I shorted a power rail by misaligning the blue ray drive connector. In the process, it took one of the fuse near the SATA controller (F5101). Symptoms were a 4 to 5 second BLOD (click, blue light for 4-5sec, click). Changing the fuse fixed it. I thought it might be worth sharing.
Massive congrats on becoming a father. Great to see you back again, your video have been a great source of inspiration for me enter into the world of bga rework. I am looking forward to the learning curve that will be involved with reballing. Keep the videos coming.
Thanks for all your videos. I had the permant BLOD. It was sold to me as a WLOD. I replaced the HDMI chip by following your video and got lucky and the washer fix worked for the BLOD. It has lasted nearly 2 years and only cost me about £90. It has seen out all the games I wanted to play so can't moan. Wierd thing is that after being left for a while, I power it on and get BLOD first time but every time I power cycle it again it works no problem. Please keep it up.
Welcome back and congrats on your new addition :) I have been digging around the NOR dumps of a few constant BLoD systems and have seen corruption in about 70% of them so far - Sadly it has corrupted the data at critical points that cannot be copied over from another dump. So minor SMD component donors they have become :( I have done probably 10% of them via reball and the other 20% I am yet to figure out - There may be corruption of the NOR but maybe only a byte or 2 out so not as obvious to see. I have had a few 12xx series come through me now and again am seeing the top left pad oxidised. A couple were No Sync issues (NOR Corruption) and 1 was a bad PSU (Was actually a leaking electrolytic causing this problem)
Thanks for the informative video, Andrew. My PS4 has a short BLOD (couple of seconds, fan doesn't spin) UNLESS I apply pressure on the GPU, then it becomes the "endless" BLOD. It's a fun project so I am getting ready for an APU reball (I have like 30% chances of doing that right with my equipment). I couldn't find anything obvious on the board. I know the PSU is ok - rails are ok and it's the MB telling it to shutdown and not vice-versa. Do you have a gut feeling about that?
Hi, friend. I have a big problem with this ps4 fat sac001. It is flashing blue light, it does not show anything through the uart port, I have changed the south bridge and it remains the same, I have also changed the RT5069A start regulator because I am missing 3.3V in the capacitor that I sent in the photo. Could you help me? I can't get it to show anything through uart and it is essential to know what type of damage it has.
With you all the way, thanks for all your help. I hope to be doing my first ps3 hdmi replacement when all my rework and soldering materials come in and I will be following your vid step by step. Thanks again keep up the good work.
I would love your input please. I have a slim 21xx with sae-004 board. It turns on 1 second and off. The power supply is perfectly ok. I saw this video and i understand it must be apu, but what i would like to mention is the apu mosfets are never turned on. There is 12v on the input side coil though during the 1 second ON time. Southbridge? I checked all capacitors and fuses on the board nothing is shorted.
I have 2 1001a units and one long blue lights, clicks and goes off. the other one did the same thing but after putting pressure on the one edge of the CPU (through washers) it has been working for YEARS now. no issues. I suspect the broken one I have just needs a Reball but I do not have a way to do that myself.
so i have a system in my shop right now that has what i suppose is a constant pulsing BLOD ( i havent noticed it to turn back off on its own) i suspect the APU or southbridge but have also noticed i have no power to the USB ports nor to the HDD. any thoughts off the top of your head to save me some time? the system was a victim of last nights thunderstorm, it caused a power surge of some sort that killed also their soundbar and a couple other things.
No power to USB could be nor flash. You could dump the firmware to check for corruption but it could also be a combo problem. Probably not worth it tbh
hey mate. i believe that the 6 second blod can be caused by something else broken on the board as well. I know for sure it can be cause by improperly soldered syscon chip. it happened to me once when i had one pad unsoldered. right now i am trying to restore a scrap sab-001 board because i have a set of working chips which need a donor board. the board had one pad damaged which i repaired using unleaded solder, wire and solder mask so i believe it should hold quite well. i also found some missing components near apu. the fan was not working at all in the beginning so i replaced the SB. now the fan moves a little when powering up. the ps4 searches for files on the hdd and then just cuts off after 5.50 seconds. now i am thinking as you said it might be syscon related. however i just took the chips down from a working board with error su-30645-8. the syscon is properly soldered so it means that if this is the case, there can be a problem on the board as well as i have. probably the communication with the syscon can't be properly made because of who knows what reason. i am trying to figure this out since i need the board, but without any luck til now.
Hey Andrew, I've watched a lot of you Videos trying to repair my PS4. I got it cheep with a constant BLOD. Seems that the previous owner ripped out the power connector for the disk drive, that I've managed to repair, but the data cable connector on the MB also took some damage so my concern is that the data connection is not stable . Could this be the problem? I also tried putting pressure on the APU, doesn't seem to help so my guess is that the APU is fine. Also checked the HDMI Port and any other chips on the MB, they seem to be fine. Would the "broken" disk drive connection be the source of the BLOD?
If i try a bga refloww...what you would recommend max temperature? I heard betwenn 120 - 160 c ...its better to try first 120 c and if its not work you reflow again 10 or 5 degrees higher step by step? Thanks for help... 🙂
ok i need help for me m ps4 slim has working fine but when it showed the home screen of the accounts it frozze and woudnt move then i switched on another controller but it was still frozen then it went black and got the blod any ideas?
hey Andrew. love your videos! you are a very smart repair tech! I was just wondering if this applies to the cuh-1215a ps4s, or if you have fixed any? I have a couple here that start to pulse a blue light, fan spins up and they shut off completely after 2-3 seconds. no signs of physical damage. and have tried know working power supplies with no change
i have blod the one were you cannot cicle it once you do it but before i put some force in the top and it worked but i had to reset it and the it got fucked again im confused help
After jailbreaking the Ps4. It turned the display off and It was displaying white light for too long then I turned it off. When i turned it on, it was blinking blue light. How to fix this. Can this be caused by control unit?
Hello I'll have a question for you I'll try to turn my PS4 it came on for a second and then it turned off but I'll heard a pop sound and now it's dead I'll have no power nothing what should I'll do to fix it
hello friend, I write to you from an electronic technical service in spain, we are currently doing reballing to first generation PS4 consoles, CUH1000 but with the CUH1216A we can not fix the blue light fault, we are doing the reballing with the same machine that we do for the rest of consoles and with the same profile, but we can not repair the BLOD, could you tell us that it usually causes this damage in these consoles? this fault has occurred in several consoles and we can not repair them with reballing, thanks
My console beeps 3 times and has the blod every time time I turn it on and it will stay with blod until I hold the power for 8 secs or so. Any ideas on what can be causing this?
I have owned my PS4 for 1 year and the previous two owners who played this thing nonstop from the day it was bought in 2013 and a month ago my PS4 started with issues, first it randomly shut off and then I turned it back on and it booted up and did the same thing again, only when I turned on it said it needed the latest update. So I thought I could squeeze by with out following those instructions and it booted back up and ran for 3 mins. And then wouldn’t turn back on, so I thought it over heated and disassembled it to replace thermal paste and found legit dryer lint in the heat sync and then cleaned and replaced thermal paste. After that I reassembled the PS4 and turned it back on and it booted up like normal and after an hour or 2 it shut off randomly and since then after I’ve let it sit it would turn on for 5-10 mins and then shut off randomly. After it shut off it would BLOD(the infinite blue)and now it constantly BLODs so I am going to get a new PS4. (Edit) if this helps, the screen would glitch out first and then it shuts off, the first time it acted up it said the database was corrupt so I rebuilt the database from safe mode.
what happened to me is I couldn't get any video (constant blue pulse), was able to boot into safe mode and update the software from Sony. then I had video, started playing Madden, and then about 30 min into playing, video vanished, and then this weird constant siren like noise started sounding off. I tapped the top of the PS4 ad the sound went away and from there on out, no video and can't boot into safe mode. just constant blue pulse. hard drive issue? or just get a new PS4?
If you were getting into Safe Mode with a constant pulsing BLOD then I'd almost certainly look at the hard disk drive here. Replace it and I think you'll be good to go.
Andrew Paul ok thanks. I went and applied new thermal paste. it would boot into safe mode and even try and download the software update again before crashing again. I'm gonna try swapping the drive with a drive I'm buying for my upcoming pro. at least that way, if everything works again, I just have to buy another drive for this PS4 and I have 2 working ones!
