I thought advertising on here was banned anyway .. so mods will probably remove links / post :)
That's why it's heaps quieter .. the dust makes them loud, plus they speed up quicker coz the unit is heating up faster coz it's full of dust :)
Haha! Thats a lot of bleeping. I was wondering if he would get away with it :)
Whoah! Sounds like there are LOTS of reasons for YLOD, and not always requiring a reflow fix! As snotewood007 says .. probably only worth...
Mine lived it's life on it's side (standing up) and YLOD .. but never had fan go above stage 2 in that time too .. Funny if they were ALL...
Just to throw it into the mix, my fan NEVER got to stage 4 on the fat PS3, yet it still YLOD'd
@SDF_GR .. Yep .. unfortunately I think it's inevitable .. :( I loved my phat PS3, but happy with the Slim now .. hopefully don't have to add...
I doubt you can say it lasted longer because of the maintenance being done on the unit. Mine lasted about 3-4 years with no maintenance at all ......
Yep .. get rid of it while it's working as it sounds like a temporary fix sadly. I did the same .. have had the PS3 slim with a 320GB hdd in it...
Glad to hear it! Good work on fixing it :) PS I didn't do much :P ntemis was the man!
manugirl - did you bend the clips before you put them back in. Can't remember if it's in the gilksy guide, but it's in a related guide :) The two...
Have you put everything back on as it should be. You don't have bits left over / lost do you :) Mine overheated but I had forgotten to connect...
manugirl, sounds like it is overheating immediately, did you use enough (or too much) heatsink compound on the chips? Thats what I would assume...
Don't know if anyone else has isolated the PS3 power supply and run from a PC one, maybe they have, but I am very keen to hear how you go with...
Well either that's Gilksy's web site, or someone is ripping off / linking to his video. Thats the gilksy guide ya nub :)
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