This is why I love this channel. He's not afraid to say it's broken. He takes us through the diagnostic process until we see that the console is completely broken or economically viable to repair.

Even unfixable consoles have reusable parts. Reduce, reuse, recycle

@Tronicsfix

3 жыл бұрын

Of course! That's how I fix lots of stuff...by taking parts from devices I can't fix.

@chomiktelewizyjny8567

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tronicsfix ex. Case

@billykl2790

3 жыл бұрын

No recycling

@detroxx56784

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tronicsfix I think you could make yourself a stencil for that RAM chip. Just use a free PCB design tool to create a footprint for that chip, make a PCB at JLCPCB with just this one footprint on it, order it with a stencil, cut up the stencil so that it fits on the motherboard in-between the other RAM chips, tape it down using capton tape, apply some solder-paste and heat it with your hot air gun. Perfectly reballed. Same applies to the balls on the BGA. That should work.

@callmefoxie2950

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tronicsfix I wish that worked all the time. Sadly some components are locked against each other, like Xbox360 drive. Had to replace the electronics to keep the keys between the console and the drive working... from a 5 minute swap it becamse much more just to solder the wires inside. Whyyy :(

“Their website is easy to use” If you’re ordering a custom PCB you can probably figure out a website!

@Tronicsfix

3 жыл бұрын

You'd be surprised

@careem3463

3 жыл бұрын

It`s not about figuring out, its about usability

@JuicyJakeRepairs

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tronicsfix true..true

@robinsonsoto8471

3 жыл бұрын

You said at the beginning of the video that you have tried with no success. Then you said that hdmi chip was replaced. Are you sure that you did not do that.

@racer4200

3 жыл бұрын

It is actually really easy to use.

Can we just appreciate Steve for doing so much for his KZread channel but not spending millions of dollars and also having enjoyable content

Steve you’re doing an awesome job! Every video I watch of yours I gain new respect for what you do here.

Great, fascinating video. Thanks for all the great work this year, Steve, and I hope you and the family have a wonderful Christmas

20:56 Steve with the *perfect* amount of Thermal paste.

@madmonkey8141

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Wasn’t willing to watch through the video just to find that part

@ryanboodhoo3512

3 жыл бұрын

What can he say when it comes to thermal paste the man is a machine

@BarbadosBeerFestival

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@GoldRaven-oe4by

3 жыл бұрын

I always thought it was weird watching other youtubers not covering it completely and saying its good enough

Its at a point now he gets millions of views for every video on KZread so even when he's "wasting time on broken consoles" he's still making money. Love the videos tronicsfix! Keep up the good work.

Who should I send these broken consoles to? Most upvoted comments will get the most consideration. VIDEO UPDATE (1/31/2021) I sent the PS4 board with the faulty RAM chip to the Cod3r. Here's his video about it: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pZat0sqao6qzoqQ.html

@BCGaming666

3 жыл бұрын

I think you should send it into IFixit for repair

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

I'd happily live stream a manual apu reball just to put myself through pain for entertainment purposes lol

@cdstruction

3 жыл бұрын

Send it to me. I have BGA station to reball.

@leeg4116

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly, get in touch with @TheCod3r, id love to see him have a go at them, he loves a reball lol

@andycooper4230

3 жыл бұрын

The coder could do them no problem

It's been awhile since we have seen a nintendo console repair, would love to see something on that

@Tronicsfix

3 жыл бұрын

I'll do more Nintendo repairs.

@maskman3000

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tronicsfix Cool, thanks for taking the time to respond.

@fawaz16

3 жыл бұрын

Yes can you please have one on like 5 Nintendo switch lites if you can?

@dbattastini

3 жыл бұрын

Would be nice to see some old console...

@sO_RoNerY

3 жыл бұрын

Nintendo repairs are boring. Pretty much the same issues with them.

I like how you still show the ones you can't fix

I love these console repair videos plus it can give me a bit of experience on how to fix my own.

Hi Steve, Northridge Fix is a repair shop that has a KZread channel, I believe in California. They might be up to taking your challenge.

@Tronicsfix

3 жыл бұрын

Yep...he's great!

@SteveW-bw3fh

3 жыл бұрын

I would like to see Northridgefix try and fix it, He's a good guy.

@filelist2004

3 жыл бұрын

ive not seen Alex do an APU reball however but he is very talented guy and Big Boss too!

@titmando1199

3 жыл бұрын

Northridge fix is a great technician how ever he's already well established this is just a waste, give it to a smaller youtuber like Vince or TheCod3r

Hey just wanted to say thank for vids like yours, I had to fix some water damage in my Nintendo switch and your vids helped a lot

I'm your biggest fan Tronix Fix! I love it when you take consoles apart! It's my favorite part!

