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So As Said In My First Thread Post I Started To Work On My First Vita Repair. Its a 1000 model with the 3g installed.
When I received the console it had no outer screws and no bumper button but everything else was together untouched. After going through and checking out everything on the console it seemed to be fine. Every Resistor had proper continuity and the board didn't seem to be shorted so i decide to plug in the charger. This would be the point where I find out why the console was deemed as broken. The charger struggled to go in and struggled to come out which I thought was a Immediate red flag so I look at the charger port pins and BROOOO. The charger port was just beyond repairable. Every Pin inside was just bend to all hell or just broken/missing. It was like someone took their charger and just cowboy rope swung the vita across their house and yanked the cord out breaking it.
MY FIRST THOUGHT:
WHY DID SONY PUT THESE PORTS ON A HANDHELD CONSOLE. These ports literally look doomed to fail. I sent a picture of the port to my dad who is a CNC electrical engineer and told him "Look how F up this port is" and his first response was "why the hell would they put that specific port on a console like that in the first place" which confirmed my point also.
I don't understand why Sony didn't put USB-C on them like THE TECHNOLOGY WAS THERE AT THAT TIME or REUSE THE PSP PORTS SINCE MANY PEOPLE STILL HAD THEM AT TAHAT TIME ALSO.
To Conclude:
I just ordered a replacement port and I am gonna solder a new one on but I wonder if I Should just order the USB-C Mod they have for the vita and just put that on instead of the OEM Port
When I received the console it had no outer screws and no bumper button but everything else was together untouched. After going through and checking out everything on the console it seemed to be fine. Every Resistor had proper continuity and the board didn't seem to be shorted so i decide to plug in the charger. This would be the point where I find out why the console was deemed as broken. The charger struggled to go in and struggled to come out which I thought was a Immediate red flag so I look at the charger port pins and BROOOO. The charger port was just beyond repairable. Every Pin inside was just bend to all hell or just broken/missing. It was like someone took their charger and just cowboy rope swung the vita across their house and yanked the cord out breaking it.
MY FIRST THOUGHT:
WHY DID SONY PUT THESE PORTS ON A HANDHELD CONSOLE. These ports literally look doomed to fail. I sent a picture of the port to my dad who is a CNC electrical engineer and told him "Look how F up this port is" and his first response was "why the hell would they put that specific port on a console like that in the first place" which confirmed my point also.
I don't understand why Sony didn't put USB-C on them like THE TECHNOLOGY WAS THERE AT THAT TIME or REUSE THE PSP PORTS SINCE MANY PEOPLE STILL HAD THEM AT TAHAT TIME ALSO.
To Conclude:
I just ordered a replacement port and I am gonna solder a new one on but I wonder if I Should just order the USB-C Mod they have for the vita and just put that on instead of the OEM Port