PS4 slim SAD-001 board - how to tell the Renesas ic is bad?

[supravit2000]

Hi, folks! I am not pro, just watch videos and try to find the error - sometimes it works.

So I have been sold a ps4 with no hdd which should only be replaced. The machine boots up to safe mode and after assembling a new ssd, the update process returns an error su-42118-6 (sometimes SU-41333-4) which after some research, I found out that the console is for the bin as the renesas ic must be bad. The bd drive indeed shows no signs of working order (the button for eject still beeps, though, but a cd is not accepted at all). All the fuses on the board are fine, so are the caps/resistors.

My question is, if someone has the knowledge - how can one tell the renesas ic is bad, since all the caps around it test fine (by fine I mean one end is zero resistance, other is a little higher). I really am not familiar, nor have the proper understanding how things work - I just want to be certain that this unit is fubar.

I would greatly appreciate if somebody has stumbled on such an issue and would share his/her knowledge.

Thanks!

[petehall347]

Re: PS4 slim SAD-001 board - how to tell the Renesas ic is bad?

How to fix SU-42118-6
Turn off and unplug your console.
Turn off your router/modem, wait at least 5 minutes, and then restart the router/modem.
Plug the console back in and restart it.
Select Notifications from the PS4™ console function area, highlight the update file, press the OPTIONS button, and select Delete.
Select Settings > System Software Update.

[petehall347]

Re: PS4 slim SAD-001 board - how to tell the Renesas ic is bad?

How to fix SU-41333-4
There was an issue when updating your PlayStation®4 console system software.

Please try the following:

Turn off and unplug your console. Turn off your router/modem, wait at least 5 minutes, and then restart the router/modem.
Plug the console back in and restart it. Select Notifications from the PS4™ console function area, highlight the update file, press the OPTIONS button, and select Delete. Select Settings > System Software Update.

[petehall347]

Re: PS4 slim SAD-001 board - how to tell the Renesas ic is bad?

https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/su...s4/su-41333-4/
come back if you cant find a fix .. come back anyway and tell us what it was .

[supravit2000]

Re: PS4 slim SAD-001 board - how to tell the Renesas ic is bad?

That's not possible, mate, as the console itself was already with the HDD missing from the chasis. So, as I've mentioned, after installing a new SSD in it and trying an offline brand new install of OS, the wizard returns that error, which is "terminal hardware failure". Obviously, since the BD drive takes no disks at all, and all the fuses for the drive are fine, I assumed it's the Renesas ic.

Which makes the system a donor, since that ic is married to the APU and if I haven't god an original HDD clone image, the system can't operate.

So that is my question - how to tell it is bad for certain?