack the corners of the chip with the soldering iron then drag solder ;) and dont forget to get a cheap microscope to see things on a bigger screen to make it easier for you
i realize everyone learns from their experience (and i know you did when watching later vids where you remove the chips)... but when i saw the part you used the iron to resolder those pins on chip all i heard in my head was "murder!" :D. anyway nice vid as always (even the "murdeR" part :) ).
Yep he's learned a lot, and inspired at least myself to pick up my soldering skills again. Only real criticism I have on this vid is that he still refitted the new chip with air not an iron to begin with, and then when he did use the iron added a bit too much solder (recovered the bridges well though). And if I really had to be picky, it makes me pucker a little with hearing how hot he runs his iron if it's genuinely running at 480*C. @My Mate VINCE hope you read this, and please don't take my comment as a dig, just areas you could improve on. I still don't even have a hot air rework station as never needed one yet but your vids are inspiring me to push further and take on repairs I wouldn't have dreamed of a few years ago. Thanks.
dan mackintosh I did repair something myself except it was software related and I repaired a 9 year old computer running windows 7! Basically what happened 5 years ago when it was reinstalling the os I fell over the power cord and the battery was flat and it came with an error BOOTMGR was missing press control alt delete. 4 years have past since that computer had been broken I was lucky that the it was 50% it recovered the recovery partition so I booted up in the environment and I did the restore again...Successfully!
When putting on a component as long as you re-tin the pads with leaded solder and use tacky flux you can lower your temps and air speed. That will help with the component moving around on you. Also with leaded solder it melts before lead free so your less likely to blow smaller components off the board that are around what your replacing. Keep up the learning and keep the videos coming.
Vince, when you were talking about needed to replace that chip my first thought was, I wonder if you still have those doner boards and if one of those had a working chip. I'm glad you remembered having those before buying a new one
Don't know if it's a silly question but why don't you apply leaded solder before you clean the pads. My idea there is that the leaded reduces the melting point reducing the stress during the wiping. I don't have a heat gun so when I desolder I usually mix in leaded before I try anything. Like removing the shield adding more solder sometimes makes it easier because there's more mass to pick up the heat
Love your video's Vince! Great work again. You inspired me to start repairing some consoles myself and I've been having a lot of fun and even a bit of success, haha. I can't help but notice, I think you put the shield back on the wrong way round at the end, Shouldn't it be rotated 180°? Ie with the small notch towards the bottom left of the screen as you are viewing the video? (Obviously this is a bit of a petty observation and in no way intended as a criticism, just sanity checking myself) Keep up the brilliant work! Loving the "Trying to fix" series!!
Thanks mate :-) Yes I did manage to put it on wrong. I didn't realise until I read the comments!!!!! Really don't know how I did that especially after lining it up :-)
@@Mymatevince Easily done in the excitement of just wanting to get it back together. I put an XBOX one back together a couple of weeks ago after a disk drive replacement and wondered why I now wasn't getting anything from the drive, only to realise I hadn't plugged the data cable back in when I opened it up again.
Around 22:15 you indicated you were not sure about the size of the heat attachment to use, so I think the general rule is the larger the chip the larger the attachment will work best, the idea is to heat up ALL THE SOLDER CONNECTIONS AT THE SAME TIME when Reflowing Dry solder joints and or removing Suspect IC's, Likewise to install one if you can heat all of the connections up in one go Thus the higher the heat the quicker the solder melts, thus the quicker you can apply the cooling "I blow" on the IC once it is installed, therefore the more likely you will halt the inward momentum of heating really early, bare in mind surface mount chips are designed so that the ceramic like material hinders the transfer of external heat..
I really like your video. Very informative. Good reworking done there even if some of them chip pins were giving you trouble, you didn't give up. Thanks for taking the time to make this.
@my mate Vince reason why they put a sealed sticker on is because even of they say it is only a HDMI port fault, they know you have to open it and as soon as you do you can not return it for breaking the seal, quite clever.
