Dragon Quest PS Vita - Battery Mod Major Fail

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Dragon Quest PS Vita - Battery Mod Major Fail - I paid $175 for this PS Vita that someone tried to do an aftermarket battery upgrade on but ended up accidentally knocking some components off the board and also detached some soldering pads. So I bought it to see if I could get it working again.
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@kendallguier1378 Жыл бұрын

I love how every time you put on components it looks like they're decently crooked and then you realize that they're absolutely tiny

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

Lol, to be fair a lot of times they are a bit crooked.

@The_Gallowglass Жыл бұрын

@@Tronicsfix As long as they work. (:

@kendallguier1378 Жыл бұрын

@@Tronicsfix yeah but you're not a robot so I feel with the scales you deal with it is totally acceptable and I'm not even going to pretend I could do anyting close to that

@alex99x99x Ай бұрын

yeah. You dont realize how precise he actual is until you try it your self.

@Thats_Helpful Жыл бұрын

my god that close up on the board...

@RjWiz313 Жыл бұрын

When I watch your videos all I want to do is go buy a soldering iron and supplies, open random old electronics, and just start cleaning and soldering stuff 😅

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

You can do it!

@fadetonoir6152 Жыл бұрын

Do it.

@seguramlk Жыл бұрын

YESSIR

@leannejagger7972 Жыл бұрын

Same! I recently bought a small iFixIt kit to have a go at repairing a Switch joycon whereas in the past (before watching TronicsFix) I would have sent it to recycling and bought a new one. My neighbour wants theirs repairing for their kids now :)

@wybuchowyukomendant Жыл бұрын

..just do a better job than previous owner of this vita did kek

@thereturnticket Жыл бұрын

Jesus christ, how is it even possible to damage the board that badly 😂

@maxhiggins6270 Жыл бұрын

I’ve been wanting one of these particular Vitas for a while now. I half expected you to go right for the board swap, but it would have been a much shorter video. I enjoy watching the troubleshooting process.

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

It's a pretty cool one! I did want to at least try and fix that original board.

@fadetonoir6152 Жыл бұрын

@@Tronicsfix I have one with the same problem - liquid damage in the same area. Haven't been able to figure it out yet either. Tried reflowing the chip, nothing - and replacements don't seem to be available. Would be interested to know if anyone has any information on that circuit. And I think you made the right call using the original battery in the end - there isn't really any point in using a third party battery over an original one, unless you really want the higher capacity, but then there are issues with that (the Vita only checks voltage level at boot; it normally calculates remaining battery by tracking mAh used, so as it's assuming a 2200mAh battery you could put in a 4000mAh but it would think it's dead when it still has 1800mAh remaining - unless you turned it off for 2 mins and then back on again. If someone can make a plugin to check voltage regularly then an upgraded battery would work well with CFW but otherwise it's not a very user friendly mod.).

@onometre Жыл бұрын

Makes me feel better to know that the guy who fixes stuff for a living forgets to put the shrink tubing on first too

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

Lol, all the time!

@aaronfifty5 Жыл бұрын

"... actually, I don't think it moved" @ 5:11 Totally moved, bro 😂 Damn that board was a mess.

@bluebubbadog2080 Жыл бұрын

I just want to say thank you, your videos inspired me to start my own repair business and your videos are teaching me a lot

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

Love to hear it!

@seguramlk Жыл бұрын

It's great that Vita is getting the retroactive love it deserved back then. Nice video, Steve 👍

@FaddyMatty Жыл бұрын

Because of your videos and your free soldering course I have fixed 2 headsets and a home theater subwoofer. Next project is replacing the clock capacitor on my Original Xbox.

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

Love hearing this!

@bechne Жыл бұрын

Enjoyed the video. That board was absolutely disgusting. One of the things I wanted to understand is why the supposed battery mod was attempted and trying to accomplish.

@BlargGargle Жыл бұрын

I was wondering the same... the slim Vita didn't have the battery issues that the big ones did, I thought.

@awilliams1701 Жыл бұрын

this looks like someone had absolutely no idea what they were doing. I don't know if I could do this mod or not, but I at least have some idea of what I'm doing. If I fail, it wouldn't be this level of fail. lol

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

Lol

@Sweetrad Жыл бұрын

Your videos have partially inspired me to open my own repair shop Opening things up and making them tick again. Amazing, i love doing it

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

@10yaseen1 5 ай бұрын

Your videos gave me the confidence to finally try my hand at soldering again after failures long ago. It's been a start, and honestly you have no idea how much these videos help, thank you so much!