So I've been having a weird variant of the second type of BLOD you mentioned in the video, where any attempt to wake the ps4 from sleep mode or turn it on normally gives you the pulsing lights indefinitely. But I am able to get it into safe mode and restart it through there if I unplug it or hold the power button for like 30 seconds and then wait around a minute for it to completely discharge electricity. But what I find really odd is that the ps4 sometimes starts normally if it's only been in rest mode for for a few hours, but will always require unplugging and restarting through safe mode to turn on if left alone for an extended period.
Nor flash corruption most likely. You can dump and rewrite the firmware but you only get one chance to rewrite. Just look up Andrew Paul nor flash corruption ps4 and you'll find it.
Hey there, I have a ps4 that will play normal from anywhere to 1 minute, up to 6 hours, but randomly shut itself off. I have tried a new hdd and new software installs. I have cleaned and reset ed the power supply and fans. What are some of the next steps I should take to try to get this fixed? Would it be an apu issue acting so randomly? Most hardware problems I woukd think would be continuous and repeatable.. This one makes it seem as though there's a short somewhere, or could it be a heat issue? The fan spins normal from what I can tell and the outside if the system doesn't seem too old warm. I'm just wondering if this is something I can try to fix or should I just move on. Any help or advice is much appreciated. Thanks.
hi guys . i need some help. recently got a ps4 which has constant(infinite) blue light of death due to lightning strike. i have checked almost everything in my knowledge but need some expert advise to diagnose the problem. list for what i have checked yet replace psu checked all 8 hdmi fuses checked other fuses on board marked with F or Th. i noticed one thing that as the console start the red light of optical audio port on for 1 sec then off. sorry for my bad English help me please thanks in advance...
can't wait for all the horrors we'll be facing when the "Next Next Gen" consoles come rolling into the store. We've just begun scratching the surface of these first "Next Gen" consoles...and soon we'll have a whole new set of headaches and rabbit holes to deal with. Glad to see you back mate! Congratulations on the new family member and the new house. whatever room you're in looks like a nice workplace environment for you 😁.
Yeah, adding the power supply inside the unit and making the housing smaller (as the XBox One Slims will be) only seems like a bad idea in terms of cooling.
Would the PS4s that turn on for only half a second click and turn off probably be APU related? The power supply has been confirmed to not be the issue. Just curious if reballing is the best option and if it's pretty much the same as the 1-2 second blue light units or if you've come across some and that almost immediate shut off is related to something else.
Could be a dead SB or a Syscon issue - check for any broken / dry joints on the syscon first I'd suggest. Also have a look over the surface mount components nearby to see if any look burned / missing. I don't think this would be an APU fault as it stands. Cheers.
Hi Paul, it's good to have you back, I'm always watching your videos, and congratulations on your new addition too! (",) I was wondering if you might be able to help me with an issue I'm having with a 1216A model PS4? This particular console arrived to me with a "switching itself off in standby mode" issue, the console powers up fine, and stays on quite happily for hours, but if you put the console in standby mode, and then try to power it up, it instantly turns itself off, (and then of course tells you off when restarting it for not powering the console off correctly), you also have to disconnect the power supply for several seconds or the console remains "dead" when you try to power it back up. So far I have replaced the console's PSU with a (known to be healthy) one, which (surprisingly) made no difference, so I reballed the APU chip, (just in case the issue was being caused by bad solder connections), but this also made no difference, it still turns itself off when attempting to bring it back out of standby mode, do you have any idea what else I can try? I would really appreciate any advice you can give mate (",)
Not sure on the 1215 - not had much exposure to them as yet. On the older PS4 there was a watchdog IC in the PSU but you've tried that - I'd say it's defo power regulation - take a look around the board and see if you can get some datasheets on the smaller ICs around the board to see if anything similar is now incorporated into the mainboard. Good luck!
Ah okay, will do, many thanks Paul! (",) By the way, I'm trying to fix a CUH-1116A PS4 at the moment which has the "6 second BLoD" issue, (no fan at startup either), I tried a reflow to its southbridge chip first (as you recomend in your video), but, same issue, so I reballed the southbridge chip, also same issue, do you think replacing the southbridge chip with another might fix the fault? (or am I simply wasting my time) Again, any advice would be very much appreciated (",)
Ah okay, yes I have spent quite some time on it already, and did suspect it was most likely going to be fruitless, but it was worth a try, I'll use it for parts then, thanks again Andrew, keep up the good work mate (",) (and sorry for calling you Paul, GOD knows where that came from lol)
Could you help me with a problem with the PS4 I turn it on it goes straight back off then no power at all I have to unplug it to get the power back what could be the problem
Hi Andrew! I have constant BLOD blinking and will not go into safe mode. But randomly sometimes the system does go into safe mode. It will reinstall the software on the hard drive and I even managed to get into the system. Once I tried to switch USB ports (movement) the system stopped showing the picture. Feels like something is loose or not connecting properly. Do you have any tips?
are you willing to fix my ps4 for a video of yours? i have tried everything and cant seem to get it to work at all. ps4 turns on for 5 seconds then turns off. i have tried new power supply .tried the whole book except the real fixes witch needs reballing
I think the most common source of this fault could be due to drop damage of the PS4 unit, either accidentally or in a fit of rage during a COD multiplayer match where you're being pwned. Could this cause the mainboard to momentarily flex, causing the connections under the APU to become prone to issues? As you say though, it could also simply be due unlucky random fault due to manufacturing that got through QA. I'm also wondering if APU faults could also be due to overheat issues. I've often seen friends and family with a PS4 placed under the TV on top of another hot device such as a satellite set-up box or DVD player etc, or even on the carpeted floor. When churning out graphic-intensive visuals in a game that's putting the APU through its paces, a lot of heat is generated. If the PS4 is in a poorly ventilated position on top of another hot device or on a soft surface where it can gather dust that blocks vents, it's going to get hotter than normal and maybe the APU connections under the chip become more prone to damage or misconnects? What do you think? Moral of the story is everyone should situate their consoles on hard surfaces with plenty of space around any vents and not on soft surfaces or other hot devices.
More often than not with a typical 2-second BLOD it's almost certainly production issues down to poor preparation of the BGA site. Like you say the weird and wonderful 6-second etc is most probably down to drop or pwnage damage lol! 😀👍 Definitely keep it on a flat level surface free from dust with decent airflow around the machine and hopefully you'll be fine. Applying some decent thermal compound from time to time will also help and it easy to do.
I have a model: adp-240cr. My console powers on for half a second, shows a blue light and beeps, then powers off and will not cycle again until I unplug and reconnect the console. I have tested the psu and it seems well. If I leave the console unplugged overnight it power in and play fine, but if I power it off or go into rest mode it will not reboot. Does this seem to be an apu issue?
Andrew Paul first, thank you for taking the time to read and respond. I'm working on trying to find a matching psu locally to test my console. Do you think it's worth the cash to order a psu or could my problem lie elsewhere?
Had a weird one this week. PS4 Slim would give blue light for about 20 second, fan would only give a quick spin then stop, then power off. Tried power supply and fan but no dice. Disconnected the Main ribbon from the blu ray drive and the fan stayed on? Reconnected it and put it all back together and it just started working fine. Proper bizarre
I have the same problem, try to disconnect the main ribbon but nothing. You have any other suggestion? This type of problem ( 20 seconds blue light then off) is very rare i don't know how to fix it.
my mate has a PS4 and it was stuck on system storage and its happened about 3 times and he put the framework back on it and it keeps going back to system storage is there a way fixing that or he needs a new console. thank you for your help
Mine turns on shows ps4 logo thenit goes away like it should but then jus stays on a blank screen and blue light just flashes on and off and does so for a while and shuts off after like 5/10 mins
Yea I pulled of a ps4 hdmi for a friend yesterday at 400 but that lead free crap was brutal to remove, was a little worried about my temps lol no damage to the board, my Hakku only takes me to 450 Celsius
@@krypticnl7574 chip quick is good for these sorts of things as it lowers the temp needed to remove if you don't want to damage components nearby with airflow (Protect close by components with ceramic heatshield and high temperature polyimide tape)
Hi Andrew, good to see you back! Hope all is well, with the new addition too the family :) I have a strange one here, it's a 2 sec BLOD, however, there is no 'click'. There is a beep, blue light for 2 seconds, then off, no click. tried reballing APU, no change. Have you ever seen this before?
