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OHMX Repair Lab, Ottawa, ON (2026)

08/15/2026

A PS5 came in after the storm. Completely dead. No standby light, no beep, no fan movement, nothing at all when plugged in.

When a console is that far gone, the temptation is to guess. We measured instead.

First step was characterizing the actual state rather than accepting "it does nothing." With AC applied there was no standby light at all, which matters, because on a PS5 that light comes on before you ever press the power button. No standby light means the console never got far enough to decide whether to start.

The power supply came out for testing. No output with AC applied, and inside there was arc damage with burnt residue on the housing.

Here is the part most people would get wrong. The AC input fuse was still intact. We removed it and measured it out of circuit, and it conducted fine.

That tells a specific story. A fuse opens when sustained current flows through it. This fuse never opened, which means there was no slow overload. A fast surge went through, damaged the supply directly, and was over before a fuse could react. If we had only checked the fuse and seen it intact, we would have concluded the supply was fine and gone looking in the wrong place.

The bigger question was still open. Storm damage rarely stops at one component, and the motherboard had not been tested.

So the board was isolated and powered from a bench supply with a current limit low enough to be safe. It accepted power without any sign of a short. Then, with the power button pressed, it beeped and began its startup sequence. We reproduced that three times.

That board survived the surge.

On a PS5 the motherboard is the expensive part and the part that usually decides whether a console is worth repairing at all. A dead console after a storm is not automatically a write off, and the only way to know is to test the supply and the board separately instead of assuming.

If your console died during the storm, do not throw it out yet.

Diagnostics first. Parts second.

08/13/2026

PS5 Overheating? Sometimes the problem starts with what you can’t see.

This PS5 was shutting down after only a few minutes of gameplay.

During inspection, we found significant dust buildup and ni****ne residue throughout the console, including heavy contamination around the cooling system. A detailed deep cleaning and thermal service were required to properly address the condition of the system.

After service, the console was tested under heavy use and maintained stable temperatures. We also verified internet connectivity and wireless controller connections.

At OHMX Repair Lab, we diagnose first and repair based on what the system actually needs.

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08/11/2026

PS5 HDMI repair in Ottawa.

This PS5 came back with intermittent video. The signal would cut in and out, and moving the HDMI cable could bring the image back.

That kind of symptom can look like a failed previous repair, so we did not guess. The console went back under the microscope.

The previous solder work was checked first. The HDMI joints were still intact, the jumper from the earlier repair was still solid, and there were no lifted pads or fractured shield joints.

The actual issue was mechanical damage at the connector itself. The HDMI shell was visibly deformed, the front of the port was no longer sitting square, and the surrounding plastic showed drag marks from cable stress or impact.

A weak solder joint does not bend a metal connector shell.

The damaged port was replaced, the existing jumper was verified and left in place, and the new port was inspected under the microscope before reassembly.

After the repair, the console was tested through repeated hot-plug cycles, confirmed renegotiating to 4K, and passed a wiggle test with no dropouts.

This is why inspection matters. Intermittent HDMI issues are not always the same failure, even when the symptom looks familiar.

Diagnostics first. Parts second.

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08/04/2026

PS5 thermal service in Ottawa.

This PS5 came in shutting down from heat. What made this case different is that it did not have heavy dust buildup inside.

A lot of overheating PS5s fail because the fan and heatsink are packed with dust. This one was different. Airflow was not the main problem.

Once the console was opened, the issue was at the APU thermal interface. The liquid metal had degraded and oxidized, and it was no longer making proper contact across the chip and heatsink surface.

That matters because the PS5 depends on liquid metal to move heat from the APU into the heatsink. If that contact is weak, the console can overheat and shut down even when the inside is relatively clean.

The service included full disassembly, inspection of the cooling system, cleaning of the APU and heatsink contact area, fresh liquid metal application, and proper reassembly of the cooling assembly.

After service, the console was tested under load for one hour with no shutdowns or issues. Thermal imaging was also used at the intake area as part of the final validation.

Same symptom, different cause.

Not every overheating PS5 is just a dust cleaning.

Diagnostics first. Parts second.

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07/28/2026

Two Xbox controllers, both drifting, and a customer who only asked us to fix half of it. Here is why we checked the rest.

The first controller came in with the customer wanting only the left
stick replaced. Fair enough, that is what was bothering him. But on
inspection, both sticks were drifting, the right one just had not gotten bad enough for him to notice yet. We flagged it, explained it, and replaced both with his approval. The second controller needed its left stick done.

This is the part that matters. We do not upsell, and we do not quietly do extra work and add it to the bill. We tell you what we measure and let you decide. In this case, replacing one stick and handing back a controller we knew was going to drift again in a month would not have been honest.

Stick drift comes from the analog module physically wearing out. Once that happens, calibration alone will not hold, because the hardware is worn. The fix is replacing the module, then calibrating.

Every stick was verified:
- Before: centering error measured between roughly 6 and 10 percent per stick.
- After: every replaced stick read 0.0 percent average error.

One of these controllers had over 76 days of active use logged, so these were well used, not new. One also had a small broken clip inside. We repaired it with no charge, because it was a five minute fix and that is just how we do things.

If your sticks are drifting, the honest fix is the one that addresses the worn hardware and tells you the full picture, not just the part you walked in asking about.

Diagnostics first. Parts second.
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07/25/2026

This PS5 shut off during PS5 games but ran PS4 games perfectly. That is not a random glitch. That is the console telling you exactly where to look.

The owner could play backward-compatible PS4 titles with no issue, then the console would power off during native PS5 games. Same console, same session, completely different behavior depending on the game.

