Bug Expert from the south of the continent here. Those are "Blattella Germanica", commonly known as german cockroaches. They're small, like an inch big at most, we call them "Chiripas" over here in Venezuela. They're annoying, and love electronics for some reason, we commonly see them inside air conditioning units, behind refrigerators, etc. Basically any device that produces warmth of some sort, will attract them.
I have read that bugs love electronic so much because the coating on the wires isn't actually plastic. It's made from some soy compound and when it gets hot, they can smell it. Run right too it like the dinner bell is ringing.
I can’t believe just how much effort goes into disassembling and tearing down the console and putting it back together… I took apart and put back my steam deck and it’s not something I’d ever want to do again! Major props to you for the work y’all do.
@@whitegenome22because over time they get dust in them bud consoles have vents on them so they can breath and that leaves them open to dust and bugs not cleaning them will result in over heating fire hazards and infestations if you live in an apt complex with nasty naighbors you can be very clean and these things still get dirty over time and people dont grasp that concept and instead of thinking that way would rather just call the owners nasty and dirty when chances are there probably cleaner then they are 🤷
Came over here too from TronicsFix, he was the first repair console TH-cam guy so I gave him a shot and now here we are 4 years later and he directs us to other names like this channel
I can't understand how such dirty people can exist, if this is how the console is, just imagine what their house will be like. These types of situations are simply disgusting.
@@maze1987eb It's possible they live in an apartment where pest control is not covered by management. I lived in one for a short time that had this situation so it was up to the tenants to handle bugs and such. This is a big issue because bugs move and the fact you can clean out one apartment just sends them to other apartments (you really need to handle all of them at the same time). This is the main reason why my stay there was so brief.
I had all my stuff moved into an apartment I rented after having a video tour. I was out of state for about a month before I actually moved. Within 20 mins of arriving I saw maybe 70 roaches (it was 1pm) every box I owned turned into a nest. The worst part tho were my electronics, there were roaches crawling ALL over the inside of my desktop, laptop and my ps5/Xbox. I had to legit throw everything out since the insides were covered in a putrid waxy lipid like substance.
@@Smokie_666I lived in a house with no pest control, and it was in south florida, my PS4 was the only thing those mfs were able to stay in, and the moment I moved out and got a PS5, I never ever saw a bug on the console, I completely believe pest control situations like that are the reasons, but people aren't too understanding. they'll see a bug and immediately think a person is dirty
@@ambertheplugYeah, I have lived in apartments in a very hot and humid city for my whole life. We used to do our own pest control but it only lasts like 6 months and we couldn't do it each time due to price. We decided to buy some poisonous bug traps. They are not as effective as full pest control but more accessable. On top of that, we do house cleaning every 2 or 3 days but still not enough to get rid of them. Luckily, cockroaches never get out of kitchen and they only appear during the night.
Need for Speed! I see a cultured gamer here. Loved the video, you took your time and gave your best and it looks amazing. I find restoration videos relaxing and i often post ads on marketplace to clean their consoles and it's super relaxing. I once had one PS4 with live bugs and i refused to work on it.
Nice video as always, but shouldn't you have opened up and cleaned the inside of the power supply? I guess that would be a lot of bugs inside since it is warm in there
Yeah, it's dangerous to fool around in there if you aren't careful and know what you're doing. But I think it's fine to do it as long as you check/discharge the capacitors. If you did it on camera, you'd definitely need to caveat/warn about it appropriately.
Yeah I agree. There's most likely a bit of bugs / bug guts in there that should be cleaned out. But I also understand not wanting to mess with the power supply. I guess it could be swapped out though.
Agree my first thought too not really that dangerous to remove the top plastic and give it a little blow out with some air with a straw nozzle attachment to be extra careful
I always get a piece of cardboard the same size as the device I'm working on. Then stab the screws on whatever spot the screw came from. Sometimes I'll doodle the shape of what part the screws go to. If there's layers I'll put the screws next to whatever screw is higher and label like Layer1 layer2 ect. Hope this helps because I've taken a lot of things apart and couldn't put it back together.
You're brave to bring that to your place. I stopped bringing people's electronics to repair to my house because of things like that😂😂😂 once they get in your house it's hard to get them out
Gross, gross, gross, gross, gross. I've owned almost every console. Taken lots of them apart. I've never had one even close to this gross. How does this even happen. I'm literally genuinely curious. And excellent job on the clean up
A lot of it depends on where you live. In the south bugs are a bigger issue, and in warmer places a lot of people have open air sections of their house causing bugs to be a bigger issue than it is for someone living further north. My buddy lives in Arizona and has a console out on his patio under a gazebo. He has to clean it every couple weeks because bugs will try to crawl in it.
@@TDR-0484 off course its depending where you live, give you right on that, but last time a read here a comment from people of Germany that have this kind of bugs problems, I lived a few years in Germany, I know every corner of the land, and if you have this kind of bugs there into you home, your just disgusting.
@antoniomanning2875 So you mean ppl like me? Who lived in the ghetto for 20 years? Pretty sure I can find a console infested with roaches gross. Doesn't mean I'm judging anyone. But please show me where I directed my comment at the previous owners? I hate how ppl online can't juggle more than one opinion at a time. Take care and have a good one
Im absolutely judging whoever the owner of this console is. Complete filth, just look how scratched the usb port is. There must be drug abuse involved and so much filth, like a homeless person space.