Hey Steve I've also got a few videos on ram replacements on my channel. If you did want me to pay postage to accept the wlod challenge I'd happily replace the ram on that other board for you too :)

@jasondoesthings919

3 жыл бұрын

TheCod3r you would do an awesome job on these, he should send them to you for a collaboration

@GadgetUK164

3 жыл бұрын

TheCod3r may be able to get those working!!!!

@TheCod3r

3 жыл бұрын

@@GadgetUK164 cheers Chris 🍻

@HayOborn

3 жыл бұрын

TheCod3r does awesome videos, so addictive to watch - please give this guy a chance he works hard and definitely deserves it

@nickwhite4632

3 жыл бұрын

Steve, send it to Phil!

Steve, I love your channel. I just wanted to say thank you for providing all of your content. I am a DIY person, but I don’t necessarily have all the resources or confidence to tackle some of these projects until I came across your channel. You’ve inspired me to restore a GameBoy, an N64, and broken controllers. Please keep the content coming. Happy new year!

@Tronicsfix

3 жыл бұрын

That's amazing! Keep fixing!

Your shows are always so fascinating. I don't know what you're doing, but it is so cool!

Can't wait till you hit a mil, your channel always goes great with my dinner

Hey Steve, we had something similar to the PS4 not displaying. So we kept hold of the power button till it beeped a second time. (Make sure console is off when doing this and puts it in safe mode). Once it displayed in safe mode I restarted the PS4 and it worked. Give it a try but I doubt it worth a go though. 👍 love your vids as they help me out as well when I’m stuck.

I don't know how fix consoles or controles but I am addicted by watch videos of this man.

Love your vids keep the good work up and merry Christmas and a happy new year to you and your family.

Love your videos man! You should look into fixing something like a Nintendo 64. Very curious to see how you do that!

I love how you respond to alot of comments

Go with The Cod3r he's pretty awesome at console repair, hand reballs all the time too and would be likely to run it on a live stream so you could watch it being done 😁😁

Thanks Steve great video, merry chrismas for you and your family, gretings 🖒

Love your videos Steve keep them coming 👌💯🔥

Always enjoy your vids man !

"emphasis on the older" I felt that in my soul 😭😭. Time is depressing

hi there Steve...Thank you for your videos brother it teaches me a lot...also...MErry Christmas if you celebrate...I will be going away and do not have mobile computer of Adroid cell to keep watching your content...will watch again when I return... Merry Christmas to everyone else that celebrate as well, and happy Holidays to those that do not...BE Safe everyone...

You awesome at what you do man luv the videos have helped me a lot. As for a recommended on another repair person up to the challenge I think Andrew Paul might be up to taking a look at it.

Your channel is a joy to watch!

Great video as always sir. I thought for sure you were going to be able to fix both of them.

@Tronicsfix

3 жыл бұрын

I did too!

@tanmezja8407

3 жыл бұрын

Thx for spoiler

@flippy9641

3 жыл бұрын

@@tanmezja8407 shouldn't have read the comments while watching lol

@tanmezja8407

3 жыл бұрын

@@flippy9641 well in my case the video had 10 seconds when it was posted so.

@flippy9641

3 жыл бұрын

@@tanmezja8407 still

Hey Steve! Good to see another one of your GREAT ps4 repair videos. Got my coffee, let's begin☕

@Tronicsfix

3 жыл бұрын

Enjoy!

I love to watch these video s always real fun to watch and can still learn a thing or 2

Idk what it is About this channel but I can’t stop watching it

I love this kind of videos Steve!!

@Tronicsfix

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them! Thanks for watching

As always love the vids!!

Is there any console you would feel comfortable with reballing and replacing a gpu in? that would be a really interesting video edit. or reballing an replacing a apu

hi steve loving the videos keep it up

also @ 13:14 you should test the middle (GND) pin to all other pins on the filter (ESD). Sometimes they can fail where GND shorts to one of the signal pins!

Love your "Perfect Ammount" Running Gag.

I really love your videos and I watch them everyday.

@Tronicsfix

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching!

I löearned so much from your Videos. That helped me a lot to repair things. Thanks

STEVE MERRY CHRISTMAS WE LOVE YOUR VIDEOS AND HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY

@Tronicsfix

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! You too

I would love to see a revist on the board with the bad ram chip! Typically you can buy BGA chips like that online pre reballed already so all you got to do is hot air it on.

