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5 repair logs
+23 photosSuccessful repairSony — PlayStation
Late PU-8 PlayStation, the one that gave up its xStation to a PU-18, now getting a new xStation of its own and going to a friend. It came up with random green speckles in the video output, traced to cracked, dull solder joints on the PSU. Reflowing them and swapping two capacitors cleared it. Then a full mainboard recap, with the areas around the old capacitors treated with white vinegar and cleaned with isopropyl, the old X-Reset replaced with a cleaner one on a Consoles Unleashed QSB, and finally a full recap of the power supply as well.
+49 photosSuccessful repairSony — PlayStation
Imported NTSC-J PlayStation sent in for the full works: xStation, MFO and X-Reset installs, plus a recap and a clean. Board and PSU recaps went in without trouble, then the console came up dead, no video and no audio, once the mods were fitted. The MFO had been wired to a pad that is ground on one board revision but not on this PU-18, which shorted the 3.5V rail and blew the PS604 fuse. Rewired correctly and refitted with a fuse taken from another console, with the surrounding fuses and ferrite beads checked for further damage. Finished with a controller clean and recap, lubrication and UV protectant.
+3 photosSony — PlayStation
Preemptive PSU recap on this Sony PlayStation PAL backup unit. The solder joints on the power jack were already starting to crack so it was only a matter of time.
+38 photosSuccessful repairSony — PlayStation
Don't mix PSUs with incorrect mains voltages, kids. I accidentally did that on this Sony PlayStation NTSC-J in 2022, while repairing and testing the controller ports on a friend's PAL PS1. Years later, once PU-7 QSBs finally existed, it got the mod it was bought for: an xStation from a kit by Romain Brami, with DSP pins lifted, the resistor and filter by the master clock removed, three more resistors cleared from the QSB footprint, then the QSB soldered and the FFC folded up to the top side. An X-Reset QSB followed. Shortly after, the PSU turned hard to switch on, which was corrosion inside the power switch: stripped, scraped with a fiberglass pen, cleaned with isopropyl, then DeoxIT on the contacts and grease on the plunger.
+2 photosSuccessful repairSony — PlayStation
Controller ports on this PAL PlayStation had stopped working, and the fault traced to a blown fuse. It was replaced using the fuse pulled from the NTSC unit whose PSU had gone up in smoke that same evening, and a new part went into that console.
