After doing a teardown and cleaning of my PS5, my controller will connect but nothing works when it is 2 meters away. If the controller is right next to the console, it works perfectly.

PS: After I took the PS5 apart again, I realized that I had crossed the Bluetooth wires the wrong way around. I didn't think this would be an issue, but I fixed it anyway. The problem persisted, so I reset the console. The issue remained. I then took apart the controller, cleaned it, etc., but the problem still persists—it only works when it is next to the PS5.

Does anyone have any ideas on what I might have done wrong?

so I used my older brother's 3DS since he plays with that new 3DS XL. I told my dad what was wrong with my brother´s 3ds and he told me, that there was a small broken cable near the SD disposer. I searched on Google... but there was none. I asked my classmates for help and showed them the foto, but they posted too many memes of Ishowspeed and Never helped me out. so I'm stuck in a loop, just to repair my brother's 3ds. here is a foto of the picture:

don't ask why its dusty

I bought a xbox 360 corona that was untested and has secondary error 0033. I haven't fully checked for shortages yet but it's most likely the temp sensor that's gone bad, does anyone know where I can find a replacement one? Thanks :)

Sorry if this seems like a dumb question im not very familiar with how original Xbox's lights function but I have a known working original Xbox and the light is on when it is powered on and blinking when reading discs from what I can tell. I have a second Xbox that doesn't seem to read discs at all so l'm assuming a bad disc drive (they both have a Samsung drive). My question is the one that doesn't read discs also does not have a green light on at all no matter what it does. Just a red light when no A/V plugged in. Any idea on why this would be or is it normal? Or is it because of a bad drive? Any help is appreciated.

Hello there!

I have a quite odd issue with a PS2 Slim (SCHP-77004). I have replaced the laser (just the laser) and the laser ribbon cable, everything else is still stock and it kinda works, but it also doesn't, not when it's "cold" at least.

So, here's the thing: on the first boot it will fail to read any disk. It will start, buzz a little and then stop in the middle of loading just to freeze forever. It also won't launch games right away even if the disk is in from the beginning, I have to manually launch the game from the menu only for it to freeze.

Now, after sitting frozen like that for about 5-10 minutes, I would hold the power button to turn it off and on the next boot it would work flawlessly, read any disk I throw at it and launch games on boot instead of going to the menu. Then again, if I let it cool down, I'm back to square one.

I have cleaned everything with IPA multiple times, re-greased the laser motor with industrial-grade petroleum jelly (that's the only thing I could get locally, I figured it should work just fine)

What could be the culprit for such odd behaviour? Have I missed some steps when replacing the laser? Are some other parts dying?

I know I probably should have replaced the whole disk-reading mechanism, but I was trying to go as low cost as possible.

Help needed, I'm lowkey losing my mind here. Many thanks

Hi All,

I purchased a Playstation 4 console (Model: CUH-1102A) but it is missing the following screws (based on the guides from ifixit):

-              Rear case screws: four 7.2 mm Torx security screws on the back of the PS4

-              Optical drive: 1 x 6.2mm Phillips Screw

-              Upper EMI Shield: 2 x 9.7mm Torx screw

-              Lower EMI Shield: 1 x  6.2mm Phillips Screw

I have tried finding these on aliexpress and ebay with no luck. Does anyone know where I can purchase these screws? Or the correct keywords I should be searching to find these?

Thanks.

The laser won't move even after pushing down both sensors after opening up the ps2

replacing the thermal paste on my ps3 to get it back to its former glory and i genuinely cba to order isopropyl as im impatient as hell lmao wondering whether acetone would do the trick?

Battery corrosion caused a break in the line around where the red line is, so where the battery connects doesn't have continuity to the near side of the first component. I've tried adding solder to the battery terminal but can't get any solder to stick. Any tips on what I can do?

https://preview.redd.it/evqgopv7641d1.png?width=481&format=png&auto=webp&s=ab8bb422d0411a032a4f10f43dbc14241b2cbbc4

Can I just use any flux to solder for DMG Game Boy? Also I got some 0.8mm lead free 0.7 copper 99.3tin solder, can I safely use this also on my game boy? Sorry if these are obvious questions I'm very new to this and don't want to destroy my first project. Thank you!

So I got a Japanese 3DO FZ-1 unit in today and after setting it up and turning it on it seemed to work great for about five minutes then the audio would crackle and cut out. After checking my cables I tried to fire it back up and the BIOS would start to boot then keep resetting itself. A few minutes of messing with it and it wouldn’t output a video signal at all.

I then decided to open it up just to find the case had no screws holding it together and the inside was pretty gross. Some rust and corrosion on the shields and at least one big leaky capacitor on the board. It’s worth mentioning that if I leave it off for a bit it will consistently boot and work momentarily but I wonder if it’s potentially easily fixable or if I should start looking into returning it. (It was purchased assuming it was a used but functional unit. Not for parts.)