@majorxdf Жыл бұрын

Always such high-quality work. I'd never be afraid to let him work on my stuff.

@b00marrows Жыл бұрын

When it comes to poking at electronics i have found the best material pick to use is a Nylon pic. Silky/smooth yet hard plastic thats unlikely to be able to damage anything important while also able to dig at anything needing sticky/annoying stuff. I usually like the 2 sided ones with a poker on one tip and a scraper on the other, the sharp points on both ends stops you being able to press on the end to overdo the pressure and potentially cause damage.

@iheartdiscgolf Жыл бұрын

I love your videos, always awesome to see you fix things. Inspires the DIYer in me.

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it!

@sweatbox128 Жыл бұрын

ah man this is sick! love dq. the little figure you saw at the beginning of the vid is a liquid metal slime, an enemy that traditionally gives huge amounts of XP in dragon quest games even compared to other metal enemies/bosses. they're one of the best enemies to XP farm with usually in these games

@SaturdayMorningGamer Жыл бұрын

Gorgeous console! Was a great candidate for a board swap whether you could fix or not! :)

@reinholdachleitner2069 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video as always,wow the seller absolutely butchered the components and pcb,well done on the repair.💯👌🏻✌🏻

@JohnLafitte Жыл бұрын

I love the vita videos. Would be awesome to see you do a USC Type-C mod for the 2000 though. I really want to do that for my own.

@Foxy-uk6hl Жыл бұрын

I love watching your video when I am at school and at home

@dro6641 Жыл бұрын

I think the scratching isn't on the screen itself because it looks like there's a glass screen protector on it. Great video by the way.

@sorakat42 Жыл бұрын

Nice to see you bring vita (Latin for life) back to this Vita.

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@agiel149 Жыл бұрын

If I'm not mistaken, the white wire is a temperature based resistor or you could say a battery temperature sensor which normally prevents the battery from overheating/overcharging or maybe even overdischarging. But most cheap battery companies in china used to bypass it with normal resistors, so the sensor wouldn't work properly

@blu91283 Жыл бұрын

Amazing work like always! Always look forward to my Friday evening watching your videos thank you from London 🇬🇧 🎉

@virgildeklerk Жыл бұрын

Wow this seller probably used a knife or something really sharp what a mess... but great that you were able to save the shell, it looks great

@CiderPang27 Жыл бұрын

It never ceases to amaze that people with zero knowledge about soldering still seem to think because they’ve watched it on KZfaq it’s easy. All they end up doing is destroying perfectly good items.

@xaviiiiv 6 ай бұрын

That will be me someday

@klobber17 5 ай бұрын

Soldering itself isn't that hard, what makes it hard is doing it at such a small scale like this.

@nijooo5480 5 ай бұрын

I was able to solder after watching it on youtube no problem.

@armyboi707 5 ай бұрын

You ever learn anything? 😆 we all do it big guy

@user-ph5ro8xl4o 2 ай бұрын

I mean... I had zero knowledge on soldering. Watched a KZfaq video. Figured I could do it and did it. 🤷 Made some mistakes on some consoles. Fixed them when I got better and now I do repairs for people. I never did *this* though. That's a different level of stupidity. But plenty of people w zero knowledge watch a KZfaq video and learn how to do it. Everyone starts somewhere

@tsgaming7198 Жыл бұрын

A lot things i Have learned from this guy. Bravo bro ✌️✌️🖤

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that

@tammi8808 Жыл бұрын

Nice fix 😁 I love your videos 😊

@redalchemy Жыл бұрын

I didn't even know people did this battery mod. I'd be so scared to mess up such a beautiful device!

@phantomflame0658 10 ай бұрын

It's a nice boost to the battery life, and eventually people will have to replace the battery when it starts dying so might as well upgrade. BUT NOT LIKE THIS LOL this board actually got raped, I don't even know how you mess it up this bad and I'm a noob at soldering.

@donnyfinney9389 Жыл бұрын

Love the content Steve keep up the good work

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you enjoy it!

@mr.charchar Жыл бұрын

Another video to lighten my day!

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it!

@Frizan Жыл бұрын

Love the vita! I recently tried to replace some analog sticks in some controllers and I guess my soldering iron just cant get hot enough to melt the old solder on a dualshock 4 :( Really enjoy your vids

@Kenjitsuka Жыл бұрын

Another great video about a great job well done!

@rairai5114 Жыл бұрын

I still have two original PSP's but I always wanted a VITA. Great machines and probably way ahead of their time. Today, they would be a hit if marketed properly.

