It's been about a year since I purchased refurbished consoles from DKOldies... so I decided to give them a 2nd chance here in 2024 to see if they've improved their process. Check out these 3 consoles I purchased from them and let me know what you think
That PS3 I'm iffy on. It looks like they TRIED and did a decent job, especially since delidding is a huge pain. Better than before for sure but that needed more testing. Old Skool AC adapters are pretty decent in my experience. Still kinda dodgy they didnt include an original AC adapter. But I have one for an X360 Jasper V2 (I have a white and black Jasper), and the V2 uses the AC adapter and I haven't had an issue with it yet, going on a year now. That PS4 being a little dusty makes me think it sat around for a while after they refurbished it, and just dusting it off, before they shipped off. Defo improved. But they need to work on some things. That PS4 is forgivable, but that PS3 needed extensive testing. I would normally suggest CFWing it to boost fan speed but even a PS3 CECHE01 I found at the thrift store before I replaced the paste took on TLOU for an hour on SYSCON settings so I don't know if that PS3 would get much out of a CFW fan boost. You could check the temps and see what's overheating.
haha same here I bought a Xbox 360 so for 80 bucks and it came with everything and the dude selling it was so nice and even took more pics when I asked him and it works great
@@coolcrazyguyer a broken controller and a disc drive that can’t take in a disc isn’t broken? Yes of course Jacob has a thousand ps4 controllers but what if it’s your first ps4? Then you can’t even play it. Both the ps3 and ps4 were completely unacceptable. I guarantee that Xbox 360 only worked due to luck, they clearly don’t test the consoles for more than 5 minutes.
@@TimDespairBear11 the dude that owns the company used to sell cars if I remember correctly, so honestly this fits the profile. I wonder how many lemons he sold to unsuspecting buyers. lmao
this is very interesting. good for them to actually clean up. unfortunately they are still sending broken consoles. they need more due diligence, thats negligence, hopefully the return process is easy and that was just a fluke that passed the check because someone was lazy that day
@TheOnlyKontrol for sure thats why im saying, hopefully its a one time fluke, highly doubt it tho. hope it was and it was just a a lazy worker who was gonna clock out soon or something, def unacceptable. and i still wouldn't recommend buying from them. just oof
@@zacharybecker8228They are also guaranteed to be running hotter than the sun whilst being booted up! 😮 One would be better off just having a modified PS2 and a newer separate PS3 hooked up respectively. I've lived through the ordeal of a backwards compatible PS3. Awful.
For the PS3, they didn't de-lid the Cell which is the usual culprit with this mode of failure. That's the part that's actually difficult. The RSX can be popped off with a bit of heat and a spudger... the Cell needs a steady hand, some specific tools, and heat. Removing the Cell IHS and cleaning the caked paste would fix your problem more than likely.
I think the main reason why the xbox was so good was that it didn't require that much work. As soon as a console takes any amount of work, they seem to botch almost every step of it lol
One thing I noted with the PS3 is that they only De-lided the RSX GPU, which is great, but the main cause of loud fans is the thermal paste under The Cell processor which they did not change hope they start doing that in the future. As for the system shutting down, if it was over heating the console would tell you In a notification that the system is hot and needs to be shutdown it's very likely that this system has failing NEC Tokin caps causing a YLOD under heavy stress.
Is there an IHU thats on that chip? i dont remember ever seeing one when i took apart mine 10 years ago. Looks like they just pulled the heatsink and just replaced the thermal paste.
Forgot about those freaking NEC tokins hahahaha my ps3 used to shutdown when playing some heavy games so I decided to run the syscon tools on it to see the error log and found out that the problem were those pesky NEC tokins, easy fix, ps3 runs perfect now!! Even better with webman mod for fan controls
It's not the NEC tokins, 99% of the time it's still bga, when you apply heat to remove the capacitors you end up partially reflowing the chip and that is actually what ends up improving the behavior
How the hell did DK Oldies survived not being shut down? I would think, many people have tried very hard to sue their asses for bad quality equipment. This worries me, that they are corrupt to the core!
This is actually insane. Stuff like this is why I’ve been so scared to buy like the gameboys and stuff it’s no way of really being certain. It’s crazy to me that they manage to become a big business
I know of two places around in VA, Video Game Heaven and Old Skool Games. Bought and sold games and consoles, never any issues. Avoid bigger stores like Game Stop, and I guess DKOldies too
@@Studio-IV the big stores are the best options for most people but even they can just basically do whatever because they know the process of suing or doing whatever to get your money back is very time consuming and most of the time expensive
@@334ben10I've found the CEX chain of stores here in Ireland to be the exact same. It's like they "test" consoles to just the point of booting up and deem it fine to sell on again! Ridiculous.
I bought a WII U from them which is still good after a year (knock on wood) but have stopped buying from them ever since and have made quite a few retro console purchases since I am now a collector, I usually go ebay or local shops now. I figure my WII U was a lucky fluke that was probably barely touched prior to them receiving it.
