How To Analyse Playstation 5 SMPS Power Supply

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Which tools do you need when fixing power supplies?
Multimeter Capacitance / ESR meter

Isolator transformer Variabel transformer
When you accidentally touch the hot For testing SMPS from low to To test state of capacitor
output you will be save high AC voltage
A variable transformer is not a

Isolator transformer!
Capacitor discharging
tool
Oscilloscope
To give a picture of the signal

like PWM signal
Electronic load
To test the secondary output
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Safety Guidelines
Electrical Shock Discharge main capacitor Use correct ground

Turn off and unplug power supply Use a discharging tool to drain the main When testing in COLD side use a
when you start repairing. filter capacitors ground reference on the COLD side.
Wear rubber shows When testing in HOT side use a ground

reference on the HOT side.
If you are tired or want to rush things,
don't do that and stop!
Best practice is to assume that the

power supply is always ON and LIVE
Only use plastic screwdrivers when

working on the PCB.
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These capacitors can kill you! Disclaimer –Caution!
Power supplies contain capacitors
that can store electrical energy
even after the supply is
disconnected.
Always assume that capacitors are
charged and take appropriate
precautions to discharge them
before touching or working on the
circuit. Use suitable tools, such as
insulated discharge probes, and
follow recommended safety
procedures.
Always discharge with High voltage can be
Discharging tool!! between: 200V - 470V
0.377 2.124 0.322 2.020 0.373
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6 common faults with SMPS
1. No power Symptom Test
No power Fuse blown RFI /EMI circuit

APFC circuit
LLC circuit
No power Fuse good Hot side

Cold side
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2. Low power voltage Symptom Test
Output is lower then specified No power ----

(example: No standby LED
+12V but the output delivers +10V)
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3. High power voltage Symptom Test
Output is higher then specified Power shutdown ----

(example:
+12V but the output delivers +15V)
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4. Power cycling Symptom Cause Test
Output voltage is present then it is turned off The rectifier diodes in the secondary section wil Bad component on secondary side Multimeter red proble to
and this cycle repeats produce an voltage that goes high and then low Bad filter capacitors cold ground. Red probe
(on / off) Faulty component in regulation circuit to the output of the
Error detection / feedback circuit rectifier diode.
Bad component on primary side
Measure output voltage on the

secondary filter capacitor
g s g s
d d
PS5 uses fast switching mosfets

Instead of diodes.
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5. Power shutdown Symptom Cause Test
When the generated output voltage is too high The rectifier diodes in the secondary section wil - Multimeter red proble to
the SMPS will go in shutdown mode. The SMPS produce an voltage that goes to +12V and higher cold ground. Red probe
does this too protect the device that is to +20V and then to +0V. to the output of the
connected to the ouput. In this case the PS5 rectifier diode.
Measure output voltage on the

secondary filter capacitor
g s g s
d d
PS5 uses fast switching mosfets

Instead of diodes.
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6. Intermittent power Symptom Cause Test
The power supply sometimes works ok and No power Dry solder joint Visual inspection
sometimes not. Power Loose connection Measure startup resistor
Primary side - startup resistor
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Front
+12V recitification
Secondary filter
capacitors
RFI / EMI filtering Main filter capacitors
Main switch mode

transformer
AC supply input socket
+12V OUTPUT
Main fuse Bridge rectifier Power Factor Correction LLC resonant converter
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Front Main filter capacitors Rectifiers generate +12V
Secondary Output Capacitors
Main transformer
Capacitor Y capacitor
Two - X capacitors HOT SIDE COLD SIDE Secondary Output Inductor. It f

Main Power Supply Sub Power Supply any unwanted AC and let DC to
through
Zero-ohm resistor
(Current sense) Secondary Output
Two - Y capacitors Solid Capacitors
DC voltage output
Main Fuse 12V – 10A
Y capacitor reduces
APFC Boost Diode Asymmetrical mains pollution
MOV Resonant
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AC Supply input APFC Boost Prevents main filter APFC MOSFET
Inductor capacitor from being inductor
NTC
Bridge Rectifier Three coils /chokes
discharged when APC
Mosfet is turned on again FET – Half
Bridge
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Back
Switching Regulator Chip for
synchronous rectification
APFC / LCC/ PWM

Controller
Optoisolator
Discharge IC
This is a dual
operational
amplifier and
voltage
reference.
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Check inside of case
Search for scorch

marks inside of case
Scorch mark
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Voltage Testing – 1.1 AC input voltage
HOT SIDE COLD SIDE