@ssshady08 Жыл бұрын

Can I have one of those 9 you fixed 😂 I used to have a psp back in the day and I loved it, used to watch TV shows and movies on it, play games... I had to sell it, hard times etc.... Just wanted to say thank you for all those videos you make, I used to repair cell phones back when the Motorola v60/Nokia 5160&5165 were the top sellers and people broke the antennae often.. I appreciate all you do man.

@shaddow_24 Жыл бұрын

Glad you were able to save that vita. Recently you've been showing off more modifications to older systems and even gameboy game pcbs, any chance you can try out a better/quieter cooling mod for the ps4? I know you did a few in the past, but would be happy to see what you can come up with now a few years later after fixing more types of stuff. Modding a pc tower cooler to it? Thanks for the video.

@crimecity Жыл бұрын

Great video lad keep up with the work

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

Thanks, will do!

@crimecity Жыл бұрын

@@Tronicsfix your welcome

@RenegadeBastard Жыл бұрын

Dude! Nice save! Sony doesn't make these things anymore, so every Vita lost? That's one less unit floating around in the wild that can be purchased and enjoyed or have parts taken from it to keep a sentimental Vita working for many years to come!

@phgodts Жыл бұрын

The windshield uv resin repair kit works pretty well to disguise deeper scratches in gorilla glass

@cloudedjudgement_4472 Жыл бұрын

I literally just ordered a 1000 jp psvita and then I see this on my feed😂. Good content

@richardbriansmith8562 Жыл бұрын

Awesome fix tronicsfix Awesome Video tronicsfix

@grantrule6593 Жыл бұрын

Love Your Vids

@peterjensen3162 Жыл бұрын

Love your videos 👍🏻 please be gentle with the music 🙉

@Kendoci Жыл бұрын

Nothing makes me happier than vita content.

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoy these! I don't make many Vita videos but this one was just too cool to not fix!

@mathiasschneider9113 Жыл бұрын

Were the board's copper layers supposed to be joined by those three solder joints opposite the charge port?

@thomascobb5514 12 күн бұрын

I would love to see more PS Vita Content 😁

@avelon_hs6030 Жыл бұрын

Great vid man.

@polishhammer1992 Жыл бұрын

I learned from other people to never buy broken things that were opened/failed repairs. This is why.

@trevorphillips9220 Жыл бұрын

How do you find the correct replacement component? How do you know the farads / resistance, ... of the torn-off part?

@ahabwolf7580 Жыл бұрын

A screen replacement video for that one would be cool. (or whatever is needed to remove those scratches)

@DualScream Жыл бұрын

I always feel that the takeaway from your videos is that every one can do it, just need to use a little bit of your head and have a little bit of understanding. And to not be afraid to mess things up because we all started some place.

@user-td4ln4ct7w Жыл бұрын

There are different types of flux on of which Water Soluble Flux does corrode board components over time if left unclean

@KRRamsey Жыл бұрын

love your videos. because of them i just recently fixed three broken ebay switches. the fourth one i got has a missing lcd connector with torn traces ... wish me luck lol

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

Good luck!

@sledzeppelin Жыл бұрын

Nice work! The Vita is a cool system.

@LouisianaBurns Жыл бұрын

I got a vita as well and was wondering how much you charge to replace an analog stick on one? its the left stick and how much you charge to replace the left analog stick on a switch lite

@christianronalddelacruz9451 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video. I now want a PSVita 😊

@DS-dd7vf Жыл бұрын

That little silver ghost you unpacked at the start is supposed to sit in the headphone jack. Just for looks. :)

@12345....... Жыл бұрын

Looks great on the outside, disaster inside.

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

Yes, this one was pretty crazy inside!

@fudeldideldu Жыл бұрын

Hey, I think there is a Screen Protector on the Front Display. Please Check and tell us about the screen under the Protection.

@marblecornet Жыл бұрын

Do you know where I can get some of that BW100 stuff that you used to fix stick drift on controllers

@Tronicsfix Жыл бұрын

They're out of stock at the moment but will be back on Amazon as soon as they restock

@marblecornet Жыл бұрын

@@Tronicsfix Cool, thanks for letting me know

@PrinceRemnant21 10 ай бұрын

What is the specific resistor that you used here ? I’m thinking of upgrading the capacity much higher, can you help with this specific thermo :)

@chriskaprys Жыл бұрын

Only half way through the video, but am confused why the W B R pads don’t match the wires from the battery harness (white in the middle). 🤷‍♂️

@iamcanadian6 9 ай бұрын

I want to get into trying to fix electronics. Where should I start? Like tools and such.

@TheDigitalAura Жыл бұрын

Could you tell me what the mini drill is please, I can't see it anywhere in your tools list?

