I Bought 9 Broken PS Vita's - Let's FIX Them!

I Bought 9 Broken PS Vita's - Let's FIX Them! 7 of the PS Vita's are 1001 models and 2 are 2001 models. Here are the repairs I did: replaced 2 charge ports, fixed a sticky X button, replaced 2 screens, and replaced the left analog sticks on the 2 2001 models. I also found that 2 of the handhelds didn't have any problems. I also was a bit stumped by one that had unresponsive select and start buttons. I tried replacing the small circuit board that controls those buttons but that didn't seem to help. I noticed some liquid damage on the motherboard but nothing seemed to be shorted or otherwise messed up because of it. Share your thoughts on this in the comments.

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About This Video: I'm trying to fix 9 PS Vita's and hope to be able to make about $50 per repaired handheld less whatever I need to spend on part. These have a variety of problems including messed up charge ports, sticky buttons, damaged screens, and faulty left analog sticks. And a couple of them are really, really dirty. But I also find that 2 of them are already in good working order which is always a nice surprise.

[Tronicsfix]

Any questions about these PS Vita's? Thanks for watching!

[mantostar]

The PS Vita was criminally underrated. So much potential wasted...

[Juliett-A]

Just what we needed to cheer us up during a pandemic: the perfect amount of thermal paste.

[TampaTec]

Your probably won't see this in a sea of comments but great video, liked 👍. no wonder you're so popular .

[EXTREME]

Try opening the accessibility settings in the system settings to see if the start and select buttons have been remapped to something else

[kozakalex]

The system version doesn't matter anymore. The latest version can still run a temporary hack which gives you the option to downgrade and install a permanent hack.

[SomeGuy-bndk]

Its nice to see these old machines again, I personally have a hacked vita for myself and it is one of my daily drivers for gaming. Shame that sony gave up on them

[MousePounder]

I appreciate you mentioning parts cost.

[JillLeflour]

I could watch this guy clean consoles all day. That was relaxing and revolting at the same time.

[ramachandraraoronanki]

17:48 Regarding #8 and#9, that problem of ghost movement is one of the most common issues with the ps vita pch 2000 models. Tilting the joystick at different postures and blowing compressed air generally fixes it in most cases. So better to try that before trying to dismantle it and replace the joysticks.

[sneekz]

The OLED screen STILL looks incredible. Yet again, ahead of it's time and undersupported.

[yassineafquir]

check if that number five is jailbroken because you see with the jailbroken ones some buttons just stop working until you reset the console i dunno why but it happened to me before when i had a hacked vita it's like what happens to the home bouton of a ps4 ds4 when you enter orbisman and activate remote play

[JimNichols]

IF you had told me 5 years ago I would spend a couple of hours a week watching some crazy guy, who fixes it till it is really broken, doing board level electronic replacement videos for fun, I would have laughed at your face. And here we are.

[THECOLONEL]

When he said, “maybe get a haircut”, I thought he was talking to me.

[SirCharles.]

I still love my Vita, it's such an awesome handheld, and it basically has a full PSP built-in that you can access after hacking. I've also done some motherboard swaps a couple years ago when FW3.60 was big in the hacking scene. The Vita is pretty modular in build, so replacing faulty parts on it is super easy and straightforward.

[Piraterl]

5:57 I come from the future, every version is hackeable now.

[wolfiedabrony]

I can't help but find myself fascinated as you take apart electronics find their problems and fix them Seriously it's so entertaining to watch

[nck]

If i need to fix something video game related I always come here first, thanks for making such detailed and high quality videos. You explain everything when it comes to possible issues and you even mention prices. Your channel is a godsend. Keep up the great work!

[Asahi]

One thing I can say about the possible liquid damaged devices is don't test anything or replace anything first. Just clean the dirty stuff off and put flux on nearby components and resolder them by hot air gun.
During the process, also move the capacitors and resistors to check whether they're connecting to the board or not, which can cause the broken connection between the motherboard and the daughterboard.

[RohanSlazar]

That little montage cleaning the 2000 model is one of the most satisfying thing I've seen in a long time.