Next time ,when you put AMTECH , just use the wick in the entire row, don't point and make the joint with solder, just slide it through ,and it will "automatically" rest in the pins you need. Without mixing them (sorting 2 pins into 1) .Nice videos btw :D
Flowing air in to a hose will cause a large static charge ...If you ground strap the nossel you should be ok . Make sure it has a true ground and the charge can not build up .
Nice work! Always a pleasure (and inspiration) to watch you apply better-than-average critical thinking and logical progression of diagnostic steps. When you have a new vid up I make a sammich and grab a beverage and settle in. Fun fun fun!!
I love your videos showing game console repairs Vince ...Can I ask is it possible at some stage for you to show people like me how you use the tester to check chips and how you can tell what should be earthed and what shouldn`t because I`d love to learn to use a tester properly.
Looks like you put the apu clamp on upside down when it was overheating. I always put fresh thermal paste on when reassembling. Noticed you didn't remove the fan for cleaning as well. Part of the metal for the fan looked bent. I service these all the time so know them like the back of my hand. Paint brush works best for cleaning the motherboard. Just to add Bluetooth is always used even when the controller is wired to the ps4. The usb lead is solely for charging 👍🏻 I'd check what firmware version it's on. Hopefully it hasn't been updated for a while & is on firmware 5.05 or less so then you can jailbreak it 😊
@@AngelicBullet I'd always put fresh thermal paste down whenever separating the motherboard from the heatsink. It's just not worth the risk to be honest but I wouldn't just use your existing old thermal paste
Wow where on earth did they play that thing, inside a tumble dryer? I bet it switched off that first time from overheating after it had run for 30 seconds pmsl... Loving the classical-musical interludes, glad you're doing that again. it's kind of been a signature thing on your Trying to FIX videos. Good luck with this one, gonna finish watching now I've coughed the fur balls out of my lungs I got just from watching that thing get opened up!
Great work! I'd suggest some better lighting under the microscope or camera you're using when soldering, which would make it easier to see how good the solder joints are. Would help a lot I think. :)
Hi Vince. I've been watching your fix it videos for a while now so when my bluray player stopped taking discs in yesterday I would have normally just chucked it. I thought I'd have a go at fixing it. An hour later & it's clean & working again. Inspirational stuff my man...keep it up
Well done mate, congrats on the fix :-)
Great repair Vince! I knew it would work!
Cheers Steve :-)
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I watch both of yall
Out of all the drama filled videos on RUclips, it's refreshing to watch your channel which hosts none of that nonsense 😀
The 1 dislike is from the person who owned this PS4 before😂😂😂😂
The other three are the ones who wish they had bought Xboxes :)
I don't think he will miss it that much. He had pretty bad taste in games anyways xD
Must be sleeping in one dusty bedroom lol.
@@robertandruw7647 Dusty is bad but add in "air fresheners" it gets worse. The dust clumps together and becomes tacky / clay-like and retains the scent of the air freshener product. That's why I'm curious to see how the trend of vaping affects consoles / laptops and the like. A guy I worked with recently said he'd spend hours in his room vaping with no open window or other ventilation. After some time he found lots of items in his room had became coated with the vape mist. Cigarette smoke left layers of sticky yellow dust in several laptops I had to repair a few years back - so the potential is there for consoles (or anything ventilated by an internal fan) to get gunked up. If that does happen I'm curious to see if we'll end up ultrasonic cleaning complex parts like heatsinks to get them working effectively again.
The 2nd Dislike is from his mum, who had to fork out more money for a new PS4. :(
Watching these video's just puts my ADD at total ease.
Wish I had the tools I'd do the same.
Love the result.
Nice job.
You got a good deal on that PS4. Seller probably knew it was the chip (notice how it said "HDMI fault" and not "HDMI port fault") and didn't have the equipment/skills to replace it, or didn't consider it worth the time or investment for the extra profit they'd make. You'd think a business seller would have plenty of experience with using a hot air station, but it's possible they just buy broken consoles in bulk, fix the easy ones and sell the rest.
It's a buzz watching you fix the things man, sitting there on the edge of my seat when you turn the item on to see if your fix worked, thanks for the videos.