I will never buy from them I just watch DKoldies videos because it's funny the way they do things by sending systems with off brand controllers and very expensive triple prices on games systems etc 😂😂
4:08 The PS3 probably overheated because either the CELL or RSX wasnt making proper contact with the chips underneath. I'm guessing the RSX and GPU were the problems because at 7:02 you can see that the RSX gets lifted off of the GPU.
is there a specific way to get the rsx to make proper contact with the chips after a delid? I just assumed that it would be normal for the heat spreader to come off easily like that after a delid, since the glue is gone
@@jrob0021you have to tighten down the clamps on the other top side of the motherboard because they pressure the ihs to make contact with the heat sink
the failure of the ps3 is attributed to its 90nm gpu which is affected by bumpgate, no solutions are permanent. However you can take it to a professional and change it for a 65nm or 40nm gpu from a ps3 slim which would get this more desirable console to a reliable and fully functioning state.
@@Bren-tech couldnt he delid the cpu too? to make the height difference even out? might be enough, but still crazy dko didnt noticed it and greenlit it (doubt they delidded it by the time it would take, or if so why only delid the rsx and not the cell cpu? so many questions & still halfassed job. guessing it was rather someone elses, assuming he failed and knew it overheats so he sold it to them, ez money)
Now that Rich from Reviewtechusa isn’t making videos anymore and is only streaming now , your the last lot torch for the DKOldies investigations , I salute you !
17:53 i noticed that people who suffered from jet issue on ps4, where the users that had their ps4 full of dust inside 😂. I never had that issue with any of my ps4.
Same here I keep mine clean and it still runs 0 issues to this day , it even ran cyber punk at launch when everyone else had issues I was playing it just fine 🤷♂️
I ordered a backwards compatible PS3 from them recently and had the same issue where the console immediately overheated. The replacement console that they sent me’s fans run at 50-70 percent speed which tells me they either don’t know what they are doing with refurbishment or they don’t check to make sure the console works correctly or both
honestly, while there are still TONS of improvements left to be made, it IS nice to see them taking a step in the right direction with actually replacing thermal paste and stuff. if only they'd channel this newfound effort into the testing process as well
I hope they take the opportunity and take some notes on how to improve their process. Seems like they are trying though which is good, but still extremely high prices that no matter what you do it with it, cant justify that price IMO
Yep these videos don't lie....Got a good condition Xbox 360 128GB from them recently out of curiosity.... The disc drive did not work and the memory port doors were missing when I tried to connect the OEM controller it couldn't connect either as if it wasn't even recognizing it. I am returning it right away! Don't buy from them folks it's not worth it!
Hey Jacob, it's your friendly console modder here. I'm here to inform you that the Playstation 3's fan speed is controlled by the system controller on a stock console. Sony actually programmed the system to lower the maximum fan speed from its actual capability probably to make the console not sound like a jet engine. The only way to unlock 100% fan speed is to softmod your console, preferably with a custom firmware. Also, I'm pretty sure you're supposed to put the heat spreader back on the GPU before putting the console back together, because the chip is designed with the heat spreader in mind, unlike the phat 360 that doesn't have a heat spreader on either chip.
I had a backwards compatible PS 3 that had problems playing some of my games . They pretty much had the same issues you had , but when i ran them in my PS3 SS they worked just fine. ive heard that some of the older PS 3's have issues running newer games so that might be the issue.
Thank you for this comment. I am seeing that now as well. Later, demanding PS3 titles are having trouble in my fat ps3, not sure there is a solution. Most games and movies work fine.
@bmbeis have someone Frankenstein your PS3. I've used Studio Halabi to change everything in my launch model PS3. Comes with a warranty and the work done is top notch. New 40nm RSX, capacitors, paste, pads, optimizing fan curve and voltages. They do top notch work. If you are in the market for a new PS3, use them as well. They gone through the full workup. You can receive pictures of the work on your particular unit. It may cost the same as DK, but you actually get what is essentially a brand new and improved console. The only thing I can fault Studio Halabi for is their PS3 FAT prices, but for what's provided to guarantee you have a working long lasting bc model, it may be worth it to those interested.
I am happy to keep my original consoles in their boxes. Been PC gaming lately but it’s always nice to play console exclusive games on official hardware. ❤
The reason the PS3 was overheating was most likely because of the CELL CPU. Your theory was probably right about the console coming in for repair due to it overheating, but most of the time on these consoles the CELL is the thing which gets the hottest of them both, if they delidded the CELL then this issue might not have happened, but then again delidding it is quite difficult if you dont know what you're doing compared to how easy the RSX is.
I'll be honest and say I'm not the biggest tech-wise when it comes to consoles but would the CELL CPU also be the cause of it instantly shutting off and not doing the normal "this system is overheating, please let it rest" warning it normally does when it reaches the killswitch temp?
I used to completley refurbish the BC PS3 systems pretty often for customers as a repair tech. These PS3 systems in particular just aren't worth a professionals time to be 100% with you. If you're a hobbyist that can spend tons and tons of time diagnosing and doing lots of board work then yes they're worth working on. For an actual disgnostic and full refurbish of those consoles it takes upwards of four hours sometimes + the testing period. Which for a shop to dedicate that amount of time for an employee to work on a single console just isn't viable. Most of the RLOD systems or YLOD systems need complete NECTOKIN capacitor replacements, possible re-balled RSX chip and Cell Broadband chip, then typically de-lidding on top of all of that (not always). You can also hook up a syscon tool for diagnostics to find codes to resolve the exact issue that's happenig with YLOD systems. I still work on consoles eight hours a day but my shop no longer accepts BC PS3 systems unless it's bluray drive, HDD, or something easy. It's just a matter of how I can replace 3-4 HDMI's in PS5 systems in the time I could refurb a single BC PS3 lol. Just not worth it, so it makes sense that DK just does the most basic like one hour to an hour and a half job and gets it out quick. Unfortuante.
