My first PS3 was a day 1 purchase. So I added all of my saves from my PS1 and PS2 memory cards to the HD and gave them with my PS2 when I sold it. So when I got YLOD, I lost 10 years of saves, everything since highschool.
That PS3 that had a solid green might have been the display setting. When you plug it in, just hold the power button. Keep it held until the system shuts down - roughly 20 seconds. If it does, press and hold the power down until you hear a double beep and release the power button. It may not be the solution without actually having it in hand.
@Jacob R For the wii. I think that was probably more likely used at a nursing home or retirement home. From my experience Nintendo wiis where used to encourage the residents to exercise or do activities. and also used in physical therapy. This is in reference to the WII that you mention with Wii Fit and multiple miis. 20:40
the guy at 28:05 had a tenure of xbox live for the last 3 years , cant wait for him to log on to his xbox and will be scared by the message "profile last signed in on a different console" lol
@@orenz.272 Not refurbish, merely clean and see if it works to sell. All this stuff looks extra bad because the donations were already bad if they don’t work and they’re the “rejects.”
Most of Sonys console work with two different power voltages. There will be a low power standby voltage that keeps the console in a low power state that will first turn on then it will kick start the main 12 volts and the processor will turn on booting the console.
I'm a newer fan just wanna say I'm really enjoying this you don't go to indepth when taking things apart but show just enough where someone who knows nothing can learn a little and stay entertained. Keep it up 👍. I got a used 360 on eBay the disc thing hardly opens I usually use a knife and it sounds a little loud but works. Maybe I'll open it one day and try to fix the disc thing
Tronicsfix is a good channel for broken consoles and repair where he goes in depth with issues and it's entertaining. He also does consoles that were supposedly unrepairable.
11:15 noise is probably coming from the power supply. May just be getting enough power for the initial low power boot but never into the higher power range for the rest of the boot process. It still had warranty sticker, so never opened. If something blew on the PSU and is rattling around, it's in a whole other container.
My first ps3 I got back in 2011 had some problems reading discs after not being used for a long time. I could hear the disc trying to be read, but eventually it would give up and try again on its own. I actually managed to fix that problem by putting in a bluray movie and letting it read and it eventually read the disc and when I put in a game after that the game instantly loads. I guess most of the older unused ps3 consoles need to kinda warm up after not being used for so long.
Had the green light of death on my old ps3 slim, I think it’s a GPU issue - the chip might need to be reseated. This is just a guess though 🥲 I only say this as, during the troubleshooting process I did, I put pressure towards the back of the console where the GPU is on the board, and it worked for a little bit before dying on me again.
Basically the GLOD refers to either hard drive failure or a BGA Failure Bump in the RSX, it's common for issues like after you open up a PS3 and then you put it back together, and after it turns on it has a green light but no display. @RIPFelix has a whole video on the Yellow Light Of Death
Imagine, somewhere, there is a gamer who has been waiting for their best teammate to one day log in. It's been years, last log in 2015. Then you buy a pallet of consoles and start checking them all, only to get this gamers hopes up that the one they waited for came back, only to never log on again
I used to help repair electronics. the most common thing i replaced on motherboards after they were tested were the caps and resistors. sometimes a gpu, or a 128 or 64 pin chip or a pci slot or what have you but mostly it was a cap or resistor. like of all the parts i replaced the most it was those. i was actually overjoyed to get a different part! it got boring easy only replacing resistors and caps from 6-3 and we could only leave our stations to go to the wave soldering station to replace pci's. my favorite chips to replace where the 128 pin chips. cause you can do each side in a single motion using just the iron with a pencil tip and some solder and flux without bridging the pins if you knew how! it took like 2 mins tops to change them! but i've seen some people on youtube struggle with them. but their problem is mostly they didn't use enough or the right type of flux. that or they didn't have enough practice soldering in general. it is a skill like any else you have to practice!
You could try replacing the laser on the non-working drive with one from one of the other PS3 GLOD consoles, then maybe you'd have that one working? You'd still have the other one with a GLOD but one less non-working one. You could still get another laser for the GLOD one you've taken it from, but it could allow another one to work, at least? Just a thought! (Also don't forget you can power on with a controller; can't remember if it needs to be wired to do this - it might do).