+John Powell Yeah, after the blue light/ off, if I press the power button it beeps. Then if I press it again, I get the same 2 second BLOD. I can repeat over and over, without removing the power lead.
Hey Andrew; I've got a weird affliction in a PS4 I'm working on; it had a faulty HDD causing neverending BLOD and I played about 4 hours of a game after replacing the HDD. Fast forward to today (it's been sitting about a week) and I powered the system on, fiddled with menus for a little bit and the screen crashed (solid blue background with coloured lines running up and down the screen), the audio crashed (constant loud beep through my speakers), the controller powered off however the system stayed powered on with a white light. It powered off normally but then wouldn't reboot, just a constant BLOD. Sometimes I can get it to boot normally, sometimes I can boot into safe mode and restart the system and sometimes it doesn't do a damn thing except the constant BLOD. Forgot to mention, at one point when I had the BLOD I applied pressure to the casing above the APU and it started to boot until I removed the pressure, then it crashed again. And when it booted normally it displayed for about a minute or so before crashing again. Have you any ideas of what I should look for? Thanks in advance.
That's going to need an APU reball. Will be fine afterwards - very common fault caused by poor preparation of the motherboard solder pads during production.
Well that's unfortunate. I've already got 2 that have the 2 second BLOD that are reball candidates and I'm not set up to do reball. This one especially stinks since it's still got the warranty seals in place. Thanks for the help and quick response.
It's possible. Constant pulsing BLOD is a nuisance as per the video - more often than not it's APU / RAM related but not always... and it's those 'not always' instances which provide the frustration!
Do you think in the case of Ps4 it is only possible or not at all to reball big chip with heatgun or NO. DON'T WORRY, I'M JUST INFORMING. i KNOW BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO REBALL IT WITH HEATGUN, THE REASONS? is it precision, heat, distance of heatgun? In the case of the ps4 i told you about, dead BLOD, is it a big risk to try heatgun or you are gonna tell me to NEVER REBALL WITH HEATGUN AND WHY? I Know if the chip is dead it's a waste of time but just if not? Thank and keep your good info.
got a strange one here, psu fault symptoms (need to remove lead and plug back in after 1 second blue light). It is not the psu, apu, southbridge or any of the fuses.
Did you even watch the damn video? Is it half second? 2 second? 5 second? 10 second? Infinite BLOD? Does it beep or not beep? Can you power up again without unplugging and replugging the power cord? Is there fan spin or hard drive spin? Power supply click or hard drive click? What kind of BLOD?
one of the processors gets really hot just before it cuts off.. I'm guessing this is shorting as there's power to it for like a second ..really want to know what this is and sort it.. it's the version of ps3 that has the ps2 compatibility chip. can't find another motherboard for it on eBay or anywhere. bad times..
reace m instant heating is pretty normal for ps3, nothing is shorted. First thing to do is to measure resistance on coils near cell and rsx. But my experience tells me, it is bad RSX as usual (done 100+ of those)
Hi Andrew do you have any idea what can be wrong with ps4 totally dead?no sign of life t all i replaced power supply but no luck any advice will be greatly appreciated.
Did you find out what your issue was? I've one with the same issue. It's not the power supply as I checked with a working one. No water damage and board looks clean so I'm trying to find the issue
The 1215a models started to come in... seen a lot of these with the power supplies going up and ones where they just randomly shut off for no reason.. and its not a power supply issue.
I have a 1215a and has the blue light pulsing. Removed hard drive and acts the same disconnected the disc drive and acts the same. I tried going into safe mode and no luck. Also has no video. I tried the pressure method over the apu with no luck. Tried putting pressure over the power supply but it acts the same. No luck any suggestions?
Hi Paul! iike you say in blue light "it can be ANYTHING!" I have a SAE-003 ... I turn on .. blue light .. and then about 20 seconds it turn off without any beep...It is a pain in my a... !! :) i try another power suply but is the same, i dont find any short in the board, it was working on netflix and turn off witout any reason!
Hi Andrew, thought this might interest you, and you may be able to help me.... I have a PS4 which was "squashed" somehow and had the BLoD, but it now powers up fine after a reball, and works great in every aspect, but, sound output in the standard factory setting "linear" mode doesn't work at all, (ouput in "DTS" and "Dolby" work fine though, strangely), do you have any ideas what might be causing this fault and if it's fixable? I've searched through your videos and online too but can't find a thing to point me in the right direction, so any advice you could give will be much appreciated mate (",)
How's it connected? Via optical or HDMI? Is it connected to a TV or AV amp? Does the HDMI port check out OK continuity-wise? Have you a known good HDMI Encoder IC you can try there?
Hi Andrew and thank you for your swift response, It's connected by HDMI, and to a TV through an AV amp, the port's continuity tests are all fine, right back through the via's to the HDMI encoder IC, (which is the original chip by the way), do you think that replacing the HDMI encoder IC might fix this issue then? I'm sure I'll be able to remove a good one from a donor board to try if you think so (",)
Try plugging in directly to the TV first and see if you get any audio via Linear there. If not then replacing the IC may well do as it is responsible for muxing audio and video prior to output and is the easiest thing to try first off.
Sorry Andrew I should have mentioned, there is no Linear audio output via HDMI straight to the TV, so I'll try exactly what you suggest, and replace the HDMI IC, I'll let you know the result. Many thanks Andrew, your advice is very much appreciated as always! (",)
Still going - got a good few videos to finish editing up - it's just having the time currently, however this weekend I'm hoping to have one of those up.
Andrew Paul I’m glad because I’ve only just discovered your channel and have been working my way through your content, would of been gutted if it had to come to an end because I love them so much, they’re easy to follow and you explain things so well..which is really helping me to learn. Thanks so much jay.
I have a PS4 that comes on and plays games and does everything normally,except for glitches or white dots or different color dots throughout the screen only when playing a game or videos any ideas?
Only in game? I'd say possibly APU issues then but do take a careful look when in menu because if you see any small pixels there then it's probably indicative of problems with the HDMI encoder IC instead.
That will possibly solve it if it's definitely not doing it in Safe Mode / Startup or Menu. I'd be tempted to go into the display settings and manually set the resolution to anything other than the native setting for your display and see if they disappear as that could point towards an Encoder issue. If that checks out then a reball may resolve, or it could be a potentially faulty APU in which case you're either looking at a full chip-swap or a new PS4.
Hi, when i plug in the ps4 i get a solid blue light but nothing is working, no fan spin and no hdd spin, also it won’t turn off with the button no matter how long i keep it pressed in.any ideas?.
On the backside of the board there's a series of transistors - these control the lights. Chances are either one is shorted or there's corrosion on the leads. I'd not read much into that as to the issue. If there's no HDD or fan spin then it's missing a power rail - these are initialised by the Southbridge Mediacon so that's where I'd start looking. Give it a reflow and see if you get any further.
thanks again for the vid and congrats on the new baby. is that your new work place (mates garage)? looks nice anyway. quick question please, a ps4 that only shows picture at 480p and pixelates or black screen above 480, is that ic issue?
@@dxbz410 the 1001a model ps4s (oldest model) can have weak connections underneath the APU. Manufacturing defect. It appears you weren't really listening to the video.
I find it most difficult to solve the blinking BLOD's. WLOD's easy and can always be solved. But with the blinking blue light of deaths, it is another issue. The nicest ones, are the ones which dropped when the console was turned on. I found out that you absolutely need another ps4 motherboard of the same type, which is working. And then it comes down to comparing, comparing, comparing, endlessly...... And when you have found the defective component, it is not the only component which is defective. I try to find out, what actually really happens when a console which is on, what happens when you drop it. Somehow voltages will peak and damage several components, especially voltage regulators. What is your opinion about blinking BLOD's and how to deal with them ? Of course, reballing the APU and southbridge is the first thing to do and of course with replacing only HDMI connectors, the most easy money can be earned. It is defenitely true, that blinking BLOD's are the most time consuming, when you want to solve them. But, when we learn, we can reduce that amount of time.