Jacob R is the type of guy to say "let's see if it's the 80 GB console" see that it's 74GB and be like "so guys as you can see we didn't get the 80 GB console*
I bought 7 for parts handhelds from them, and they agreed to include extras. The package arrived with half of the extras missing. Would not buy from them again. Btw, most of the consoles worked fine, they didn't bother to clean them.
Thanks! I am/was putting q shopping cart ready for purchase. After reading some of yalls comments, I have some of the same concerns. Guess I'll purchase my items else where.
A few years ago I sold an N64 + controllers and games to DK Oldies. I thought they gave a fair price and made the process simple. A few weeks ago I tried selling some NES games. They gave a real lowball price. I ended up selling to eStarLand, who offered much more. I still think that the DK Oldies hate is overblown, but shoutout to eStarLand!
A few years ago I bought 2 Xbox ones with non functioning disc drives opened the disc drives up one I couldn't see the issue so just cleaned it (couldn't really see any dust inside the disc drive) and put it back together it worked flawlessly and is still working today and the other one the reason for it not work was there was coins that had been put into the disc drive got them out cleaned it and that one is also still working
The PS3 i believe is suffering from the age old issue with the 90nm RSX video chip, i wouldn't obviously trust them to perform "Frankenstein mods" on the BC units but they at least could've stress tested it before sending out!
It's this type of investigation that helps many save money and not just jump to go buy from overly saturated advertising. Thank you for all you do! Staying away from DK Oldies.
Awesome vid as always man. It just suck bc I personally don’t want to hate DKoldies but it obvious the people buying these consoles care more than they do. That almighty dollar fucks everything up
I still would not buy from DK Oldies. If I buy a refurb system, I expect it to work full stop. Otherwise, just buying untested or from eBay would render the same results as getting that PS4 you got. This is setting aside the acceptable condition of the visuals. That is different. They also add waaaay too much thermal paste to the point they're prob insulating the heat more than they dissipate it. But the PS3 and PS4 show signs of not testing the OVERALL functionality of what they ship out
I was at comic con a number of years ago and i saw joey from dkoldies there. We got to talking and he invited me up to his hotel room for a party. When I got there, he was wearing only leather short shorts and there was a nude gentleman tied up with an Xbox 360 controller. I left
I bought a refurbished game boy color from them last December and it's actually in surprisingly good condition (although I bought the "acceptable" version for like 80 bucks), it's clean and works just fine. I thought they reformed based on the comments on youtube or maybe I am just lucky
Fun Fact: Sometimes those packing peanuts are biodegradable, they will dissolve instantly in water and the material left over is safe for the environment. Not all packing peanuts are like this, but worth a shot to see since they’re such a hassle to clean up!
Just a note! Most people know this by now but a lot of places sell fake OEM looking ps4 controllers and alot look super legit and feel great. The issues appear when u start clicking sound with the sticks and the triggers. They are always aligned properly on OEM controllers and you never click slip on an r3 of l3 and the triggers don't grind. On the fakes they do either or both and sometimes even the buttons aren't perfectly straight. I think that controller is fake.
To be fair, I went through like five or six PS4 controllers in three years because they'd randomly crap out for no real discernible reason. I tried to factory-reset them, and they'd still just quit working. I don't know that a PS4 controller not working is really DK Oldies' fault but I suppose I could be wrong.
To be fair every fat PS3 I've bought from preowned retailers have always died on me, the last PS3 I bought from CEX in the UK came with the yellow light of death. The console would crash on start-up first before turning off.
Selling products at a premium price point demands the said product should be in perfect working condition. Simple as that. So many people call them out and they still fail regularly so clearly they only care about money and nothing else.
I mean, good for them for actually making the changes that everyone wanted them to to make them a more reputable reseller, but there's obviously still some glaring oversight in their process. They probably booted up the ps3, it worked, didn't try a game in it otherwise the issue would pick up quickly. The original ps3 consoles had an overheating issue from what I remember so that extra bit of effort would have gone a long way. As for the ps4, they obviously don't test the controllers very much, the back sticker was still in tact so they didn't even open it which they would have done if they'd have tested it, and a quick wipe of the console while putting in the thermal paste would have been fine. Feels like they just sort of cut corners in really weird places and it seems to have backfired on them slightly. They don't so much seem a scam anymore as much as they are just a business with some oversights in their practices, better but still not quite there.
The Xbox 360 has the matte white DVD tray, but with HDMI, and doesn't say "Arcade" on the back, so should be... refurbished "Core System" model with Zephyr motherboard? Usually pretty reliable!
Maybe ordering from Dkoldies can be hit or miss? I bought a Sega Genesis and acouple games for it and I haven't had issues since. The only thing that sucks were the controllers that came with it, both brand new but were 3rd party and buttons fall apart easy. I had to buy some official Sega Genesis controllers from another place.
Ps4s all have issues with the disc drive and the rollers trust me mine sounded crazy and I’m glad DKoldies is trying harder but they need to try even harder
Now they they are actually attempting it and replacing thermal paste, that's actually enough for me. Because they have good customer service and they replace stuff if there's issues. So I'm pretty impressed to be honest.