Main Power Supply Sub Power Supply
Red probe
Black probe
AC POWER ON!
Set multimeter in AC mode en

measure the AC pins of the bridge
rectifier
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Voltage Testing – 1.1.2 AC input voltage
AC POWER OFF!
COLD SIDE
Sub Power Supply
HOT SIDE
Main Power Supply
PIN 1
PIN 2
You will see the diode junction with

voltage drop of 0.5V on pin 1 and Set multimeter in DIODE mode and
pin 2. If yes circuit is good!
If not reverse the leads

measure the + and - pins of the
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Voltage Testing – 1.1.2 AC input voltage
AC POWER OFF!
COLD SIDE
Sub Power Supply
HOT SIDE
Main Power Supply
PIN 1
PIN 2
You will see the diode junction with

voltage drop of 0.5V on pin 1 and Set multimeter in DIODE mode and
pin 2. If yes circuit is good!
If not reverse the leads

measure the + and - pins of the
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Possibke faults
Voltage Testing – 1.1 AC input voltage AC cable unplugged
AC cable broken
Main fuse open
Circuit traces open / dry

NO VOLTAGE?
joint
EMI coils may have open

Check the components in these area
Red probe
Black probe RFI / EMI filtering
AC supply input socket
Main fuse Bridge rectifier
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Voltage Testing – 1.2 Main filter capacitor
PFC
Power factor correction (PFC) is a technique used
in electrical systems to improve the power factor
of an AC power supply. The power factor is a
measure of how effectively electrical power is
being utilized by a device or system. It represents
the ratio of real power (measured in watts) to
apparent power (measured in volt-amperes).
< 390V – PFC is not working correctly
> 390V – PFC is not working correctly

If measured voltage is
+- 390V then PFC 0V – Check circuit behind capacitor
circuit is working
Lower voltage then normal check health
capacitor with ESR meter
+- 390V – PFC is ok when a load is connected to

the 12V output of 8 – 10 amps
+- 380V – PFC is ok when NO load is connected

to the 12V output
Testing done?
Multimeter in DC mode! Power off! - discharge capacitor
Black probe Don’t let the probes touch other pins!
Red probe
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Voltage Testing – 1.3 Supply voltage VCC – PWM IC
VCC - PIN
Identify the VCC Pin of the PWM / Power IC: Look
at the datasheet or pinout diagram of the specific
PWM power IC you are using. The VCC pin is
usually marked clearly in the documentation.
Check nearby components For PS5 it is +18V.
VCC is needed to power the PWM / Power IC on to

generate the voltages.
Check VCC +18V Correct voltage is present. We can assume now

the filter capacitor; startup resistor and bridge
rectifier are ok.
0V - and main filter capacitor has the

correct voltage then the startup resistor
could be shorted pulling the VCC down
to 0V.
Voltage lower then aspected and main

filter capacitor has the correct voltage
then the resistance of startup resistor
could be high ohm. Or components
nearby are leaky or faulty
AC POWER ON!
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Voltage Testing – 1.4 Secondary Output Voltages
Testing output voltages on the cold side you need
to know what voltages are generated.
For PS5 it is 12V / 10 amp

AC POWER ON! Some SMPS have multiple outputs with different
voltages.
Output voltage is OK, no action needed.
0V - SMPS is faulty or some short is
preventing the SMPS from starting
Low output voltages then specified.
Problem could be on the hot or cold side.
Current sense resistor could have a
different value or one of the secondary
filter capacitor has a high ESR.
Higher output voltage. If it is too high
To test output voltage, you need the SMPS will shutdown. When slightly
to connect an electronic load. high the problem could be in the
For PS5 it is +12V and 8 Amp of feedback circuit area, a resistor or
current optoislator turned into high ohm.
Check output voltage Output is power cycling. Max voltage to
12V zero voltage and then it repeats. Cause
10A can be in hot or cold side.
SMPS shutdown. You will see that the
ouput voltage goes up and then down.
When you switch the SMPS off and on
the same thing happens.
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Voltage Testing – 2.1 Use oscilloscoop to test waveforms
DO NOT TOUCH THE ROUND METAL

CONNECTORS!
Use the Isolator transformer COLD SIDE

HOT SIDE
When you are measuring the hot side Sub Power Supply
Main Power Supply
with a oscilloscope!
Test PWM signal of Test waveform on the
power IC on the HOT DC output of the cold
side side at the output of
the diodes.
In PS5 this would be

testing the MOSFET’s
and IC that drives the
mosfets and the
output line.
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Voltage Testing – 2.1 Use oscilloscoop to test PWM waveforms
Set oscilloscope
in AC mode
Set the time and voltage Good output signal means: IC is getting power,
HOT SIDE components near the IC are working.
Main Power Supply Troubleshoot the cold side.
Test PWM signal on No output signal but the IC is getting

