I Might Have Accidentally Fried My PS CLASSIC
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- Опубліковано 27 січ 2025
- I was supposed to be fixing up the PlayStation Classic that I took the donor chip off on my last PS Mini fix. But like the idiot I am, I made the working one faulty again in the process.
Let's see if we can fix them both!
Hope you enjoy!
Steve
PS. I'm not an expert in repairs at all. I do this for fun, and it may not be the best or safest way to go about repairing broken stuff. I'm pretty good at melting plastic though. Please don't copy me - I'm an idiot.
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Stupid Accidentally Fried PS Classic
And I bet it didn't even taste nice.
Stupid Steve / electricity / tiny capacitors.😂🎉
Stupid flying components !
@@Poppinwheeeeellllllieeeeez yet you’re still here...
@@Poppinwheeeeellllllieeeeez Leave then. I'll still stick around.
It looks like your battery pack supports 9v and 12v usb power delivery. I don't think the amperage is what killed the console, but the fact that the monitor requested a higher voltage and the battery ended up sending that voltage to the console as well, since they were connected to essentially the same port.
That's how I understood it.
Yeah I'd call this "Stupid USB monitor". It ought to send only the voltage requested by the particular port, to that port.
Yes exactly. Amps are "sucked" by the thing consuming it. Volts are "pushed" by the thing producing it. It's why we have sockets that can give 13A but you can plug a little 0.1A thing in and nothing goes bang.
@@ovalteen4404 Nope, if one USB port has a request sent to it by the connected device for a higher voltage, that voltage is sent to both ports instead of isolating the feature to just one port, its a really stupid design.
I really hope people appreciate the amount of precision this takes. These components are so incredibly small. Great work as always.
I must say Steve I pissed myself laughing when I sore those little chips went flying 😂good old Steve u always bring a smile to my face absolutely love your channel and loved the fiddle sticks voice over when u said a rude word when u sent the small one flying again with the hot air lol keep up your good good work mate and congratulations on nearing 100 thousand subscribers
Rewatched it about eight times.
I actually Laughed Out Loud 😂😂
i was waiting to see how long it took him to notice, lol
Steve and his magic hot air rework gun "Fly capacitors!!! Be free!!!" 😄🤣😄🤣
I think the missing one was a flyback capacitor.
I know nowt about electronics, but it's moments like 7:34 that keep me glued to this channel. Always makes a rubbish day better when Steve posts a vid. Keep up the good work. We appreciate you!
"Fiddle Sticks".....seamless editing, i don't think anyone will notice :D
Nice! I'm looking for a PS1 classic, but this thing is getting really expensive here in Brazil. If I find a fried one for cheap, now I know how to fix it.
You know it's going to be a good day when Steve uploads a new video for us to enjoy!
These are the only repair videos that make me laugh while watching a repair.. thanks Steve!
I just wanna say you are very underrated. You make great, relaxing content that's not only satisfying to watch but also educational. Thank you for everything you do and hello from the USA :)
You've gotten really good at replacing those chips... well done as always
Dang this was a good one I can't believe you found the small one and the "fiddlesticks" got me good 😂😂
Only the 2nd video I've watched so far.....your humor is perfect. My new fav gaming/fix it channel.
I don't own one if these, have no tools to fix anything or even desire to start attempting anything like this but I'm hooked on your videos! Thanks
Happy New Year Steve!! Like the January sales, looks like we got a two for one here!!!
Thanks Greg! Happy New Year! 👍
Another brilliant patreon song, I swear there's no genre you can't expertly remix into a song of names!
😊 thanks Adam! I'm sure I'll butcher another genre again soon! 😁
@@StezStixFix Any chance of getting a Death Metal one with a cooky crumbler voice?
Gotta give it to Steve, his Patron/Members shoutouts have improved a ton since its debut!
Beauty! Happy New Year Steve 👍
Thanks Chris, Happy New Year! 👍
I wanted to say thank you! Your other video helped me fix the core grafx mini I fried out of the box with a pi3 psu.
Watching you work gives me anxiety... The clumsiness, the carelessness, utter obliviousness... Honestly inspiring.
Hilarious, brightened up my evening. Keep the bloopers in, makes me feel better about the mistakes I've made.
Defiantly the best DJ I have heard on UA-cam and the tech stuff is nice bonus. Cheers mate!
hey thanks for this great video! My PS Classic's USB control chip is fried in the same way. I will also buy a USB control chip and replace it, but the components that accidentally flew out in your video are also burned on my PCB. What are the values of the smd components that correspond to the back of the pcb in the region where these and the control usb control chip are located?