You could soak the bottom shell with metal part in soapy water too. It won't rust immediately and is perfectly safe to clean it with water, just make sure to dry it well with paper towels and give it some extra time to dry (or use some hair dryer set at the lowest temp). before you reassembly the console. I washed many metal parts by soaking in soapy water, including shields in SNES, and never got any rust when dried properly. Also this residue goo from bugs is also their poo ;)
Very pleasing to see how the console was brought back to life! Does anybody else love the smell of new electronics with a fan e.g. a new graphics card or console?!
The only cleaning I've done on my PS5 since I got it on launch day in 2020 was that I pulled off the top faceplate once, cleaned some dust out....but then I couldn't get it back on! Watching you pull it apart like that is going to give me nightmares haha.
Unless you live in space, or maybe the middle of Antarctica, there are going to be cockroaches. Those might be either American or German cockroaches - either way, nasty stuff. Peroxide, followed by an IPA rubdown, will make the clean-up easier. Not easy - just easier. It also does a fair job with removing the odor. And most southerners won't call them roaches - they call them Palmetto bugs, but those tend to be MUCH larger - same family, different species.
I think those were german cockroaches. Agreed, they do tend to live everywhere, but in colder climates they are not as common when there isn't an infestation. American cockroaches are common in Texas, they are huge. They don't usually infest like german ones do, more often live under decks or other damp places. When they sneak their way inside it can be quite jolting to see such a huge nasty creature.
I came over after watching TronicsFix's video. Wasn't dissapointed. As a proponent of Right to Repair (and not choking turtles with discarded heatsinks), I love watching videos like this! Looking forward to the next video.
Very satisfying video to watch. Keep them coming. Maybe not so gross with bugs but restoring ones. Although the bug ones are fun to watch. You can tell you take great care and like what you are doing. Great job!
Reminds me of my 1st place…had some paper plates on top of refrigerator and one evening i reached for 1 and knocked them over….the amount of roaches was unbelievable…after that the wife and i went to store and removed everything from kitchen and sprayed everything after that we never seen them again as we moved 3 months later
This is why i was just telling my cousin about setting up roach traps like these. Just let it run idle with a slight dust of diatomaceous earth around the device and eventually they'll all die off
I remember many MANY years ago, cleaning up an original NES that had this same problem. The cartridge connector was also completely rusted (something I haven't seen before or since), and required a complete replacement, but otherwise it worked great after a full cleaning.
I dropped my connector in vinegar 12% for 2/3 days or a week I don't remember correctly. The rust was gone, but there are just markings left where the rust was 😂 It's working perfectly ! Same for my N64 ! My family used to put alcohol-based parfum in there. Bad idea if you ask me
That was so satisfying. I used to clean controllers and keyboards in my off time at my old job, and this made me miss how zen that whole process made me feel.
I live in fl, bought my first house 9 years ago here and they included a stove with the house. A year or two later the stove quit working... i took it apart to fix, the inside of the circuit board that switches relays to the stove had been shorted out by a dead roach. Its possible leaving roach bits in the power supply could ruin it months or years down the line, it would seem their shells can actually conduct electricity pretty well.
@@crazysailer5350Yup had the same case here unfortunately. Had god awful neighbors that finally left, but they left fucking roaches which infected the entire apartment building. Their unit was literally a roach nest.
By law warrenty void if broken stickers have NO standing. and can't be the only reason for denying a warrenty claim. The FTC slapped a couple companys a few years ago on that. So Steve did not void the warrenty.... the companies just want you to think he did.
First time ever visitor to your channel. I am just sharing my first impression(s). EVERYTHING within your video is great. The background, lighting, the crisp clean sharp quality, the presentation with the excellent monolog and commentary. Let's not forget what I perceive as expert and talented video editing of unnecessary scenes and seamless fade-ins/outs... the fast motion through time consuming tasks in the disassembly and assembly that keeps the viewer interested and not tempted to "click away" is awesome! The only thing - and I mean the ONLY editing choice I have issue with (and this is just me CONSISTANTLY across the board with almost all creators of video) is the edited in of looping background music. That's the only thing that made me want to leave at a couple points. In this viewer's opinion, the music is not needed to "set a mood" or to keep the viewers from getting bored. When the music stopped around 6:17 I was grateful until it resumed later. The soap being stirred into the water made me pause the video and visit the latrine, the truth be told....
I once bought a broken PC at a yard sale and it had 100’s of live bugs in it! Suffice it to say I only was able to retrieve the HDD and the ram the little guys were running up my arm as I was removing the parts! I tossed the rest into my outdoors trash can had to and hosed it down with bleach which prompted an army of them to start running up the sides of the inside of the can! I had to use a big can of raid just to kill them all! 😂
After 15 months of owning a PS5 I finally cleaned it yesterday. Not a deep clean though, just the fan. A bit surprised that it's not as dirty as I thought it should, considering my play room is on the second floot (hotter), not air-conditioned, the console is near always-open windows, and I smoke a lot. The fan and ventilation grills are relatively easy to clean, not too many dust have accumulated. But the metal parts are yellowed and somehow a little corroded in a few places. No bugs though. Absolute bummer.
i think i can speak on his behalf, my old ps4 looked like this(dead roaches every where) but give people like him the benefit of the doubt. if his story is the same as mine we live in apartments and well if your neighbor has roaches so do you
Yeah i used to live in apartment with disgusting neighbors. It was a constant battle to keep them from infesting our apartment as well. As soon as we moved, no problems with roaches.