@Edizonstudio Жыл бұрын

I loved when you pro said "to see if it explodes!" xDddd

@ChaosLegionaire Жыл бұрын

As an aircraft avionics tech. Considering what you started with, this was a pretty well executed job imo. Can't win them all. ^^

@leebryant5443 Жыл бұрын

What type of IPA do you use? I’ve been using some 91% and it seems to leave a film. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated

@dave_s_vids Жыл бұрын

I had serious anxiety watching those battery cables that you'd just stripped slowly drifting towards each other!

@ErkalEtruria Жыл бұрын

I always wanted this Vita. I have one I modded. It lets you play every Vita and PSP game ever made. I recommend doing this. It is extremely worth it. Make sure you use the latest model Vita because the old one can be a bit weird with the sd card that is compatible with the mod(unless you find a way around this) where as the newer model can use just any size card from any company.

@pfff Жыл бұрын

Oh the frustration of watching the video. In my experience, the controller board on the battery often has the pad for the white wire empty (although you do need to inspect that pcb for LiPo controller chip too). If it was fitted then you didn't even need the thermistor mod or to cut wires. tbh I can feel your pain. From a personal point of view, I'd have loved to have seen you remove the scratch on the screen. It's a plastic shell, and I've never found a good solution to remove a bad one on my PS Vita.

@Zencast5 Жыл бұрын

Well done sir. 👏👏 Like what Miss Fizzle said " Make mistakes , make mistakes, make mistakes. It's the best way to learn something."

@Ill_look_back_on_in_disgust Жыл бұрын

You had me worried when you were soldering that component to the white wire. Your iron was super close to the battery and in fact you scorched it a little lol. Careful!

@DanPottas Жыл бұрын

Would of loved you to of done the battery mod and see how good it lasts compared to standard one can't u put it on another one sometime very curious

@DeathbyDaybreak Жыл бұрын

Nice fix. That vita was always on my wishlist but never wanted to pay inflated prices on it

@loaded_n_locked2ajaxthejui835 Жыл бұрын

It’s marked WBR for whit black n red on the new board. But the connector has the white cable in the middle……I’m confused

@mukeshgoolcharan6121 Жыл бұрын

Good stuff man

@giantheman16 Жыл бұрын

steve just did a triple heart bypass surgery and the patient lives... steve is a gigachad vita doctor

@Drakoman07 Жыл бұрын

What’s the rotary tool you’re using at 13:03?

@zepplinc20 5 ай бұрын

Whenever I solder wires next to each other I like to stagger them, so even if the shrink tube is compromised they still cant short together.

@sjm4306 Жыл бұрын

I once got a cheap "as is" vita years ago that had just about every zif tab inside broken off! I was able to get it working again by adding thin tape to the back of the ribbons to friction fit them in, which was way easier than sourcing new connectors and hot air swapping them all. BTW, the thermistor needs to be physically touching the lipo or it'll do nothing. It's purpose is to monitor the cell temp and cut off charging in case it starts rising too quickly. Having it not touch the cell would mean it'll work normally, but if the cell ever does get damaged and starts going thermal the themistor cant sense it till it's too late and the cell ignites or spews electrolyte.

@TimUddh Жыл бұрын

What did the previous owner use to scrape off those pads??

@pldanis7968 Жыл бұрын

I was wondering, when you have that much damage why not just used the known good board ? I know this wont display your skillz as much, but is there any other reason ?

@modd-seb9733 Жыл бұрын

Hey sorry to bother do you have a link of the soder mask you are using ?

@hawianboy9 Жыл бұрын

Pegwood would be a good option instead of the metal dental pick. Watchmakers use that to help scrape off dirt and grime on watch cases

@ryanmercer3352 Жыл бұрын

Oooffft what we're they using for flux when they did the mod attempt!?

@hayleywaalen2612 Жыл бұрын

Nice work

@Juliett-A Жыл бұрын

Wow, that's a mess. It's really gonna need the perfect amount of thermal paste.

@RGInquisitor Жыл бұрын

Man, I have a Vita OLED just sitting here gathering dust simply because I cant find the fuse for the charging circuit. I have looked for it everywhere! I cant even get a parts board.

@ethones Жыл бұрын

Please make a video to show us how to replace the liquid paste from the processor on PS5

@BigM_TV Жыл бұрын

How do you damage all that stuff, that badly, just by putting a battery in?

@speedwaynutt Жыл бұрын

Honestly with it being a limited edition system I think I would have paid a hopefully professional to install the new battery. This definitely seems like it was Cleary above the owners skill set.