I love the reaction when it works, especially on all your videos! I think we all have the same reaction when we fix something and it works!
I understand exactly the reasons why you go out of your way to state that these videos are "just for entertainment" and that you are "not an expert in these repairs" etc, but really it's being too modest. You clearly know what you're doing with these things! Forget the moans of naysayers.
You really make it look so easy. I love these videos.
On the hot air reflow station. The square tip is used for working on chips just like the one you were working on. The chip can handle the heat needed to melt the solder. The whole board goes through an oven and gets heated up when it's manufactured.
At 41mins 30 secs....i was waiting for your usual jump for joy and overwhelming excitement that we see when you fix something...but i was a bit dissapointed at the hand rub and yeeeeesss this time, your usually way more happy than this sir!!!
hey Vince i believe the hard drive screw is missing because if i recall the hard drive isn´t supposed to slide out so easily!! by the way great video as always!!
Is missing but won't cause any problems that
oh okay!! thanks
Thanks, I had a spare one so I popped it in at the very end of the video (on the fast forwarding bit). Thanks for letting me know though :-)
no problem always happy to help
Have Electronics course this year. And i learned a lot from it, its mostly theory and we have some pratical stuff, but not so indepth. I really get to harden my understanding by watching this videos honestly. I actually understand what you are doing and what you are looking at. Love your videos :)
I have been watching your videos for a while now and Ive got to say mate every one is better than the last. You can really see how your skills have improved. Keep up the good work mate and keep the videos coming. All the best.
You have inspired me to start doing more repairs, i tend to stay away from chips replacements but will start doing them now. Thanks Vince your a legend of a man!
I always sit there with my fingers crossed when you're trying things out for the first time after attempting a repair.well done on this one.
You can tell from your first fix it videos to you present one that you have improved in all aspects. Nice fix Vince 👍 road to a million subs
Nice work. I love that moment when powering a device back on after making repairs and it works as it should.
Kept overheating because you probably need to replace the thermal compound on the SOC
(14:04)
(The paste is later replaced)
Great and entertaining video thanks 👌
Hats of to you sir, you have a real skill. In the future if you ever need broken consoles to have a go at fixing for a video, I regularly come across them and I’ve got a small stockpile of both retro and current generation consoles and handhelds.
Thanks Tom :-)
You are reaching that Rossman repair level of expertise, you are already better than me!
It's amazing how relatable these fix videos are. Just had to fix the same chip, and had every single issue you did, down to forgetting to put the CPU heatsink clamp back on and having it beep and turn off. Thanks for the vid, super helpful!
Been a joy following along the last year or so mate, your'e skills are improving immensely with surface mount devices.
Thanks so much :-)
These videos can't be entertainment because I learn something new on every video of yours.
Wicking the solder is a LOT easier if you put some flux on the wicking braid as well!
Went to comments to check if someone was already commenting this . :)
Agreed. Although the braid often has flux in it I found it's often burned away from when you used the section before.
@@MattP79 ...or it's ineffective because it was exposed to air. I now keep mine in its spool and that in a ziplock bag when I'm not actively using it and the roll has lasted forever without the embedded flux turning into decoration
@@Knaeckebrotsaege Handy to know - thanks! I'll do that from now on too.
Hete Panda yeah course you did, instead of just writing your own comment.
I really appreciate that you say a lot of the small details like the temperature of your heat gun and stuff like that. I watch a lot of tech videos and I'm often left with questions but I'm never left hanging with your videos. Found your channel recently through TronicsFix and I love the content, almost instant sub.
Compared to what you did one month ago, you are slowly becoming a *Professional*
Those hand dusters are static charged, to attract dust and hold it, so you shouldn't really be using them on electronics or near them
I'm an electronics hobbyist and I was taught the same thing however our boy here hasn't caused a static discharge at the brush yet. It may happen some day , perhaps during winter when ambient air is dryer but for now...he's rockin it!
You're just being paranoid. People always say vacuums can cause static on electronics but they really don't. Not with these modern electronic devices
@@Howlerss Better safe then sorry i'd say especially when it comes to repairing something, theres nothing worse the ESD damage in the middle of it.