@@Meesloom Yes, that with later models, BBLOD's have been caused by a defect inside of components, instead of broken solder connections between those components and the motherboard. Sometimes you need to replace RAM modules, which is time consuming.
@@proconsoles_nl What do you recommend testing on my 1116A model with BLOD? Which caps, fuses? Do you maybe have a site that tells everything about the caps and fuses?
Hello Andrew, I have a strange BLOD ps4, namely it switches off (with hdd click) after 5 seconds. The shortes time I have measured with stopwatch was 4.87 seconds every time. Model number is CUH-1116A with SAB-001 mobo. Did standard troubleshooting in beginning with taking out hard drive, replaced PSU, but it's mobo related. Also when I checked the fan behaviour, the fan only moves a little bit the first let's say 0.1 seconds, then nothing. Checked fuses (all ok), reflowed Southbridge chip, but that did not fix the problem. This is the first time I got a 5 second BLOD. In your case, what would you do to continue with ? Should I check components in the surrounding of the Southbridge chip ? Or install a new Southbridge chip ?
It's the same on slim as per the older fat PS4s - on balance of probability it'll likely be APU or RAM, but could also be a failed voltage regulator, FET stopping power getting to where it needs to be etc etc.
@@AndrewPaul no iits not same as old fat ps4 .bcs i reballed many ps4 fat on BLOD and they work perfectly but on slim ps4 BLOD no reball works i also reballed all RAM but no result .it continue shows pulsing blod .i trace every voltages and points and campare to other working ps4 slim with same mobo
It could very well be. As per the video, BLOD can be a rabbit hole I don't really recommend spending all that much time on. Check the basics and try the usual - if they don't work, move on.
Thank you so much for helping Please can you advice me with SU-39176-6 wile install new hdd with last frameware , i changed 5 hdd and with deferent usb update
You are using the OS reinstall version of the software update of 800+mb correct? Could be an issue with the PCI-E / SATA controller chipset or Southbridge if it's not detecting a hard disk drive. If it's detecting the drive, initialises it and falls over when copying the update files then look towards the GL3520 IC and inline filters on the data lines from the USBs.
+Andrew Paul I appreciate you Yes sir i use +800 mb full installation software I nots something the error show after led flashing in the usb flash in 2 seconds Tomorrow will check what you said and let you know Thank you
Hey My blue light just came on today and I can’t figure out why. I’ve tried to put it into safe mode but it won’t and just shuts off. When I hold the button I only get one beep that comes after holding for like 15 sec. and then shuts off. I’ve checked all my cords and everything is fine. Please help if you can.
I pulled out the hard drive earlier and tried and nothing came on the screen, I was just using it yesterday and can’t understand why it would change in just a under a day
That's unfortunately what they do. Fine when you shut them down then the next time you fire them up - nothing. Sounds like you're a member of the BLOD club sadly :-(
Hello, thank you for the help you bring to the comunity thish should be an positive example for others. I would really appreciate if you could make a video or help me understand how to repair broken pads on ps4 or ps3, xbox etc. Thank you
yeah, i repair electronics for a living i have seen some interesting ps4 issues lately i have seen a lot of southbridge problems recently i had one that wouldn't boot up at all tried changing the power supply and it did nothing..replaced the southbridge and the thing booted up perfectly...oh i wanted to ask you what are you thoughts on using .50mm solder balls instead of .55 mm on the APU? i have had other repair guys suggest the .50mm i am just hesitant...oh one last thing i made a small video on creating a replacement drive for an xbox one without the original was hoping you would check it out th-cam.com/video/VIUCMN2qJn0/w-d-xo.html i know you have shown how to scan an XBONE HDD for errors but with this you should be able to make them from scratch...helped me salvage a few XBONES i picked up for parts
Hi mate, Interesting stuff on those Southbridges. .50mm would be fine on the APU - it'll give you a little more room on the pads. Personally I use the original .55mm specification without issue but either will work nicely. Cheers. :-)
After a tip off and having looked the datasheet up for the MXIC NOR I realised it ran at +3.3v which means a mod to the Teensy is required. As I can't add / edit the footage once uploaded I'll have to recompile and re-upload the video with the mod incorporated. Although running from a +5v source does work it's far from ideal really. Video should be back by the end of the week - hopefully along with at least P2. Cheers :-)
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I shorted a power rail by misaligning the blue ray drive connector. In the process, it took one of the fuse near the SATA controller (F5101). Symptoms were a 4 to 5 second BLOD (click, blue light for 4-5sec, click). Changing the fuse fixed it. I thought it might be worth sharing.
Massive congrats on becoming a father. Great to see you back again, your video have been a great source of inspiration for me enter into the world of bga rework. I am looking forward to the learning curve that will be involved with reballing. Keep the videos coming.
Thank you and best of luck with the BGAs! :-)
Great to see you back Andrew, you really are the only one I would trust 100% on fixing and repair work tutorials.
Thanks for all your videos. I had the permant BLOD. It was sold to me as a WLOD. I replaced the HDMI chip by following your video and got lucky and the washer fix worked for the BLOD. It has lasted nearly 2 years and only cost me about £90. It has seen out all the games I wanted to play so can't moan. Wierd thing is that after being left for a while, I power it on and get BLOD first time but every time I power cycle it again it works no problem. Please keep it up.
Welcome back and congrats on your new addition :)
I have been digging around the NOR dumps of a few constant BLoD systems and have seen corruption in about 70% of them so far - Sadly it has corrupted the data at critical points that cannot be copied over from another dump. So minor SMD component donors they have become :(
I have done probably 10% of them via reball and the other 20% I am yet to figure out - There may be corruption of the NOR but maybe only a byte or 2 out so not as obvious to see.
I have had a few 12xx series come through me now and again am seeing the top left pad oxidised. A couple were No Sync issues (NOR Corruption) and 1 was a bad PSU (Was actually a leaking electrolytic causing this problem)
Congratulations and great video as usual and thanks for always replying to my questions.
No problem mate and thank you :-)
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Congrats on the new addition, I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge with us. Well done you, I am excited for the future of your channel.
Thank you :-)
Thank you mate for this video,i subscribe and liked u,good luck forward !!!
Thanks for the informative video, Andrew. My PS4 has a short BLOD (couple of seconds, fan doesn't spin) UNLESS I apply pressure on the GPU, then it becomes the "endless" BLOD. It's a fun project so I am getting ready for an APU reball (I have like 30% chances of doing that right with my equipment). I couldn't find anything obvious on the board. I know the PSU is ok - rails are ok and it's the MB telling it to shutdown and not vice-versa. Do you have a gut feeling about that?
good to see you back buddy.
Cheers mate.
Great video...i love it...thanks for sharing your experience 👍
Hi, friend. I have a big problem with this ps4 fat sac001. It is flashing blue light, it does not show anything through the uart port, I have changed the south bridge and it remains the same, I have also changed the RT5069A start regulator because I am missing 3.3V in the capacitor that I sent in the photo. Could you help me? I can't get it to show anything through uart and it is essential to know what type of damage it has.
With you all the way, thanks for all your help.
I hope to be doing my first ps3 hdmi replacement when all my rework and soldering materials come in and I will be following your vid step by step.
Thanks again keep up the good work.
I would love your input please. I have a slim 21xx with sae-004 board. It turns on 1 second and off. The power supply is perfectly ok. I saw this video and i understand it must be apu, but what i would like to mention is the apu mosfets are never turned on. There is 12v on the input side coil though during the 1 second ON time. Southbridge? I checked all capacitors and fuses on the board nothing is shorted.
congratulations bro!! keep up the good work and great video :)
Thank you :-)
I have 2 1001a units and one long blue lights, clicks and goes off. the other one did the same thing but after putting pressure on the one edge of the CPU (through washers) it has been working for YEARS now. no issues. I suspect the broken one I have just needs a Reball but I do not have a way to do that myself.
so i have a system in my shop right now that has what i suppose is a constant pulsing BLOD ( i havent noticed it to turn back off on its own) i suspect the APU or southbridge but have also noticed i have no power to the USB ports nor to the HDD. any thoughts off the top of your head to save me some time? the system was a victim of last nights thunderstorm, it caused a power surge of some sort that killed also their soundbar and a couple other things.