@Tronicsfix

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I might do that at some point.

This kind of videos is my favorite

@Tronicsfix

3 жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoy these!

Another excellent episode, thanks bud.

Keep it going keep it going even until you hit up 1 million subscribers keep it going your content Is the best

@Tronicsfix

3 жыл бұрын

That's the plan!

18:53 these random thermal pads are a sign that the console to open the seals can be opened with hot air. No damage.

Gotta send the ps4 to My mate vince he will either Fix it or Break it even worse but always fun to watch his fixes and never give up attitude.

Great video, I have the ps4 pro for 3 years now never had a issue yet

@Tronicsfix

3 жыл бұрын

Hopefully you don't have any issues!

@Jason-fz1zd

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tronicsfix thanks I don't play on it too much but still works good

I think all your content and enjoy watching your videos helped me with knowing what to do cleaning and thermal paste for my PS4 Pro (once I had been in and cleaned, renewed thermal paste and cleared dust it ran fine n quiet) recently I've noticed it heating up and it seems to be the power supply - if I take lid off it helps keep all cool. I'm wondering if I buy new power supply and replace it into the console Will this help the console run cooler and less fan activity ? thanks if you can answer this 👍 cheers

How many people actually complain about you putting thermal paste on. Always looks fine to me... also love the videos I might start to try and fix some broken things now.

i would love to see you try some mods on consoles! (IPS screen Mods, Power Mods etc.)

Nice just love watching the repairs lol.

Im open to the white light challenge! I have been repairing for a while now and have done a bunch of PS4s and Switch systems along with computers 🤘

Idk if you would want to try but it might be cool if you took apart a PSVR headset or maybe a Ocusis Quest I play a lot of PSVR myself

Great video lad keep up with the good work

@Tronicsfix

3 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated

Would be nice to see some old console repairs, like sega mega drive, super famicon, etc...

Hi Steve, Very nice video again to bad you could not fix those two consoles. i was wondering ... your hot air station can go up to around 500 °C and you always use protective foil for plastic parts but is it possible to damage the chip itself with such heat? when you solder normally you only touch the contacts and never the chip. Keep up the nice video's and i can't wait for the first broken Ps5 or Series X console or controller to get in your channel. Cheers

@Tronicsfix

3 жыл бұрын

My hot air is usually set at 1100F. Yes, it's possible to damage chips or the board itself. You have to be extremely careful until you get a feel for how much heat something can take. I touch everything when I'm soldering, lol! I've already got two broken Series X consoles!

@virgildeklerk

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tronicsfix Wow thx for your answer. Reading this makes me give you even more appreciation for your skill with this device. Keep it up cause you make it look so easy so you must be a pro by now ;) practice makes perfect i think.

Great video and happy holidays! :)

@Tronicsfix

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! You too!

TheCod3r can fix it

Indeed we are all getting older, but none the wiser, Mery Christmas to you and yours also to all your viewers.

@Tronicsfix

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! You too!

The coder would be well in for fixing that

Man that Destiny PS4 is a beaut! Glad you got her working.

Great video, as always :)

@Tronicsfix

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

amazing video and very informative thanks

@Tronicsfix

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

I love it when you post

Great Channel Man...God bless you

It looks like you're missing a dj diode on the hdmi port side by the capacitor @tronicsfix

Andrew Paul from the UK has a lot of experience with reballing and fixing game consoles. He has a youtube channel and maybe he'll take the challenge.

@Tronicsfix

3 жыл бұрын

He's awesome...but not sure I want to send it all the way there. By the time he got it it would probably need a lot of other things repaired.

@BM-ob5pj

3 жыл бұрын

My Mate Vince

@andreaseriksson9225

3 жыл бұрын

@J Fz Vince has the patience that he just might get it actually :D

@dreamcastfan

3 жыл бұрын

@@andreaseriksson9225 Plus if Vince can’t fix it, at least he’ll be able to send back a bag of all the chips and components he’s removed from the board trying to find the problem. 😉

@andreaseriksson9225

3 жыл бұрын

@J Fz LoL why so salty? He has improved quite alot since starting. Viewers get to follow him fix stuff and sometimes he gets it completely wrong wasting time fault finding something that isnt even a fault, but u know what? That is exactly the same thing most of his viewers including me would do from time to time aswell..

Send it to the theCod3r from the UK. He only has 5,000 or so subs. I agree that others like Northridge have nearly 100,000 - that’s his shop - he is amazing. Give someone who is trying to build a chance. My Mate Vince you’ve collaborated with before, so give Phil at Cod

love your videos keep going please

Ah my Christmas gift from Steve... A new video!