@@Howlerss totally mate been using my hover for years on tech and never had a problem with static 😀
@@JordaNeale honestly it's not an issue promise ya. I can see why people think there is though because so many people have the misconception that they do but if you ask them same people if they've ever seen a vacuum cause static build up and break something they were more than likely say no. I've never read or seen anything in all my years of an incident like that happening
I love coming away from these videos having learnt something :) testing the filters for shorts and then going back to the chip is simple but genius.
Ok Vince this is my second video of yours I’ve watched. I’m hooked. I have subbed and now it’s time for a mymatevince marathon!!!! Keep up the awesome work my friend! That’s a big hello from Texas!
I'm amazed by the fact the chips and boards still work after all that heat, I've never looked into what the components on boards and what the actual board is made of but it must be some damn tough stuff to be able to withstand so much heat lol. It's also interesting to see that it seems to be the norm to just put a small pea sized thermal paste on a chip now, back when I was learning how to build computers we were always told to put a small amount on the chip and then spread it on the chip before attaching the heatsink. Oh how times have changed lol
AHHH you put the HDMI chip shield on backwards!!! Lucky it didn't short anything.
Haha, well spotted :-) I didn't notice!!! I did wonder why I had a line of solder left at the end. I'm such an idiot. I even offered it up and rotated it to see which way to put it on :-)
My Mate VINCE no problems it’s ok you are not a pro yet.
man. It hurts so much :D
Nanjaed Lol :P
@@Mymatevince As someone who is studying electronics engineering, I absolutely love your videos and you do a great job. School pumps me full of theory and almost ZERO hands on. You show how important practice and hands on , with the right equipment , really is....You have also made me more confident in my repairs and most of all, that it is ok to screw up. Ive learned more watching your videos , then I did at my work Co-Op for school. (or at least helped to assure Im on the right track) Repair is becoming a lost artform and in my Co-op placement 99% of time we just replaced the board. So how else do you learn the "right" way aside from trial and error??...Anyways keep doing you and I'll keep watching.
You're a clever boy Vince. I don't normally watch these vids,but, yours was quite intriguing. I like the classical music interludes as well. That thing was really dirty and it prompted me to give mine a quick spruce. I would happily let you work on mine.
I think that what you do is excellent, but there are very important things in which you have problems because you use too much the heat gun and not the soldering iron (the tip you used to solder the legs of the IC is too thick).
Before removing the solder from the pads with the desoldering wire, you must add new solder and then you can add flux and proceed with the desoldering wire.
These boards need to be preheated to 100c before being subjected to intense temperatures and that allows you to use safer temperatures for the components and avoid problems related to thermal stress, consider buying a PCB Preheating / Desoldering System.
Love your videos I've always had things in bits trying to fix them from a little kid so can totally relate to the frustrations of not knowing about everything and having to do hours and hours of research but absolutely love learning how things work and getting the sence of achievement when you manage to fix something
amazing video as always i never had a ps4 or an xbox one watching this type of videos is always amazing love the work
I love your trying to fix videos!
I like that playstation profile pic
@@dedender0726 thanks man!
Excellent job remembering the spare donor boards . Using them helps pay down cost on them.. Keep up the great work..
Your getting WAY better at all this! Great Job, Keep up the AWESOME Repairs!!! (btw, at this point I think it's time you invested in a real "SMC micro pencil type soldering iron"... the chances of wrecking the boards SMC processors will be GREATLY decreased...)
Yes! another console repair from Vince!
Can u link the HDMI contenuity tester?
I think Vince is probably a better person to ask about the continuity tester/repair plug, AFAIK mazarmark5 doesn't use one... I could be wrong, but rarely am lol
@@3absisoRA Is this what you are after? www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313.TR1.TRC0.A0.H0.Xhdmi+breakout.TRS0&_nkw=hdmi+breakout&_sacat=0 :)
One of the things you will get from experience. Seeing all that dust build up told me right away it wasn't a port but an over heating issue. But damn you are getting good and fast!
Awesome fix! I love the anticipation of watching to see if your repairs work.
