PS4 Fat - BLOD repair
Repair of a PS4 Fat SAC-001 motherboard affected by BLOD, diagnosed through boot logs and fixed by replacing two RAM chips.
Console PS4 Fat
Difficulty Hard
Topics
PS4BLODSAC-001
Hardware Repair Lab
Hardware repair case studies, diagnostics, soldering, and troubleshooting on boards and consoles.
Joy-Con — R button trace repair
Repair of a right Joy-Con R button with missing PCB pads and restored signal connections.
Console Nintendo Switch
Difficulty Medium
Topics
Joy-ConNintendo SwitchMicrosoldering
PS5 — Short diagnosis behind the southbridge
Repair of a completely dead PS5 by locating a short with voltage injection and replacing a small capacitor behind the southbridge.
Console PS5
Difficulty Hard
Topics
PS5DiagnosticsVoltage injection
PS4 Slim — Graphic artifacts
Repair of a PS4 Slim with graphic artifacts, solved by replacing the MN864729 HDMI encoder.
Console PS4 Slim
Difficulty Hard
Topics
PS4 SlimHDMIMN864729
PS5 — Southbridge, UART and APU damage
Diagnosis of a PS5 with no signs of life after a voltage surge: southbridge replacement followed by the discovery of a RAM/APU channel fault.
Console PS5
Difficulty Hard
Topics
PS5SouthbridgeGDDR6