No power to USB could be nor flash. You could dump the firmware to check for corruption but it could also be a combo problem. Probably not worth it tbh
i gotta ps4 yesterday but its a blod will a new board fix it
hey mate. i believe that the 6 second blod can be caused by something else broken on the board as well. I know for sure it can be cause by improperly soldered syscon chip. it happened to me once when i had one pad unsoldered. right now i am trying to restore a scrap sab-001 board because i have a set of working chips which need a donor board. the board had one pad damaged which i repaired using unleaded solder, wire and solder mask so i believe it should hold quite well. i also found some missing components near apu. the fan was not working at all in the beginning so i replaced the SB. now the fan moves a little when powering up. the ps4 searches for files on the hdd and then just cuts off after 5.50 seconds. now i am thinking as you said it might be syscon related. however i just took the chips down from a working board with error su-30645-8. the syscon is properly soldered so it means that if this is the case, there can be a problem on the board as well as i have. probably the communication with the syscon can't be properly made because of who knows what reason. i am trying to figure this out since i need the board, but without any luck til now.
Spi ROM scripting would be interesting done other devices but not the PS4 like editing corrupt sectors ...
Congratulations on the new addition 😀
Myn wil go on mayby after 12hr what is problem
Hey Andrew, I've watched a lot of you Videos trying to repair my PS4. I got it cheep with a constant BLOD. Seems that the previous owner ripped out the power connector for the disk drive, that I've managed to repair, but the data cable connector on the MB also took some damage so my concern is that the data connection is not stable . Could this be the problem? I also tried putting pressure on the APU, doesn't seem to help so my guess is that the APU is fine. Also checked the HDMI Port and any other chips on the MB, they seem to be fine.
Would the "broken" disk drive connection be the source of the BLOD?
Saiht Tam yea I think so bc if the PS4 has a different value than what is normal it can cause problems
If i try a bga refloww...what you would recommend max temperature? I heard betwenn 120 - 160 c ...its better to try first 120 c and if its not work you reflow again 10 or 5 degrees higher step by step? Thanks for help... 🙂
Once again great vide
ok i need help for me m ps4 slim has working fine but when it showed the home screen of the accounts it frozze and woudnt move then i switched on another controller but it was still frozen then it went black and got the blod any ideas?
Hy guys, my PS4 PRO is with BLOD for 50 seconds and shutdown, help me please..
Have you tried removing the hard disk drive and seeing if it will boot to the 'Unable to access system storage' screen?
hey Andrew. love your videos! you are a very smart repair tech! I was just wondering if this applies to the cuh-1215a ps4s, or if you have fixed any? I have a couple here that start to pulse a blue light, fan spins up and they shut off completely after 2-3 seconds. no signs of physical damage. and have tried know working power supplies with no change
Yes mate this applies to the 1215s also :)
i have blod the one were you cannot cicle it once you do it but before i put some force in the top and it worked but i had to reset it and the it got fucked again im confused help
After jailbreaking the Ps4. It turned the display off and It was displaying white light for too long then I turned it off. When i turned it on, it was blinking blue light. How to fix this. Can this be caused by control unit?
Hello I'll have a question for you I'll try to turn my PS4 it came on for a second and then it turned off but I'll heard a pop sound and now it's dead I'll have no power nothing what should I'll do to fix it
hello friend, I
write to you from an electronic technical service in spain, we are
currently doing reballing to first generation PS4 consoles, CUH1000 but
with the CUH1216A we can not fix the blue light fault, we are doing the
reballing with the same machine that we do for the rest of
consoles and with the same profile, but we can not repair the BLOD,
could you tell us that it usually causes this damage in these consoles? this fault has occurred in several consoles and we can not repair them with reballing, thanks
My console beeps 3 times and has the blod every time time I turn it on and it will stay with blod until I hold the power for 8 secs or so. Any ideas on what can be causing this?
Hi Andrew! What results do you have with blue light from the PS4 model 2016 or 2116? any video with these models of ps4?
thank you already
I have owned my PS4 for 1 year and the previous two owners who played this thing nonstop from the day it was bought in 2013 and a month ago my PS4 started with issues, first it randomly shut off and then I turned it back on and it booted up and did the same thing again, only when I turned on it said it needed the latest update. So I thought I could squeeze by with out following those instructions and it booted back up and ran for 3 mins. And then wouldn’t turn back on, so I thought it over heated and disassembled it to replace thermal paste and found legit dryer lint in the heat sync and then cleaned and replaced thermal paste. After that I reassembled the PS4 and turned it back on and it booted up like normal and after an hour or 2 it shut off randomly and since then after I’ve let it sit it would turn on for 5-10 mins and then shut off randomly. After it shut off it would BLOD(the infinite blue)and now it constantly BLODs so I am going to get a new PS4. (Edit) if this helps, the screen would glitch out first and then it shuts off, the first time it acted up it said the database was corrupt so I rebuilt the database from safe mode.
Reballing APU is can be a permanent fix? PS3 / 360 / laptops Reball = 1-6 months / reflow = 9-12 months. You have any PS4's come back after reball????
what happened to me is I couldn't get any video (constant blue pulse), was able to boot into safe mode and update the software from Sony. then I had video, started playing Madden, and then about 30 min into playing, video vanished, and then this weird constant siren like noise started sounding off. I tapped the top of the PS4 ad the sound went away and from there on out, no video and can't boot into safe mode. just constant blue pulse. hard drive issue? or just get a new PS4?
If you were getting into Safe Mode with a constant pulsing BLOD then I'd almost certainly look at the hard disk drive here. Replace it and I think you'll be good to go.
Andrew Paul ok thanks. I went and applied new thermal paste. it would boot into safe mode and even try and download the software update again before crashing again. I'm gonna try swapping the drive with a drive I'm buying for my upcoming pro. at least that way, if everything works again, I just have to buy another drive for this PS4 and I have 2 working ones!
So I've been having a weird variant of the second type of BLOD you mentioned in the video, where any attempt to wake the ps4 from sleep mode or turn it on normally gives you the pulsing lights indefinitely. But I am able to get it into safe mode and restart it through there if I unplug it or hold the power button for like 30 seconds and then wait around a minute for it to completely discharge electricity. But what I find really odd is that the ps4 sometimes starts normally if it's only been in rest mode for for a few hours, but will always require unplugging and restarting through safe mode to turn on if left alone for an extended period.
Nor flash corruption most likely. You can dump and rewrite the firmware but you only get one chance to rewrite. Just look up Andrew Paul nor flash corruption ps4 and you'll find it.
Hey there,
I have a ps4 that will play normal from anywhere to 1 minute, up to 6 hours, but randomly shut itself off. I have tried a new hdd and new software installs. I have cleaned and reset ed the power supply and fans. What are some of the next steps I should take to try to get this fixed? Would it be an apu issue acting so randomly? Most hardware problems I woukd think would be continuous and repeatable.. This one makes it seem as though there's a short somewhere, or could it be a heat issue? The fan spins normal from what I can tell and the outside if the system doesn't seem too old warm. I'm just wondering if this is something I can try to fix or should I just move on. Any help or advice is much appreciated. Thanks.
Andrew genial haces tu trabajo un saludo desde España eres grande👍👍👍👍👌
Used an infrared camara and one of the ram chips do but heat up near the apu can this be my problem?
Absolutely.
One of the same chips does not heat up. Can this be my problem for blod?
hi guys . i need some help. recently got a ps4 which has constant(infinite) blue light of death due to lightning strike. i have checked almost everything in my knowledge but need some expert advise to diagnose the problem.
list for what i have checked yet
replace psu
checked all 8 hdmi fuses
checked other fuses on board marked with F or Th.
i noticed one thing that as the console start the red light of optical audio port on for 1 sec then off.
sorry for my bad English
help me please
thanks in advance...
can't wait for all the horrors we'll be facing when the "Next Next Gen" consoles come rolling into the store. We've just begun scratching the surface of these first "Next Gen" consoles...and soon we'll have a whole new set of headaches and rabbit holes to deal with. Glad to see you back mate! Congratulations on the new family member and the new house. whatever room you're in looks like a nice workplace environment for you 😁.
Ha ha indeed mate and many thanks! I'm sure there'll be some 'nice surprises' in store... ;)
Yeah, adding the power supply inside the unit and making the housing smaller (as the XBox One Slims will be) only seems like a bad idea in terms of cooling.
