I got this cool translucent purple shell off Etsy for 18 bucks. Looked amazing when I put it on, like a retro Game Boy. But after playing Zelda for maybe 6 hours total the plastic started bending near the vents. The heat from the dock just softened it up. Now I'm back to the original black shell and down 18 bucks. Anybody got tips on finding aftermarket shells that actually handle heat?
I put some generic $5 paste on instead of the expensive stuff I usually use, and after 3 hours of playing Elden Ring the fan barely kicked on high what's the science behind that?
Last Saturday I was doing a pretty standard OLED chip install. Got the flex cable aligned, taped everything down, closed it up, and got error codes on boot. Turns out I forgot to bridge the C point before applying power. Fried the APU chip in about 3 seconds. Had to wait 4 days for a replacement board to arrive. Anyone else bricked a console over a missed jumper and still feel the pain months later?
Bought a $45 hall effect joystick kit off Amazon for my Switch last August because I thought it'd be a permanent fix for drift. Worked great for about 2 months, then started getting random input jumps in Zelda. Anyone else had luck with a specific brand of hall effect sticks that actually last?
I just spent an hour undoing a full shell swap on my PS5 because the guy I bought the custom faceplate from put the top fan in backwards. Air was blowing down instead of up, and my temps jumped 15 degrees. How hard is it to look at the arrow on the side of the fan before you tighten the screws?
I was swapping out the stock fan for a quieter Noctua in my living room last Saturday. Everything was going fine until I dropped one of the tiny ribbon cable clips off my desk and spent 45 minutes fishing it out from under the entertainment center. When I finally got it back in, the fan wouldn't spin because I'd plugged the cable in upside down. Has anyone else had those little clips just fly off into the void?
I had this cool transparent shell kit for my PS5 sitting around for a month. Bought a $20 heat gun off Amazon to soften the stock shell clips. Did the rear panel fine but hit the front glossy strip with the heat too long and warped it. Now I'm stuck with a half finished looking console and a $50 lesson on buying better tools. Anyone here try the iFixit heat gun or should I just stick to a hair dryer next time?
I was buying a replacement tip for my Hakko at the Micro Center in St. Louis, and this random dude in the aisle starts going off about how I need a $300 JBC station or I'm wasting my time. I told him I've done 4 Switch shell swaps with my cheap iron just fine and he just scoffed and walked off. Has anyone else had someone gatekeep your tools like that at a store?