At this point in the series we're really just trying to get these consoles sold and out the door as quickly as we reasonably can, so we're keeping repairs to a minimum. I also think there might be some board marriage between the disc drive and the motherboard of the slim PS3, but that might depend on the model. Either way, we're not always looking to fix up every console in this series. Your point about powering on with a controller is true, but only if you've already synced the controller first. If all you have is an unsynced controller, then you need to first power the console on manually to sync it up before being able to turn the console on remotely.
All the ps3s that had the green light of death are CECH-2001A or B Fun fact: the letters a and b are about storage the A has 120gb and the B has 320gb. I had a ps3 model CECH-2504B and still works with no issues.
IIRC not always the case that storage is gonna be big - I have a CFW'd 2503B, 1A datecode, and its original drive was a 160GB (dead, unfortunately - the one I had received inside it was a standard 80GB drive from a HP laptop - the 160 was inside the bag I received the PS3 in.).
a green light of death experience for me is that there was a power pole near my house that was struck it fried it and it started smoking but stayed on rip ps3 super slim ?-2015
If you think of it all these's old console's probably have memorys of people playing it like familys or multiple familys or kids in the 2000s anything but it's kind of nice to think of that for me
I have a Jasper Xbox 360 that I got from Cash Converters this year for only 40 Australian Dollars that have a good pwer supply, a working console and 2 AV cables. I got it because my Xbox 360 slim's power brick emitted smoke after I umplugged it from the wall. R.I.P Xbox 360 Slim power brick, you will be missed.
As a ps3 player at 23:22 I can confirm that ps3 lasers go out after a certain time. my ps3 cant play early release games for some reason. Cant get the first little big planet, or captain America to work on the system. everything else works fine as expected, replaced disc and everything. last thing to be swapped out is the laser. and its only early release games I've experienced this with, tho bo1 works fine bo2 doesn't, so maybe its more of a hit and miss situation.
If that's the case, if im remembering properly, you have to either adjust the position of the laser or the strength of the laser. But just incase, check if the discs are dusty or full of dirt marks, wipe/clean and see if that works.
You need to come in Croatia on pijace(places that people sell everything, electronics, many rare things that they sell for like 20 euros because they dont know its a rare thing)
For my Xbox, I usually used the bumper or trigger LRLR but I made it XYXY so I could use the Guitar Hero controller as the yellow and blue were the X and Y color matched.
Not sure if you know this but if you press the whistle button in the mii channel on the Wii you can line all of the mii up in rows so you can see all of them
When a ps3 slim gets dropped from a moderate hight, they will stop working! I had a friend, he spilled a drink, and was lifting his ps3 slim up with one hand, while cleaning with the other, and his cat jumped up the table, he dropped his ps3 slim on the table, and the moment it hitted the table, the thing stopped working. It was only 3 months old, no warranty for him unfortunately, so i gave him an offer and he accepted, i have my own ps3 slim, so now i have spare parts for my console, the disc drive is the most interesting part of that console (when my one ever stops working, i have a new replacement for it!)
Every ps3 super slim I've ever fixed I've always stuck a little bit of pvc tape on the power button to make it last it's a very common problem with the ps3 super slim model
The Opus console, it was sent in to Microsoft before they did the stamping for having been serviced so that console was originally a xenon. If I'm not mistaken you claim you lost profit on it? Why is that? People will buy an opus, collectors look for em. Whoever got that opus got a STEAL of a deal. I missed it iw ish I woulda caught it. Lol if a collector didn't get it it's gonna go up on ebay for a couple hundred easy.
How do you find your prices? And systems? I've been trying to get a New 3DS XL in decent condition because my 2ds is going to hell... Where do you find your systems for good prices?
