Taking an original OEM part and having it work in a different identical device? The execs at Apple just had collective heart attacks.

@Tronicsfix

6 ай бұрын

Lol, probably

@joshramsey8155

6 ай бұрын

@@nooffense911 Great argument (sarcasm)

@bornlivedie

6 ай бұрын

@@nooffense911 oh wow... it hurts so much, don't it?

@tomvleeuwen

6 ай бұрын

@@nooffense911Nobody mentioned Android before you did, so there must be something about the argument that made you think about Android. Admit it, you secretly love Android.

@johncarnege

6 ай бұрын

@@nooffense911Apple is a company that deserves to be bankrupt. If you are watching a repair channel you should know why.

I love that they considered this. The fact that you can register multiple PS5 with one disc drive means a lot for repairablity of the slim version.

@Tronicsfix

6 ай бұрын

Yes, agreed. Really glad they did this.

@MathiasVen

6 ай бұрын

​@@Tronicsfixalso its good for the used parts market, or if your PS5 dies in an unrepairable state. So you just need to buy a diskless one.

@TheAmazingSpiderGuy_99

6 ай бұрын

That’s all well and good until the day comes where you can’t connect to the servers that allow the disc drive to work. This is great for short term repairs but long-term it’s terrible that it requires internet.

@KaizAmari

6 ай бұрын

@@TheAmazingSpiderGuy_99 its 2023 and almost near to 2024,..in what world do you living in a place where there is a thing called internet

@thisisabsurd7420

6 ай бұрын

@@KaizAmari it's not about the internet, it's about Sony continuing to run and support the authentication servers after it's stopped selling the PS5s entirely after PS6-7-8 are available and supported instead.

I really appreciate videos like this. Repairability was always a concern when they said you had to register the disc drive.

@Tronicsfix

6 ай бұрын

Yes, exactly

I love this. Not only does it make repairability better, but that also means you can lend your disc drive out with a game to your friends without causing any issue. Love how easy it is to install/remove the disc drive too.

Other interesting tests: - With the drive removed, factory reset, log in with PSN, then install the drive with no internet access. - Add a second PSN account with the drive removed, remove the first PSN account and then install the drive.

i fully expected that you have to reregister the drive after every swap, to see it just work on a ps5 that has already registered the drive is awesome imo. nice to see that sony made this so easy

Thanks for testing it out. I love how easy replacing the drive is.

This is great news. Thanks for testing it out and clarifying. I know people were concerned about this when we learned about the registration requirement.

If it remains this way, then it is excellent news! Thank you for testing this!

Thats actually very useful I'm surprised PlayStation is allowing console repairs

@Tronicsfix

6 ай бұрын

Yes, I’m also surprised by that

@michealfunickrr3717

6 ай бұрын

repair what? games these days don't benefit one bit from disk based mods. what are you going to do mod a cosmetic costume preorder bonus? there's paid shills encouraging people to buy failed games. you got what you guys wanted. new firmware. live that down.

@jacktayloor

6 ай бұрын

Until now... Sony: thanks you brought this to our attention🤭

@HShango

6 ай бұрын

@@michealfunickrr3717 true

@JackLackSack

6 ай бұрын

​@@michealfunickrr3717? If the console disk drive gets broken.

That's good to see. Makes it a lot easier to replace a broken one

This is awesome. I always worry about my disc drive failing me. And I don't have confidence in trying a repair myself. But seeing how easy the ps5 makes it. I will consider this model over a digital one now.

Thank you, for making this in depth video. It answered all my questions.

This is great news! I wonder why no one is talking about this from all those other KZread channels. Thank you for your service.

That's excellent news for repairs , happy to see. Hope it's "working as intended" not a bug.

I love these types of tests, without you I wouldn’t ever know what happened if you swap them👍

Two videos in a day?! I love it!!!

thank you for testing it!

Thank you for this videos, i was curious about this topic. Glad that they allowed some flexibility on this matter.

