Category: Playstation Repairs
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…
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.…
