$0.96 Faulty PSone Repair - Retro Console Restoration
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- Опубліковано 8 січ 2020
- In this video I restore a neglected PSOne that wouldn't turn on. What appeared to be a simple mechanical issue turned out to be a bit more complicated and challenged my beginner soldering skills. This was a really fun restoration and I learned a lot from working on it. My success motivated me to double down on this hobby (repairing electronics) and try to get better at it, while combining that with my love of retro gaming and older consoles in general.
It was quite eye opening to me that sometimes a faulty component that costs less than a dollar is all it takes to get a device working again, especially in today's throwaway culture where its easier to toss something in the trash and just replace it with a new one.
My gear has improved a bit since this repair video. Below are a few affiliated links to some of the tools I use if you'd like to support the channel:
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As someone who is just getting into video game restoration, it’s satisfying watching others do the same. My first project is a DMG Gameboy, I actually fixed it except for the screen which was unrepairable, so I just ordered a working one today.
That's fantastic. Good for you! It's a fun hobby.
I'm not sure what's more impressive, how easy you fixed it or the fact that you got a virgin PSone
What do you mean by "virgin PSone"?
@@cbspydoge intact warranty seal, with no modchip installed, unless you get one in a sealed box, that's harder to find than an unicorn
@@Kurumisama Thanks for the quick response!
@@Fazer_600 depending on the condition it might be worth more than a regular one if it's still functioning properly.
@Strange things are happening to Woody the thing there is that most of them got them removed
Nice! I'm glad the drive was in good shape!
I'm gonna watch this channel grow to the hundreds of thousands
Wow, that's high praise indeed. Thank you for your vote of confidence.
Probably even millions!
I'm an engineering student in Electronic Instrumentation. I'm fascinated with the video, I've never been able to repair a device in this way, whenever I try I don't know what procedures to do haha. Good video, greetings from Mexico!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed the video.
OMG I would like to have that knowledge to repair things. In that way, I would never worry about my consoles again.
My first repair was a broken power cord on an appliance. We have to start somewhere. If you think you'd enjoy it, find something faulty and take it apart and see if you can figure out whats going on with it.
I do too! These videos really inspired me to want to do console repairs. Its so interesting.
Your channel is so underrated! Keep doing what you are, I subscribed! ( You should restore more consoles it’s such a great content, I will recommend you to my friends)
Thank you for your words of encouragement and glad you’re enjoying the content.
Glad I found your channel and greetings from Romania. I always love how you're tackling every aspect of every console. From the smallest things like video caps for PSone and Game Gear consoles, to the biggest stuff like reflowing 360s, PS3 YLODs , and the most favourite aspects I love, tackling the OG Xbox and the PS2.
I hope that one day I might be able to do a set up and tackle various beloved electronics from my home (Acer 5542G restoration, Compaq CQ56 laptop upgrade, OG Xbox revisiting, PS3s, chipped PS2s and such) and hopefully make videos out of them.
This was soo cool to watch but I thought u had like 100k subs but u only have like 300 and surprised that so many creators are not found and recognized that they also have good content so I will support by subscribing to you my man good job I love this content and this video was in my recommended
Haha a man can dream! I appreciate the kind words and encouragement. Glad you're enjoying the content.
Almost 2k now
Hold the fuck up.....Borderline had ONLY 300 SUBS LAST WEEK?! O.O
So glad I found this channel. Every once in a while, I come across a creator whose all videos are of interest to me. You are definitely one of them. Subscribed and am thrilled to see the channel grow!
Thank you for the kind words. I'm thrilled and humbled with the response I've received so far. Glad you're enjoying the content.
I love that you can get a old console up and running again. I have been at it for a couple months now, just learning how. So thanks for the videos I always find them helpful. I am doing a Sega Genesis 2 right now for my cousin, Sonic the Hedgehog theme. I'm pretty stoked on how it's turning out so far. I actually only bought the broken console for 25 bucks I fixed it and now customizing it and soon to be selling it to her. So thanks again for the awesome videos. Keep it up. Look forward to the next one.
UA-cam recommendations did me good. Great video!
Glad you enjoyed!
Man I have a lot of consoles you really got me motivated to fix my own stuff I hope your page grows and you're successful
Thank you very much. Good luck on your console repair journey. It’s a fun hobby for sure.
