Rusty PS4!

The white PS4 I bought turned out to be a lemon with BLOD. I was able to get it working using the chassis of another PS4, and by using extra washers under the APU heatsink mounts to squeeze the APU tighter against the motherboard.

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Hi, I received the PS4 today nice and fast thank you. I wasn't expecting a lot from a 'semi-working' PS4, and I was slightly surprised after plugging it in when it didn't turn on. Having serviced and fixed many consoles before, I have opened the console and you clearly have (or have had) an extreme humidity issue where this PS4 has been operated. This has caused the insides of the PS4 to rust and corrode with this humidity condensing on the internal metal components, particularly the chassis. I am not seeking anything further from you, but thought you maybe interested to see the hidden damage of running electronics in such a high humidity situation. Evaporative cooling should always be properly vented, conventional air conditioning dries the air and is best. I wish you and your electronics a long and prosperous life! :)
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Tanja
excuse me but inside my ps4 looks like this due to hurricane irma/maria. Did you get rid of the rust? if so how
 
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G
let's get an extra cat in here :) Dang though, you can have some nice stuff just from repairing people's trash
 
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bananapi761
Run into a similarly nasty situation before, bought a working used ps4, the seller neglected to tell that a smell came from it while in operation. After opening it the entire heatsink and psu were covered in some sort of sticky drink spill. Eventually cleared it with acetone, somehow it all completely dodged the mobo though, still works :)
 
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brickmaker
Hi Tanja, note that I did not use the old chassis. I attempted a rust-eating solution on the chassis, which stripped ALL the shiny metal dip off it. it created a nasty tarnished metal which I did not use as I had a dead PS4 to use for parts. If I had no other parts, and I had to do the chassis again, I'd probably use a wire brush attachment for an electric drill on the less tricky areas, being particularly careful of the thin grounding points which snap off easily. The peripheral copper track around the outside was lightly rubbed back with steel wool till it was shiny again. Individual components I lightly brushed with a toothbrush and isopropyl alcohol. There's so much that can go wrong with stray bits of steel wool, and potential lifting of surface mount components.
Good Luck...
 
brickmaker
Hi bananapi761, good job on the repair. It's true that you can rarely be confident in what you buy second hand!
 

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