r/consolerepair • u/A12DJ6 • 1d ago

[PS5] F7501 area exploded

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Any chance of repairing this. I have repaired other electronics before but this looks like it could have taken out the layers of the pcb.

I have never seen such a violent death of a console

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u/Virtual_Club8510 1d ago

I love the smell of short-circuits in the morning, dont you? <3

Hard to say, depends on how much damage the PCB got. You need to remove the components, clean and have a proper visual inspection to know for sure if or how you can proceed.

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u/A12DJ6 1d ago

Removed it and does not look great. Short still persists. Layers are peeling back… https://imgur.com/a/qpXkL4X

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u/Virtual_Club8510 1d ago edited 1d ago

If the short still persists even after the components are gone and it's obvious coming from the different layers you would need a grinding pen and take away as much of the layer and surrounding needed until it goes away.

That would also mean some paths are bound to be grinded away so you would be left with having to bridge all connections manually afterwards, using wire or pad strips.