My brother got a free broken PS4 Pro (CUH-7215B) when he was a Domino's delivery driver instead of a tip one day. He gave it to me to have, and it had no light or power at all. When I opened it there were a crapton of dead cockroaches inside so I assumed they killed the PSU. I opened the PSU, and there was a weird hole in the board that wasn't supposed to be there. Bought a replacement from a reputable eBay seller, and it still has no power or light even with the hard drive removed. What are some possible causes here?
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My guesses after doing some research:
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* I didn't fully plug something back in when I disassembled the system (I replaced the thermal paste/opened the HDD because that's messed up too)
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* The power button got disconnected (doubt it's this because I assume there would still be a light)
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* The PWMIC chip is dead
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* The HDMI chip is dead
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* The Southbridge chip is dead
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Does anyone with more experience than me have any ideas about what the best things to check are? I'm going to tear it down again to see if I left anything unplugged, but I doubt that's the cause. I do have a multimeter that I'll try to use to test the chips, but I'm very inexperienced with it. I'll send it off for repairs if a chip needs replacing, but I'd like to at least get a diagnostic myself if it's possible.
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My brother got a free broken PS4 Pro (CUH-7215B) when he was a Domino's delivery driver instead of a tip one day. He gave it to me to have, and it had no light or power at all. When I opened it there were a crapton of dead cockroaches inside so I assumed they killed the PSU. I opened the PSU, and there was a weird hole in the board that wasn't supposed to be there. Bought a replacement from a reputable eBay seller, and it still has no power or light even with the hard drive removed. I went back in and made sure everything was fully plugged in and correct, and used a multimeter to test the caps around the southbridge chip. One of them is bad. Would the whole Southbridge chip need to be replaced or just the capacitor?
My brother got a free broken PS4 Pro (CUH-7215B) when he was a Domino's delivery driver instead of a tip one day. He gave it to me to have, and it had no light or power at all. When I opened it there were a crapton of dead cockroaches inside so I assumed they killed the PSU. I opened the PSU, and there was a weird hole in the board that wasn't supposed to be there. Bought a replacement from a reputable eBay seller, and it still has no power or light even with the hard drive removed. What are some possible causes here?
My guesses after doing some research:
* I didn't fully plug something back in when I disassembled the system (I replaced the thermal paste/opened the HDD because that's messed up too)
* The power button got disconnected (doubt it's this because I assume there would still be a light)
* The PWMIC chip is dead
* The HDMI chip is dead
* The Southbridge chip is dead
Does anyone with more experience than me have any ideas about what the best things to check are? I'm going to tear it down again to see if I left anything unplugged, but I doubt that's the cause. I do have a multimeter that I'll try to use to test the chips, but I'm very inexperienced with it. I'll send it off for repairs if a chip needs replacing, but I'd like to at least get a diagnostic myself if it's possible.