Vince's Repair Thread - (Console Repairs & Mods)

[Vince]

On that note - @Vince, what’s your scope again please? Must grab one while sales are on

High cloud 4k... this one...



But you will need a bracket that makes it all work without you wanting to smash your face against a wall.



The problems with the stock setup annoyed me enough that I made that spacer to adapt the scope... If you buy the scope and want the adapter I can either swing you the stl or print you one up in resin like the one that sits in my scope

 

[Vince]

Decent. I'm setting up a new bench at the moment with anglepoise arms for all the things. That looks ideal.

Whats really nice is you can put it like a foot and a half above the working area so you can actually use air and still see what you are doing

 

[Vince]

Hey Vince. Someone told me to post in this thread.

I have an Xbox Elite 2 controller which has a stuck left thumbstick that doesn't reset to a neutral position. It is still in warrenty I think but I'm curious to know what I should do. I got it on Amazon but I guess I could always talk to Microsoft myself. Interested to hear what you think.

New sticks and manual trim pots!! Its the only way with the elite!

 

[Vince]

I see. Thank you! I'll see what I can get done.

I have all the parts, you can swing it my way and ill make it like new stick wise for you These things are great for dialing in elite pads....

Vince's Ebay Repair Thread - (Console Repairs & Mods)

Done :) pad sent this morning.

forums.overclockers.co.uk

 

[Vince]

That looks really good. How much would it cost?

It doesnt cost a lot at all the parts are like less than a fiver.

£1.30 ish for the two pots and a quid or so for the adjusters.

 

[Vince]

And I just wiped out £100 buying parts for elite series 2 pads bought some awesome stuff to make some super funky pads though.

 

[Vince]

Capacitor back on that PS5, but nothing. Not even picking it up on the TV at all now. Must have bridged something somewhere.

Square 1. Hello darkness my old friend... Walked away from it in the end. If there's anything watch repair has taught me, it's the skill of cooling off and patience. Lest you gorilla something.

This is the way did you do a quick probe on hdmi port in diode mode to just check everything looks right? On the back side there is a diode and some other bits if I'm not mistaken. Pics front and back of port.. come one man show us what we are working with here. have you also checked the filters etc?

Also just check you are getting the 5v pin 19!

 

[Vince]

I'll get some pics tonight, although I'm tempted to start again now I've found my decent solder paste and flux. The other stuff I was using wasn't the best.

solder paste? oh hell no.....

 

[Vince]

@Vince

Thinkin about my 2 pads with the drift, is it possible to replace them with the hall sticks so drift won’t occur again?

Depends what pads they are my man... probably! you never know, depends what pots they have and what the values of said pots are.

 

[Vince]

Both pads are just the standard x/s controller all be it different colors

yea they mostly have the old 10k pots in them with square top! halls are readily available here.Its the screw in tops from the elites that are more difficult to come by

 

[Vince]

I couldn't get the leaded solder to flow with hot air alone and I was terrified of burning the board lol. Those PS5 PCBs soak up some heat!

Just go very hot and keep it moving!! 460 or so on ps5 boards with no tip on. Maximum power my friend!!

 

[Vince]

I found halls for the elite series 2 but they are 13 quid a pair. I have bought a few sets though!

 

[Vince]

Ok gents - 2 white xbox pads - You sent them to me Via Evri... I have no idea whos they are! Identify yourself you animal

Edit: It's these 2 here... which are clearly not as cool as my yellow one.

 

[Vince]

I have identified the pads, they took me off guard as I was also expecting a broken oled switch with them.

 

[Vince]

I want to say it was me but alas it wasn't!

My son has a v2 elite pad that's not working properly. From memory its the shoulder pads and maybe stick drift. Is this something you could look at?

Lots coming in right now. If you give me a week or so I can take a look

 

[Vince]

I couldn't get the leaded solder to flow with hot air alone and I was terrified of burning the board lol. Those PS5 PCBs soak up some heat!

I got a port to do on a series X that is coming in. I'll record that as that's also a fat old board that soaks up the heat.

 

[Vince]

Just quickly reshelled and sorted out these 2...



Both had a case of rubber peel.

 

[Vince]

Vince, ever had a series 2 where the top paddles don't work ?
I've a couple, I have tried different paddles, if I take the paddle off and press it registers oddly. But then the paddles work on another controller.

Also got one to look at that's peeling like the above. Going to put a starfield shell on, think they look cool.

We talking rear paddles? Or top triggers?

 

[Vince]

Oh dear paddles sorry. Bottom set are fine. It's the two higher up.

Triggers I've done before. They're not too bad to replace, components on the board don't

 

[Vince]

Little update just because I think some people might want to know what an ayaneo rma/repair experience is like, I contacted aya neo about the 6800u based ayaneo air plus flagship on the 6th of october, it took several weeks to arrange getting it back to them and I sent the flagship console to them on the 17th of last month. It took 2 days to arrive with them and they charged me $250 (which i'm now lead to believe is nothing to do with the repair and is just my costs for getting it to them and return shipping). I've been chasing for updates since the 24th of last month after it being with them for a few days just to actually check that they got it. for a month solid they have been telling me that its on the way to their Shenzhen warehouse, this is where we are now at.... This is for a device that starts at $779, which should also be in warranty but im not the original owner so they wanted nothing to do with that, nothing at all...



Strange is not the word I would use, I would use the word slow, at this point this could be a 3 month turnaround or more from the first point of contact:



I'll keep you all updated For some clarity they have made it clear, if parts are needed everything is chargeable... Lets see what happens.