I'd definitely use a cutter and buff the outer black plastic case to remove the scratches; I did this with a super slim PS3 and all but the deepest scratches were removed.
At 1:19 Voided warrenty.... Those voided removed stickers are technically illegal, buy federal law. Other TH-camrs that I watch had that information. Apparently there is up to it either a $5,000 or $10,000 fine, per incident. You should look that up, maybe you can get Sony to give you some money....
You should pickup some gun cleaning patches, they come in different sizes and clean just as good if not better than q-tips. They are made of cotton and come in very small to big sizes. Fairly cheap to come across and they definitely helped me cleaning my old consoles.
Yep. Those are cockroaches. The worst kind…they love to get into electronics and short things out. A lot of people don’t realize this, but they are a fire hazard because of this. And all it takes to prevent them is not leaving food and water out, and some occasional light cleaning. A word of caution, if I was you, I wouldn’t take something like that for cleaning anymore, personally. The eggs those things lay are impervious to almost everything. In order to get rid of them, you have to let them hatch out of their eggs every 2 weeks and poison them before they have a chance to lay eggs. Usually, it takes 3 waves, 2 weeks apart.
Yes man, they are cockroaches. I live in New Jersey and we get a lot of cockroaches. That was a disgusting system. And this is coming from someone who sees them on a daily basis
Pretty fuckin nuts how difficult they make it to actually clean these things. I've had mine for 2 years and I'd love to clean it but this looks like a nightmare
Those are German Cockroaches. They come for the food, and stay for the warmth. Also, the power supply is the main thing the roaches are attracted to, so I bet there were quite a few dead ones in there. They go into the power supply because of the heat it generates, accidentally touch two points, and get absolutely fried. That's why a lot of roach consoles won't power on. The power supply gets fried.
I used to work at a rental furniture company and knew customers that had them and to us they are just roaches. I used to go in my backyard and take my clothes off and shake them like crazy. Sometimes when I got back to the office I me and my coworker would strip down to our underwear and shake our clothes. That's why Tronics video grossed me out when I saw him open it up and I am still itching from it.
Nice vid, glad you took up the courage for this job! Kudos! And yeah smart move leaving out power supply tear down. We don’t need more dummies sending hate messages because they set fire to their PS5!
This is literally so gross. lol. I came over here from Steve’s channel cuz I just had to see this nasty thing cleaned. I don’t really have a soft stomach, but this one made it turn a little bit. Kudos for the patience and willingness to clean off the bug “cement”.
Cant imagine how someone can let something get so bad. If this is how bad the inside of the ps5 looks, imagine how bad the house and everything thing else in that house is. And someone LIVES there in that filth!!
What I don't understand is how this happens? In all the consoles over the 35 years i've been gaming, I have never had any bugs in my systems. Do people really live that filthy?
Definitely give it to you after the hard work if cleaning that v. gross bug debris! I like the fact you don't seem to skip as many of the tear down steps as TronicsFix does ;-)
Honestly speaking, i also found alot of cockroaches invested unit when buying used ps5. Idk if it just the design that attract some bugs/insect or its just the previous owner have terribly dirty room invested with bugs
Came here from Steve's channel and I'm always looking for channels like this. Well worth the sub here after seeing the transformation of that nasty PS5.
К сожалению, от запаха тараканов не избавиться никогда. Разбирал в свое время PS2, в котором было похожее состояние. При разборке выползали ЖИВЫЕ тараканы! Саму плату мыл под душем с мылом и щеткой, после просушил феном. Блок питания мыл также под душем мылом и щеткой. После сборки запах все равно остался…
Something to try, when we clean birdstrikes and bugs off of aircraft, believe it or not, glass cleaner removes the remains and residue better than alcohol.
Over here in England we have a thing called Brasso wadding. Its a mild metal polish in like cotton wool type material. Perfect for removing bug guts from metal then just wipe with IPA. Much faster I would think.
I bought a PS5 from someone last summer and when I opened it to clean it up... Multiple Roaches were crawling out of it...I was stomping on them, It was Crazy.
For anyone living in apartments, where those bugs are commonplace, keep your consoles in your bedrooms, and have glue traps near your setup. They come in handy. But, do clean your consoles once every year.
In the United States under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, manufacturers CANNOT void a warranty solely because a consumer has opened up the device or had it repaired by a third party. However, if the tampering or third-party repair causes damage, the warranty can be voided for that particular issue (this can happen regardless if sticker is removed or not, think of how they say that damage was your negligence, not our defect and void your warranty anyways).
I think that you should've opened up the power supply and at least clean it off camera. I don't I'd be satisfied with a roachy power supply. I don't know what kind of roaches they are either but they look like the kind that loves to infest electronics. A few years ago someone gave me a car that had a tail light rain water leak into the spare tire well and subsequent roach infestation. I fixed the leak and literally cleaned everything inside the car. Several scores of dead roaches and several hundred roach feces got cleaned out. It still took several months for the roach smell to go away. I should've invested in an ozone generator for that part.