I remember when my old PS4 had a disc drive issue like that you showed, I had to unplug all the cords from the PS4 and leave it alone for 10 to 20 secs and plug everything back in also turned it on and that worked.
I just wish companies like these would be open and honest with the people. Are they cleaning the consoles up more? Yes. However, why are they still sending broken or iffy consoles, even in acceptable condition? They’re a small business more so than anything, so why not communicate? The people they hire must not do thorough checks every time like they should. Just sucks man.
Look at that they are improving a lot, i’ll stick to just buying games from them tho. You should’ve opened up the ps4 controller to see if the battery was in there.
I'd give them a B- for this haul. Those ps3s are dying left and right no matter who sells them and they at least tried delidding it and it did work just not for long. Broken ps4 controller and bad rollers is pretty unacceptable though. They've improved a lot still.
The reason that PS3 probably still overheats is because they replaced the top thermal paste, but not the bottom thermal paste. Nobody ever replaces the bottom thermal paste it unfortunately, if you have overheating issues like this, it’s most likely the cause even all the videos that I find on TH-cam show only replacing the top thermal paste, but there is a thermal paste barrier underneath as well.
Been a while since the last DKOldies video and it seems like DKOldies has made some improvements, actually going into the consoles to refurbish them lately and selling official controllers. It's too bad that PS3 overheated.
Wowie look at that, some other influencer accidently gave DKOldies a 'second chance' now we all better spoon feed them a couple thousand dollars just to prove what we already know.
Well I bought a SNES from them back in 2019 before they blew up and was happy. Just bought a refurbished white ps2 slim and so far everything is good. I do want to take a look inside but at the same time don’t fix something that isn’t broken. Just in case something breaks, I do have that warranty
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It's been about a year since I purchased refurbished consoles from DKOldies... so I decided to give them a 2nd chance here in 2024 to see if they've improved their process. Check out these 3 consoles I purchased from them and let me know what you think
lemme guess, they haven’t. (Judging from the thumbnail)
Thanks for doing this series again
I want you to do more of these
That PS3 I'm iffy on. It looks like they TRIED and did a decent job, especially since delidding is a huge pain. Better than before for sure but that needed more testing.
Old Skool AC adapters are pretty decent in my experience. Still kinda dodgy they didnt include an original AC adapter. But I have one for an X360 Jasper V2 (I have a white and black Jasper), and the V2 uses the AC adapter and I haven't had an issue with it yet, going on a year now.
That PS4 being a little dusty makes me think it sat around for a while after they refurbished it, and just dusting it off, before they shipped off.
Defo improved. But they need to work on some things. That PS4 is forgivable, but that PS3 needed extensive testing. I would normally suggest CFWing it to boost fan speed but even a PS3 CECHE01 I found at the thrift store before I replaced the paste took on TLOU for an hour on SYSCON settings so I don't know if that PS3 would get much out of a CFW fan boost. You could check the temps and see what's overheating.
yo that 360 8:16 thing is fun looking (thinking about nfs pro street)
DKOidies actually clean an inside of a PS3? They probably knew they couldn't be ashamed again by Jacob R.
I mean.. they may have cleaned it but it’s still broken 😂
@@jrob0021or maybe the ps3’s allergic to the Last of Us
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@@LucasOQ hey same name as me
After "scamming" people for years, they finally invested in 1 person to clean consoles
This is why I always prefer to use ebay. Seeing actual pictures of what you are about to buy is so important to see the condition.
100%
Yes exactly this is exactly what I thought.
haha same here I bought a Xbox 360 so for 80 bucks and it came with everything and the dude selling it was so nice and even took more pics when I asked him and it works great
Also if anything goes wrong, eBay works as the neutral party between you and the seller. Unlike DKOldies which is just you vs them.
Even with Ebay you have to be cautious. Yes you can see the pictures but they can still be used as a scam. Gotta be careful! 💗
You know it’s bad when 2 out of 3 consoles having major issues is an “improvement”
Only 1 out of 3 had major issues
@@coolcrazyguyer a broken controller and a disc drive that can’t take in a disc isn’t broken? Yes of course Jacob has a thousand ps4 controllers but what if it’s your first ps4? Then you can’t even play it. Both the ps3 and ps4 were completely unacceptable. I guarantee that Xbox 360 only worked due to luck, they clearly don’t test the consoles for more than 5 minutes.
@@TimDespairBear11 yeah 100%, I'd for sure say a broken ps4 and a sucky ps4 disc drive is a major issue, for exactly the reasons you mention
@@TimDespairBear11 the dude that owns the company used to sell cars if I remember correctly, so honestly this fits the profile. I wonder how many lemons he sold to unsuspecting buyers. lmao
Unless DK Oldies is replacing the RSX chip on the ps3, those backwards compatible consoles are GOING to fail. It's only a matter of time.
With their price’s EVERYTHING should work!
Dk oldies is a scam
and dont forget the price of shipping
They should be giving you some gold and silver coins or actual gold plated console.
this is very interesting. good for them to actually clean up. unfortunately they are still sending broken consoles. they need more due diligence, thats negligence, hopefully the return process is easy and that was just a fluke that passed the check because someone was lazy that day
@TheOnlyKontrol for sure thats why im saying, hopefully its a one time fluke, highly doubt it tho. hope it was and it was just a a lazy worker who was gonna clock out soon or something, def unacceptable. and i still wouldn't recommend buying from them. just oof
I think they should test consoles for at least 30 minutes
they went through all that tedious work and still sent it out broke, wild. Someone down the chain was just lazy
Hopefully they honor their warranty and make replacements easy. Then it can at least be partially forgiven.