I'm in a similar boat right now. The best prices to my knowledge comes from resale places like eBay, Facebook marketplace, or some local retro game stores (not GameStop, obviously)
Till 2019 ebay was Perfect, now you can still find some good deals, but 70% it's not worth it, i usually find very good deals on vinted and wallapop (i don't know if they exist in America, i'm from europe)
my made up story for the wii with mario super slugger last being played in december, was probably a college kid back at home for the holidays playing his wii for the last time before it got donated by parents or something :(
So I have a PS3 slim that shuts off during certain games like God of war 3 and WWE 2k14 and gives me 3 beeps with blinking red LEDs. GTA 5 runs for hours with no issue. Any idea how to fix it ?
Next week will be the final episode of The Texas Load… hope you guys have enjoyed!
P.S. just wait for December 👀
noooo it's ending😭
nooo 😭😭😭😭
What's the best place in your opinion to shop around for old consoles, it seems Goodwill just scams you.
NOOOOO. I loved this series...
I love these videos.
Got one of the 360s from a few episodes back, works a charm. Thanks for the good deal!
Sweet, thanks for buying!
"2015... about 8 years ago" not gonna lie that one hurt
My first PS3 was a day 1 purchase.
So I added all of my saves from my PS1 and PS2 memory cards to the HD and gave them with my PS2 when I sold it.
So when I got YLOD, I lost 10 years of saves, everything since highschool.
Rip, those were super susceptible to ylod
That PS3 that had a solid green might have been the display setting. When you plug it in, just hold the power button. Keep it held until the system shuts down - roughly 20 seconds. If it does, press and hold the power down until you hear a double beep and release the power button.
It may not be the solution without actually having it in hand.
Unfortunately that button is completely unresponsive after the first beep
could also be a dead gpu/missing gpu
Green light of death
Tronixs fix did a whole video over this. It's the hdmi retimer chip. Hope this helps.
@Jacob R For the wii. I think that was probably more likely used at a nursing home or retirement home. From my experience Nintendo wiis where used to encourage the residents to exercise or do activities. and also used in physical therapy. This is in reference to the WII that you mention with Wii Fit and multiple miis. 20:40
Good point. I remember seeing Wiis in retirement homes back in the day. What a time
"Look what it did to my disc?"
*proceeds to put disc back in the console*
It is because of these series that I went out and bought a 360 slim. The nostalgia just started nagging
Oh
the guy at 28:05 had a tenure of xbox live for the last 3 years , cant wait for him to log on to his xbox and will be scared by the message "profile last signed in on a different console" lol
Hoodwill strikes again.
Hoodwill 😂
They just take the stuff people bring them, people are the trashy ones.
@@Charon569 Aren't they supposed to refurbish / clean things before selling them again ?
@@orenz.272 Not refurbish, merely clean and see if it works to sell. All this stuff looks extra bad because the donations were already bad if they don’t work and they’re the “rejects.”
More like Great Will! I bought a fully backwards compatible PS3 80 gb model from goodwill for about $220 and it works great!
“Untested” is just another way of saying “broken, and I’m a dishonest seller.”
Most of Sonys console work with two different power voltages. There will be a low power standby voltage that keeps the console in a low power state that will first turn on then it will kick start the main 12 volts and the processor will turn on booting the console.
I'm a newer fan just wanna say I'm really enjoying this you don't go to indepth when taking things apart but show just enough where someone who knows nothing can learn a little and stay entertained. Keep it up 👍. I got a used 360 on eBay the disc thing hardly opens I usually use a knife and it sounds a little loud but works. Maybe I'll open it one day and try to fix the disc thing
its almost always the rubber band in the drive. 0.20 cents
@@JeffHundo thanks worth checking out it works sometimes so probably just loose I guess. Sounds like an easy fix
Thanks for sharing that! What you described is exactly what I try to do, so I’m glad it’s working
Tronicsfix is a good channel for broken consoles and repair where he goes in depth with issues and it's entertaining. He also does consoles that were supposedly unrepairable.
11:15 noise is probably coming from the power supply. May just be getting enough power for the initial low power boot but never into the higher power range for the rest of the boot process. It still had warranty sticker, so never opened. If something blew on the PSU and is rattling around, it's in a whole other container.
My first ps3 I got back in 2011 had some problems reading discs after not being used for a long time. I could hear the disc trying to be read, but eventually it would give up and try again on its own. I actually managed to fix that problem by putting in a bluray movie and letting it read and it eventually read the disc and when I put in a game after that the game instantly loads.