I would’ve love to see the power supply cleaned. It’s really dangerous because if it’s charged you could potentially die. I'm looking forward on you teaching us how to clean ps5 psu the safe way. Thank for the video. BTW Steve brought me here 😁
Yes I work for Orkin pest control they are German roaches they love any heat source and also like the kitchen area and bathrooms as well (kitchen because of heat sources and food, bathrooms for moisture areas)
Yo whoever’s PS5 this was should be ashamed.. had mine since launch and it is nothing compared to this. Had to take it apart to clean out the power supply a couple months ago and aside from a lot of dust, shit was clean as a whistle.. you gotta be living in some horrendous conditions for your shit to get this bad 🤢
Like the videos. I notice the comments about the magic eraser scuffing the plastic. Have you considered applying some Automotive plastic polish at the end? Many brands can be applied by hand without a buffer. They are used to repair the gloss sheen on trim.
The insects appear to be German Cockroaches. They are known for preferring the interiors of home electronics due to the warmth generated by the electronics and motors. Also, I would have opened the power supply (I'm an electronics tech) and cleaned the interior off screen and just told your viewers that it got cleaned using the appropriate safety precautions.
Dude. Your video was amazing. It's show how the professional work. ❤ Oh, at first, I thought, Mr. Steve will do all the work then he mention that will give it to you. And, I am entertained and also gain some knowledge from your video. So, thank you so much, for both of you
You should maybe think about getting one of those one handed battery operated froth / mixers I think it would faster, easier and more efficient than using your finger to mix the soap, great video I’m not sure if I could clean a console with that type of particular issue lol.
I will have to agree with Shinoda about the bugs being German Roaches. They are extremely hard to get rid of. When you see one, there is a small nest around somewhere, without a doubt. It is not the warmth they seek, but dark & small places they look for. The best way to get rid of them is to get a Bug Spray Boom and place it in the Attic. Leave the home with your pets (even the fish) for a few hours.
im honestly fascinated by how much of a priority sony put for cooling. those heatsinks are almost as big as graphics cards, AND they are using liquid metal to cool the cpu and gpu. they really did a great job.
Bug Expert from the south of the continent here. Those are "Blattella Germanica", commonly known as german cockroaches. They're small, like an inch big at most, we call them "Chiripas" over here in Venezuela. They're annoying, and love electronics for some reason, we commonly see them inside air conditioning units, behind refrigerators, etc. Basically any device that produces warmth of some sort, will attract them.
Thank you!
Also anything with adhesives. The glues inside of electronics, cardboard, tissue paper, etc
Was scrolling the comments to see if it had been answered. I do pest control for a living and couldn't have answered it better.
I have read that bugs love electronic so much because the coating on the wires isn't actually plastic. It's made from some soy compound and when it gets hot, they can smell it. Run right too it like the dinner bell is ringing.
Interesting, in Germany the one I Had was much larger😂
So nice to see how this thing looks when you're done!
I still say dunk it in gas and light it on fire xD
But did you give him the PS5 Steve? XD
so are you giving it to him or nah? 🤣
You need to give it him after getting rid of the dead bugs & the smell
Please Give him the ps5 steve 😂.
So nice of Sony to think about cockroaches by giving them a free stay in PlayStation hotel.
😂
Barz😂
Sorry but that was corny asf 💀
@@starbutyoutubenot being rude but the ps4 joke is unfunny now
I can’t believe just how much effort goes into disassembling and tearing down the console and putting it back together… I took apart and put back my steam deck and it’s not something I’d ever want to do again! Major props to you for the work y’all do.
Why'd you take it apart?
@@whitegenome22because over time they get dust in them bud consoles have vents on them so they can breath and that leaves them open to dust and bugs not cleaning them will result in over heating fire hazards and infestations if you live in an apt complex with nasty naighbors you can be very clean and these things still get dirty over time and people dont grasp that concept and instead of thinking that way would rather just call the owners nasty and dirty when chances are there probably cleaner then they are 🤷
Came over from TronicsFix, love your content (its very relaxing)... you should have way more than 4k subs.
Same! New follower here, I never hit the subscription button so fast! 😂
Same here
Also came from Tronics. You’ve got a new subscriber.
Welcome to my channel!
Came over here too from TronicsFix, he was the first repair console TH-cam guy so I gave him a shot and now here we are 4 years later and he directs us to other names like this channel
For the glossy black plastic, i'd recommend to use a small polisher and Meguiers PlastX to bring it back/get rid of many scratches.
I can't understand how such dirty people can exist, if this is how the console is, just imagine what their house will be like. These types of situations are simply disgusting.
That PS5 deserves a better home. Also, how can they afford a PS5 and to send it out to be cleaned, but doesn’t have pest control?? 😅
@@maze1987eb It's possible they live in an apartment where pest control is not covered by management. I lived in one for a short time that had this situation so it was up to the tenants to handle bugs and such. This is a big issue because bugs move and the fact you can clean out one apartment just sends them to other apartments (you really need to handle all of them at the same time). This is the main reason why my stay there was so brief.
I had all my stuff moved into an apartment I rented after having a video tour. I was out of state for about a month before I actually moved. Within 20 mins of arriving I saw maybe 70 roaches (it was 1pm) every box I owned turned into a nest. The worst part tho were my electronics, there were roaches crawling ALL over the inside of my desktop, laptop and my ps5/Xbox. I had to legit throw everything out since the insides were covered in a putrid waxy lipid like substance.
@@Smokie_666I lived in a house with no pest control, and it was in south florida, my PS4 was the only thing those mfs were able to stay in, and the moment I moved out and got a PS5, I never ever saw a bug on the console, I completely believe pest control situations like that are the reasons, but people aren't too understanding. they'll see a bug and immediately think a person is dirty
@@ambertheplugYeah, I have lived in apartments in a very hot and humid city for my whole life. We used to do our own pest control but it only lasts like 6 months and we couldn't do it each time due to price. We decided to buy some poisonous bug traps. They are not as effective as full pest control but more accessable. On top of that, we do house cleaning every 2 or 3 days but still not enough to get rid of them. Luckily, cockroaches never get out of kitchen and they only appear during the night.