Would the PS4s that turn on for only half a second click and turn off probably be APU related? The power supply has been confirmed to not be the issue. Just curious if reballing is the best option and if it's pretty much the same as the 1-2 second blue light units or if you've come across some and that almost immediate shut off is related to something else.
I should also note that it's so quick that the fan doesn't sound like it even starts to spin.
Could be a dead SB or a Syscon issue - check for any broken / dry joints on the syscon first I'd suggest. Also have a look over the surface mount components nearby to see if any look burned / missing. I don't think this would be an APU fault as it stands. Cheers.
Hi Paul, it's good to have you back, I'm always watching your videos, and congratulations on your new addition too! (",)
I was wondering if you might be able to help me with an issue I'm having with a 1216A model PS4? This particular console arrived to me with a "switching itself off in standby mode" issue, the console powers up fine, and stays on quite happily for hours, but if you put the console in standby mode, and then try to power it up, it instantly turns itself off, (and then of course tells you off when restarting it for not powering the console off correctly), you also have to disconnect the power supply for several seconds or the console remains "dead" when you try to power it back up. So far I have replaced the console's PSU with a (known to be healthy) one, which (surprisingly) made no difference, so I reballed the APU chip, (just in case the issue was being caused by bad solder connections), but this also made no difference, it still turns itself off when attempting to bring it back out of standby mode, do you have any idea what else I can try? I would really appreciate any advice you can give mate (",)
Not sure on the 1215 - not had much exposure to them as yet. On the older PS4 there was a watchdog IC in the PSU but you've tried that - I'd say it's defo power regulation - take a look around the board and see if you can get some datasheets on the smaller ICs around the board to see if anything similar is now incorporated into the mainboard. Good luck!
Ah okay, will do, many thanks Paul! (",)
By the way, I'm trying to fix a CUH-1116A PS4 at the moment which has the "6 second BLoD" issue, (no fan at startup either), I tried a reflow to its southbridge chip first (as you recomend in your video), but, same issue, so I reballed the southbridge chip, also same issue, do you think replacing the southbridge chip with another might fix the fault? (or am I simply wasting my time) Again, any advice would be very much appreciated (",)
It could well be a Syscon or flash-main issue. I'd part it out if you've already spent a while on it. Cheers.
Ah okay, yes I have spent quite some time on it already, and did suspect it was most likely going to be fruitless, but it was worth a try, I'll use it for parts then, thanks again Andrew, keep up the good work mate (",) (and sorry for calling you Paul, GOD knows where that came from lol)
Could you help me with a problem with the PS4 I turn it on it goes straight back off then no power at all I have to unplug it to get the power back what could be the problem
Sounds like a power supply
Hi Andrew! I have constant BLOD blinking and will not go into safe mode. But randomly sometimes the system does go into safe mode. It will reinstall the software on the hard drive and I even managed to get into the system. Once I tried to switch USB ports (movement) the system stopped showing the picture. Feels like something is loose or not connecting properly. Do you have any tips?
If it's the same with another hard disk drive then look at reballing the APU - it's a common Achilles on the PS4.
are you willing to fix my ps4 for a video of yours? i have tried everything and cant seem to get it to work at all. ps4 turns on for 5 seconds then turns off. i have tried new power supply .tried the whole book except the real fixes witch needs reballing
I think the most common source of this fault could be due to drop damage of the PS4 unit, either accidentally or in a fit of rage during a COD multiplayer match where you're being pwned. Could this cause the mainboard to momentarily flex, causing the connections under the APU to become prone to issues? As you say though, it could also simply be due unlucky random fault due to manufacturing that got through QA.
I'm also wondering if APU faults could also be due to overheat issues. I've often seen friends and family with a PS4 placed under the TV on top of another hot device such as a satellite set-up box or DVD player etc, or even on the carpeted floor. When churning out graphic-intensive visuals in a game that's putting the APU through its paces, a lot of heat is generated. If the PS4 is in a poorly ventilated position on top of another hot device or on a soft surface where it can gather dust that blocks vents, it's going to get hotter than normal and maybe the APU connections under the chip become more prone to damage or misconnects? What do you think?
Moral of the story is everyone should situate their consoles on hard surfaces with plenty of space around any vents and not on soft surfaces or other hot devices.
More often than not with a typical 2-second BLOD it's almost certainly production issues down to poor preparation of the BGA site. Like you say the weird and wonderful 6-second etc is most probably down to drop or pwnage damage lol! 😀👍
Definitely keep it on a flat level surface free from dust with decent airflow around the machine and hopefully you'll be fine. Applying some decent thermal compound from time to time will also help and it easy to do.
I have a model: adp-240cr. My console powers on for half a second, shows a blue light and beeps, then powers off and will not cycle again until I unplug and reconnect the console. I have tested the psu and it seems well. If I leave the console unplugged overnight it power in and play fine, but if I power it off or go into rest mode it will not reboot. Does this seem to be an apu issue?
Sounds like a potential watchdog IC issue - have you another PS4 to test your supply in or another PSU to test in your console?
Andrew Paul first, thank you for taking the time to read and respond. I'm working on trying to find a matching psu locally to test my console. Do you think it's worth the cash to order a psu or could my problem lie elsewhere?
I'd be tempted to mate - it's most likely that's where your problem lies.
Andrew Paul thanks so much for your help. I'll likely do so this weekend.
Had a weird one this week. PS4 Slim would give blue light for about 20 second, fan would only give a quick spin then stop, then power off. Tried power supply and fan but no dice. Disconnected the Main ribbon from the blu ray drive and the fan stayed on? Reconnected it and put it all back together and it just started working fine. Proper bizarre
how do you do this?? explain
@@antonioalbarado4542 you need to de-shell the ps4 and see where the big flat cable is going from the black drive cover to the motherboard
I have the same problem, try to disconnect the main ribbon but nothing. You have any other suggestion? This type of problem ( 20 seconds blue light then off) is very rare i don't know how to fix it.
@@pash2x4b sorry for my bad english 😅
@@elia99dj sorry I do not know why it fixed it, it was very strange but as it all started working again I didnt investigate any further
my mate has a PS4 and it was stuck on system storage and its happened about 3 times and he put the framework back on it and it keeps going back to system storage is there a way fixing that or he needs a new console. thank you for your help
Replace the hard disk.
Also looking forward to the video on flash corruption. Awesome work
Cheers.
One question, what if my PS4 blinks for around 10 seconds while the fan sounds like a jet, then turns off?
Thermal paste most probably. Clean off the old and add some Arctic MX4.
+Andrew Paul will do so, thank you!
You're welcome.
Mine turns on shows ps4 logo thenit goes away like it should but then jus stays on a blank screen and blue light just flashes on and off and does so for a while and shuts off after like 5/10 mins
Check hard disk for bad sectors, or alternatively change the hard disk drive.
Hey Andrew, I was wondering at what temperature and air flow settings do you work with when doing SMD rework?
Usually 485C @ 100l/min but it varies dependant upon what I'm doing.
Yea I pulled of a ps4 hdmi for a friend yesterday at 400 but that lead free crap was brutal to remove, was a little worried about my temps lol no damage to the board, my Hakku only takes me to 450 Celsius
@@krypticnl7574 chip quick is good for these sorts of things as it lowers the temp needed to remove if you don't want to damage components nearby with airflow (Protect close by components with ceramic heatshield and high temperature polyimide tape)
Hi Andrew, good to see you back! Hope all is well, with the new addition too the family :)
I have a strange one here, it's a 2 sec BLOD, however, there is no 'click'. There is a beep, blue light for 2 seconds, then off, no click. tried reballing APU, no change. Have you ever seen this before?
Can you cycle the power without removing the power cable?
+John Powell Yeah, after the blue light/ off, if I press the power button it beeps. Then if I press it again, I get the same 2 second BLOD. I can repeat over and over, without removing the power lead.