Your face when you touched the hot ps4 chip 😂... gave me a good laugh. Thank you for making those videos they are really interesting!

@thesepy7541

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it gives me ElectroBoom vibes 😂

Borderline OCD is very talented and showed some interesting fixes.

I am really like your content ❤️❤️ . Iam Your follower from egypt

@Tronicsfix

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

My mate Vince would love this

I’ve never seen that Destiny PS4 console before. I don’t normally like the custom game casings but that one’s quite nice.

@Tronicsfix

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed! They did a really good job on this one imo

@tk848

3 жыл бұрын

I have that one

@gazb0075

3 жыл бұрын

@@tk848 nice 👍

Are you gonna try motherboard/graphics cards/pc components fixes like someone suggested on a poll? Just wanted to know your opinion on that :) It would be interesting, but I don't know if it is too risky. Anyway great video, it's over 20 minutes so it's even better!

@Tronicsfix

3 жыл бұрын

Probably at some point

Merry Christmas!!

Hello, can you please make a video of the correct change of thermal paste of the Nintendo Switch.

Great video merry Christmas

Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄

@Tronicsfix

3 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks! Same to you!

The GOW4 edition console came with a 2TB hdd. Appears someone had already been in it if it only had a 1 TB when you opened it up.

@No_Chill_Gil281

3 жыл бұрын

there was 2 versions 1tb and 2tb

@mattheinrich4792

3 жыл бұрын

@@No_Chill_Gil281 really? With red system like that?

@No_Chill_Gil281

3 жыл бұрын

@@mattheinrich4792 yes first was the 1tb then the 2tb came not to much later

I love this dude. He makes extremely high quality videos, but the thermal paste man. I know it doesn't hurt anything. Why do you use so much tough? At that point you're just wasting your money.

TheCod3r reballs ram chips by hand all the time, send it to him.

@jorgeplaza7938

3 жыл бұрын

True, perhaps he can repair those consoles

@trevorcarr8642

3 жыл бұрын

I've watched the coder mending all sorts of xbox and ps4 ,s this would be right up his street, puts a 100% into his repairs. He gets my vote

@GadgetUK164

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed - he's said he will take a look at them!

@buffsheeri

3 жыл бұрын

do you have a link to his channel?

@badboydas

3 жыл бұрын

TheCod3r he,s the man for the job

@TheCod3r is a great repair technician and has a channel on here. He would have a good chance of repairing it.

That`s probably first ad on youtube that is actually helpful unfortunately I`m not from US, so I still have to use iron and laser printer😂

For the xbox try to set it in save mode. Or connect it internet and try to connect via remote connect via xbox app on pc (there is maybe other way to connect). Or with hdmi splitter that my mate Vince used in 1 of his video. And you could try to put motherboard in a good know xbox case with every thing from the good xbox (so replace fan hdd +hdd cable psu wifi Bluetooth and the rest if there is still something to replace) and try to put the good motherboard in the "bad" case.

The perfect amount of thermal paste did the magic :))

Northridge Fix is one of the best in the usa steeve, i live in europe and u need to understand that this guy can repair anything u give him. is really famous for his fixes

The videos I love the most

19:53 definitely not the perfect amount of thermal paste :-) How about getting some re-balling equipment so you can have a go at replacing the faulty memory chip. I and I'm sure others would love to see a video of you giving this a go.

I think Northridge Fix would be a good choice to challenge with the repair.

@tronicFix Im trying to fix a leapster GS it had water damage, I cleaned the water corrosion. Now it powers on but no image on the screen butt the touch screen works. I dont know if I put the ribbon cable on right or I have to reflow the chip that had the corrosion. Any thoughts?

Hey I just got a elite series 2 controller I move the right stick and it’s fine but then on the left stick I move it up and it’s hard like a bump then u get past it and it’s fine

Yayyyy new upload

The systems with bad bga connections on the CPU/GPU don't always need a reball most of the time a reflow between 350 to 500 degrees Celsius will fix the system but to do that you should use kester liquid flux (the kind that comes in the little bottles with the tiny needle thing on top [any flux should work but that's the kind I use]) and warming up the motherboard, putting flux all over under the chip and doing the reflow then letting it cool for 24 to 48 hours and clean the motherboard in a vibrating cleaner thing with distilled water to get the flux off then test to see if it works. I have a RDOD xbox 360 slim that needs this same thing done to it and I've never done it before but if I'm careful with it the system should work after doing it and keep working for another 5 to 10 years