A great info-tainment video Steve. Really enjoy your channel and this time the singing wasn't bad either. Thanks fella 👍
Creeping up on 100k man, congrats!!
I don't know why, but I lost it laughing with Steve's s over-dub of "fiddlesticks" dealing with the small capacitor. Thanks Steve, I needed a good laugh.
Nothing beats the PS1 intro sound! Nostalgia to my heart! 🙂
Awesome fixes. Good to see these two PS Classics back playing games. Was singing along to your cover of ring of fire at the end of the video.
Soldering these teeny tiny surface mount components seems like an exercise in frustration - you have so much patience for it!
This donator song is a new evolution. Listenable, very enjoyable! Level up!
Steve 2 - Stupid fried PS Classic 0! Nice to see you revive this once again.
😁 Thanks Heidi!
That song was pretty dope! I always enjoy these vids!
Nice fix. I have seen other repair channels tin the back of the chip to help it jump into place and keep from having to push down onto the chip to make connections.
Love your videos Steve, keep them coming. Great fix, despite flying components. Not stupid at all, made my day, thanks 🙏🏻
Welcome back. Been missing your vids
Would adding in a replaceable fuse be a good mod to prevent future chip destruction?
or zener diode.
4:24 2 more components to find
Good job! You didn't end up turning two consoles into junk! So proud of you.
I got rushed into hospital on Friday afternoon with a burst appendix. My evening was made up when your new video popped up, although I did very nearly pop my stitches when that little component blew away 😂
Nice job buddy I so enjoy your videos please keep them coming and here to help get your videos out to everyone to enjoy 😂😂😂😂
Ironic, just found your channel and commented on another video (I think your smd practice board) that you should try working on CP2105-F01-GMR and wouldn't you know it. Still way to much air speed/pressure for my preference (oh you just said I"m going to turn air flow down) you're improving! I come from BGP reflow in the xbox 360 RROD peak, and moved on to Apple stuff and iPhone nand recovery, it's always fun to watch someone improve.
I gotta say, loving your background music selection 👍🏼👍🏼
The power bank you are using, can it switch to 9 volt or even higher?
Funny but I never subscribed until I heard the patreon montage! I laughed but watched whole silly video, IT WAS GREAT!!
Great job! The “fiddlesticks” dub caught me off guard though! 😂
I don’t understand how a monitor that takes more amps can fry the PS Classic. I’m not much for electronics theory, but the way I understand it is that amps are drawn, not pushed, so any parallel device that draws more amps would not somehow force more amps into the other.
I was wondering this myself. Maybe the jump in power required to drive the monitor pushed some extra voltage into the PS? Would need to know the circuits better to really understand what happened, but assuming that the monitor needed more power (it needed more current), then the driving power supply would have needed to push a little extra voltage. V=IR, so if the extra voltage went into the PS, then it would have forced more amperage and in turn more power and voila! You have a plastic BBQ.
Shame, though, as I'm an advocate for putting power regulation circuits and fuses into products, and its honestly a little cheap for the PS to not have one. It should always be the responsibility of the product to account for poor voltage supply (ie. brown outs, electrical storms, shoddy home wiring, etc). You'd need to put this thing on a surge protector to keep its voltage at an acceptable level, and I'm sure a lot of people are not doing that.
My guess is that the monitor was USB C powered, and took more than 5 volts. When he plugged the monitor in, it would have asked the power bank to start outputting that higher voltage. The voltage meter probably just passes the battery voltage through, and started sending the higher voltage to everything connected to it.
@@jcon6734 I figured as much but also though he’d say watts or voltage in that case.
If you're going to be working with such small parts I recommend putting kapton tape on top of them and around your targeted working area. Can really help prevent such issues.
Yep, also keeps some heat off. It’s very expensive tape but also very worth it.
This is so so tiny to solder.. it was bad enough watching your NeoGeo Pocket fix.. brilliant sir !!
Rap keeps getting better 👍👍
so much easier to solder those small caps on using solder paste+hot air instead
I love your videos, your comic capers are brilliant! You always get there in the end GG! Your dejected face at the and 🤣🤣🤣
Makes my day when he belts out a great song at the end 👌👌
Fried chips are nothing unusual, Steve ! At least you sorted it twice over. Big respect 👍
When you sent those components flying I was screaming in my head 😂
I haven't done that yet I only play games and it's left on from Friday to Sunday quit often also get a trueblue mini USB to make the system better game list
So, there must be a modification to protect that chip..... something to arrest any spikes or so. you could probably hack in some zeners or something to clamp the voltage.
I worry about the heat stress on the heat gun when the airflow is turned down. Would simply moving the nozzle a bit further away have been a better solution?