Reball - Had a few that don't click
I already reballed the APU, maybe I messed it up.. I'll give it another go.
if its 1116 mode it wont click. maybe the board is damaged if the Vapu is above 10 ohm
Great channel
Hey Andrew; I've got a weird affliction in a PS4 I'm working on; it had a faulty HDD causing neverending BLOD and I played about 4 hours of a game after replacing the HDD. Fast forward to today (it's been sitting about a week) and I powered the system on, fiddled with menus for a little bit and the screen crashed (solid blue background with coloured lines running up and down the screen), the audio crashed (constant loud beep through my speakers), the controller powered off however the system stayed powered on with a white light. It powered off normally but then wouldn't reboot, just a constant BLOD. Sometimes I can get it to boot normally, sometimes I can boot into safe mode and restart the system and sometimes it doesn't do a damn thing except the constant BLOD. Forgot to mention, at one point when I had the BLOD I applied pressure to the casing above the APU and it started to boot until I removed the pressure, then it crashed again. And when it booted normally it displayed for about a minute or so before crashing again. Have you any ideas of what I should look for?
Thanks in advance.
That's going to need an APU reball. Will be fine afterwards - very common fault caused by poor preparation of the motherboard solder pads during production.
Well that's unfortunate. I've already got 2 that have the 2 second BLOD that are reball candidates and I'm not set up to do reball. This one especially stinks since it's still got the warranty seals in place. Thanks for the help and quick response.
You're welcome.
My PS4 pulses blue for like 8 seconds then goes to a white light and it sometimes gets audio but no video what should I do
jerome fan change your hdmi cable, it prolly isn't your ps4
Zipyfn kk I fixed it thank you
I have the constant blue light of death, yet I can turn it off using the power button. Good sign? Could simply reballing the APU solve the issue?
It's possible. Constant pulsing BLOD is a nuisance as per the video - more often than not it's APU / RAM related but not always... and it's those 'not always' instances which provide the frustration!
my ps4 turns on for about 3to4 seconds then beeps 3 times and turns off, would you have any idea what it could be?
Usually this is NOR corruption. It's most likely dead :(
Do you think in the case of Ps4 it is only possible or not at all to reball big chip with heatgun or NO. DON'T WORRY, I'M JUST INFORMING. i KNOW BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO REBALL IT WITH HEATGUN, THE REASONS? is it precision, heat, distance of heatgun? In the case of the ps4 i told you about, dead BLOD, is it a big risk to try heatgun or you are gonna tell me to NEVER REBALL WITH HEATGUN AND WHY? I Know if the chip is dead it's a waste of time but just if not? Thank and keep your good info.
got a strange one here, psu fault symptoms (need to remove lead and plug back in after 1 second blue light). It is not the psu, apu, southbridge or any of the fuses.
Probably a short somewhere on one of the power rails.
Damm the hard reality that my ps4 is most likely dead forever. The blinking blue light of death really got the best of me.
TheK1llerNacho How much did you play it snd how long have you owned it? Also what games did you play?
Bro i have ps4 original blue light of death. 👍 What is the reson???
Did you even watch the damn video? Is it half second? 2 second? 5 second? 10 second? Infinite BLOD? Does it beep or not beep? Can you power up again without unplugging and replugging the power cord? Is there fan spin or hard drive spin? Power supply click or hard drive click? What kind of BLOD?
do you do ps3's Andrew? got a ylod..power supply OK. think it needs reballing. are you anywhere near scarborough
one of the processors gets really hot just before it cuts off.. I'm guessing this is shorting as there's power to it for like a second ..really want to know what this is and sort it.. it's the version of ps3 that has the ps2 compatibility chip. can't find another motherboard for it on eBay or anywhere. bad times..
reace m instant heating is pretty normal for ps3, nothing is shorted. First thing to do is to measure resistance on coils near cell and rsx. But my experience tells me, it is bad RSX as usual (done 100+ of those)
Hi Andrew
do you have any idea what can be wrong with ps4 totally dead?no sign of life t all i replaced power supply but no luck any advice will be greatly appreciated.
Did you find out what your issue was? I've one with the same issue. It's not the power supply as I checked with a working one. No water damage and board looks clean so I'm trying to find the issue
Checking the main 12 v and 5 v power rails to see where the power stops coming in.
The 1215a models started to come in... seen a lot of these with the power supplies going up and ones where they just randomly shut off for no reason.. and its not a power supply issue.
I have a 1215a and has the blue light pulsing. Removed hard drive and acts the same disconnected the disc drive and acts the same. I tried going into safe mode and no luck. Also has no video. I tried the pressure method over the apu with no luck. Tried putting pressure over the power supply but it acts the same. No luck any suggestions?
Hi Paul! iike you say in blue light "it can be ANYTHING!" I have a SAE-003 ... I turn on .. blue light .. and then about 20 seconds it turn off without any beep...It is a pain in my a... !! :) i try another power suply but is the same, i dont find any short in the board, it was working on netflix and turn off witout any reason!
after reballing apu still stucks in blue light blinking plz help me 🙁
I have a similar issue , were you able to get it fixed and what was your remedy.
Hi Andrew, thought this might interest you, and you may be able to help me....
I have a PS4 which was "squashed" somehow and had the BLoD, but it now powers up fine after a reball, and works great in every aspect, but, sound output in the standard factory setting "linear" mode doesn't work at all, (ouput in "DTS" and "Dolby" work fine though, strangely), do you have any ideas what might be causing this fault and if it's fixable? I've searched through your videos and online too but can't find a thing to point me in the right direction, so any advice you could give will be much appreciated mate (",)
How's it connected? Via optical or HDMI? Is it connected to a TV or AV amp? Does the HDMI port check out OK continuity-wise? Have you a known good HDMI Encoder IC you can try there?
Hi Andrew and thank you for your swift response,
It's connected by HDMI, and to a TV through an AV amp, the port's continuity tests are all fine, right back through the via's to the HDMI encoder IC, (which is the original chip by the way), do you think that replacing the HDMI encoder IC might fix this issue then? I'm sure I'll be able to remove a good one from a donor board to try if you think so (",)
Try plugging in directly to the TV first and see if you get any audio via Linear there. If not then replacing the IC may well do as it is responsible for muxing audio and video prior to output and is the easiest thing to try first off.
Sorry Andrew I should have mentioned, there is no Linear audio output via HDMI straight to the TV, so I'll try exactly what you suggest, and replace the HDMI IC, I'll let you know the result.
Many thanks Andrew, your advice is very much appreciated as always! (",)
No worries :-)
Are still making new content or have you stopped now??2019
Still going - got a good few videos to finish editing up - it's just having the time currently, however this weekend I'm hoping to have one of those up.
Andrew Paul I’m glad because I’ve only just discovered your channel and have been working my way through your content, would of been gutted if it had to come to an end because I love them so much, they’re easy to follow and you explain things so well..which is really helping me to learn. Thanks so much jay.
I have a PS4 that comes on and plays games and does everything normally,except for glitches or white dots or different color dots throughout the screen only when playing a game or videos any ideas?
Only in game? I'd say possibly APU issues then but do take a careful look when in menu because if you see any small pixels there then it's probably indicative of problems with the HDMI encoder IC instead.
Andrew Paul thanks for reply I will look carefully thanks.
I'd say it looks like APU artifacts from that there.
Andrew Paul so reball is needed?
That will possibly solve it if it's definitely not doing it in Safe Mode / Startup or Menu. I'd be tempted to go into the display settings and manually set the resolution to anything other than the native setting for your display and see if they disappear as that could point towards an Encoder issue. If that checks out then a reball may resolve, or it could be a potentially faulty APU in which case you're either looking at a full chip-swap or a new PS4.
Hi,
when i plug in the ps4 i get a solid blue light but nothing is working, no fan spin and no hdd spin, also it won’t turn off with the button no matter how long i keep it pressed in.any ideas?.
Never seen that one before. Has the board suffered any liquid damage at all?
not that i’m aware of.the blue light comes straight on when i plug it in without pressing the power button.
On the backside of the board there's a series of transistors - these control the lights. Chances are either one is shorted or there's corrosion on the leads. I'd not read much into that as to the issue.
If there's no HDD or fan spin then it's missing a power rail - these are initialised by the Southbridge Mediacon so that's where I'd start looking. Give it a reflow and see if you get any further.
Thanks Andrew,but where is that chip located.
i have the 12xxx series where will i find the transistors and southbridge board please?
nice video... and keep fighting
thanks again for the vid and congrats on the new baby. is that your new work place (mates garage)? looks nice anyway. quick question please, a ps4 that only shows picture at 480p and pixelates or black screen above 480, is that ic issue?
