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Xstation blocked on PlayStation white logo #371

Closed brakvader closed 3 months ago

brakvader commented 3 months ago

Hi, My xstation won't boot, it flash one time green led then stay blocked on PlayStation white screen. If i open the lid, goes on cd menu, and if i close, no cd find. I've checked my continuity with bip and the schema on mmonkey UK. It's a japanese 5500 pu18. I've tryed to change sd card. And the xstation well create the 00xstation folder and config the first Time, so it's writting on the sd card. Need help please.

kalm-traveler commented 3 months ago

Did you install it yourself? Did it work previously and suddenly quit working? Can you post pictures of the top and bottom of the mainboard?

Need all the details to try to help!

ramapcsx2 commented 3 months ago

Oh, I missed this, sorry! Yea, need some more info please :)

brakvader commented 3 months ago

Hi, Oh yes sure, i'm in vacation, i'll be back 10 August. So will do pictures. I install it myself. Never worked. And just look at continuity that i Saw on the mmonkey UK. Led blue ok, led green flash once and nothing After. Try 2 sd card scandisk. When i Come back i update with pictures. Thanks !

ramapcsx2 commented 3 months ago

Okay, so far what you describe is the generic QSB not quite soldered right case. Most people with issues have this. There are several things important here, for example the fact that measuring continuity easily connects loose solder joints from the probe pressure. It will read fine, when it is in fact a cold solder joint. Another problem could be a damaged Decoder IC on the PSX. If the Decoder can't decode data, or doesn't reply properly at boot, the system could hang on the white Sony screen. Yet another issue could be excess flux use, where the remaining flux conducts just enough to bridge 2 signals together, causing a quasi short.. So yeah, ideally, hop on Discord for some live support. I'll give you a fresh link when you're back :)

brakvader commented 3 months ago

Yup, I'm back. So i checked my continuity again, m'y pin 5 and 13 are connected , is it normal ? Or is it the point... IMG_20240811_201404147 IMG_20240811_201420746 IMG_20240811_201426905

ramapcsx2 commented 3 months ago

It doesn't look good, gotta say. Please check with your meter that this point here is not connected to ground: grafik

https://discord.gg/AmuWaQeC

brakvader commented 3 months ago

Not grounded, the picture is not super quality, it's better on real.

brakvader commented 3 months ago

So, on the header pin 5 and pin 13 was biping. Was not the qsb, but 2 pads of the dsp was in contact. It's done, working perfectly, thanks again.