Nice job VInce. You've certainly come a long way. Your confidence and ability have grown immensely. I remember watching your first video where you replaced this same chip for the first time and struggled. I also remember and can relate the pure elation when it actually worked when you were done. From no soldering iron to desoldering chips in such a short period of time, very impressive.
Thanks mate. Nice words to hear. Thanks so much :-)
The only thing I hate about your videos is the title :D You see, I can't stand sad endings and from that "trying to fix" I just never know if you're gonna be successful. Now, the good part is - I know that you're golden almost every time, so I watch everything (of course) - but there is still certain level of uncertainty which bugs me the whole video - every single time :D It's like watching a thriller and I can't handle it! And no, I'm not going to spoil it by watching the end first, not even a thumbnail! :D But on a serious note - thank you for sharing another repair with us! Love this channel!
Rumour has it the previous owner was using the PS4 as a hoover...
Apistogramma nah he used it as a towel as well
He used it to clean his hoover
Wells it does have a fan that sucks like a vacuum and makes loud noise. Well not one but several million of them.
@@krisreddish3066 but he should be cleaned it out once in a whilr
Just a pun. I recommend them little air pumps for electronics on Amazon, they work great for keeping a PS4 from thermal issues due to clogging. Got one for like 20$ for my PC and it gets way more use on the PS4. PC has dust filters.
Hi Vince. I work in the semiconductor industry (actually in a fab) . I just thought I'd let you know that you're unlikely to damage a chip with a heat gun. The very lowest process temperatures we use are around 650 Celsius, but most are well over 1000 degrees Celsius. The melting point of silicon is around 1375 Celsius as well. You're more likely to damage the 'case' (or whatever its called, we don't assemble) but they're not vital to the operation of the chip inside.
Yet another hugely enjoyable and highly successful fix :o) Great job mate !!!!
Love these videos Vince... These sort of repairs seem to be easy for you now.
keep up the good work matey.
Thanks mate :-) The luck won't last!!!! I am due a failure fix :-)
@@Mymatevince I do think your skill level has defiantly got tones better. But I get what you mean... sometimes a little look is needed... especially with sellers on eBay. Lol
This guy makes great how to videos and he knows what he is doing so he is like the Gordon Ramsay of electronics
Well done Vince another PS4 successful fix. Another notch in your video game console repair belt. I love your videos.
Well done mate. Did all this sort of things myself from childhood and loved it. Keep it up and love your videos
The reason you struggled with reflowing the solder on the pins is probably due to the size of the tip you've got on your iron. It's a bit too wee. A bigger tip will hold more heat. Solder behaves differently at high temperatures too, it can get a bit gluey, so hotter isn't necessarily better. Great job though - you're fearless! Keep learning :D
I get impressed everytime you fix something, i would trust you working on electronics for sure! Great job vince.
Hi Vince, just want to let you know I really like your videos, but I feel sorry for you with the amount of mis sold stuff you recieve! Keep up the good work, Happy New Year!
Great video as always! I'm glad the purchase of the donor boards worked out well once again. Now that you know the symptoms of the bad hdmi chip, you should check for shorting on the donor boards (I'm surprised you didn't do that before removing the chip).
Man, you never dissapoint with good video! Literally makes me want to buy a faulty ps4 and fix it rather than buying a used one from game stop, especially if its an hdmi fault lol
Really enjoyed watching this... Great job and nice to see you keep the ‘mistakes’ in the edit.
Hope you made a nice wee profit!
Congrats man, it's always a pleasure to watch your videos and learn something new and interesting.
Keep up with excellent content :D!
You seem to be getting quite good at this. Well done
Great job brother! I love seeing awesome outcomes ....that feeling of accomplishment and bargain mixed together 😂 is a wonderful thing.
It’s good saveing PS4 from the wasteland
I love watching these vidoes
They pass time faster then it seems
Keep it up Vince
my dad used to repair computers in the 90s, and i grew up helping fix them, if you think that amount of dust is a lot good god you'd be scarred by the things ive seen hahhahahah
People from ebay shaking their fists in anger at you for fixing their dead consoles 😂😂
I watch you for quite a time now but after this video I considered to subscribe. Just nice how you try to fix faulty devices.