Indeed I'd say it's an Encoder IC issue. I'd have loved it to be my new work place but sadly not just yet :-)
+Andrew Paul thanks
i had 4 of those with constant BLOD, fixed two: one with APU the other with the Samsung Ram near the SB
How?? Did you reball APU ?? I don't really know about this stuff
Can you please share how you fixed the ram problem? did you do a reball or reflow or so?
Raed Abbasi Bullshit the PS4 doesnt get the blod. Let alone 4 times
@@dxbz410 actually there are plenty of blue light systems and replacing the ram is pretty common for both ps4 and Xbox one.
@@dxbz410 the 1001a model ps4s (oldest model) can have weak connections underneath the APU. Manufacturing defect. It appears you weren't really listening to the video.
I find it most difficult to solve the blinking BLOD's. WLOD's easy and can always be solved. But with the blinking blue light of deaths, it is another issue. The nicest ones, are the ones which dropped when the console was turned on. I found out that you absolutely need another ps4 motherboard of the same type, which is working. And then it comes down to comparing, comparing, comparing, endlessly...... And when you have found the defective component, it is not the only component which is defective. I try to find out, what actually really happens when a console which is on, what happens when you drop it. Somehow voltages will peak and damage several components, especially voltage regulators. What is your opinion about blinking BLOD's and how to deal with them ? Of course, reballing the APU and southbridge is the first thing to do and of course with replacing only HDMI connectors, the most easy money can be earned. It is defenitely true, that blinking BLOD's are the most time consuming, when you want to solve them. But, when we learn, we can reduce that amount of time.
Have you learned anything new regarding what causes the blinking blue light of death?
@@Meesloom Yes, that with later models, BBLOD's have been caused by a defect inside of components, instead of broken solder connections between those components and the motherboard. Sometimes you need to replace RAM modules, which is time consuming.
@@proconsoles_nl What do you recommend testing on my 1116A model with BLOD? Which caps, fuses? Do you maybe have a site that tells everything about the caps and fuses?
@@Meesloom Do you have a BLOD which shuts off after certain amount of seconds, or do you have the blinking BLOD, what the ps4 keeps blinking blue ?
I have the infinite Blue light of death. So yeah the blinking one.
Are you in an interrogation room?
no bga cpu socket
Hi what do you charge for repair of apu ps4
Currently £59.99 which includes return shipping to a UK Mainland address.
Contact me at ytandrewpaul@outlook.com if you wish to proceed with a repair. Many thanks.
hey can you do one for 2020
Hello Andrew, I have a strange BLOD ps4, namely it switches off (with hdd click) after 5 seconds. The shortes time I have measured with stopwatch was 4.87 seconds every time. Model number is CUH-1116A with SAB-001 mobo. Did standard troubleshooting in beginning with taking out hard drive, replaced PSU, but it's mobo related. Also when I checked the fan behaviour, the fan only moves a little bit the first let's say 0.1 seconds, then nothing. Checked fuses (all ok), reflowed Southbridge chip, but that did not fix the problem. This is the first time I got a 5 second BLOD. In your case, what would you do to continue with ? Should I check components in the surrounding of the Southbridge chip ? Or install a new Southbridge chip ?
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Check for shorts around southbridge then replace it with the same model chip.
Bro do you solved ps4 slim pulsing blod?
It's the same on slim as per the older fat PS4s - on balance of probability it'll likely be APU or RAM, but could also be a failed voltage regulator, FET stopping power getting to where it needs to be etc etc.
@@AndrewPaul no iits not same as old fat ps4 .bcs i reballed many ps4 fat on BLOD and they work perfectly but on slim ps4 BLOD no reball works i also reballed all RAM but no result .it continue shows pulsing blod .i trace every voltages and points and campare to other working ps4 slim with same mobo
@@AndrewPaul i think there is problem with nor file ?
It could very well be. As per the video, BLOD can be a rabbit hole I don't really recommend spending all that much time on. Check the basics and try the usual - if they don't work, move on.
@@AndrewPaul thanks sir
Thank you so much for helping
Please can you advice me with SU-39176-6 wile install new hdd with last frameware , i changed 5 hdd and with deferent usb update
You are using the OS reinstall version of the software update of 800+mb correct?
Could be an issue with the PCI-E / SATA controller chipset or Southbridge if it's not detecting a hard disk drive.
If it's detecting the drive, initialises it and falls over when copying the update files then look towards the GL3520 IC and inline filters on the data lines from the USBs.
+Andrew Paul
I appreciate you
Yes sir i use +800 mb full installation software
I nots something the error show after led flashing in the usb flash in 2 seconds
Tomorrow will check what you said and let you know
Thank you
Hey My blue light just came on today and I can’t figure out why. I’ve tried to put it into safe mode but it won’t and just shuts off. When I hold the button I only get one beep that comes after holding for like 15 sec. and then shuts off. I’ve checked all my cords and everything is fine. Please help if you can.
Try pulling the hard drive and see if it'll boot to the 'Unable to access storage' screen. If so then you've a hard disk problem but I'd say you've a
I pulled out the hard drive earlier and tried and nothing came on the screen, I was just using it yesterday and can’t understand why it would change in just a under a day
That's unfortunately what they do. Fine when you shut them down then the next time you fire them up - nothing.
Sounds like you're a member of the BLOD club sadly :-(
Any chance you could fix my ps4? (Wlod) tnx
Hi, yes I can. Drop me an email to ytandrewpaul@outlook.com with your location and I'll get a quote to you. Thank you.
How do I contact you buddy ??
Hi mate,
You can get me on email here:
ytandrewpaul@outlook.com
Many thanks.
My ps4 stays blinking blue 4EVAR!!
uh oh ha ha!
Andy did you take down a ps4 controller video? Congrats on the baby.
Yes mate but it'll be back up shortly. Cheers.
Andrew Paul
Cheers mate, I'll look forward to it.
Hi my friend best of the best with returning
Cheers mate :-)
Good to see you again
Mate what happened to the teensy video? Did you take it down or something?
Soon everything will be
Hello, thank you for the help you bring to the comunity thish should be an positive example for others. I would really appreciate if you could make a video or help me understand how to repair broken pads on ps4 or ps3, xbox etc. Thank you
Thank you. Do you mean pads as in solder pads etc?
Yes, the pads on the motherboard i have 2 ps4 with broken contact pads and i cant fin anywhere how to repair them
Where are the pads broken?
Under the ps4 apu motherboard they have connections as well
I'll see what I can do. I do have a machine with some bad points underneath I can probably take a look at for you. Cheers.
yeah, i repair electronics for a living i have seen some interesting ps4 issues lately i have seen a lot of southbridge problems recently i had one that wouldn't boot up at all tried changing the power supply and it did nothing..replaced the southbridge and the thing booted up perfectly...oh i wanted to ask you what are you thoughts on using .50mm solder balls instead of .55 mm on the APU? i have had other repair guys suggest the .50mm i am just hesitant...oh one last thing i made a small video on creating a replacement drive for an xbox one without the original was hoping you would check it out th-cam.com/video/VIUCMN2qJn0/w-d-xo.html i know you have shown how to scan an XBONE HDD for errors but with this you should be able to make them from scratch...helped me salvage a few XBONES i picked up for parts
Hi mate,
Interesting stuff on those Southbridges. .50mm would be fine on the APU - it'll give you a little more room on the pads. Personally I use the original .55mm specification without issue but either will work nicely. Cheers. :-)
im freaking deal with the 2nd uncharted conole blue light issie come on then off wtf sony
APU reball will most probably resolve if it's on/off within a couple of seconds. Cheers.
you are cool 😎
Where is the usb fix video
After a tip off and having looked the datasheet up for the MXIC NOR I realised it ran at +3.3v which means a mod to the Teensy is required. As I can't add / edit the footage once uploaded I'll have to recompile and re-upload the video with the mod incorporated. Although running from a +5v source does work it's far from ideal really. Video should be back by the end of the week - hopefully along with at least P2. Cheers :-)
+Andrew Paul im waiting your vidoe 😊
Hi Andrew are you from north cheers sounds Yorkshire lol
Indeed - from Halifax originally.
spanish please
Hmmm...
I've got a PS4 with Beep - Click - Half Pulse Blue Light and off.. But sometimes the ps4 turns on and i can play with it.. Bad PSU?