*I truly love your videos so much i spend a lot of time watchin’ it even if i am not going to fix or solve anything just for exploring and more knowledge of the PS5 problems, fan from Egypt 🇪🇬 ❤️‍🔥*

Thanks for putting an effort on this.

Nice information. Thanks Steve.

Saturday night TronicsFix fix? I'm game. Love your work, bruh.

Damn that's really cool. Thanks TronicsFix

This was exactly what I wanted to know, thank you!

Awesome stuff Steve!

Thank you very much! Respect from England.

Awesome Video TronicsFix🙂

Many thanks for the info, keep it up 👍

Love your videos man!

@Tronicsfix

6 ай бұрын

Hey thanks!

Nice job. Keep doing these repairs for us hobbyists. 😎

This is gonna be great for the second hand market. It makes it so much better that you won't have to dive into the settings if you get one for cheaper a few years down the line.

Thanks for the interesting info man you have a great channel

Thank you for taking these tests👏👏🇧🇷

Wow! This is really really nice!

Nice and informative video. Sony did a smart move on this,because you can just buy another drive and replace it without any problems. Even replacing or upgrading a SSD is super easy,they built this components like LEGO. Your videos are amazing and super interesting to watch,continue with good work!

Steve solving the mysteries of the universe one at a time. 💪🏻

Concise! Respect.

Great video thanks for the info..

I was waiting for this since this thing got announced, mostly for the second hand market

Great video very interesting

Love the music

This is so nice so consumer friendly

What? Some TronicsFix? At this hour in the middle of the night? HELL, YEAH!!! 🤘😎

@Tronicsfix

6 ай бұрын

Lol, I wanted to get this one out there. I’ll be doing a repairability review too but that’ll be longer.

What a legend thx for doing this

Great video

Wow I didn’t expect that 😮

had seen different stories saying invey registered it couldn't be unregistered or shared. so good to know thats not the case

This is great news! Im wondering what's different about the drive and whether we woll ever be able to marry new disc drives on the old consoles

@Tronicsfix

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, it’ll be interesting to see what they do with this. I wish they didn’t make you register it online but I’m glad it doesn’t pair it to the board when you register

@TheCod3r

6 ай бұрын

@@Tronicsfix that's definitely a win in itself I guess. I'll be doing some of my own tests soon 😁

Happy to see they made it an easy and very user friendly repair.

@cedarstuff

6 ай бұрын

Did you miss the part that relied on having to contact the server to register the drive? This is anti-consumer nonsense.

@x0Fang0x

6 ай бұрын

@@cedarstuff So the Xbox is anti-consumer because it has to connect to the server on first start-up?

@cedarstuff

6 ай бұрын

@@x0Fang0x Yes.

@Maverick_Jones45

6 ай бұрын

It may sound Repair Freindly at first glance but the truth is; u literally need internet to pair the disc drive with ur console meaning that when sony decides to pull the plug on the PS5 servers the PS5 slim becomes E waste and thats sth that we as repair enthusiasts don't want to see happening

@waynemyatt8262

6 ай бұрын

@@cedarstuffthen all the current systems are anti-consumer because you have to use the internet to download any updates for software even if it’s physical

Woah it's not Friday! You're messing with us in a good way! 🖖🖖🖖

Hey I like your content,thank you

@Tronicsfix

6 ай бұрын

Hey thanks!

Good to know!

This should be the way it works for everyone. What if I buy a digital console and a console with a drive. I might want to swap them over sometimes depending on the situation.

Nice experimental video.

@Tronicsfix

6 ай бұрын

Thanks.

That's really cool. I mean considering sony gouges you on digital prices they might as well make em all compatible. The registering i think might be for software more so then making everyone buy a different disc drive?

That is great to know. Thanks for testing this. It makes me think though that it must just be a system file that generates during registration. If thats the case then can it be backed up?

I wonder if it would make a difference if you waited like a week or a month and then tried switching the drives.

now I get why the disc drive needs to be registered online.. because the latest jailbreak or hacking of PS5 came to a bug exploit in the BD-Drive.. so Sony's answer to prevent furthermore hacking is to force your console registering online by updating the firmware so you can update your disc drive.. this video is so helpful that swapping BD-drive will trigger the console to go online again so it can patched up any potential exploits

Thanks.