So give me an honest answer I want to get an og xbox so bad lol my nostalgia is hitting hard, other than cleaning out consoles and maybe fiddling with disc drives I don't know how to actually repair them. Am I gonna have a bad time I just want to pop in halo and play no bs to put up with. Any 360 remastered games and master chief collection isn't the same I want the original experience.

I have a ps2 slim that frequently fails to read disks and gets stuck on loading screens. It seems to do this more frequently when it has been turned off for a long period. The disk I am using are is perfect shape. What might the problem be and how might I go about fixing it?

Hi all, my PS3 fat worked great for many years, it this year it started to overheat so i changed thermal paste and now it worked fine. Today i saw that red light is not on, i checked cables and they were all conected. I tried all but nothing. I left it withoud any cable plugged it and when i tryed again red light shows. I press button but it maded weird beep like sound (not mained by its speaker) and withoud green or yellow line it shuts down after like 1 secund. What can cause that issue and how i can test PSU ( i suspect its PSU)?

My right joycon thumb stick works fine and is responsive when moved around, however the button that is used when pressed down isn’t clicking. Should i replace the thumb stick or look inside first to see if it’s just jammed?

I stumbled upon a facebook posting of a switch lite for roughly 30 usd. The description simple states "wont turn on". I know absolutely nothing about repairing electronics, but the price got my attention. I looked up a couple of videos trouble shooting the problem, and some seem simple while other seem very complicated. I figure, even if I cant fix it, I can probably resell it for a minimal loss just for parts. What do you guys thing, would it be worth it to even spend my time on it? Heres a pic of the post https://imgur.com/a/qzTN2bE

I've been having my wii's audio cutting in and out lately and I've heard that replacing the audio 220uF 6V SMT cap should fix it but I'm not seeing many options for purchasing it. The only place I've found it is amazon with a 10 piece set but I only need 1 and the delivery time is pretty long.

Is there any other way to get a 220uF 6V SMT or some other way to fix the audio cutting?

So I was trying to remove some excess solder by force since I’ve done it before but this time I went too far and ripped the whole antenna off and I put it back together hoping atleast I can play with a cable but even a cable is not working now so I’m just stuck on the starting screen. Is my Playstation repairable or is it done for?

Hello, I have this Ps4 pro that works fine, i start a game and works fine in the menu of the game but once it gets into gameplay it just freeze with black screen and im still able to access the ps4 system menu and quick menu but the game is just black screen and once i try to close the game the ps4 is stuck at closing for ages and sometimes just turn off or i have to unplug it,

What i tried so far:

1. different games i tried 2 Blu-ray disk games and two digital games but nothing works
2. init the ps4 and rebuild data nothing
3. update the system
4. replace the hdd and update system at same time but noo
5. open the unit up and give it a good cleaning and replaced the thermal paste

If anyone have a clue please help me out I'm going crazy I started to think it's an apu problem?

Thank you 🙏🏽

I recently picked up a used New 3DS XL, and the back face plate cover has seen better days.

Does anyone know a good place to buy a replacement back plate? Or would that be AliExpress?

Am based in the UK. Thanks!

If I turn on my PS5 without a disc in the drive, it won't accept a disk, there is no reaction at all to trying to insert one, like the drive is dead. Except if I turn it off and turn the manual eject screw (counter-clockwise), I can manually pull the disc all the way in and lock it in place. Then when I turn the PS5 on, it spins up and reads just fine. This is where it gets weird though, if I hit the eject button, it ejects just fine, and then I can use it like normal. Insert a disc, it grabs it and pulls it in on its own, working just fine until I power it all the way off again. In and out of rest mode it keeps working, but if I turn it all the way off and back on, the drive is unresponsive again until I do the manual process of turning the screw and locking the disc in place.

I have disassembled it, and nothing is obviously wrong or broken compared to the reference images on ifixit. All the Reddit posts I've seen about broke disc drives, the drive stays broken, it doesn't just start working like mine does. Any guidance here would be appreciated. It does work, you just have to turn it on with a disc already in, so I don't want to jump straight to replacing it just yet.

I can post pictures if it will help, just tell me what you need to see. But I really don't see anything different on my drive compared to photos of working ones being disassembled.

Hello everyone.

Recently i tried fixing my PS3 super slim which did not show any signs of getting power.

After reading online i have switch the PSU with a known good PSU, this did not fix the issue. Opened up the console and checked if i did forget something, this was luckily not the case.

Now after a few days i tried to solve the problem again. The console turned on first try. After powering it down it won't turn back on. No red light at the power button. Also turning the console on with a controller will not work.

Does anyone have any tips or experience on this problem?