I guess most of the older unused ps3 consoles need to kinda warm up after not being used for so long.
Legends say, that the thumbnail for this video was once "trashstation 3" with a broken PS logo.
Man the series has been a journey thanks for doing it man❤
Had the green light of death on my old ps3 slim, I think it’s a GPU issue - the chip might need to be reseated. This is just a guess though 🥲 I only say this as, during the troubleshooting process I did, I put pressure towards the back of the console where the GPU is on the board, and it worked for a little bit before dying on me again.
"look what it did to my disk" *puts it back in* 😅
the 2gb issue could be a known nand failure issue
Came here to post this. Nand failure is likely. You can release the read only by removing a resistor but it doesn't fix it
Basically the GLOD refers to either hard drive failure or a BGA Failure Bump in the RSX, it's common for issues like after you open up a PS3 and then you put it back together, and after it turns on it has a green light but no display. @RIPFelix has a whole video on the Yellow Light Of Death
Imagine, somewhere, there is a gamer who has been waiting for their best teammate to one day log in. It's been years, last log in 2015. Then you buy a pallet of consoles and start checking them all, only to get this gamers hopes up that the one they waited for came back, only to never log on again
Great video Jacob new subscriber love the Texas load videos gonna miss them. Can't wait for future videos of game consoles.
8:11 you’re about to start Random Dancing 😂
the rivalry between sony and microsoft must have been crazy, sony wouldn't even call it red light of death like xbox
Jacob has evolved so much from trying ps2 games in xbox one's..
beware, he will still do foreign disc videos when the xbox 5th gen ps6 and switch 2 release
I used to help repair electronics. the most common thing i replaced on motherboards after they were tested were the caps and resistors. sometimes a gpu, or a 128 or 64 pin chip or a pci slot or what have you but mostly it was a cap or resistor. like of all the parts i replaced the most it was those. i was actually overjoyed to get a different part! it got boring easy only replacing resistors and caps from 6-3 and we could only leave our stations to go to the wave soldering station to replace pci's. my favorite chips to replace where the 128 pin chips. cause you can do each side in a single motion using just the iron with a pencil tip and some solder and flux without bridging the pins if you knew how! it took like 2 mins tops to change them! but i've seen some people on youtube struggle with them. but their problem is mostly they didn't use enough or the right type of flux. that or they didn't have enough practice soldering in general. it is a skill like any else you have to practice!
The reason the Xbox 360 consoles had onboard memory was so it could be updated, I'm guessing that's why you don't have the full 4 available anymore.
Ohh that’s a good point, so formatting it just deleted the old dashboard updates
22:10 "Very Rare for a Wii" as i am playing the Wii listening to this video. Lol
You could try replacing the laser on the non-working drive with one from one of the other PS3 GLOD consoles, then maybe you'd have that one working? You'd still have the other one with a GLOD but one less non-working one. You could still get another laser for the GLOD one you've taken it from, but it could allow another one to work, at least? Just a thought! (Also don't forget you can power on with a controller; can't remember if it needs to be wired to do this - it might do).
At this point in the series we're really just trying to get these consoles sold and out the door as quickly as we reasonably can, so we're keeping repairs to a minimum. I also think there might be some board marriage between the disc drive and the motherboard of the slim PS3, but that might depend on the model. Either way, we're not always looking to fix up every console in this series.
Your point about powering on with a controller is true, but only if you've already synced the controller first. If all you have is an unsynced controller, then you need to first power the console on manually to sync it up before being able to turn the console on remotely.
@@DannyTheEditorthere is, in order to use a new disc drive you would have to jailbreak the console and then remarry the disc drive to the motherboard.
Remember guys still the very last PS3 was very cheaply made but still runs pretty quiet for the most part
Put scotch tape over the button so it doesn’t fall out
It’s quite amusing to see how you react to some of the nonsense you get 😂
All the ps3s that had the green light of death are CECH-2001A or B
Fun fact: the letters a and b are about storage the A has 120gb and the B has 320gb.
I had a ps3 model CECH-2504B and still works with no issues.