Thanks for showing us this, it really is an important question nowadays when companies make self repair difficult, can you test another thing that if multiple disc drives can be registered to 1 ps5 , say i buy a disc drive and a spare one to last in the future when ps5 servers are no more so i register 2 drives now and then interchange them offline, will they work? Thanks again.

Thanks steve

Thank you for this video! Is it also possible to have multiple disc drives registered to a single ps5, or does this ps5 only allow one disc drive to be registered to it at a given time?

Here pretty early, started watching from the psvita content

As someone whose been repairing consoles for 15+ years this made me really happy.

That Unregister option, made me nervous at first. Because if that was the only option to move a drive to another system, that would have been very dumb. After all you wanna make sure that you can reuse a drive of a ps5 where the mainboard has died. Glad it does work after all.

very nice! This really put a lot of people's worries to rest. But now the question becomes 'What's the point of registering it?!?!?'

Well this is great news!

I'm glad you can hook it to multiple consoles. I just wish the network connection wasn't necessary. I know it's only a minor inconvenience now, but it could be an issue in the future when the system is no longer supported. I just find it unnecessary as it's something that was completely doable without the connection.

@yamisniper

6 ай бұрын

they can patch that out before that happens

So for large families who you want to get more than once console for could potentially just get one optical drive PS5 and then purchase digital version for other members of the family saving a little bit of cash but have ability if needed to read any disk based games thats pretty cool hopefully something like this carries over to next gen for all manufacturers

@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism

6 ай бұрын

You're saying families are buying MULTIPLE several hundred dollar game consoles now? My god, I had to work to buy my own Atari 2600 and Nintendo (nes) lol. Now your claiming some are buying even more than one, much more expensive systems for the kids? Amazing.

@DeathNSmallDoses

6 ай бұрын

@@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism not me personally, but I do know couple families who would buy more than 1 console for there household.

I'd try that again after the next update. Saying that since you had to do an update on the new one for you to register it. I'll bet that if you don't keep the same version of software on whichever you're swapping it to, it will prevent you from registering it again. Have a feeling there will be either a patch to stop that or its a glitch.

been 4 years and I finally decided to start saving for a ps5 😂 since my parents want me to learn to get my stuff the hard way but I still enjoy this video

The Issue isn't swapping so much as it is when the service inevitably ends and you can't re-register the drive with another console making the drive functionally dead without PSN service to register it.

@bern9642

6 ай бұрын

That isn't gonna happen.. Sony will definitely patch that out way before that happens. They did with the PS4 and the replacing of the CMOS battery. And even with that, you can still connect to update firmware. Additionally, even though the Wii shop died ages ago, you can still redownload Wii games you bought. And even if your worst nightmare comes to pass let's say 50 years from now, the PS5 would have been cracked by then.

@SilentHillFetishist

6 ай бұрын

@@bern9642 The only person who ran Cydia gave up (and the prirate repositories).

Can do you do a coil whine test like you did last time because none of the other channels have really done that or mentioned if Sony got rid of the coil whine noise.

I was undecided on what ps5 to choose, either the original ps5 or the ps5 slim, watching this I think I'll buy the slim one when I finish saving up, unless they find major problems. Either way I already made my mind, slim it is.

Great job. A lot of folks are spreading misinformation on this. Sony is the only company that does this for the benefit of its consumers.

Reminds me of back in the day bringing a game to a friends house to play together. Now I can bring my disk drive to a friends house to play disc games. Then bring it back home and it works without having to re-register. And can repeat anytime with no issues. I hope Sony leaves it alone. I know it doesn’t sound like a big deal but to some it’s super convenient.

Useful. Thank you. Is it registered under the same psn?

@Tronicsfix

6 ай бұрын

Not even logged in to PSN

Sure was a lot of concern trolling going on on social media about this. Looks like most of their claims weren't true. Thanks for testing this!