@@Gooning4Agreed. Even an hour minimum.
Scared me seeing DKOldies selling official controllers with consoles
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The backwards compatibility ps3 are guaranteed to come with first party controller cus it requires 1st party to play the ps2 games
@@zacharybecker8228They are also guaranteed to be running hotter than the sun whilst being booted up! 😮 One would be better off just having a modified PS2 and a newer separate PS3 hooked up respectively. I've lived through the ordeal of a backwards compatible PS3. Awful.
@@phlhoran12396not to mention that you could emulate PS2 with custom firmware PS3
@@zacharybecker8228 still, surprised they didn’t give 3rd party just to have the customer pay more, I mean this is DKOldies we’re talking about
I am flabbergasted seeing a real controller
Right? Improvements!
If it's the backwards compatibility ps3 they guarantee a 1st party controller cus only 1st party will work on the ps2 games
@@jrob0021💀
@@zacharybecker8228not how they used to do it 😂
@@zacharybecker8228with the jailbreak, you can use third party controllers on PS2 games
For the PS3, they didn't de-lid the Cell which is the usual culprit with this mode of failure. That's the part that's actually difficult. The RSX can be popped off with a bit of heat and a spudger... the Cell needs a steady hand, some specific tools, and heat. Removing the Cell IHS and cleaning the caked paste would fix your problem more than likely.
The RSX fails way more than the CELL in 90% of cases at least
I think the main reason why the xbox was so good was that it didn't require that much work. As soon as a console takes any amount of work, they seem to botch almost every step of it lol
You’re not wrong - getting a fat 360 refurbished is much less time consuming than refurbishing a fat ps3 or ps4, imo
One thing I noted with the PS3 is that they only De-lided the RSX GPU, which is great, but the main cause of loud fans is the thermal paste under The Cell processor which they did not change hope they start doing that in the future. As for the system shutting down, if it was over heating the console would tell you In a notification that the system is hot and needs to be shutdown it's very likely that this system has failing NEC Tokin caps causing a YLOD under heavy stress.
Is there an IHU thats on that chip? i dont remember ever seeing one when i took apart mine 10 years ago. Looks like they just pulled the heatsink and just replaced the thermal paste.
@@Sulucion6ToneYeah! It has one!
The Heat Spreader even has the "RSX" name/brand marked into it
EDIT: Same as the CELL chip
Forgot about those freaking NEC tokins hahahaha my ps3 used to shutdown when playing some heavy games so I decided to run the syscon tools on it to see the error log and found out that the problem were those pesky NEC tokins, easy fix, ps3 runs perfect now!! Even better with webman mod for fan controls
It's not the NEC tokins, 99% of the time it's still bga, when you apply heat to remove the capacitors you end up partially reflowing the chip and that is actually what ends up improving the behavior
@@concordsst knows what's up.
How the hell did DK Oldies survived not being shut down? I would think, many people have tried very hard to sue their asses for bad quality equipment. This worries me, that they are corrupt to the core!
This is actually insane. Stuff like this is why I’ve been so scared to buy like the gameboys and stuff it’s no way of really being certain. It’s crazy to me that they manage to become a big business
Local stores?
I know of two places around in VA, Video Game Heaven and Old Skool Games. Bought and sold games and consoles, never any issues. Avoid bigger stores like Game Stop, and I guess DKOldies too
@@Studio-IV the big stores are the best options for most people but even they can just basically do whatever because they know the process of suing or doing whatever to get your money back is very time consuming and most of the time expensive
@@334ben10I've found the CEX chain of stores here in Ireland to be the exact same. It's like they "test" consoles to just the point of booting up and deem it fine to sell on again! Ridiculous.
@@Studio-IV Hell even Ebay is fine. Their buyer protection is top notch so if something doesn't work it's not that big of a deal.
That's really too bad they are still selling broken junk. Thanks for taking one for the team!
@Medicine_Man1Just modify a ps2.
I bought a WII U from them which is still good after a year (knock on wood) but have stopped buying from them ever since and have made quite a few retro console purchases since I am now a collector, I usually go ebay or local shops now. I figure my WII U was a lucky fluke that was probably barely touched prior to them receiving it.
Lucky you! Thanks for sharing
I will never buy from them I just watch DKoldies videos because it's funny the way they do things by sending systems with off brand controllers and very expensive triple prices on games systems etc 😂😂
4:08 The PS3 probably overheated because either the CELL or RSX wasnt making proper contact with the chips underneath. I'm guessing the RSX and GPU were the problems because at 7:02 you can see that the RSX gets lifted off of the GPU.
is there a specific way to get the rsx to make proper contact with the chips after a delid? I just assumed that it would be normal for the heat spreader to come off easily like that after a delid, since the glue is gone
@@jrob0021you have to tighten down the clamps on the other top side of the motherboard because they pressure the ihs to make contact with the heat sink
@@jrob0021 Tbh I'm not really sure... I have never done delids before, but my guess is that it might need some pressure or new glue.
the failure of the ps3 is attributed to its 90nm gpu which is affected by bumpgate, no solutions are permanent. However you can take it to a professional and change it for a 65nm or 40nm gpu from a ps3 slim which would get this more desirable console to a reliable and fully functioning state.