As gross as it was, it was actually really soothing and satisfying watching you clean this... You sounded so calm, and chill despite the task haha!
super satisfying
Need for Speed!
I see a cultured gamer here.
Loved the video, you took your time and gave your best and it looks amazing. I find restoration videos relaxing and i often post ads on marketplace to clean their consoles and it's super relaxing. I once had one PS4 with live bugs and i refused to work on it.
Wow, I have an all new appreciation for those of you who clean these things. Mega Props.
Nice video as always, but shouldn't you have opened up and cleaned the inside of the power supply? I guess that would be a lot of bugs inside since it is warm in there
Good point. I probably should have.
Yeah, it's dangerous to fool around in there if you aren't careful and know what you're doing. But I think it's fine to do it as long as you check/discharge the capacitors. If you did it on camera, you'd definitely need to caveat/warn about it appropriately.
Yeah I agree. There's most likely a bit of bugs / bug guts in there that should be cleaned out. But I also understand not wanting to mess with the power supply. I guess it could be swapped out though.
Just opening it and vacuuming it out wouldn't be dangerous. You probably wouldn't need to clean it that thoroughly
Agree my first thought too not really that dangerous to remove the top plastic and give it a little blow out with some air with a straw nozzle attachment to be extra careful
I would never be able to put it back together after I take it apart😂
There's a lot of screws and parts in these things!
Yup lol. Why it’s best to just take the covers off and and vacuum in the holes that’s for it… could never take it all apart
I always get a piece of cardboard the same size as the device I'm working on. Then stab the screws on whatever spot the screw came from. Sometimes I'll doodle the shape of what part the screws go to. If there's layers I'll put the screws next to whatever screw is higher and label like Layer1 layer2 ect. Hope this helps because I've taken a lot of things apart and couldn't put it back together.
Amen😂
Indeed if my dad did that he will say we're did thoes screw go 😭😭
You're brave to bring that to your place. I stopped bringing people's electronics to repair to my house because of things like that😂😂😂 once they get in your house it's hard to get them out
Fortunately I do work in a separate location from my home
Believe me, cockroaches are considered pests for a good reason. They reproduce at the speed of light.@@RestorishOfficial
Gross, gross, gross, gross, gross. I've owned almost every console. Taken lots of them apart. I've never had one even close to this gross. How does this even happen. I'm literally genuinely curious. And excellent job on the clean up
If you dont take care of your self or your house you get this kind of stuff, it's just disgusting, even to think how the house will look.
A lot of it depends on where you live. In the south bugs are a bigger issue, and in warmer places a lot of people have open air sections of their house causing bugs to be a bigger issue than it is for someone living further north. My buddy lives in Arizona and has a console out on his patio under a gazebo. He has to clean it every couple weeks because bugs will try to crawl in it.
@@TDR-0484 off course its depending where you live, give you right on that, but last time a read here a comment from people of Germany that have this kind of bugs problems, I lived a few years in Germany, I know every corner of the land, and if you have this kind of bugs there into you home, your just disgusting.
@antoniomanning2875 So you mean ppl like me? Who lived in the ghetto for 20 years? Pretty sure I can find a console infested with roaches gross. Doesn't mean I'm judging anyone. But please show me where I directed my comment at the previous owners? I hate how ppl online can't juggle more than one opinion at a time.
Take care and have a good one
Im absolutely judging whoever the owner of this console is. Complete filth, just look how scratched the usb port is. There must be drug abuse involved and so much filth, like a homeless person space.
You could soak the bottom shell with metal part in soapy water too. It won't rust immediately and is perfectly safe to clean it with water, just make sure to dry it well with paper towels and give it some extra time to dry (or use some hair dryer set at the lowest temp). before you reassembly the console. I washed many metal parts by soaking in soapy water, including shields in SNES, and never got any rust when dried properly.
Also this residue goo from bugs is also their poo ;)
Thanks!
This is my first time watching your channel and I gotta say that I love when things are done correctly!! Amazing job!!
Very pleasing to see how the console was brought back to life! Does anybody else love the smell of new electronics with a fan e.g. a new graphics card or console?!
The only cleaning I've done on my PS5 since I got it on launch day in 2020 was that I pulled off the top faceplate once, cleaned some dust out....but then I couldn't get it back on!
Watching you pull it apart like that is going to give me nightmares haha.
How were you not able to turn it back on when all you did was take the plate off?
@@skeletor4436I meant that I had trouble sliding the plate back on
I can’t even imagine in my worst nightmares what the house this console came out of looks like.
yeah my old ps4 was like this, it sucks having roaches we balm once every 6 months but if you neighbor has roaches you aslo will
@@crazysailer5350I’m sorry to hear that. I hope that this will be resolved 🙏
Exactly, Why even invest a lot of money to let the house destroy it. The owner probably fat as well. Clean and you'll have nice things forever.
How much does this cost seems likecitbwould be easier to buy a new one
@@100Bucks did you have to put that fat part in goddamn 💀
Unless you live in space, or maybe the middle of Antarctica, there are going to be cockroaches. Those might be either American or German cockroaches - either way, nasty stuff. Peroxide, followed by an IPA rubdown, will make the clean-up easier. Not easy - just easier. It also does a fair job with removing the odor.
