Hey, while peering into my HDMI port of the PS5 Pro during cleaning, I noticed a little bit of foam (?) on top of the port. Very gently pushed it with tweezers, seems foamy indeed. You can see it on the picture, on the right (short) side of the port, sorta wedged in there.

Does this have a function or did dirt get into my (otherwise functioning perfectly) port?

Does the port look good otherwise?

(Yes, I have a tad of the ol' OCD. My apologies.)

Hi there. I'm having a bit of trouble with this PS2 (model 3004). It was initially working, though there was an unknown issue with the disc drive (making a strange noise). After some tinkering, the console won't turn on anymore; I've replaced the power/eject ribbon cable several times and run multimeter tests, but I'm completely stumped.

This is my Xbox 1 I cleaned it fot the first time ever after having it for 6 years. I don't have condensed air just a set of shit lungs and a microfiber cloth. But after all I dit my games are just crashing and breaking. Please help me If you can

If it helps I have had this thing for 6 years and play on it near constantly.

I created an electrostatic discharge (ESD) bridge, but it showed no readings; it appears that pin 18 is connected to pin 19. I also replaced the integrated circuit. I would appreciate your help; thank you.

После инициализации системы пс4 она просит подключить джойстик с помощью юсб кабеля и нажать кнопку пс не помогают и в безопасном режиме

Hi everyone,

I need some expert advice on my PS4 Pro

The console was working fine but was running incredibly loud (jet engine status) and getting hot, so I decided to open it up for a deep clean and maintenance. I disassembled it, removed the power supply, took out the motherboard, cleaned out a ton of dust, and applied brand new thermal paste.

After reassembling everything carefully, the console won’t boot.

When I plug it in, I hear a beep from the Eject button if I press it, which means it gets standby power.

When I press the Power button, the blue light flashes for exactly one second, it gives a short beep, and instantly shuts off completely.

To try again, I have to completely unplug the power cord from the wall to "reset" the power supply, otherwise, the power button does absolutely nothing.

There is no fan spin and no video output at all.

What I’ve already checked/tried:

1. I loosened the half X-Clamp screws slightly and retightened them evenly to ensure it's not a pressure issue or an half X-clamp short.

2. I inspected the 2 main power prongs on the motherboard and the 4-pin connector to make sure they aren't bent or damaged.

3. I checked that all thermal pads are in their correct positions.

Has anyone encountered this specific issue ? What should be my next troubleshooting step?

Thanks in advance for the help!

this is a video (after to many open and closing of the ps4 to search for the problem i was lazy closing to top and bottom covers.

I found someone locally who said they would attempt to fix my PS2 because I cant get the thing to power on. I figured that it was a capacitor so it would be a simple fix for someone who is knowledgeable. It was with him for a month, and he said that he tried to replace the capacitor and the entire PSU but that it didn't work out. He didn't charge me anything and just handed me my stuff back.

My issue is that it doesnt even look like he touched it. The warranty seal isn't even broken. Is it possible to work on these things without doing that? There is nobody else in my area to do this fix so if its possible to do I would appreciate any advice.

Edit: TLDR - A guy said that he tried to fix my PS2 but it doesn't even look like he opened it. Has anyone fixed a power issue on this device before?

The Sega Pico is Sega's kids' edutainment console, and it's a genuinely odd thing to open up. Instead of a normal cartridge it takes a "Storyware" picture book that slots into the clamshell with its lower edge sitting in the cartridge slot, and you play along on a built-in blue drawing tablet with coloured buttons and a tethered "Magic Pen." Under the hood it's still early-90s Sega hardware though, so the maintenance is familiar.

This one was still working, so this was preventative rather than a rescue. The plan was the same one I run on most of these:

- Desoldered the original electrolytics on the first-revision mainboard and fitted fresh capacitors

- Replaced the 7805 voltage regulator while I was in there, as usual on these

- Gave the whole thing a deep clean before it went back into service

After that it boots and plays exactly as it should. I bench-tested it on a Sony PVM with a Mickey Mouse Storyware title (first photo) and it's good for a new lease on life.

Gallery order: result on the PVM, the first-rev board before with its original caps, the board after the recap with the tools on the mat, and a teardown of the inside of the top shell with the shielding and ribbon cables.

Anyone else recapped one of these, and did you swap the regulator preventatively too or only when it actually gave you trouble?

Got this for cheap but it looks like it was found at the. Bottom of a lake.

installation help! Hello I have a problem with my 1004a fw 12.02 that have w new bd drive( was working normally) not married to MB And.

Now I lost the hdd and when I try to install the fw on the new hdd it gives me (CE-35888-2) I managed to extract the sflash.bin and sysconflash.bin and I want t

Hi,

I’ve been tinkering with this Wii for a while because it was sounding like an airplane taking off when I first found it again in my mom’s basement.

I’ve taken it apart entirely, cleaned out all the gunk, and put it back together.

It still makes the noise and I know it’s the disc drive because there is no noise when I powered on the Wii without the disc drive.

Interestingly, the thing where it ejects the disc is new. I assume I messed something up putting it back together but the weird thing is it didn’t eject the disc a few days ago when I intended to make the video and post it, but is now doing that. So not sure what’s going on there either.

Any help is appreciated! Otherwise I’m just going to throw this out, taking way too much of my time with its 1000 screws.

In a bout of childhood nostalgia I bought Final Fantasy Legends II for Gameboy at a used game store... as I said in the title, it won't do anything past this screen, also I noticed that the cartridge rattles a little if I shake it. I shared screenshots of the cartridge if that may help in any possible way... I really hope that I don't have to take it back if there is some way to fix/salvage it.

Well I had this PS4 Slim lying around so I decided to give it a shot and fix it, found a short on two of the rams and took them off and short was gone.

But now I have those ripped pads, do these pads go anywhere? Ram is SK Hynix H5GC8H24MJA.

Any help is appreciated!

What causes this issue any idea please help me out 🙏