@@Bren-tech couldnt he delid the cpu too? to make the height difference even out? might be enough, but still crazy dko didnt noticed it and greenlit it (doubt they delidded it by the time it would take, or if so why only delid the rsx and not the cell cpu? so many questions & still halfassed job. guessing it was rather someone elses, assuming he failed and knew it overheats so he sold it to them, ez money)
Now that Rich from Reviewtechusa isn’t making videos anymore and is only streaming now , your the last lot torch for the DKOldies investigations , I salute you !
17:53 i noticed that people who suffered from jet issue on ps4, where the users that had their ps4 full of dust inside 😂. I never had that issue with any of my ps4.
Same here I keep mine clean and it still runs 0 issues to this day , it even ran cyber punk at launch when everyone else had issues I was playing it just fine 🤷♂️
@@clayglenn6513 same, lol
I ordered a backwards compatible PS3 from them recently and had the same issue where the console immediately overheated. The replacement console that they sent me’s fans run at 50-70 percent speed which tells me they either don’t know what they are doing with refurbishment or they don’t check to make sure the console works correctly or both
Interesting..
DKOldies probably cleaned it because they know Jacob was gonna get them lmao!
What is wrong with this society? How is a crooked company like this staying in business?
A DKoldies ad interrupted this video just now 😂😂😂
Seeing DKOldies refurbishing consoles is a jumpscare.
honestly, while there are still TONS of improvements left to be made, it IS nice to see them taking a step in the right direction with actually replacing thermal paste and stuff.
if only they'd channel this newfound effort into the testing process as well
I can't be the only one that initially thought he found a Ramen noodle in the box. 😅
I hope they take the opportunity and take some notes on how to improve their process. Seems like they are trying though which is good, but still extremely high prices that no matter what you do it with it, cant justify that price IMO
Yep these videos don't lie....Got a good condition Xbox 360 128GB from them recently out of curiosity.... The disc drive did not work and the memory port doors were missing when I tried to connect the OEM controller it couldn't connect either as if it wasn't even recognizing it. I am returning it right away! Don't buy from them folks it's not worth it!
Hey Jacob, it's your friendly console modder here. I'm here to inform you that the Playstation 3's fan speed is controlled by the system controller on a stock console. Sony actually programmed the system to lower the maximum fan speed from its actual capability probably to make the console not sound like a jet engine. The only way to unlock 100% fan speed is to softmod your console, preferably with a custom firmware. Also, I'm pretty sure you're supposed to put the heat spreader back on the GPU before putting the console back together, because the chip is designed with the heat spreader in mind, unlike the phat 360 that doesn't have a heat spreader on either chip.
Moral of the story is still.......don't buy from DK oldies.
I had a backwards compatible PS 3 that had problems playing some of my games . They pretty much had the same issues you had , but when i ran them in my PS3 SS they worked just fine. ive heard that some of the older PS 3's have issues running newer games so that might be the issue.
Thank you for this comment.
I am seeing that now as well. Later, demanding PS3 titles are having trouble in my fat ps3, not sure there is a solution. Most games and movies work fine.
@bmbeis have someone Frankenstein your PS3. I've used Studio Halabi to change everything in my launch model PS3. Comes with a warranty and the work done is top notch. New 40nm RSX, capacitors, paste, pads, optimizing fan curve and voltages. They do top notch work.
If you are in the market for a new PS3, use them as well. They gone through the full workup. You can receive pictures of the work on your particular unit. It may cost the same as DK, but you actually get what is essentially a brand new and improved console. The only thing I can fault Studio Halabi for is their PS3 FAT prices, but for what's provided to guarantee you have a working long lasting bc model, it may be worth it to those interested.
I think that possibly gay guy who works with Joey wears silly bands all the time like. So that makes sense it would it be in the box ig? 😂
I thought this was an April Fool’s video when I saw that the PS3 was cleaned
Carrying a company on your shoulders, mad respect
Hey man, It's not perfect, but progress is progress. Honestly I definitely hope they improve.
I am happy to keep my original consoles in their boxes. Been PC gaming lately but it’s always nice to play console exclusive games on official hardware. ❤
The reason the PS3 was overheating was most likely because of the CELL CPU.
Your theory was probably right about the console coming in for repair due to it overheating, but most of the time on these consoles the CELL is the thing which gets the hottest of them both, if they delidded the CELL then this issue might not have happened, but then again delidding it is quite difficult if you dont know what you're doing compared to how easy the RSX is.
I'll be honest and say I'm not the biggest tech-wise when it comes to consoles but would the CELL CPU also be the cause of it instantly shutting off and not doing the normal "this system is overheating, please let it rest" warning it normally does when it reaches the killswitch temp?