Here is why that happens. Native PS5 titles push the APU far harder than PS4 games. More load means more heat. When the thermal interface between the chip and the heatsink has degraded, the console stays fine at lower load and only hits its thermal shutdown limit under the heavy stuff. The shutdown is the console protecting itself. It is the symptom, not the disease.

We confirmed the thermal cause, then performed a full thermal service:

Removed the old degraded liquid metal, cleaned the surfaces, applied fresh liquid metal, and cleaned the cooling assembly. Then we load tested under actual PS5 titles, not a menu screen, until temperatures held stable.

One more thing, because transparency is the whole point. During
inspection we found surface pitting on the heatsink contact plate but the protective plating is still intact with no base metal exposed, and it did not cause the shutdown. Thermal performance is within normal range. We tell you what we find, even the findings that are not the problem and not our doing.

If your PS5 shuts off only during certain games, it is pointing you at a specific, fixable cause. That is exactly the kind of pattern we diagnose before opening anything.

Diagnostics first. Parts second.
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07/23/2026

A PS5 that powered on perfectly and still would not put an image on the screen. Here is what we found.

The console booted, fans ran, everything looked alive. No picture.

Under the microscope the problem was clear: the HDMI port pins were not soldered to the board pads. The connector was physically sitting in the right place, but electrically it was not connected. That is why a customer plugs in a new cable, tries a different TV, tries a different input, and nothing changes. The signal was never leaving the board.

This is the exact scenario where guessing costs money. If you assume it is a cable or a TV setting, you burn a week. If you assume it is the whole board, you quote a console replacement. Neither is right. You have to actually look at the joint.

We replaced the HDMI port and made the connections properly.

Separately, the unit had heavy dust buildup through the chassis. To be clear, the dust did not cause the HDMI failure. Those are two unrelated findings. But the console was already open on the bench and the buildup was significant, so it got a full cleaning while we were in there. We document what we find, and we do not invent a cause to justify work.

Verified before pickup:

- Confirmed 4K HDR output on a real display
- Clean, stable image with no dropouts
- Sustained test under an actual game, not just a menu screen

A PS5 that turns on but shows nothing is not automatically a dead
console. Most of the time it is a specific, repairable failure on a
specific part of the board. The job is to find which one.

Diagnostics first. Parts second.
OHMX Repair Lab - Ottawa
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07/21/2026

Two Xbox controllers, four sticks, and a stick reading 46 percent off
center. Here is how they left the bench.

Both controllers came in with worn analog sticks. One had serious drift,
the other was heading the same way. The root cause is almost always the
same: the original sticks use potentiometers with a physical wiper that
grinds down over time. Once that contact wears, no amount of software
calibration holds, because the hardware itself is degraded.

So we did not just recalibrate them. We replaced the stick modules at the
board level with TMR magnetic sensor modules. TMR sticks read position
magnetically with no physical contact, so they do not wear the same way
the OEM sticks do. This is the upgrade that actually breaks the drift
cycle instead of delaying it.

After the replacement, every stick was verified:
- Before: one stick measured over 46 percent centering error, others sat
around 4 to 8 percent
- After: all four sticks read 0.0 percent average error
- Linearity confirmed in the high 80s to low 90s across every stick

One of these controllers had over 53 days of active use logged. It is
back to reading dead center. This is why we measure before and after, not just eyeball it.

If your sticks are drifting, the fix worth paying for is the one that
addresses the worn hardware.

Diagnostics first. Parts second.
OHMX Repair Lab - Ottawa
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07/18/2026

PS5 thermal service in Ottawa.

This PS5 came in for a thermal service, but once the cooling assembly was removed, we found something more important than just old liquid metal.

The heatsink contact surface had visible pitting and surface damage from aged liquid metal exposure. That matters because the heatsink surface is supposed to be smooth and flat so heat can transfer properly from the APU.

Fresh liquid metal can restore the interface, but it cannot undo physical damage to the heatsink surface.

The recommended long-term repair was to replace the heatsink assembly before completing the thermal service. The client was informed clearly and chose to continue with fresh liquid metal only.

So that is what was done.

The old liquid metal was cleaned, the APU and heatsink contact area were prepared, fresh liquid metal was applied, and the console was reassembled and tested.

This is why we inspect before closing a repair. Sometimes the job changes once the console is open, and the client needs the real information before deciding how far to go.

Diagnostics first. Parts second.

OHMX Repair Lab
Nepean, Ottawa
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07/16/2026

PS5 advanced diagnostics in Ottawa.

This PS5 came in for an intermittent issue: the client reported that the console would sometimes struggle to wake from rest mode.

Those are the annoying faults. Not dead, not obvious, not happening every single time.

The first step was pulling the internal logs through UART. The logs did show stored errors related to the reported behavior, so the concern was real. From there, the console stayed on the bench for controlled testing.

It was tested through rest mode cycles, power cycles, normal use, and game load over multiple days. Key fuses and related power points were checked as part of the diagnostic process.

The fault did not reproduce during bench testing, and no confirmed failing component was found. So no board-level repair was recommended at that stage.

That part matters.

A proper diagnostic is not about inventing a repair just because the console is open. If the evidence is not strong enough to justify board work, the honest answer is to document what was found and avoid replacing parts blindly.

While the console was open, it also received a thermal service: old liquid metal cleaned, fresh liquid metal applied properly, and the system reassembled for final testing.

Intermittent faults need patience, logs, and controlled testing.

Diagnostics first. Parts second.

OHMX Repair Lab
Nepean, Ottawa
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