And most southerners won't call them roaches - they call them Palmetto bugs, but those tend to be MUCH larger - same family, different species.
I think those were german cockroaches. Agreed, they do tend to live everywhere, but in colder climates they are not as common when there isn't an infestation. American cockroaches are common in Texas, they are huge. They don't usually infest like german ones do, more often live under decks or other damp places. When they sneak their way inside it can be quite jolting to see such a huge nasty creature.
From the south (Texas) we call them roaches/cockroaches
Imagine how much time the factory has to build one PlayStation..it’s soo detail and it’s also crazy how the bugs get soo deep into the PlayStation
I came over after watching TronicsFix's video. Wasn't dissapointed. As a proponent of Right to Repair (and not choking turtles with discarded heatsinks), I love watching videos like this! Looking forward to the next video.
Very satisfying video to watch. Keep them coming. Maybe not so gross with bugs but restoring ones. Although the bug ones are fun to watch. You can tell you take great care and like what you are doing. Great job!
Astro bot is NOT having a good time in there🙏🙏😭😭
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Reminds me of my 1st place…had some paper plates on top of refrigerator and one evening i reached for 1 and knocked them over….the amount of roaches was unbelievable…after that the wife and i went to store and removed everything from kitchen and sprayed everything after that we never seen them again as we moved 3 months later
That was a good one. Loving the Collab between you and Tronix. You definitely got the full experience 😂
This is why i was just telling my cousin about setting up roach traps like these. Just let it run idle with a slight dust of diatomaceous earth around the device and eventually they'll all die off
I remember many MANY years ago, cleaning up an original NES that had this same problem. The cartridge connector was also completely rusted (something I haven't seen before or since), and required a complete replacement, but otherwise it worked great after a full cleaning.
I dropped my connector in vinegar 12% for 2/3 days or a week I don't remember correctly.
The rust was gone, but there are just markings left where the rust was 😂
It's working perfectly ! Same for my N64 ! My family used to put alcohol-based parfum in there. Bad idea if you ask me
Oh yeah and, they had tiny bugs in them, like, worms, IDK how it's possible but, hey 😂
Buddy watching you put that back together was so peaceful and mesmerizing good job man
That was so satisfying. I used to clean controllers and keyboards in my off time at my old job, and this made me miss how zen that whole process made me feel.
I live in fl, bought my first house 9 years ago here and they included a stove with the house. A year or two later the stove quit working... i took it apart to fix, the inside of the circuit board that switches relays to the stove had been shorted out by a dead roach. Its possible leaving roach bits in the power supply could ruin it months or years down the line, it would seem their shells can actually conduct electricity pretty well.
We don't have roaches in the UK.
Didn't realise they would smell.
Always makes me think what the house must be like where things like this come from 😢
yeah my old ps4 was like this, it sucks having roaches we balm once every 6 months but if you neighbor has roaches you aslo will
@@crazysailer5350Yup had the same case here unfortunately. Had god awful neighbors that finally left, but they left fucking roaches which infected the entire apartment building. Their unit was literally a roach nest.
By law warrenty void if broken stickers have NO standing.
and can't be the only reason for denying a warrenty claim.
The FTC slapped a couple companys a few years ago on that.
So Steve did not void the warrenty.... the companies just want you to think he did.
Wow! The inside of the disc drive looks waaay better. Actually, everything looks amazing after the cleanup! Well done!
First time ever visitor to your channel. I am just sharing my first impression(s). EVERYTHING within your video is great. The background, lighting, the crisp clean sharp quality, the presentation with the excellent monolog and commentary. Let's not forget what I perceive as expert and talented video editing of unnecessary scenes and seamless fade-ins/outs... the fast motion through time consuming tasks in the disassembly and assembly that keeps the viewer interested and not tempted to "click away" is awesome! The only thing - and I mean the ONLY editing choice I have issue with (and this is just me CONSISTANTLY across the board with almost all creators of video) is the edited in of looping background music. That's the only thing that made me want to leave at a couple points. In this viewer's opinion, the music is not needed to "set a mood" or to keep the viewers from getting bored. When the music stopped around 6:17 I was grateful until it resumed later. The soap being stirred into the water made me pause the video and visit the latrine, the truth be told....
I appreciate your feedback
I think it's fine
I once bought a broken PC at a yard sale and it had 100’s of live bugs in it! Suffice it to say I only was able to retrieve the HDD and the ram the little guys were running up my arm as I was removing the parts! I tossed the rest into my outdoors trash can had to and hosed it down with bleach which prompted an army of them to start running up the sides of the inside of the can! I had to use a big can of raid just to kill them all! 😂
Lol, great/horrible story!
That's literally horrifying
I'm so intrigued, how do you get to a point where you just know how to disassemble and reassemble every single thing? It's so cool to me
What a very enjoyable and relaxing video. Thank you Robert and nicely done!
After 15 months of owning a PS5 I finally cleaned it yesterday. Not a deep clean though, just the fan. A bit surprised that it's not as dirty as I thought it should, considering my play room is on the second floot (hotter), not air-conditioned, the console is near always-open windows, and I smoke a lot.
The fan and ventilation grills are relatively easy to clean, not too many dust have accumulated. But the metal parts are yellowed and somehow a little corroded in a few places.
No bugs though. Absolute bummer.