IIRC not always the case that storage is gonna be big - I have a CFW'd 2503B, 1A datecode, and its original drive was a 160GB (dead, unfortunately - the one I had received inside it was a standard 80GB drive from a HP laptop - the 160 was inside the bag I received the PS3 in.).
I had the 360 with out the HDMI. it came with 20gb. I got it in 2005 Christmas. They are rare now and mine got the read ring in 2009.
I just remembered I had a Wii I recently salvaged for free. Checked it out and it had Mario Galaxy 2 in it!
a green light of death experience for me is that there was a power pole near my house that was struck it fried it and it started smoking but stayed on rip ps3 super slim ?-2015
I have a Jasper 360 and my motto is "Will it Red Ring?" .
If you think of it all these's old console's probably have memorys of people playing it like familys or multiple familys or kids in the 2000s anything but it's kind of nice to think of that for me
I have a Jasper Xbox 360 that I got from Cash Converters this year for only 40 Australian Dollars that have a good pwer supply, a working console and 2 AV cables. I got it because my Xbox 360 slim's power brick emitted smoke after I umplugged it from the wall. R.I.P Xbox 360 Slim power brick, you will be missed.
The Texas Load isn't the only Load for me tonight
As a ps3 player at 23:22 I can confirm that ps3 lasers go out after a certain time. my ps3 cant play early release games for some reason. Cant get the first little big planet, or captain America to work on the system. everything else works fine as expected, replaced disc and everything. last thing to be swapped out is the laser. and its only early release games I've experienced this with, tho bo1 works fine bo2 doesn't, so maybe its more of a hit and miss situation.
If that's the case, if im remembering properly, you have to either adjust the position of the laser or the strength of the laser. But just incase, check if the discs are dusty or full of dirt marks, wipe/clean and see if that works.
Backwards compatible or no?
@@bens3767 nope. but I have an HDMI modded ps2.
Keep on with your video we love them
you look stoned as heck....I'm stoned rn too
You need to come in Croatia on pijace(places that people sell everything, electronics, many rare things that they sell for like 20 euros because they dont know its a rare thing)
Over 3K? That is almost my entire bank account!
If I had a dollar for every time you said 99 percent isopropyl alcohol. LMAO 91 percent
Green light, no response. It's fried! You can try reflow GPU (RSX) and southbridge for maybe a temporary fix.
The fact that the 360 cams with a copy icarly is Hilarious
For my Xbox, I usually used the bumper or trigger LRLR but I made it XYXY so I could use the Guitar Hero controller as the yellow and blue were the X and Y color matched.
Not sure if you know this but if you press the whistle button in the mii channel on the Wii you can line all of the mii up in rows so you can see all of them
Ohhh I completely forgot about that! I used to play around with that all the time back in the day
@@jrob0021same I used to make them run around all the time lmao
Today is 10 years from when the Wii discontinued
i will certainly be buying one of them consoles u got regardless or Cosmetics
I thought the first Xbox 360 Slim in the video would have Red Ring Of Death and if it did it's most likely the Southbrigde chip.
When a ps3 slim gets dropped from a moderate hight, they will stop working! I had a friend, he spilled a drink, and was lifting his ps3 slim up with one hand, while cleaning with the other, and his cat jumped up the table, he dropped his ps3 slim on the table, and the moment it hitted the table, the thing stopped working. It was only 3 months old, no warranty for him unfortunately, so i gave him an offer and he accepted, i have my own ps3 slim, so now i have spare parts for my console, the disc drive is the most interesting part of that console (when my one ever stops working, i have a new replacement for it!)
Love the content. However seeing that 3rd party ps3 controller envokes feeling of pure Disdain
Allen is also my favorite historical figure
Quick question. Where can you find the unlimited money cheat code that you possess?
@@ballinn0430 Never ending cycle I guess
Make videos is a full time business - I have 2 full time employees. I make very little money actually selling the consoles
@jrob0021 Hey , well I'd say your business is doing pretty well, keep making bangers bro.
