Ps3 YLoD Attempted fix's. Any more ideas?

the original video was 8.56 gigs and i had to convert it with ashampoo shrink and burn to get 1 gig split into 6 parts......
god only knows what happened to the audio at the start of each part
but seeing as it took nearly 2 days to recode and shrink i thought i'd leave it as it was lol
you can use the pdf guide as a reference whilst watching the video!
cheers for the positive feedback!

gilksy

 

sorry for double posting

but yes its best to use new compound every time you do the fix!

try getting hold of some lead free solder flux and squirt it under neath the bga's before you reflow them this will help the dry solder flow better!

gilksy

 

The videos are definitely fine as is. Very detailed and absolutely no need to go back and fix the audio.

 

Yeah they really are very good.
I fixed my YLOD a few weeks ago following your guide but I still watched all six parts tonight to ensure I'd done it correctly,

 

gilksy 2 questions.

I have Titan Nano Grease. Is this good for the cpu and for the gpu?

And I have a heat gun but I don't have an LCD screen on it.. how do I know the temperature of the gun? It only says Nominal Power 1600W

 

Thank you very much for the video guide! I've fixed it!!!!

But one thing. When I turn on the ps3 after a couple of minutes the Ps3 fan kicks off and it gets very loud! Anyone experienced this? or why is that happening? Do I have to fear of overhating again?

 

are u sure that the fan is not revving up because if it stops it will over heat very quickly

 

It's still going strong. Played some Killzone2. It's not hot or anything.. Let's hope it will stay this way.

 

Hey Endru i had that as well my fan would just suddenly get really loud but i turned it off cos i dint want get ylod agen as i cannot access the motherboard now :-(

 

never heard of that!

if you need to know the temp of the gun look it up on internet for the specs!

 

Still playing with KZ2, still loud as an xbox lol.. But I checked again the air coming out of the ps is still cold. Could that constant high speed could kill my fan?

 

no the fan is designed to adjust itself to the extraction needed
yours sounds like its stuck on full bolock!
supercooling!!!!!!!!!!!!!

gilksy

 

LOL great! But also weird. I really hope that this constant high speed doesn't damage my fan.

 

Just wanted to share my YLOD experience with everyone. Today I did my first PS3 following the Ylod guide. I used artic silver 5 compound spread very thinly on the chips after they were cleaned to a mirror shine. I used a paint stripper gun with no heat control so I have no idea what the temp was that I used, but I spent about 45 seconds per area in the guide and let the board cool for 10 min before flipping the board over and doing the other side. Anyways, put the whole machine back together and presto! Powered up like nothing had happened.

I decided to let it run for a while and was happy that after 40 mins the fan hadnt even sped up and the fix was holding perfectly. However I did notice my power supply was hot enough to cook an egg on 30 mins in, and at just under an hour the machine went into thermal shutdown.

I pulled the smoking hot power supply unit off and replaced it with a spare I had from another machine and tried again. Im now at the two hour mark with the machine, and the power supply is quite hot, but not hot enough to cause thermal shutdown. I opened up the faulty ps and aside from some dust I cant see any reason why it would go into thermal shutdown, but im gonna hand it off to a friend who can scope the board and try to find the cause. If I find anything else out I'll you guys know.

P.S Thanks a million for the guide!

 

cool let us know what you find!

 

Hey again. Well just a quick update my first Ylod machine is running strong and is showing no further problems.

However I started in on my second Ylod and this one is a little goofy. I did the ylod fix just as before, but with this machine there is a delay before the machine actually Ylod's out. (About 5 seconds after powering up) Futhermore if I push and hold the button I can get it into the "switch display" menu and if I put in a different hard drive it pops up and allows me to format it. (It actually does the format, then on reset ylods) I've checked the power supply, the wifi board and I think the drive is ok too. Has anyone else seen anything like this befor?

Thanks guys.

 

Update: Ps3 still alive and kicking. Today I've put it to the real test. Played some KZ2, then FC2, GTA IV, and a lot of demos.
Hope it stays that way.

 

Mine is been liuke this over 1 month already... god knows how many times i tryed to reflow... and still no luck...

Colin what do you mean by spread some Flux under the processor before reflowing? Can you give me some more directions about it?
Thx

 

flux comes in liquid form and if you squirt it under the bga before reflow then it will help the old solder reform
just squirt some under and tilt board from side to side to make it run completely underneath the bga then proceed as before with the reflow!

 

I am now +2 in heatgun

Did it for the third time - so everything OK.

40 sec. on the front of each processor and 2o on the back at around 350 degrees.

I noticed the psu get really hot (running it without cover). Anybody knows of a 'top-cover mod' that allows for a better airflow. I am about to cut holes in each of the two covers and mount then mount some form of foam or grid.