PS3 PS3 FAT Broken motherboard battery connector

[Vger2]

Hello everyone. Hope someone can provide some guidance on my problem. I have a PS3 FAT CECHA01 unit hat I dissembled delided and replaced the thermal paste. I accidentally broke off the terminal connector on the motherboard where the CMOS Battery connects to. It's a clean break and I still have the small plastic assembly where the wire hooks into. Also, I have a spare PS3 FAT CECHB01 motherboard that I can use for parts. Is this fixable with soldering? (I've attached some pics). Thanks

PS Will the PS3 still work without CMOS Battery?

 

[wrx884]

Yes its fixable and yeah it will run with no cell battery hooked up but u will have issues with it keeping time etc... u will just have to solder wires from a different location then onto the bottom of that connector. The ground will be easy as u can solder from anywhere thats grounded on that side, but the + u will need to try solder through those vias and onto the other side of the board.

 

[Vger2]

Yes its fixable and yeah it will run with no cell battery hooked up but u will have issues with it keeping time etc... u will just have to solder wires from a different location then onto the bottom of that connector. The ground will be easy as u can solder from anywhere thats grounded on that side, but the + u will need to try solder through those vias and onto the other side of the board.

Appreciate the response. Any videos available on how to do this. I just want to make sure I don't screw this up. Thanks again

 

[wrx884]

Appreciate the response. Any videos available on how to do this. I just want to make sure I don't screw this up. Thanks again

Not sure did u try google it lol? it wouldn't be too hard, u would just scrap away enough of the ground on that broken side and solder wire to it. Then find small enough wire to go though the via so u can do same thing on other side and solder it in place. U could even solder those wires to the connector so u can still use it as a plug. just make sure u insulate the plug after so it doesnt touch the metal frame after.

 

[diegogta4]

The negative you can weld anywhere on the plate ground, the positive as you can see goes up to those two holes, you see? it's just soldering on them.

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[sandungas]

Yeah, is needed to solder in the 2 holes, not sure if are lifted in that side of the board, but you can flip the board and see where goes that line (to the syscon chip probably)
If you see some component soldered in that line at the other side of the board... great... solder the wire to that same component

The location of the battery doesnt matters btw, most probably is going to be better to place it at the other side of the board
And the wire for ground is the last thing you need to do... first find a convenient location for the battery, and solder ground next to it, there are ground everywhere so you can choose

And btw... you can use long wires and pass them throught one of that holes in the motherboard border and "tie" them with a knot to the hole, this way the solder job is going to resists any pulling from the wires
Not sure if there is room to make this knot with the wires, but the point is you need to do something to prevent breaking it again in the future
The solder job you are going to do is delicated and the battery is going to be "hanging around" so is going to be very prone to break, better do something to prevent it before it happens

A motherboard with a problem like what you had can be fixed maybe 1 time or 2.. but more than 3 times could be irreparable
Everytime it breaks is going to break a bit more and usually there is a point where is game over... probably you are close to that point of no return