Im glad this was in my recommendations, nice video man
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.
Cool
Seems this video is being recommended and damn it really is a great video. It will be great to see your other videos. A sub earned :)
Definitely check out my other videos if you haven't already :) Thanks for the sub.
You really deserve more subs. The quality of this video made me think you were more popular than you are. I subbed because I love the videos you make. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for the sub, much appreciated!
That console now has again many years of lifespan ahead. So satisfying :)
Just happened to come across your channel, and I'm quite surprised at how you haven't got more views and subs - your videos and work are of a very high standard. Keep it up with the content, liked and subscribed :)
Thank you sir, appreciate the encouragement.
Great video man! appreciate the resourcefulness. great looking ps1. keep up the videos!
Thank you!
Great work. I enjoyed watching this and your time to explain each step. You make me even more confident in my own tinkering ability. :)
Thank you! As long as you think you'd enjoy it, don't let any perceived lack of expertise stop you from tinkering. I barely know what I'm doing half the time but I always end up leaving a project knowing more than I did going in.
That bootup sound never fails to give me chills
It takes me back to a certain time and place. Feels like a lifetime ago.
That bootupsound should have been used in all other playstations too. Nothing beats the original bootupsound
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Good video. I liked your high detail, zoom shots
So satisfying to watch. It's good to see people which they know what to do and what to check and they fix things. Well done!
Thank you, still a beginner in board repair but learning a little with each project.
@@BorderlineOCD You are doing great job. Keep posting more videos!
Great video. Love your restoration work on the PSone.
Thank you!
10:14 you can also check your previous recordings and see the orientation of the caps.
Indeed, that would make sense :)
Nice work restoring this PSone!! This showed me that in the future, it's worth my time to buy a non-working console and repair it, rather than overpay for a working unit. Repairing consoles actually seems pretty interesting and maybe even kinda fun! You've earned yourself a subscriber, keep up the good work! 😁👍
Thanks man, glad you enjoyed it. It’s a fun hobby for sure!
THIS HELP ME SO MUCH I WAS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MY PS1 I will update when try to repair with this GREAT VIDEO
Good luck with your repair.
Epic video! Just fixed a psone because of this video, had to rebuild the switch. Thanks for sharing, new sub right here.
Thanks for the sub!
Nice video man. Great restoration.
Thank you sir, I appreciate it.
Top vídeo! Congratulations,shout out from Brazil.
Força Brasil!
this is fantastic work!
Thanks a lot!
Nice tidy replacement of those caps, those replacements fit in neatly
Thank you sir. They look kind of hilarious and ridiculous at the same time but I've grown quite fond of them :)
Congratulations! Lucky find
You amazing you just being back my fun and beautiful childhood memories thanks for the video great tips
Glad you enjoyed it.
Hey, thats really an interesting video and ha, I just subscribed to be your 1000th. You deserve way more!
Thanks for the sub!
Can this be done in a ps2
Not sure. These particular caps are known to fail on the PSone. I’m not aware that the PS2 has the same known issue.
Nice repair, very well done. Just keep in mind that capacitors don't have cathodes/anodes. They just have negative/positive leads. Keep up with more nice videos like this!
"Just jerk it around a little bit and make sure it's in there really good". Best tech repair advice I have ever heard.
Great video! very clean repair, thank you for sharing sir, subscribed ! :)
Thanks for the sub!
Great vid
Great work and nice video editing! You have one new subscriber, keep it going :)
Thanks for the sub! I'm slowly working on my editing. I think some of my recent videos are a bit better but improving with each video I hope!
@@BorderlineOCD I have beginner skills in fixing electronics and soldering. So for me more important is how to troubleshoot, than what video editing quality is - it's not a big deal 😉
Hey, nice video. I recently discover your channel and its awesome, Greetings from México.
Thank you and welcome aboard!
Waiting for some joysticks repair. Great videos.
Nice work.
Thank you.
Amazing how simple it is
In hindsight, yes :)
It's such a cute console
Great fault finding.
Just how does the PS1 look so nice on that monitor? I'm blown away! Also great video.
Great repair fair play. You just gained a new Sub :)
Looking forward to other videos now
Thanks for the sub!
No problem
I never watched a tech video from start to end till now. Aura was good.
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!