Great job. Just thinking, if as you say that chip is a common failure, then I would have added thermal paste between the chip and the metal plate just to get it running a bit cooler.
Love watching your fix videos. Great work.
few things that will help you in the future... add lead solder to the chip pins to make it easier to come off, you had problems wicking because of the old heated non-lead solder, so add new solder and some flux to the braid... its best with those chips to have flat clean pads then tack the corners of the chip with the soldering iron then drag solder ;) and dont forget to get a cheap microscope to see things on a bigger screen to make it easier for you
You're getting better and better vince nice job
i realize everyone learns from their experience (and i know you did when watching later vids where you remove the chips)... but when i saw the part you used the iron to resolder those pins on chip all i heard in my head was "murder!" :D. anyway nice vid as always (even the "murdeR" part :) ).
wow Vince what an improvement compared to a month ago. Good job!
Roger Soard SO TRUE HE COULDNT FIX ANYTHING AND LOOK AT HIM NOW!
Yep he's learned a lot, and inspired at least myself to pick up my soldering skills again. Only real criticism I have on this vid is that he still refitted the new chip with air not an iron to begin with, and then when he did use the iron added a bit too much solder (recovered the bridges well though). And if I really had to be picky, it makes me pucker a little with hearing how hot he runs his iron if it's genuinely running at 480*C. @My Mate VINCE hope you read this, and please don't take my comment as a dig, just areas you could improve on. I still don't even have a hot air rework station as never needed one yet but your vids are inspiring me to push further and take on repairs I wouldn't have dreamed of a few years ago. Thanks.
dan mackintosh I did repair something myself except it was software related and I repaired a 9 year old computer running windows 7! Basically what happened 5 years ago when it was reinstalling the os I fell over the power cord and the battery was flat and it came with an error BOOTMGR was missing press control alt delete. 4 years have past since that computer had been broken I was lucky that the it was 50% it recovered the recovery partition so I booted up in the environment and I did the restore again...Successfully!
When putting on a component as long as you re-tin the pads with leaded solder and use tacky flux you can lower your temps and air speed. That will help with the component moving around on you. Also with leaded solder it melts before lead free so your less likely to blow smaller components off the board that are around what your replacing. Keep up the learning and keep the videos coming.
An electronic butcher with excellent taste in music, love you man
Vince, when you were talking about needed to replace that chip my first thought was, I wonder if you still have those doner boards and if one of those had a working chip. I'm glad you remembered having those before buying a new one
Don't know if it's a silly question but why don't you apply leaded solder before you clean the pads. My idea there is that the leaded reduces the melting point reducing the stress during the wiping.
I don't have a heat gun so when I desolder I usually mix in leaded before I try anything.
Like removing the shield adding more solder sometimes makes it easier because there's more mass to pick up the heat
I had no idea Russell Brand was doing console repair videos on RUclips. 😳 😂 Just playing... great video!
best video for showing us how to repairing ps4 consoles with HDMI problems
A new guy to repairs knows more than a hole building of ppl analyzing the problem 😂
Love your video's Vince! Great work again. You inspired me to start repairing some consoles myself and I've been having a lot of fun and even a bit of success, haha.
I can't help but notice, I think you put the shield back on the wrong way round at the end, Shouldn't it be rotated 180°? Ie with the small notch towards the bottom left of the screen as you are viewing the video? (Obviously this is a bit of a petty observation and in no way intended as a criticism, just sanity checking myself)
Keep up the brilliant work! Loving the "Trying to fix" series!!
Thanks mate :-) Yes I did manage to put it on wrong. I didn't realise until I read the comments!!!!! Really don't know how I did that especially after lining it up :-)
@@Mymatevince Easily done in the excitement of just wanting to get it back together. I put an XBOX one back together a couple of weeks ago after a disk drive replacement and wondered why I now wasn't getting anything from the drive, only to realise I hadn't plugged the data cable back in when I opened it up again.
