So Initially I had a bad WIFI chip and replaced that. I used the UART codes to diagnose that issue (Using PS5 wee tools software). Installed new chip and went to test but I still got the BLOD.
Bench Power supply shows 12-14ma then hikes up to 310ma and then back down to 12-13ma where it hangs and switches (sometimes off and on in a flash) and then shuts off completely after 10 seconds or so.
Re-hooked up UART and got a new code only on error log 04. The rest of the error logs are c0020303. The code in question is this:
(OK 00000000 80060004 00001824 FFFF0005 10000100 2157 0036 3560 1995:F8)
It says not found in list, report findings.
I've checked all fuses and voltage rails seem fine. All voltages present. No shorts. Thermal cams show nothing.
I'm befuddled as to what it is now, though its could be a voltage controller chip or RAM?
Any help or anyone seen this before?
Thanks
(Board EDM 033)
EDIT - I used Dony tools UART software to read the codes and it said VRM related. So I was checking the standby voltages and the On voltages (by pressing the on button on the PS5 console periodically to test) across the inductors (6 of them) and they all gave me 0.9v. Then whilst checking again I got a pulsing blue and then white light!?
I hooked up the HDMi and it started working!? I'm not sure why it does but its working.
Its not perfect as after putting it back together, it fails the first boot (with white light) but pressing again it works like normal.
I can only assume my DMM gave some component or chip or rail a boost in miniscule voltage!? Any ideas if I should replace any thing or put it back together as is?
SOLVED
So I turned on the PS5 again and it gave the BLOD as it usually did. Then I went back to the VRMs and probed the Inductors with my DMM in voltage dc mode again and then powered the console on and it worked again. And this time I used a thermal cam to see if any ic got hot....Straight away one of the MOSFETs on the VRMs lit up.
It was just the one MOSFET and it was the one in the attached picture attached
Couldn't find an exact match for the SIC655A MOSFET but its a 60A power MOSFET and quick search online landed me with a place that sold a compatible NCP252160 MOSFET.
(So my guess is to why it worked when I probed the inductor near that FET was probably my DMM gave ,half dead/ internallt shorted, FET the voltage it needed to open its gate!? Thus giving a temporary surge to the line or FET, enough voltage to get the system working as normal. And it would also explain the boot sequence numbers being mostly fine but the random 12-13ma switching on and off rapidly when turning on the console)
So MOSFET is Installed it and it booted no problems now. Thanks to @stetofix for his input in other threads about related issues and this Reddit Post . Both helped me figure this out, especially Dony-tools UART software.
Thanks and hope this helps someone down the line
(oppose to some people abandoning such threads and wasting readers time.)
Bench Power supply shows 12-14ma then hikes up to 310ma and then back down to 12-13ma where it hangs and switches (sometimes off and on in a flash) and then shuts off completely after 10 seconds or so.
Re-hooked up UART and got a new code only on error log 04. The rest of the error logs are c0020303. The code in question is this:
(OK 00000000 80060004 00001824 FFFF0005 10000100 2157 0036 3560 1995:F8)
It says not found in list, report findings.
I've checked all fuses and voltage rails seem fine. All voltages present. No shorts. Thermal cams show nothing.
I'm befuddled as to what it is now, though its could be a voltage controller chip or RAM?
Any help or anyone seen this before?
Thanks
(Board EDM 033)
EDIT - I used Dony tools UART software to read the codes and it said VRM related. So I was checking the standby voltages and the On voltages (by pressing the on button on the PS5 console periodically to test) across the inductors (6 of them) and they all gave me 0.9v. Then whilst checking again I got a pulsing blue and then white light!?
I hooked up the HDMi and it started working!? I'm not sure why it does but its working.
Its not perfect as after putting it back together, it fails the first boot (with white light) but pressing again it works like normal.
I can only assume my DMM gave some component or chip or rail a boost in miniscule voltage!? Any ideas if I should replace any thing or put it back together as is?
SOLVED
So I turned on the PS5 again and it gave the BLOD as it usually did. Then I went back to the VRMs and probed the Inductors with my DMM in voltage dc mode again and then powered the console on and it worked again. And this time I used a thermal cam to see if any ic got hot....Straight away one of the MOSFETs on the VRMs lit up.
It was just the one MOSFET and it was the one in the attached picture attached
Couldn't find an exact match for the SIC655A MOSFET but its a 60A power MOSFET and quick search online landed me with a place that sold a compatible NCP252160 MOSFET.
(So my guess is to why it worked when I probed the inductor near that FET was probably my DMM gave ,half dead/ internallt shorted, FET the voltage it needed to open its gate!? Thus giving a temporary surge to the line or FET, enough voltage to get the system working as normal. And it would also explain the boot sequence numbers being mostly fine but the random 12-13ma switching on and off rapidly when turning on the console)
So MOSFET is Installed it and it booted no problems now. Thanks to @stetofix for his input in other threads about related issues and this Reddit Post . Both helped me figure this out, especially Dony-tools UART software.
Thanks and hope this helps someone down the line
(oppose to some people abandoning such threads and wasting readers time.)
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