the gate output of Gate high side mosfet correct power then: IC could be faulty ,
high and low side Mosfet is shorted, Primary winding of
mosfet main transformer is shorted or a short
on the cold side.
Gate low side mosfet
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Voltage Testing – 2.2 Use oscilloscoop to test drain of mosfet
Set oscilloscope
in AC mode
Set the time and voltage See the signal of the drain pin.
HOT SIDE
Main Power Supply
Test drain of mosfet
Goes to drain
of mosfet
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Voltage Testing – 2.2 Use oscilloscoop to test DC output voltage
Set oscilloscope
in DC mode
Set the time and voltage The DC output voltage generated should be a
COLD SIDE clean DC voltage. On the scope the waveform
Sub Power Supply should be a straight horizontal line without
distortion and ripples.
When the DC output voltage is clean you can
assume the main and secondary filter
capacitors are working ok.
When the DC output voltage has ripple
you need to check all the filter capacitors
with a ESR meter.
Ripple in DC voltage,
this is not good
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Troubleshooting – Bridge rectifier
+- 0.5V +- 0.5V
+- 0.5V +- 0.5V +- 1.1V

+- 1.1V
COLD SIDE
Sub Power Supply
HOT SIDE
Main Power Supply
Main fuse is open
Shorted rectifier
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Troubleshooting – Main filtering capacitor
Filter capacitor
• Value drops
• Open circuit
• ESR value is high
• Bulged HOT SIDE COLD SIDE
• Short circuit Main Power Supply Sub Power Supply
• Breakdown under load
- No voltage
- Voltage blink
- Unstable voltage
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Troubleshooting – No VCC APFC / LCC/ PWM controller
Startup resistor is opened circuit or

No VCC – 18.4V turned intro high ohms. This can
cause intermittend power
problems
No voltage
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Troubleshooting – Optoisolator
If the optoisolator is faulty, like

open LED, leaky or shorted
Regulation circuit
Voltage blink
Lower output voltage
Shutdown after supply is on
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APFC / PWM controller IC DAP053T
Measure IC for shorts and measure

each pin in diode mode using the
multimeter
PIN 13
APFC Boost Diode
18,4V
VCC APFC MOSFET
1.12 LLC High and Low side mosfet
0.679 0.614 O.L.
PIN 2
Boost Sense. This pin get the
8.2V Zenerdiode. If this PFC output. When there is a 0.697 0.686 0.521 1.16
zenerdiode is bad the FPC shutdown, this pin goes low.
can go out of range This is done by the
creating +500V on the optocoupler 0.596 GND 0.653 1.486
main caps! Measure it out
of circuit.
Powergood
0.711 0.688 0.663 O.L. Feedback
Shutdown
= diode measurements
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APFC / PWM controller IC DAP053T = TEA2016AAT
LLC current sense input; externally VCC – 18.4V Input
connected to the resonant current supply external Input for half-bridge slope
sense resistor DC supply detection; externally connected to half-bridge node
HB between the LLC
MOSFETs
output voltage regulation feedback sense input;

High-side MOSFET gate driver output
externally connected to
and supply for bootstrap
an optocoupler. Output for power good function
Capacitor (LLC)
1 1 1 1 7
9 8
3 2 1 0
X
PFC current is measured via an external sense

resistor connected to this pin. (PFC) high-side driver supply input
Sense input for boost voltage (PFC) LLC capacitor voltage sense input;
externally connected to divider across
LLC capacitor
2 3
X
4 5 6
1
The AC input voltage is measured, and

the information is fed to an internal
mains compensation Start-up source also used for X- capacitor discharge, valley
circuit (PFC) detection, and PFC OVP detection; connected to (PFC) drain voltage)
PFC MOSFET gate driver output (PFC)

Low-side MOSFET gate driver output
and supply for bootstrap
Capacitor (LLC)
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APFC / PWM controller IC DAP053T = TEA2016AAT
8
1
1 9
2
5
1
4 1
1
2
3
3
1
2
1
1
0
2 1
3 3
= diode measurements
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Front
1 1
1 2
1
2 4
5 7
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APFC / PWM controller IC
1
0
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Synchronous rectification MP6924A
MP6924A is a dual, fast turn-off,

intelligent rectifier for synchronous rectification
in LLC resonant converters
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Synchronous rectification MP6924A
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Power supply failing under load Conditions
The PS5 power supply can deliver more

then 30 Amps and 12V.
If the electronic load is connected set

the voltage to 12V and then increase
load current in intervals of 1 Amp.
The voltage of 12V must not drop when

you increase the load current until 10
amps.
Connect When to voltage is dropping below 12V

when you increase the current the
electronic load
power supply is failing under load.
Measure main filter capacitor

under load and no load.
Witch load connected: 390V

No load connected: 385V
Measure APFC / PWM controller

IC in diode mode for deviations in
value.
To eliminate that the shutdown
circuit is causing the problem
disable the transistor that is
connected to pin 2. if the main
capacitor is still too low then
replace the APFC / PWM IC.
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Electronic load results
Working APFC Not correctly working APFC
Load Load Main filter Load Load Main filter