Around 22:15 you indicated you were not sure about the size of the heat attachment to use, so I think the general rule is the larger the chip the larger the attachment will work best, the idea is to heat up ALL THE SOLDER CONNECTIONS AT THE SAME TIME when Reflowing Dry solder joints and or removing Suspect IC's,
Likewise to install one if you can heat all of the connections up in one go Thus the higher the heat the quicker the solder melts, thus the quicker you can apply the cooling "I blow" on the IC once it is installed, therefore the more likely you will halt the inward momentum of heating really early, bare in mind surface mount chips are designed so that the ceramic like material hinders the transfer of external heat..
I really like your video. Very informative. Good reworking done there even if some of them chip pins were giving you trouble, you didn't give up. Thanks for taking the time to make this.
@my mate Vince reason why they put a sealed sticker on is because even of they say it is only a HDMI port fault, they know you have to open it and as soon as you do you can not return it for breaking the seal, quite clever.
Enjoy your content, inspires me and fun watching your diagnostic skills improving with each project!
Wow you've improved your soldering skills from the last time I saw you try. Good on you.
Next time ,when you put AMTECH , just use the wick in the entire row, don't point and make the joint with solder, just slide it through ,and it will "automatically" rest in the pins you need. Without mixing them (sorting 2 pins into 1) .Nice videos btw :D
Was i the only Dummie who was lookin for "Captain Tape" instead of Kapton Tape? xD
When dealing with chips, it's best to use a flat or chisel tip for your iron. It makes it easier to spread evenly.
Flowing air in to a hose will cause a large static charge ...If you ground strap the nossel you should be ok . Make sure it has a true ground and the charge can not build up .
Nice work! Always a pleasure (and inspiration) to watch you apply better-than-average critical thinking and logical progression of diagnostic steps. When you have a new vid up I make a sammich and grab a beverage and settle in.
Fun fun fun!!
Thanks mate :-)
I love your videos showing game console repairs Vince ...Can I ask is it possible at some stage for you to show people like me how you use the tester to check chips and how you can tell what should be earthed and what shouldn`t because I`d love to learn to use a tester properly.
Howdy,great repair job on the scary dusty PS4,electronics is definitely not for the impatient,you sure have alot of it,very impressive. Cheers.
Looks like you put the apu clamp on upside down when it was overheating. I always put fresh thermal paste on when reassembling. Noticed you didn't remove the fan for cleaning as well. Part of the metal for the fan looked bent. I service these all the time so know them like the back of my hand. Paint brush works best for cleaning the motherboard.
Just to add Bluetooth is always used even when the controller is wired to the ps4. The usb lead is solely for charging 👍🏻
I'd check what firmware version it's on. Hopefully it hasn't been updated for a while & is on firmware 5.05 or less so then you can jailbreak it 😊
@@AngelicBullet I'd always put fresh thermal paste down whenever separating the motherboard from the heatsink. It's just not worth the risk to be honest but I wouldn't just use your existing old thermal paste
47 mins videos work ! Love the 5th ! Thanks for doing all this for us :)
I can tell you were really proud of this one mate, brilliant job
Wow where on earth did they play that thing, inside a tumble dryer? I bet it switched off that first time from overheating after it had run for 30 seconds pmsl... Loving the classical-musical interludes, glad you're doing that again. it's kind of been a signature thing on your Trying to FIX videos. Good luck with this one, gonna finish watching now I've coughed the fur balls out of my lungs I got just from watching that thing get opened up!
Thanks for the views and the feedback :-)
Great work! I'd suggest some better lighting under the microscope or camera you're using when soldering, which would make it easier to see how good the solder joints are. Would help a lot I think. :)
Excellent job from you. But, before remove the video chip to check the short,
why not remove the smaller SMD parts first? It is easier isn't it?
everytime you made a successful repair, i feel happy inside
Tip for re-flowing chips, if it has not been mentioned before place chip legs on pads hold down with tweeters or a tool and then re-flow.
You killed me when you said "PS4 from Hell " 🤣
That's how excited I get when I fix PS4's 🙌🏼 You did an amazing job!