Love the Spyro music in the background
It's actually a cover rather than the original track but it's a great rendition.
@@BorderlineOCD great man, very like this track , Demo disc from poland PlayStation Magazine ;) memories
I'm impressed with your troubleshooting skills and how cleanly you got the caps off the board.
Your soldering skills need some work. This is an older video so I'm going to assume your skills have improved since this and you have invested in some better quality solder and a better iron.
Spyro's OST as background music. Very nice.
It's actually a rendition but a pretty good one nonetheless :)
Just picked up a PS1 and there's no video...sound, but no video. Stumbled upon your video and hoping it's an easy fix like yours was! Really enjoyed the video. Nothing fancy, just getting it done. (That's a compliment!). Subscribed and going to check out your other videos. I haven't done any electronic repairs yet, but want to get into it. Hopefully, if my issue is those capacitors, it'll be an easier one to start me off.
Wooow Good work 👍👍🙂
Thank you!
You have a new subscriber:) nice find and fix. Give your self a good soldering iron. You have the skills and deserve good tools! Nice repair video!
Thank you very much. Funny you should say that :) I bought a TS100 last week and had a chance to use it in a recent video (replacing an internal GameCube battery). I certainly appreciate having a better iron and quality flux/solder. As a beginner I am glad I worked my way up to it though. The benefits may have been lost on me if I hadn't practiced on a cheaper setup first.
@@BorderlineOCD That is how the universe works lol, Excellent choice :)
Great repair video! I have to fix my PSone too..
Thank you.
I do the same stuff just not on video trying to get the nerve up to do it...lol. Great video btw and good clean work Very nice keep it up!
soberbio.gran reparacionde la psone...suerte la mia de haber encontrado este tutorial.ya pedi los dos condensadores...espero poder arreglarla pues hace años que duerme averiada...gracias por este tuto amigo.
I like your anti-static mat! ;)
Lol things have improved a little since the making of this video.
thank you!! i have the same problem in my psone
Fantastic walkthrough of your diagnosis process... but why on a towel where you could easily build electrostatic charge?
You deserve more subscribers.
I appreciate the sentiment. I'm enjoying the repairs and restorations and learning a lot in terms of video editing. I'm thrilled this may folks are interested in what I'm doing.
Good video and I like the channel name.
Thank you :)
finally a good youtube recommendation
Thank you!
Wow, now I want to learn how to weld, thx!
I'm no soldering expert and I've still managed to fix countless gadgets and appliances. Just buy a cheap soldering iron to start and have some fun with it. If something is already broken you don't have much to lose!
It's such a cute console psone baby
Damn that is a proper repair not those fake ass videos of people fixing fake consoles with coffee grinds. Plus the info is very helpful and very encouraging to try to fix things rather then throwing them away. Especially on a classic console that still looked amazing 👍
Thanks so much, appreciate the support 👍🏻
Can’t believe this guy hasnt even surpassed 500 subscribers yet! You have amazing content, I was honestly expecting atleast 5-11k subscribers. Hope you keep growing! I also have a request. Can you try to repair and restoration on a gba/ gba sp? I guarantee you will get lots of views on the video.
Thank you! Glad you're enjoying the content. My most recent handheld purchase was a bunch of DMG Game Boys and some Pockets. I have a few more to repair before I look for another haul but the GBA is on my radar!
Borderline OCD Okay, I would enjoy watching a pocket restoration though!
I've done a Pocket video replacing the polarization filter check out my other videos if you haven't seen it already :)
Just so I learn something, you connected your probe to the video input signal on your capture card, then traced that signal back to before the damaged capacitor, right?
Great job!
Yes, that is correct.
@@BorderlineOCD so the probe being connected to the stereo audio out is?...
Nothing connected to the audio inputs during testing. Just the composite input to probe the various points on the board to check for the video signal. Once I solder the new caps I just use the regular AV Multi Out cable but no sound testing before that stage.
Nice video! Suscribing.
👋👋 From Argentina
Thanks for the sub!
I thought this was a song from Spyro. Nice vid.
It's a rendition but its a good version.
The console was simple and awesome
Simple times indeed, although at the time I'm sure we all thought it was anything but simple. More like groundbreaking haha.
thank you
Hmmm ok 398 sub and doing so good content with great quality Im glad that your video got recommend +1sub!👍
Oh wow, I didn't realize the video was being recommended. Thanks for your sub!