Enter "Rosebud" x∞
R2, R2, L1, L1, LEFT, DOWN, RIGHT, UP, LEFT, DOWN, RIGHT, UP
20:41 i got a red wii at the thrift store today and it had the same game in it😂
Every ps3 super slim I've ever fixed I've always stuck a little bit of pvc tape on the power button to make it last it's a very common problem with the ps3 super slim model
That yellow metal piece is called a dome
Epic thumbnail
I’ve had good luck buying from Goodwill. Some are described better than others though
No way I had gotten an Xbox 360 e and the family question was what’s your favorite food and the first try I put pizza and was so relieved.
You know they took the good stuff home
The Xbox 360 user name Linuss sounds like Linus Sebastian from Linus tech tips
Texas load, lmfao. I'm going to start referring to my 3 year old Son as Texas Load.
Minecraft on the 360 is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo OG.
Yoo I didn’t know mbt worked at GameStop I gotta ask next time he streams 😂
PS3 That Old back in 2007 Year Made Game View Classic Game to Play PS1 Original Game Disk
I'm surprised you didn't find cockroaches in there.
Do you do Repairs on consoles?
Just put a piece of clear tape on the pcb holding the little Contact in place
I'm a big fan of Red Ringed 360's with code 0001 witch is a power brick issue or a loose connection.
I have the same screwdriver kit as you. It is soooo cheap!
21:20 its 14.1315068 years i just googled it up
The Opus console, it was sent in to Microsoft before they did the stamping for having been serviced so that console was originally a xenon. If I'm not mistaken you claim you lost profit on it? Why is that? People will buy an opus, collectors look for em.
Whoever got that opus got a STEAL of a deal. I missed it iw ish I woulda caught it. Lol if a collector didn't get it it's gonna go up on ebay for a couple hundred easy.
I feel like those lasers on the slim are common to burn out. Mine did the same thing
The 360 having 1.5GB remaining out of 4, if I had to guess, would be a result of the OS being included in that 4GB 😅
I had a slim that would turn off randomly. Sometimes minutes. Sometimes hours. Tried power supply, reflow, and many things. Couldn't fix it
Prob overheat
It would be cool if you went to gamestop in all 50 states like nathaniel bandy did lol
at 27:00 you legit played skate 3 😭😭
Is the Wii from the end of the video still available? If so I would like to buy it.
How do you find your prices? And systems? I've been trying to get a New 3DS XL in decent condition because my 2ds is going to hell... Where do you find your systems for good prices?
I'm in a similar boat right now. The best prices to my knowledge comes from resale places like eBay, Facebook marketplace, or some local retro game stores (not GameStop, obviously)
@@paulhudalla9527 i looked there... That's where I find the most expensive ones.
Till 2019 ebay was Perfect, now you can still find some good deals, but 70% it's not worth it, i usually find very good deals on vinted and wallapop (i don't know if they exist in America, i'm from europe)
he bought these in bulk from a goodwill
eBay is pretty much always the answer
I play Hydro Thunder Hurricane on my Jasper 360 I got last month this year.
So you ordered more from DK Oldies?? LOL
No.
*fixing the PS3 super slim* please wait...
You're a legend
Personally Nintendo was very unfriendly towards disabled until the switch
I love ur vids, I don't watch no more cause of ads ( I know its no u)
my made up story for the wii with mario super slugger last being played in december, was probably a college kid back at home for the holidays playing his wii for the last time before it got donated by parents or something :(
My PlayStation 3 Slim plays all my PS3 games but it won't play Mw2 for some reason. when I use my 60gb PlayStation 3 it plays Mw2. I don't Know why.
Finally a new TL
You should do a service for fixing people's consoles n do videos without saying who's it was. I need my super slim ps3 disk drive n top plate replaced
So I have a PS3 slim that shuts off during certain games like God of war 3 and WWE 2k14 and gives me 3 beeps with blinking red LEDs. GTA 5 runs for hours with no issue. Any idea how to fix it ?
12:08 there was a guy who had a ps3 with the red ring of death and then after many times and console turned one maybe with work idk
20:20 Nice
Weird question but where are these systems listed for sale? I saw the site one time and now I cant seem to find it
Pretty sure that x was drawn by Agent mulder
I probably know you say know but I got a wii slim and a black wii and have parts for Xbox 360