Thank you for this! Very in depth and helpful. I have a question though. Is there any other way to make sure one stays careful when injecting voltage aside from starting from low voltage when checking for shorted transistors? Or is there a certain amount that should be considered the max when doing this? Thanks again!
Hi Alex - to be honest, the safest way is to start very low (1v max) and slowly work up the amp limit and voltage - depending on what circuit you are injecting will depend on the max you should go - for example the APU circuit never go above 1 volt - for HDMI circuit never go above 5v etc
Hi James - there are various types and costs of thermal camera, some canbe very expensive. But a good place to find them is on Amazon or AliExpress for a decent price. Here is the model I use: amzn.to/4eCedNJ but make sure you get a macro lense, which allows you to get close to the ICs on the board
Happened to mine today how can that be its the cleanest consoles always made sure its clean and got much ventilation. At this point i think they putted those faulty psu's in there on purpose strangely it really happened a month after my warranty was done.
Thank you for this! Very in depth and helpful. I have a question though. Is there any other way to make sure one stays careful when injecting voltage aside from starting from low voltage when checking for shorted transistors? Or is there a certain amount that should be considered the max when doing this? Thanks again!
Hi Alex - to be honest, the safest way is to start very low (1v max) and slowly work up the amp limit and voltage - depending on what circuit you are injecting will depend on the max you should go - for example the APU circuit never go above 1 volt - for HDMI circuit never go above 5v etc
Great video, thank you. Do you know where the best place to get a thermal camera from?
Hi James - there are various types and costs of thermal camera, some canbe very expensive. But a good place to find them is on Amazon or AliExpress for a decent price. Here is the model I use: amzn.to/4eCedNJ but make sure you get a macro lense, which allows you to get close to the ICs on the board
Happened to mine today how can that be its the cleanest consoles always made sure its clean and got much ventilation. At this point i think they putted those faulty psu's in there on purpose strangely it really happened a month after my warranty was done.
Any reason those short circuit happen? Myn is like this and ill have to bring it in for someone to fix. Usually takes a month wait though
Can be a number of things, but most likely is wear and tear of the components and there will always be a few failures in mass production