It blows my mind that I literally can't imagine the person who is able to afford a ps5 but also lives in such nasty conditions!
i think i can speak on his behalf, my old ps4 looked like this(dead roaches every where) but give people like him the benefit of the doubt. if his story is the same as mine we live in apartments and well if your neighbor has roaches so do you
Yeah i used to live in apartment with disgusting neighbors. It was a constant battle to keep them from infesting our apartment as well. As soon as we moved, no problems with roaches.
@@crazysailer5350move out you can do better in life stop being so comfortable
Can using a vacuum hose without opening the console clean the dust out
Unfortunately it can cling to the surfaces, so you will have to really get in therr
I'd definitely use a cutter and buff the outer black plastic case to remove the scratches; I did this with a super slim PS3 and all but the deepest scratches were removed.
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Voided warrenty....
Those voided removed stickers are technically illegal, buy federal law. Other TH-camrs that I watch had that information. Apparently there is up to it either a $5,000 or $10,000 fine, per incident.
You should look that up, maybe you can get Sony to give you some money....
You should pickup some gun cleaning patches, they come in different sizes and clean just as good if not better than q-tips. They are made of cotton and come in very small to big sizes. Fairly cheap to come across and they definitely helped me cleaning my old consoles.
Yep. Those are cockroaches. The worst kind…they love to get into electronics and short things out. A lot of people don’t realize this, but they are a fire hazard because of this. And all it takes to prevent them is not leaving food and water out, and some occasional light cleaning. A word of caution, if I was you, I wouldn’t take something like that for cleaning anymore, personally. The eggs those things lay are impervious to almost everything. In order to get rid of them, you have to let them hatch out of their eggs every 2 weeks and poison them before they have a chance to lay eggs. Usually, it takes 3 waves, 2 weeks apart.
dang dude. You deserve WAAAAAY more subs that 9k. I just cant believe how many wires and screws you're taking out and still knowing where to put them!
I used to repair electronics and every time I see an infested device like this, I remember the absolutely foul smell that emanates.
I don’t even understand how could one make electronics smell. It’s all metal and cables I don’t think they absorb odor that well
@@convection20cockroaches like these use an oily musk scent to communicate iirc. That in addition to their corpses creates the smell they mention
@@convection20its purely the biological stink bomb these rodents become/are
Stfg it’s like such a unique disgusting smell
Yes man, they are cockroaches. I live in New Jersey and we get a lot of cockroaches. That was a disgusting system. And this is coming from someone who sees them on a daily basis
Pretty fuckin nuts how difficult they make it to actually clean these things. I've had mine for 2 years and I'd love to clean it but this looks like a nightmare
it's really not that bad.
Usually they aren’t supposed to be this bad
Yeah without a vid like this I’d be second guessing every decision
Those are German Cockroaches. They come for the food, and stay for the warmth.
Also, the power supply is the main thing the roaches are attracted to, so I bet there were quite a few dead ones in there. They go into the power supply because of the heat it generates, accidentally touch two points, and get absolutely fried. That's why a lot of roach consoles won't power on. The power supply gets fried.
Would love to see you reacting to them fake videos where they clean stuff up and fix it.
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Those videos are so ridiculous!
I used to work at a rental furniture company and knew customers that had them and to us they are just roaches. I used to go in my backyard and take my clothes off and shake them like crazy. Sometimes when I got back to the office I me and my coworker would strip down to our underwear and shake our clothes. That's why Tronics video grossed me out when I saw him open it up and I am still itching from it.
You really deserve this console Steve really set you up with them bugs 😂
That's disgusting 😂 nice job on this one.
Thanks!
Nice vid, glad you took up the courage for this job! Kudos! And yeah smart move leaving out power supply tear down. We don’t need more dummies sending hate messages because they set fire to their PS5!
Imagine what the house looked like 🤮🤮🤮
Fr ew 😭😭
This is literally so gross. lol. I came over here from Steve’s channel cuz I just had to see this nasty thing cleaned. I don’t really have a soft stomach, but this one made it turn a little bit. Kudos for the patience and willingness to clean off the bug “cement”.
Cant imagine how someone can let something get so bad. If this is how bad the inside of the ps5 looks, imagine how bad the house and everything thing else in that house is. And someone LIVES there in that filth!!
What I don't understand is how this happens? In all the consoles over the 35 years i've been gaming, I have never had any bugs in my systems. Do people really live that filthy?
Guess it depends where or 🤔 u place your console ?
@@cZero475 I've always kept mine off the floor and near a tv in a well-ventilated place. Also I keep my house clean and don't live like a slob
If you have roaches in your PS5, that speaks more to how you’re living. Like wtf 😂
Probably from a drug dealers house....
How did that even happen? A nasty house?
Likely a New York apartment
After all that grossy mess you had to go through I would have to say yes. You may keep the PS5 my friend. 😁👍
Definitely give it to you after the hard work if cleaning that v. gross bug debris! I like the fact you don't seem to skip as many of the tear down steps as TronicsFix does ;-)
Still beats owning a clean xbox
Lol
Also beats being able to play PS3 games in 720 30fps
Honestly speaking, i also found alot of cockroaches invested unit when buying used ps5. Idk if it just the design that attract some bugs/insect or its just the previous owner have terribly dirty room invested with bugs
Came here from Steve's channel and I'm always looking for channels like this. Well worth the sub here after seeing the transformation of that nasty PS5.
Nice job on your first PS5 deep cleaning. Very tedious job but always satisfying!