I used to completley refurbish the BC PS3 systems pretty often for customers as a repair tech. These PS3 systems in particular just aren't worth a professionals time to be 100% with you. If you're a hobbyist that can spend tons and tons of time diagnosing and doing lots of board work then yes they're worth working on. For an actual disgnostic and full refurbish of those consoles it takes upwards of four hours sometimes + the testing period. Which for a shop to dedicate that amount of time for an employee to work on a single console just isn't viable. Most of the RLOD systems or YLOD systems need complete NECTOKIN capacitor replacements, possible re-balled RSX chip and Cell Broadband chip, then typically de-lidding on top of all of that (not always). You can also hook up a syscon tool for diagnostics to find codes to resolve the exact issue that's happenig with YLOD systems. I still work on consoles eight hours a day but my shop no longer accepts BC PS3 systems unless it's bluray drive, HDD, or something easy. It's just a matter of how I can replace 3-4 HDMI's in PS5 systems in the time I could refurb a single BC PS3 lol. Just not worth it, so it makes sense that DK just does the most basic like one hour to an hour and a half job and gets it out quick. Unfortuante.
Jacob R is the type of guy to say "let's see if it's the 80 GB console" see that it's 74GB and be like "so guys as you can see we didn't get the 80 GB console*
That picture of Joey is gonna haunt my dreams.
Joey already haunts my dreams
I’d never buy from them but if I did, for the prices I would expect the console to be like how it was when it was first bought.
I bought 7 for parts handhelds from them, and they agreed to include extras. The package arrived with half of the extras missing. Would not buy from them again. Btw, most of the consoles worked fine, they didn't bother to clean them.
This is the 1,374th chance they’ve gotten from you.
They have improved there cleaning process, but still sending out consoles that are basically bricked is not great.
Dkoldies is the console variant of ArtesianBuilds
Change my mind
Thanks! I am/was putting q shopping cart ready for purchase. After reading some of yalls comments, I have some of the same concerns. Guess I'll purchase my items else where.
The improvement is there, they just seem to lack consistency
A few years ago I sold an N64 + controllers and games to DK Oldies. I thought they gave a fair price and made the process simple. A few weeks ago I tried selling some NES games. They gave a real lowball price. I ended up selling to eStarLand, who offered much more.
I still think that the DK Oldies hate is overblown, but shoutout to eStarLand!
Had that issue with my own PS4 controller, just let it charge for a bit then it would work fine. Battery must of just completely died in storage
That Xbox 360 is so out of character from DKo, I mean, a refurbished console from them?!
A few years ago I bought 2 Xbox ones with non functioning disc drives opened the disc drives up one I couldn't see the issue so just cleaned it (couldn't really see any dust inside the disc drive) and put it back together it worked flawlessly and is still working today and the other one the reason for it not work was there was coins that had been put into the disc drive got them out cleaned it and that one is also still working
The PS3 i believe is suffering from the age old issue with the 90nm RSX video chip, i wouldn't obviously trust them to perform "Frankenstein mods" on the BC units but they at least could've stress tested it before sending out!
It's this type of investigation that helps many save money and not just jump to go buy from overly saturated advertising. Thank you for all you do! Staying away from DK Oldies.
Wow. I don’t miss that PS3 fan sound. Such a jet engine.
Awesome vid as always man. It just suck bc I personally don’t want to hate DKoldies but it obvious the people buying these consoles care more than they do. That almighty dollar fucks everything up
The thumbnail 😭😭
"Since your order got picked to be filmed, I'll throw in a broken silly band"
I still laugh your thumbnail appears first in the search box for DKOldies.
I still would not buy from DK Oldies. If I buy a refurb system, I expect it to work full stop. Otherwise, just buying untested or from eBay would render the same results as getting that PS4 you got. This is setting aside the acceptable condition of the visuals. That is different. They also add waaaay too much thermal paste to the point they're prob insulating the heat more than they dissipate it. But the PS3 and PS4 show signs of not testing the OVERALL functionality of what they ship out
Did anyone else see that the PS3 in the beginning didn't have the DK oldie's warranty, then got it around 5 mins in
I was at comic con a number of years ago and i saw joey from dkoldies there. We got to talking and he invited me up to his hotel room for a party. When I got there, he was wearing only leather short shorts and there was a nude gentleman tied up with an Xbox 360 controller. I left
I bought a refurbished game boy color from them last December and it's actually in surprisingly good condition (although I bought the "acceptable" version for like 80 bucks), it's clean and works just fine. I thought they reformed based on the comments on youtube or maybe I am just lucky
Handhelds in general are typically easier to “refurbish” imo
You only had to pay $80?!
@@johnnyknadler1157 ye it was during the holiday season and it's the acceptable ver.
The 80gb was only software backwards compatible. The 20 and 60gb were hardware backwards compatible.
Fun Fact: Sometimes those packing peanuts are biodegradable, they will dissolve instantly in water and the material left over is safe for the environment. Not all packing peanuts are like this, but worth a shot to see since they’re such a hassle to clean up!
You mean you gave them a 20th chance 😂.
Just a note! Most people know this by now but a lot of places sell fake OEM looking ps4 controllers and alot look super legit and feel great. The issues appear when u start clicking sound with the sticks and the triggers. They are always aligned properly on OEM controllers and you never click slip on an r3 of l3 and the triggers don't grind. On the fakes they do either or both and sometimes even the buttons aren't perfectly straight. I think that controller is fake.
To be fair, I went through like five or six PS4 controllers in three years because they'd randomly crap out for no real discernible reason. I tried to factory-reset them, and they'd still just quit working. I don't know that a PS4 controller not working is really DK Oldies' fault but I suppose I could be wrong.
Nice to see DKO living up to their word now, guess all that hassle from before was worth it
To be fair every fat PS3 I've bought from preowned retailers have always died on me, the last PS3 I bought from CEX in the UK came with the yellow light of death. The console would crash on start-up first before turning off.