voltage (v) current (A) capacitor voltage current (A) capacitor
(V) (V)
+12V 4 +- 390 +12V 4 +- 390
+12V 5 +- 390 +12V 5 +- 390
+11.9V 6 +- 390 +11.8V 6 +- 385
+11.9V 7 +- 390 +11.7V 7 +- 360
+11.9V 8 +- 390 +11.7V 8 +- 360
+11.8V 9 +- 390 +11.6V 9 +- 350
+11.8V 10 +- 390 +11.6V 10 +- 330
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Fast shutdown on output Shutdown symptoms
If you see a voltage being created on

the output but then it goes to 0. This
means that the power supply wants to
generate the voltage, but something is
triggering a shutdown.
Ouput has a
voltage but
immediately
shutdown.
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Measure output for shorts
If there is a short on the cold /

secondary side. Check all capacitors and
rectifier diodes
Measure the output with a

multimeter in resistance /
diode mode
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+12V Output shorted – possible causes
Check for bulged capacitors and/or
measure ESR of the capcitor out of
the circuit
Check rectifiers for shorts
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Check for shorts and search for burn marks
Diode
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Fusible resistor Fusable resistor
A fusible resistor, also known as a
fuse resistor or a safety resistor, is
a type of resistor that is designed
to act as a fuse in case of excessive
current or power dissipation. It
combines the functions of a
resistor and a fuse into a single
component.
Resistor must have
continuity and is very
low ohm’s
Resistor has continuity then
resistor and is low resistance
then it is OK
Resistor has no continuity then resistor

is blown.
Also check if the Boost Diode and Mosfet

are shorted.
Check the APFC / PWM controller IC,

because the IC drives these diode and
mosfet for the PFC circuit.
APFC Boost Diode APFC MOSFET
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Optoisolator for voltage correction feedback Feedback loop
By using an optoisolator in the
feedback loop, the output voltage
can be constantly monitored and
regulated. Any deviation from the
desired voltage will be detected by
This mosfet turn’s the LED on of the
the optocoupler, allowing the
optoisolator. If mosfet is broken control circuit to make appropriate
Optoisolator power the output voltage can be low. adjustments.
good signal from hot
side to cold side
2
OUTPUT < +12v check mosfet /
optoisolator
Optoisolator for
voltage correction PIN 4
If main capacitors voltage is higher then +-
feedback, this set’s 390V check if these optoisolator are ok and
the output voltage not leaking.
3
Optoisolator for PIN 3 Measure the resistance of the collector /

shutdown power emitter junction between pin 3 and 4 of the
supply. If there is a optoisolator. It should be infinite resistance
problem on cold side,
the signal goes to the 1
hot side to command
a shutdown
To disable the
optoisolator
disconnect pin 3
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How to repair power supply PS5

Multimeter Capacitance / ESR meter

A variable transformer is not a

To give a picture of the signal

To test the secondary output

Electrical Shock Discharge main capacitor Use correct ground

Wear rubber shows When testing in HOT side use a ground

Best practice is to assume that the

Only use plastic screwdrivers when

0.377 2.124 0.322 2.020 0.373

1. No power Symptom Test

No power Fuse blown RFI /EMI circuit

No power Fuse good Hot side

2. Low power voltage Symptom Test

Output is lower then specified No power ----

3. High power voltage Symptom Test

Output is higher then specified Power shutdown ----

4. Power cycling Symptom Cause Test

Measure output voltage on the

PS5 uses fast switching mosfets

5. Power shutdown Symptom Cause Test

Measure output voltage on the

PS5 uses fast switching mosfets

6. Intermittent power Symptom Cause Test

RFI / EMI filtering Main filter capacitors

Main switch mode

AC supply input socket

Two - X capacitors HOT SIDE COLD SIDE Secondary Output Inductor. It f

APFC / LCC/ PWM

Search for scorch

HOT SIDE COLD SIDE

Set multimeter in AC mode en

You will see the diode junction with

If not reverse the leads

You will see the diode junction with

If not reverse the leads

Main fuse open

Circuit traces open / dry

EMI coils may have open

AC supply input socket

Main fuse Bridge rectifier

< 390V – PFC is not working correctly

> 390V – PFC is not working correctly

+- 390V – PFC is ok when a load is connected to

+- 380V – PFC is ok when NO load is connected

Check nearby components For PS5 it is +18V.

VCC is needed to power the PWM / Power IC on to

Check VCC +18V Correct voltage is present. We can assume now

0V - and main filter capacitor has the

Voltage lower then aspected and main

For PS5 it is 12V / 10 amp

DO NOT TOUCH THE ROUND METAL

Use the Isolator transformer COLD SIDE

In PS5 this would be

Test PWM signal on No output signal but the IC is getting

Gate low side mosfet

Test drain of mosfet