Found this video, i like it...pls make more video, restoration console or gaming
More on the way :) I also have several other console repair and restoration videos if you haven't seen them already.
Just to confirm what I think I saw in the video, you have a regular meter probe alligator clipped to an RCA composite cable and fed into your capture card? That's pretty slick!
New sub and fan here :D.
Thanks for subbing
@@BorderlineOCD Thank YOU for this amazing information. You will be a big youtube channel. Just keep it up.
Thanks!
Thanks very much
Very good
Thank you.
nice fix
Thank you.
Great restoration, but I would recommend to replace all caps when you first do a restoration. The ps1 is getting a bit old now and it would be a shame if one started to leak and ruin parts of the machine.
I'd definitely consider this on a system that has more personal collecting value to me. I'm keeping a look out for the original PS and may do a more thorough restoration once I get my hands on one.
My favorite game was Tomb Raider II, that took me a very long time to beat back in 98 or 99, can't remember.
PlayStation original intro screen is so satisfying 😂🤩😯🤤😱
Nope
哇我跟着修就修好了！很棒
after fixed just play 3 games on her resident evil 1 metal gear 1 fear effect.. thx bud wonderful video
Great to hear.
good job fixing. youtube should have a lot and a lot more of fixing things.
Thank you!
Hey,thanks for the nice video!
Can you please tell me what do you use to output video signal to the Mac ?
Just an inexpensive capture card that supports Mac. I use a Diamond Multimedia VC500MAC.
Iv seen this in other videos too but why do you have to have the capacitor turned and facing a specific way? Video was awesome thank u plz make more
Can you tell me what switch do you use for capture the video from the ps that go in to the monitor?
Check out the video description for the product info and link (affiliated)
2years back I got one from scrap ,for free working perfectly 🤗
I found a toaster oven like that. Never a game console though. Good for you!
amazing
Thank you!
Original power cables seem hard to find any ideas where to get them many thanks
Nice repair! First solder was a little ugly, but really excelent result after all!
I wanna see more
Thank you! My soldering is slowly improving with each repair :)
U deserve more subs
I have more than I ever imagined I would :P Thank you for the vote of confidence.
Man this was an awesome video. I'm currently waiting on my first batch of "broken" consoles to come in so I can attempt to fix them. For most of them I'm not expecting much problem, but if there are any issues with the motherboard like in this video, where do you look for information on how the connections on the board flow? Are there schematics, or is it intuition from working on boards?
This particular system has very easy to find schematics. I found them useful for component identification, particularly fuse values. But I don't go straight to schematics. There's a bunch of common issues with this model you can check first. I have another PSone video that covers some of these common issues: ua-cam.com/video/k6JgGvVGmgw/v-deo.html.
God I love the first Spyros soundtrack.
The audio in this video is a cover rather than the original but its a very good rendition.
@@BorderlineOCD Even the reimagined soundtrack is amazing. Anything with the spirit of the original soundtrack is good.
my psone is work again, thankyou
Wow i really enjoyed watching amazing work this just a tip grab old electronics in the trash fix and sell you will get a lot of money by doing that.
Haha thank you for the tip. Believe me if I ever saw any gaming console in the trash, it's definitely coming home with me!
When probing the av part of the board were you referencing schematics. How did you know? Also were you just on continuity on multimeter when testing. Thanks great vid
I did find schematics for the PSone but I had a difficult time making any sense of them. What I found useful was a pinout of the A/V port (pin 7 is for composite). Once you locate it on the connector area of the board you can follow it’s path down to the video chip and tap along the way to see if you can read a composite signal directly. I read a bunch online about "A/C coupling" circuits and learned that they’re common in analogue video circuits of the era to filter video signals although I don’t fully understand how they work, and apparently they were often used because of industry standards rather than actually doing anything useful for the video signal. Would love someone with more A/V experience to chime in! For checking the fuses just continuity mode but for probing the video signal its just a multimeter lead connected directly to the video input of my capture card (no multimeter involved in probing the video signal). I’m still a beginner at board level repair and this was one of my first uploads to UA-cam so I was a little overwhelmed with trying to make a video. If I were to do a repair like this again I would definitely try to explain my thought process and learnings a bit better.
Okay okay thanks again for all.