Am I the only that checked their controller when the pop up that the battery was low was in the video?
Selling products at a premium price point demands the said product should be in perfect working condition. Simple as that. So many people call them out and they still fail regularly so clearly they only care about money and nothing else.
I mean, good for them for actually making the changes that everyone wanted them to to make them a more reputable reseller, but there's obviously still some glaring oversight in their process. They probably booted up the ps3, it worked, didn't try a game in it otherwise the issue would pick up quickly. The original ps3 consoles had an overheating issue from what I remember so that extra bit of effort would have gone a long way.
As for the ps4, they obviously don't test the controllers very much, the back sticker was still in tact so they didn't even open it which they would have done if they'd have tested it, and a quick wipe of the console while putting in the thermal paste would have been fine. Feels like they just sort of cut corners in really weird places and it seems to have backfired on them slightly. They don't so much seem a scam anymore as much as they are just a business with some oversights in their practices, better but still not quite there.
The Xbox 360 has the matte white DVD tray, but with HDMI, and doesn't say "Arcade" on the back, so should be... refurbished "Core System" model with Zephyr motherboard? Usually pretty reliable!
Dude, I'm surprised about the 360
Maybe ordering from Dkoldies can be hit or miss? I bought a Sega Genesis and acouple games for it and I haven't had issues since. The only thing that sucks were the controllers that came with it, both brand new but were 3rd party and buttons fall apart easy. I had to buy some official Sega Genesis controllers from another place.
With Rich giving up TH-cam we look to you Jacob for all of our future DKOldies content!
Idk but when the faceplate came off so easily at 10:51 i thought it was funny, my humor is broken 😂
Got a real chuckle with that sticker that says " ❌ FUNCTIONALITY CONFIRMED"
I think i know the problem they have so much inventory 100 consoles of each system that it just sits therefore the inside get dirty again
Bro the sticker wasn't a warranty sticker
Ps4s all have issues with the disc drive and the rollers trust me mine sounded crazy and I’m glad DKoldies is trying harder but they need to try even harder
I’m glad u said something about it bc dk oldies would’ve been still be lazy on certain things
I like how they had check marks on their QA checkboxes, except functionality which had an X.
The Last Of Us used the entire power of the PS3 so if the cooling system isn’t up to par that thing will overheat with that game pretty quick.
Now they they are actually attempting it and replacing thermal paste, that's actually enough for me. Because they have good customer service and they replace stuff if there's issues. So I'm pretty impressed to be honest.
I remember when my old PS4 had a disc drive issue like that you showed, I had to unplug all the cords from the PS4 and leave it alone for 10 to 20 secs and plug everything back in also turned it on and that worked.
I just wish companies like these would be open and honest with the people. Are they cleaning the consoles up more? Yes. However, why are they still sending broken or iffy consoles, even in acceptable condition? They’re a small business more so than anything, so why not communicate? The people they hire must not do thorough checks every time like they should. Just sucks man.
They only delided the RSX (gpu) they never delided the cell (cpu) which is also very important.
I'm still amazed that people buy crap there to obscene overprices.
I’m sorry these are the only videos I watch I like seeing you open stuff from them 😂
Look at that they are improving a lot, i’ll stick to just buying games from them tho. You should’ve opened up the ps4 controller to see if the battery was in there.
I could have swore this is like the 900 time you're doing a second
It is his views were probably dipping a bit
@@whimzi4832 yeah, I agree this dude is obsessed with DK oldies though
I'd give them a B- for this haul. Those ps3s are dying left and right no matter who sells them and they at least tried delidding it and it did work just not for long. Broken ps4 controller and bad rollers is pretty unacceptable though. They've improved a lot still.
Yeah tbh I'm suprirsed they're even selling the OG PS3s. They're destined to die
@@jrob0021 there's a frankenstein mod you can do to save BC PS3s but it's really expensive
@@jrob0021my 60gb eventually died :(
Frankenstein mod can save it.@@thealien_ali3382
De-lidding a ps3 to replace the thermal paste is no easy task. You can easily break the pins if you aren’t super careful.
The reason that PS3 probably still overheats is because they replaced the top thermal paste, but not the bottom thermal paste. Nobody ever replaces the bottom thermal paste it unfortunately, if you have overheating issues like this, it’s most likely the cause even all the videos that I find on TH-cam show only replacing the top thermal paste, but there is a thermal paste barrier underneath as well.
Good info!
17:48 I see you have Big Chungus for the PS4 on the right
"Plug B. Interesting they go by plug numbers" er... no they clearly don't.
Just imagine paying 5 dollars for a 7oz box of cereal.. That's like what? 2 bowls..
Been a while since the last DKOldies video and it seems like DKOldies has made some improvements, actually going into the consoles to refurbish them lately and selling official controllers. It's too bad that PS3 overheated.
True. They all overheat eventually sadly. Cursed.
Wowie look at that, some other influencer accidently gave DKOldies a 'second chance' now we all better spoon feed them a couple thousand dollars just to prove what we already know.
Joey's face is even more and more cursed on the thumbnail 😂
Well I bought a SNES from them back in 2019 before they blew up and was happy. Just bought a refurbished white ps2 slim and so far everything is good. I do want to take a look inside but at the same time don’t fix something that isn’t broken. Just in case something breaks, I do have that warranty