That's pretty cool. If you had 2 or 3 kids with a new PS5 slim you could just buy 1 disk drive and they could all have access to it if they wanted to play a physical game. (Not at the same time of course)

Great! This video was helpful. I like the fact that you can register multiple PS5’s with one disc drive which makes repairability of the PS5 Slim easy

Nice, really wonder if sony will patch this 🤔 Still surprising tho because blocking it from registering with another ps5 would be the first idea sony would think of 😂

@Tronicsfix

6 ай бұрын

Yep, I feel like they might. Hopefully not

@chavawinnie1

6 ай бұрын

Maybe they allow it for the people that own more than one system.

@itsyaboivoid

6 ай бұрын

@@chavawinnie1 For sure

@MathiasVen

6 ай бұрын

​@@chavawinnie1we can just hope it.

@marcoschincaglia

6 ай бұрын

They will likely set a max number of consoles you can register the disk drive to.

So apparently the drive isn't locked or bonded to the console but it's only the PS5 that stores registration info. You can (so it seems) attach a given drive to multiple PS5s and those only have to register it once when first connected. Afterwards the console will remember and recognize a drive that had already been connected to it.

This is a good policy, I can easily imagine a couple companies that would go against swappable peripherals

@oxfordsparky

6 ай бұрын

It’s not a good policy, you should just plug it in and it works.

Huge win for repairability if there's no limit and if it stays this way. Thanks for looking into this!

Is it worth trying this again using different Internet networks? Curious if it's recognising your IP or something like that?

The most important bit is the drive being interchangeable, i was really curious about that

I love the repairability of ps5 slim snd OG PS5

"Unfortunately I only have two..." Such a great line

Great video! My question now is can I register multiple disc drives to ONE PS5 Slim? Only reason I’d want to know is to have backup disc drives if the one connected to my console ever fails and the servers for the PS5 shut down (hope they never do but I wanna play it safe) Also Happy Holidays! 🎁

I'm wondering if you can use disc drives from different regions 🤔 Yes I know games are region free. . But for those who still use Blu-Ray movies, can you install a US Region A disc drive on a UK machine (which would be a Region B drive) and it will still work?

@Tronicsfix

6 ай бұрын

I would think so but I didn’t test that

@sleepykirbo6392

6 ай бұрын

I think region lock is implemented in the console itself, I might be awfully wrong but that's just my 2 cents

@netako

6 ай бұрын

4K Blu-rays are actually region free for the most part, only HD Blu-rays are region locked.

@acsniffer6187

6 ай бұрын

@@netako I was thinking more standard Blu-rays and even DVD's. For the people that collect movies/Series from around the world. Was just a curiosity if the PS5 Slim would be region locked to only work with a drive from your region, or if it will work with a drive from a different country 🤔

When I saw that message this is what I was worried about good thing they didn't put in a greedy lockout I guess it still forces you to update and login to avoid people hacking the console perhaps drives are a known breach point for piracy

so, the registration is only on your local console and if you do a factory reset you can choose to cancel the disc drive registration or not and this is bad for preservation. In fact, if in the future, when ps5 will be discontinued and Sony will shuts down ps5 server, could be not possible activate disc drive. But this is a future problem

Registering the disc drive is basically just a simple handshake. That allows the Ps5 system to recognise if you attach the actual disc drive rather than attaching a pirated one made my third party companies. I’m just glad its a one time register.

Always fan boy 😎

you need to perform one more test. register a drive to the ps5. register a second drive to that same ps5. Then put the original drive back on the same ps5 and see if it still works. It appears that the information is saved to the ps5 and not to the drive. So, multiple ps5 consoles can have the same drive. but can a single console have multiple drives registered to it?

Just got home and installed WRC 23 without the internet, Didn't ask to pair, Just read the disc and installed the game. Most likely tomorrow it will require pairing when connected online.

Color me surprised. When I heard you had to connect online I thought for sure that was going to lock your disc drive to that PS5 forever and essentially mean it would be landfill material if the PS5 ever broke. I won't got as far as to praise them since this is how it SHOULD be.

Can u do a video on the new controllers too?

impressive 😁