Ps3 YLoD Attempted fix's. Any more ideas?

I did reflow and replaced me psu with the newer 226. They actually both run very hot. The one difference I noticed is the 226 was a little cooler but it also dispersed the heat more evenly across the shell. The older one got incredibly hot in certain areas and I mean HOT. At first it was running cooler then the 226 and I was gonna use it but it gets alot hotter just takes about 10min. The 226 kinda stays the same.

 

As far as I know the 226 is the oldest PSU and the 240 is the newest.

Well, 6+ hours of running Folding @ Home and the shell is barely warm. Maybe my fix is more permanent than I thought!

Edit: Does anyone know if updating the firmware would adjust the operating temperature? I only ask because that is the only other thing I've changed on the system, updated to V2.80

 

The RZ somthing is the oldest. The 226 is the newest that is compatible with the 60GB

 

this fix worked for my ylod system, this question is for anyone else that has sucessfully did the fix, how long ago did you do the fix, and have you have to do the fix again since the initial fix?

 

It took me 3 attempts and so far lasted like 2 weeks

 

My first fix lasted 15 days but that was without replacing the Thermal Paste.

2nd fix lasted 10 days and that was with new Thermal Paste.

3rd fix with Flux is still working but it's only been 3 days.

 

The fix worked on the first attempt using new thermal paste but I haven't been able to continuous run it as I had to return the PS3 to the owner and I now only have the repaired motherboard/heatsink/fan unit.

 

Hi everyone!

I'm new here and just want to thank all off you for the good work and want to share my experince with reflowing.

I didn't had the YLOD, but when I started the PS3 (60GB) the screen freezed after 5 to 10 seconds. I tought it could be a problem with the RSX so I tried to reflow. After fixing I had only blank screen (HDMI and AV).

My second attempt was with flux (of course "no clean" type). When I started the PS3 I got the YLOD. I was a bit dissapointed, so I got out for lunch. About 1 hour later, I got home, started the console and it worked and is still working like a charm.

Did anyone of you experienced a similar thing?
I mean that the PS3 don't start right after fixing but one or two hours later.


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My statistics:

Problem: freezing after start (5-10 sec.)
Successful reflow after attempt: 2 (with flux)
working since: 2 hours

 

There's a way to fix the YLOD temporarily... sometimes it works for just hours, other times for days n days. Check out this guy's videos on how to fix. I did it myself, it worked... got 8 hours of gameplay, then it broke again. I was unable to fix it a second time, but I've heard that you can fix it several times. It's a 6 part video... here's the link to the fisrt.

 

I didn't think it was just temporary, I never read anywhere that it was. I did notice one thing in the PS3 I fixed though, the PSU was getting extremely hot. I took care of that problem and haven't had any post-'gilksy fix' problems yet. I even took the same method and used it to fix my RRoD Xbox 360. I don't need no stinking new x-clamp! :-D

 

I have repaired three I use what I call the counting message. Depending on how fast you get the lights tells what is the problem. The system goes threw the same sequence of checks every time by figuring out the sequence you can figure out the problem. I know first two seconds is blur-ray, instantly is hard drive corruption, and 3 seconds is a power problem.

 

What would cpu/gpu be then?

 

Well last week my ps3 was doing the Yellow light. Today I had some free time to fix it and NO I DID NOT TAKE IT APART. I was going to follow Gilskys guide on youtube, its the same thing I did on my Xbox but I didn't have the tools for the PS3. So I thought of other way to get it to work. First I tried to clean it out with a compressor and that showed a lot of dust but didn't fix it. My best idea that worked was using the ps3 box and a blow dryer to simulate a convection oven. I used a cheap conair supreme 1500 I put the ps3 in the box turned the blow dryer onto the back of the ps3 about 2 to 3 inches away from the plastic. I let it sit and heat up one heatsink at a time, them after 5 mins i moved it to the other. I did this for about 15 mins. This is still with all the parts in the ps3 you can see the two heatsinks on the ps3 when you look through the back near the hdmi connection.(you can see the heatsink fins)

I thought of this idea because of the Xbox towel trick. Its the same concept but the ps3 is unplugged and the extremely warm air is heating up the internals to melt the solder. Gilskys guide says not to use a blow dryer but in this case with my Xbox and PS3 it worked fine. I then let the ps3 cool near my AC vent because if you just try to power it on the red light blinks no yellow light ( I think the red blinking light means over heated) not sure thought. So after a good 10 mins being near the AC I plug it in and it came right up I was amazed.

Now yall can say im lying or what ever you believe but it really works. Why else would i write this long thing.

 

@malden1
I believe it worked for you. But this method can't be as effective as reflowing. A hairdryer normal has a temparature between 100-150 degree celsius. For reflowing you need something between 300-400 degrees celsius.

One YLOD isnt like another one. The main cause for any YLOD is a bit different. Some people reported that a few seconds with the heatgun were enought. Others "baked" the chip for minutes. You can only find out the size of the problem by trying out. There is no 100% guide for a fix.

 

Hi I have A Solution , Posting It On Youtube soon
Email me Ill Tell You More . Im a Victom of the soab YLOD
Fixing In Progress

 

I Followed the instructions and removed the YLOD.

My machine started up and took me to the main XMB. I thought "good job" and went ahead and proceeded to update my firmware to 3.00.

It downloaded ok however upon installation of it, it failed at 57%. The machine then rebooted and immediately tried to restart the failed installation. The same happened with it again failing at 57% and restarting restarted it.

I tried downloading the firmware to USB to see if it would automatically detect that, however it didn't. At this point I thought I'd try and access the recovery menu however it simply came back to the restarting firmware update.

I then decided to format my HDD to see if I could get access to the recovery menu, and i managed this successfully. I was unable to install the firmware with it again crashing so I then zero'd the HDD to see if that would help.

I'm now at the stage whereby when I try to do anything from the recovery menu - update firmware, restore the ps3 etc. I get a error code along with a message along the lines of "serious system error please contact support" with the code 8002F281.

Basically I'm wondering if anyone has experienced anything similar and/or know the best work around? Is it possible that when I reflowed that I didn't do it for long enough?

Before finding this thread I only reflowed the 2 chips and only on the chip side. I also did it on a low heat setting.

I wondering if I could perhaps give it another go with both chips (cell and RSX) and the smaller chips below on both sides.

I'm awaiting the flux to try this but thought I'd try and gain some info first.

Thanks in advance.

 

It is clear from both users and Sony that the fault is heat. I wonder if reflow is actually required in every case. Could it be that the paste has broken down with time and was of poor quality to start with ? So when the machines are turned on there is NO heat sink so the chips go straight into over temp mode.
Has anybody tried recoating the chips in a YLOD machine without reflow ? Clearly if the problem has been left for some time the extra heat will cause dry joints on the chips and reflow will be necessary. I'm thinking of metal/graphite filled pastes used on cpu's which have a proven track record as a remedy. I appreciate the time to take apart and reassemble only to find reflow is needed will mean most users won't have tried the proposal, just interested for those with experience as to if this is a viable fix ?

 

i used this fourm to fix my ps3 but my brother has the error 074 on his xbox 360 would someone please recommend a good link or site for the fixing guide thanks

 

http://xbox-experts.com/ and http://xbox-scene.com/

Both good sites with lots of info.

Oh, and that fixing guide I think you're talking about is garbage. Just search for it on google and DL the torrent and you'll see(I hope).