Where do you live where there are no cockroaches? I wanna move there
К сожалению, от запаха тараканов не избавиться никогда. Разбирал в свое время PS2, в котором было похожее состояние. При разборке выползали ЖИВЫЕ тараканы! Саму плату мыл под душем с мылом и щеткой, после просушил феном. Блок питания мыл также под душем мылом и щеткой. После сборки запах все равно остался…
Something to try, when we clean birdstrikes and bugs off of aircraft, believe it or not, glass cleaner removes the remains and residue better than alcohol.
Over here in England we have a thing called Brasso wadding. Its a mild metal polish in like cotton wool type material. Perfect for removing bug guts from metal then just wipe with IPA. Much faster I would think.
We have that too, it's by eagle one wadding polish
I bought a PS5 from someone last summer and when I opened it to clean it up... Multiple Roaches were crawling out of it...I was stomping on them, It was Crazy.
For anyone living in apartments, where those bugs are commonplace, keep your consoles in your bedrooms, and have glue traps near your setup. They come in handy.
But, do clean your consoles once every year.
In the United States under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, manufacturers CANNOT void a warranty solely because a consumer has opened up the device or had it repaired by a third party. However, if the tampering or third-party repair causes damage, the warranty can be voided for that particular issue (this can happen regardless if sticker is removed or not, think of how they say that damage was your negligence, not our defect and void your warranty anyways).
Warming climate puts these to our landscape too..."who could be against warmer days?" "I"
I didn't even get to buy a PS5 yet and there are already people treating them like this. God dayum.
Don't buy ps5. Save money and build a PC.
PC, even if less powerfull than PS5 are superior platforms @@dx48.
I think that you should've opened up the power supply and at least clean it off camera. I don't I'd be satisfied with a roachy power supply. I don't know what kind of roaches they are either but they look like the kind that loves to infest electronics.
A few years ago someone gave me a car that had a tail light rain water leak into the spare tire well and subsequent roach infestation. I fixed the leak and literally cleaned everything inside the car. Several scores of dead roaches and several hundred roach feces got cleaned out. It still took several months for the roach smell to go away. I should've invested in an ozone generator for that part.
He should give it to you for sure.That one piece that had forty-three screws,that is worth price of admission right there.
So disgusting just watched TronicsFix’s vid earlier. Should’ve taken this thing apart at a car wash. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
There’s no way you got that roach smell out of that power supply
I would’ve love to see the power supply cleaned. It’s really dangerous because if it’s charged you could potentially die. I'm looking forward on you teaching us how to clean ps5 psu the safe way. Thank for the video. BTW Steve brought me here 😁
This is why I live somewhere that the wind hurts my face. No cockroaches!
worthit
I just found your channel because of TronicsFix. Jesus lord what a work. Subscribed!
Yes I work for Orkin pest control they are German roaches they love any heat source and also like the kitchen area and bathrooms as well (kitchen because of heat sources and food, bathrooms for moisture areas)
Nice to see someone clean a ps5 on youtube that isn't already clean.
Yo whoever’s PS5 this was should be ashamed.. had mine since launch and it is nothing compared to this. Had to take it apart to clean out the power supply a couple months ago and aside from a lot of dust, shit was clean as a whistle.. you gotta be living in some horrendous conditions for your shit to get this bad 🤢
Did you ever think of using cotton balls and the q tips together? The cotton balls might help the larger spots and scrub pretty good
ps5 was once a momma cockroaches nest, she left and what you see are the adolescents that survived as long as they did
The smell will never completely go away.
I came here to say this too. People who know, know. 😂😩
Like the videos. I notice the comments about the magic eraser scuffing the plastic. Have you considered applying some Automotive plastic polish at the end? Many brands can be applied by hand without a buffer. They are used to repair the gloss sheen on trim.
I'll have to check in to this. Thanks for the comment
The insects appear to be German Cockroaches. They are known for preferring the interiors of home electronics due to the warmth generated by the electronics and motors.
Also, I would have opened the power supply (I'm an electronics tech) and cleaned the interior off screen and just told your viewers that it got cleaned using the appropriate safety precautions.
Dude. Your video was amazing. It's show how the professional work. ❤
Oh, at first, I thought, Mr. Steve will do all the work then he mention that will give it to you. And, I am entertained and also gain some knowledge from your video.
So, thank you so much, for both of you
You should maybe think about getting one of those one handed battery operated froth / mixers I think it would faster, easier and more efficient than using your finger to mix the soap, great video I’m not sure if I could clean a console with that type of particular issue lol.
I'm thankful the most inside mine was some dust. I'm scared about cleaning deeper, though the fan could use some dusting
Owner should have spent $500 on fumigation instead on a console lol
I will have to agree with Shinoda about the bugs being German Roaches. They are extremely hard to get rid of. When you see one, there is a small nest around somewhere, without a doubt. It is not the warmth they seek, but dark & small places they look for. The best way to get rid of them is to get a Bug Spray Boom and place it in the Attic. Leave the home with your pets (even the fish) for a few hours.
I'm glad I only have spiders in my apartment.
Do we have to put the the screws back in their exact spot or just match the symbols with the screws that have the same symbol?
im honestly fascinated by how much of a priority sony put for cooling. those heatsinks are almost as big as graphics cards, AND they are using liquid metal to cool the cpu and gpu. they really did a great job.
Thanks for laying out the screws. I'm gonna use this video as a guide to put mine back together.