The chip on the left lifted too when you 1st heated the big one
I wish there was a way we can prevent the RTS5482 from burning out, maybe some regulator or something like that. it is kinda annoying running into these with that burnt.
Brilliant Steve well done mate
2 for one! nice!!!!
Man... when the PS1 intro shows up... it's a relieve ain't it? hahahaha
Great 👍 video. Miracle Worker
I woke my kids up laughing at your video, when you blew the smd with your hot air station the 2nd time. Great content steve, watching from down under.
Excellent video Brother. Thanks for sharing Your passion and adventures from Toronto Ontario Canada 😀 👍 ❤️ 🇬🇧🇨🇦❤️💯💯
Please please please tell us if you did an electronics course and if so which one? You’ve inspired me to get back into fixing stuff but I need to refresh my skills! 👍👍👍🍺
Hi, that t120 chip to left nearly came off the board as you were getting the main chip off 😅😅
If it's not allowed it shouldn't have two outputs in my opinion, not your fault, great video 😊
Great video! I believe I am having the same issue. Do you have a link to the chip for this? thanks!
Get some tip tinner and cleaner from farnell, it's like a little tin of hard paste that you clean your soldering tip with, you'll get a lot more use out of your tips with regular tinning and cleaning and it saves a few bob on replacement tips.
Mate, do you ever do subscriber meetups? The next time I'm back in the UK I'd love to go for a pint.
Before putting in a new chip, you have to clean the old solder pads. Do not forget, otherwise the resulting weld will not be good.
What's the name of the USB HDMI screen you use?
Great fix! I'd mod one and leave one stock. The mod is really easy, but requires one of the USB ports to always be in use.
It's MUCH safer to use a USB OTG adapter on the back of the console to mod, and it keeps your front ports open.
@@shreyarayneit’s a great machine when you mod it.
Great video and great fix.
Why would connecting the external monitor burn the usb hub chip? If anything had to fail due to much amperage being drawn by the display it would be the usb power meter or the power bank, but it probably has protection. The data lines from the micro usb port connect to the SoC directly if i'm not mistaken. The power pins go to the pmic. There are other people online with the same problem.. design fault or faulty chips?
Hi, I have the same problem 😢can you please help me by sending me a link we’re to buy that chip. I would like to try and fix mine. Thanks for any help.
Those components that you remounted. Does the orientation matter? I'm not asking about swapping the large/small locations but rather the left/right orientation of each component.
Hello mate.. love your videos!! What is that portable monitor you used at the end of the video? Thanks
Brilliant video as always Steve. 😆
Probably your greatest song. (I never skip it, although sometimes I wish I did.)
I think that was the best disassembling rap ever. "Nice".
Your skills are really coming on.
Hi, my Nintendo ds only works at an angle and makes a popping sound when I fold it back into a straighter angle, can I fix it WITHOUT pulling it apart?
hey Steve do you take request for your outro song if so can we get something from The Specials
That is such a classic start up sound.
I Dont think amp draw has anything to do with killing it.
Does your monitor run on more than 5v, could it have made a PD request to the power bank and the voltage exceeded 5v?
Fix it, break it, fix it. The gift that keeps on giving.
Damn! That was a pretty damn good tune!. Maybe i'll stop skipping them in the future ;)
What is the magic sauce you use to heat up the surrounding contacts of the chip instead of de-soldering them individually?
Another great fix and video 👍
Thanks Steve for another top vid 5*. I will have to get my bag of mod chips out and go to car boot again now to find some old PS1's, you've inspired me. I Still have an original machine in mint condition boxed with all the packaging, i might have to play a "stupid game"
I have 2 questions what and why do you use the gel and the blue stuff and the light that makes it "solid" =)
Can you sign and sell one of those? I'd really love to have one of those.
Ive had one of these since they came out, it stopped showing a power light after about 5 uses... suspect it may be a similar issue but without this equipment its too hard to fix. Such a shame, but i feel the quality of these sony consoles isnt as good as the ones from Sega and Nintendo
Ohms Law : V = I x R.
So current is dependent on either supply voltage or resistance, therefore the device itself will determine how much current it draws due to internal resistance. So, you cannot feed too much current to a device, unless that device, through a faulty component etc, draws excessive current, or you increase the supply voltage. Analogy often used to explain Ohms Law is water in a pipe...but that's another story.....
I was wondering how long it would take you to notice you blew off those caps at 4:24
Steve, whats the usb amp draw measury thing, you use pls amz link pls
The look of surprise seeing a KoF character named EIJI(t) - priceless haha
How about cleaning the blue mat that the screws go on? :)
It is always good vidéos, thank you☺