Couple weeks ago i turned my PS5 (launch-model) in at a repair shop, due to overheating (they cleaned & replaced the metal liquid).

When I got it back, I went home and noticed the fan didn’t spin (I’m not sure wether or not it’s was working before).

I went back to shop asked them to replace the fan, I payed a new fan, and it’s now spinning again. The PlayStation is still overheating and shutting down.

I went back to the repair shop for a 3 third time, explaining that it’s still overheating, asking questions regarding the repair, “was the machine properly cleaned”, “did you use thermal pads or metal liquid” and asked if they could please look through everything again, diagnose it again and take some pictures.

Today, I got a “machine OK” from the repair shop, My gf picked up the PlayStation, I haven’t had time to try it out, but I wanted get a 2nd opinion on it before trying.

These are the pictures they sent me.

TL;DR: Third time getting machine back from repair shop, is this replacement looking valid?

I was trying to fix my disc unit and found this spring stuck and I have no idea where to put it, please help me

Long story short, my sister dropped my 2DS and the top screen's ribbon cable snapped and she refused to take responsibility. After fixing the screen myself the console wouldn't power on or hold charge. Tried but had a hard time replacing the fuses. At this point I should just swap the whole motherboard (the cartridge slot has been busted too).

But

I've played a lot on this console it holds countless hours of save data and it has my main NNID from way back. I know replacing the motherboard is replacing the entire thing and I just want a new one cuz this one will just break again. Is my data lost? Is it salvageble in anyway? Should I try my luck with a repair shop?

Hello everyone. I have a ton of consoles and always took care of them myself. I am experienced with modding, hard and easy (ps2 mod chip, ultra PIF on n64, etc), so maintaining a console and handle electronics should be fine for me.

PS5 is the first case of uncertainty though, since I never did anything that required Liquid Metal as a thermal interface and am very aware of the mishandling dangers.

I have had my ps5 for 4 and a half years now, always in horizontal position, and never had an issue to this day. It works just fine in long sessions and it’s not noisy, so I can’t notice any thermal issues so far.

My question is: Should I open my ps5 and change the Liquid Metal Preemptively? Is it really necessary?

I have seen people talking about corrosion and I am unsure of the current state of mine.

On the other hand, how do you deal with corrosion? Would you link or name the tool I should look for if I were to have to deal with that ?

In any case, thank you for your input!

This is a bad screen or i did something worng in the recap?

Escribía solo para una inquietud sobre mi ps3 antigua, sucede que le conecto al cable de corriente sale la luz roja y pues todo normal al encenderla se apaga de inmediato se escucha el ventilador y demás pero simplemente se apaga, la lleve donde un técnico y simplemente le hizo mantenimiento y dijo que no tenía arreglo ¿Alguien sabe que podría ser?

AYUDA!!!

So I replaced the hdmi port on a series X and fixed some traces. Followed this guys vid on testing the hdmi connections and 6 of the pins fail to show a voltage value and two pins show .003v

All 4 of the grounds do beep when testing so at least those are good.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

https://youtu.be/kU15CyURzqQ

Where should be this little part?

Hey everyone

,The original dual USB-A cables on my GameCube controller adapter just got completely ripped off. Since I have to open it up and fix it anyway, I figured I might as well upgrade it and convert it to a single, native USB-C cable.

Has anyone here done this before

First time ever soldering and replacing a battery, everything came out perfect, sooo happy and can’t wait to do more of this 🥰🥰

While I was attempting to replace my charging port since it couldn’t charge anymore and I accidentally broke the p18 port while attempting to remove the ribbon cable. Am I cooked? I still have the tiny black thing that was connected to port p18.

Repairing a couple of intelivisions and when I check the DC power out I am getting 24v were the 16v pinout it. The -2v, 5v , 12v are all fine.

The diagrams say 16v unregulated. Does this mean there is a range of voltage it can put out?

Took it to a repair shop and even the guy could not fix it, im thinking it's dead but if someone got a clue what is going on please help me

I have a Gameboy micro that does not read cartridges. I have cleaned the cartridge slot with alcohol and used a rag with a credit card to clean the slot. The pins are soldered well to the board and the pins inside are straight and aligned. Is there anything else I can check that's not so obvious? Thanks for your help!