Author: james
PS2 Beauty Products – sprays, skin oils and facecreams tested This article is about polishing up PS4 and other consoles after repair and before giving back to the customer or putting up for sale – becuase it’ll get you noticed and aesthetically you can charge more. I randonly have 3 dirty PS2’s that I didn’t clean…
Direct Answer: Saved Game repairs Xbox Series X consoles for Hull and East Yorkshire customers through mail-in repair — HDMI ports, overheating, power faults, and disc drive issues are all fixed on the bench, with no need to find a local shop that stocks Xbox parts. Key Takeaways Xbox Series X Repair in Hull: What…
Direct Answer: A broken Xbox Series S is most commonly suffering from overheating shutdowns, a damaged HDMI port, or a power supply fault — all of which are usually repairable for far less than the cost of a replacement console. Saved Game diagnoses and repairs Xbox Series S faults by mail-in, and will tell you…
Direct Answer: A DualSense controller that won’t charge is usually down to a faulty cable, a worn or damaged USB-C port, or a battery that’s reached the end of its life — and it’s rarely worth replacing the whole controller over. Saved Game repairs DualSense charging faults, including port replacement, by mail-in. Key Takeaways A…
Direct Answer: An Xbox Series X or Series S that’s overheating is most often suffering from dust-blocked airflow, poor placement, or ageing thermal paste — and it’s a repairable fault, not a sign the console is finished. Saved Game diagnoses and fixes Xbox overheating issues, from a simple clean and repaste through to board-level thermal…
This one came in hot. Literally. Thermal throttling warnings on startup, fan screaming like a banshee, and the customer said it was shutting itself down mid-game. Classic PS3 thermal failure. Now, here’s where PS3s get interesting — and where a lot of people panic. The Delid Problem PS3 consoles are notorious in the repair community…
If you’ve been searching for PS3 repair information, you’ve probably come across the term “delid” and wondered what on earth people are talking about. Here’s the plain version: a delid is when you carefully peel off the metal cap on top of a computer chip to access the thermal paste underneath. Sounds simple. It’s not.…
PS4 from Holme upon Spalding Moor – From Overheating to Silent This one came in looking like it had been stored in a garden shed. Dust everywhere. I mean everywhere. The heatsink looked like a dust cake. The thermal paste was basically concrete. And it was shutting down mid-game every single time the customer tried…
Dead Xbox Board Repair This is how it arrived – no wonder it gave up. Direct Answer: A games console that is completely dead — no lights, no fan, no picture — has usually suffered a power rail shorting to ground, not a dead main chip. At Saved Game in Market Weighton I trace these…
Original Playstation controller charging port had been pushed through it’s housing and was rattiling around inside ! Had a DualSense in yesterday that wouldn’t charge. Customer’s been trying different cables, different power blocks, all that jazz. Classic problem, right? Except here’s the kicker — not all PS5 controllers use the same charging port. Yeah. Seriously.…
