Context matters! I'm not going to call you out unfairly. This is constructive criticism, not character assassination...
As you may recall, I did an intensive review of this thread recently. Here's a bit of a history lesson. The first 20 pages or so everyone was busy with adulating posts for
@Naked_Snake1995, congratulating him for 'exposing the reballing lie.' This was the at the height of the Myth and Hype for this mod. So it's no surprise that First critical post by
@littlebalup (mechanical fatigue from thermal warping) was ignored. That's where you come in...
You were one of the first users on this thread to begin the mod, on page 3. You "followed [@Naked_Snake1995's] repair, and it work[ed]..." You didn't say what type of YLOD it was in that post. Neither Model nor any details about the caps used, but on page 2 (your very first post here) you said you "look forward to bringing back two chech-A01's that i thought were long gone." You provided a link to the more detailed reddit post, but it has since been deleted. End of trail for me. I assumed it was an A01. You were justifiably excited after a positive result and thanked
@Naked_Snake1995 like everyone else. I don't blame you. The lack of details was annoying for me, but since that was your first post, you get a pass. However, it would be nice if you could update us now on those details, if you recall.
On page 12 you talk about an A01 that has "3 beeps on shutdown," but it's not clear if this is the same console or the second one you reffered to on page 2. It's hard to follow your consoles as they don't have any unique identifiers, like PS3#1, 2, 3, etc. You the cut metal shielding above the caps to relieve pressure on them and the beeps disappeared. So initial results were positive (Aug 2/2019). Again, the details are sparse, but at least we got more this time. Good on you! It would be nice if you could provide more details now, if you recall.
On pages 19-24 we have the first real controversy! Up to then, we had users reporting initial success (as is usually the case due to false positives from thermal warping). We also had discussions about the filter circuit, how it works, Silliness, & more ridiculing of reballing.
@Naked_Snake1995 doubled down and called Reballing a "Myth." Them's fighting words! The stage is set, Reballing vs Tantalum…FIGHT!
@squeept jumped in with his initial critical posts. You came back at squeept on page 21 claiming that your "systems" (pleural) were still working. That's when we learn of
6x "systems" that are still working. Wait, what? So we went from two consoles, one an A01, the other you documented on reddit and was subsequently deleted (presumably an A01 based on context). Then, after some constructive criticism by
@squeept, all of a sudden we hear of 6x total "systems" that we are supposed to believe you fixed using this mod?! Where did these other four come from? Based on this new post, it sounds like that first console was a friends and the other 2x A01's were yours? You didn't give any details about 4 of these 6 consoles! No model numbers, YLOD type, nothing. Just that you 'did the tantalum thing and it worked.' This time I don't give you a pass...
Everyone was not happy with
@squeept for being a party pooper. Most users were pouring shade on squeept and coming to
@Naked_Snake1995's defense. In your initial post you literally said...
If you expect us to believe you, then provide details! Document the consoles and then you'll have credibility. Up to this point, you barely had documented anything and all of a sudden you've repaired 6 systems. I mean, it's suspect that they only appear in defense of the mod. Are you only listing successes? Or are you meaning every YLOD you came across was fixed using the mod? Again...no details! Your lack of details doesn't go unnoticed by other users either. On page 33,
@jacobsson said, "I have to ask, did any of these fixed systems have YLOD during boot or where they only YLOD on load? Good job fixing them though!" To which you answered, "They would YLOD upon boot." The point is, you had to be proaded for critical details. How do we know you didn't make up these other 3-4 "systems" up in order to defend your idols honor. I'm not saying you did! I'm just saying the context begs us to be objective and question their existence!
Okay...let's get past that and assume you're being completely honest (which I have been with everyone on my spreadsheet). That's 6/6 "systems" (two A01's) with + results. On page 32, you admit that you "came across a console" that went from a GLOD to YLOD, you "then literally slapped the console with the intent to kill... And it got a green light again!" So now it's 6/7 consoles. That is a clear symptom of a BGA defect. You failed to mention this before! Leaving these details out is bias and counts against your credibility. So why admit it now? Again context matters!
Especially since the OP said that this MOD is 100%, people with negative results were probably discouraged from posting, assuming they just didn't install the caps correctly. So initially, we were only hearing the positive results. Combine that echo with our desire for the MYTH to be true, it's easy to understand why everyone got the jaded idea the mod worked more often than not. Most people don't read past the first 10 pages or so, they just read enough to get a sense of the general success. The first 10 pages would give you the sense that this mod would work. By page 32, you admit negative results, the back and forth discussions/ heated arguments have begun to turn productive and users were starting to realize this was more complex than they hoped. That the idea of a 1-mod-fix-all console claim isn't quite reasonable. There are still fanboys, and people trying to defend their past statements and position, which is contributing to controversy. Moreover the thread is gaining traction on the internet with prominent Youtube channels covering it (RetroRGB, MadLittlePixel, MyMateVince, NSC Modz, etc). This brought in users hoping to revive their beloved consoles and greatly perpetuated the MYTHs. It's when I became aware of it!
Along with the new users, perpetuating myth, dug in positions, and controversy, numerous users have started to respond with negative results. There was a shift in culture. It shifted from defending the original tutorial, to researching the real cause of the YLOD and how to fix it. It made the thread more receptive to negative results and users began feeling comfortable sharing their failures, not just successes. That's the context of
@Sampsonay's admission. He would have felt more comfortable sharing negative experiences with the mod now that everyone wasn't just congratulating one another on successful outcomes, and assuming the failures were all due to bad soldering, cheap Chinese caps, or not enough bridge wires. Now it was acceptable for you to admit evidence for a BGA defect and it's a credit to you that you did! It shows that you are willing to admit when you are wrong. So now I feel better about believing you.
After this you are gone! It isn't until page 132 that you mention another console. This time we get...
Again no information on the initial YLOD, but at least this time we get the after behavior. Sounds like either the caps weren't enough ot a BGA defect. 2 months earlier
@db260179 started the SYSCON thread, so you could have taken advantage of that, but you didn't. Hindsight being 20/20, we might have been able to confirm if that was due to a BGA defect or not. I was about to call this 6/8 consoles, but 3 pages later you said this...
That's just confusing! I mean, which of the 7 previous consoles was this? Or was it an 8th? You make it sound like it was one of the 6 that was previously working, because the 8th console you were talking about on Page 132 was piggybacked with Tantalums you got off mouser and the console you mention on page 135 used yellow caps from aliexpress. If so, which of the 6 previous ones had the YLOD recurr? I try to keep track of that sort of thing. Again no model information. I almost assumed that because it came 3 pages after the 8th console is being discussed that this is that console. However, it sounds like one of the six recurred? So that makes 5/8 positive results now. Did you ever try low ESR caps on that one?
The next time we hear from you is on page 172:
I respond to you the way I have always been wanting to, having read all your previous posts...
I was being tactful then. You confirm it's an A01, 2s YLOD, give caps details etc. Awesome, but by this point, we shouldn't have to ask. You should just be providing this info every time. You know we're going to ask...and you did on the next page.
You didn't say if you got it working, but I'm guessing you did if you were able to find the firmware revision. So this makes 6/9 positive results. That bring us to the present time. On this page you revived another A01. Still no details about the original YLOD, do you see the pattern? By my count, that makes 7/10. Maybe you can help me figure where your count and mine are off.
Given your lackadaisical posting history, why should we care what results you report? If you're trying to help us figure this out, provide the details we need and buy the $2 tool the rest of use are using to progresses the thread. Otherwise, why shouldn't we just assume you're still a fanboy spamming the thread with positive results to "prove" the Myth.
