Ps3 YLoD Attempted fix's. Any more ideas?

10 times out of 10 not the case


@kingdev
I recommend you do the four black chips, its system memory as well. In my case those are what keeps loosing connection causing me to have to reflow again.
Contemplating getting a slim with the longest warranty i can find.

 

hello everyone!!!!

i have some news!

me and boomont on Tuesday went down to London to be part of the audience for watchdog!

they are doing a piece on Sony's dreaded YLOD!

But from what it seems Sony are sticking to there guns and are unwilling to accept the FACT that there console has flaws in it!!!!!

in the show there will be a funny song written about the whole mess!!!!!

catch it this Thursday @ 8 o'clock!!!!!!!!

the more people phone in and tell them about there ylod the better!!
also if you do phone please mention my name and guide!!! cheers guys and gals lets bring sony down!!!!

 

Cheers I've done those too now and fluxed however when I try to retore the ps3 it's giving me an "unable to access dark disk" error message or if i just try and update the firmware it gives me the 8002F281 error.

Looks like I'm trying a new hdd.

 

MY PS3 60GB STILL WORKING AFTER THE OVEN COOK DONE IN JUNE...

 

**Update**

Tried the reflow again with flux. Yet I still have the problem with the menus not performing the tasks they should. Either they result in errors or shut down the ps3.

I've tried my hard disk in another ps3 and it asks to to format it and works ok so that rules out my drive although i have received "cannot access hard disk" messages.

I'm wondering if a combination of being to cautious and not using a high enough temperature is the root of my problem? Its an old heatgun with 2 temps 300 and 500 and I've not really reflowed for a great deal of time.

I think it might be time to up the temp to 500 and go a bit longer?

The YLOD has gone but now the machine only switches on and then eventually huts down to a red light on a normal start up. If I access the recovery menu I get errors upon choosing options.

All recommendations welcome (bar buying a new one! haha)

 

I don't think you need a reflow. Try formating the HD to NTFS, pop it back in and let the PS3 do the rest.

 

I'll give it a go. I'm wondering if it will be any help though as if I try to start up without a hdd installed I don't get the main start up screen followed by the message along the lines of "no hard drive detected".

After I initially reflowed and got rid of the YLOD it started perfect, i've encountered problems since trying to update the firmware after managing to fix the YLOD. It failed at 57%. I've wiped the hdd but not formatted it in ntfs... I'll give that a go.

 

I threw in the towel I got a slim w/ a 3 year warranty. I'm gonna try to fix my 60GB again but for now its to the closet with it. Sony got one on me.

 

nice to see this thread is still goin well done gilksy! i aint fixed my ylod with ur guid yet but will do very soon

 

prob sony with its many firmware updates fried it . and sony thinks you go out and buy a new sim ps3 . to boost sales so it can catch up with nintendo wii and xbox 360 lol you never know sony are crafty gits

 

Thanks again for your and everyones help i fixed my brothers xbox360 error 074

 

yes i watched watchdog on thursday and as we all know nothing will come of this,Sony will always get away with their ylod on their ps3 machines that every one who spend a lot of money for a crock of a games console, they know they are in fault but to recall the machines would be too costly for them. Keep it up everyone anoy sony anyway you can with the ylod problems someday they might change.

 

Colinjest / Gilksy and the rest of you brave souls that have followed the guide and followed up with feed back, I greatly appreciate your efforts.

Like most everyone on this thread I was presented with the YLOD; here are the details.

Sept. 4th 2009: Friday night I am watching a movie with the wife, streaming through my media server, the movie ends I shut down the system and switch over to regular T.V. for a bit. Harmless enough I would think.

In the morning I wake up ready to put in a few hours on COD and as I push the power button on the machine, it tries to start up (1 beep), I even hear the fan come on, but almost immediately I get 2 additional beeps, and I go from Green to Red to YLOD.

I never knew this was a problem, but I have had to deal with my son putting multiple games in the Blu-ray drive so I started questioning and trouble shooting based on that assumption...(of course I got some minor cussing out of the way as well...but lets continue).

After closer inspection it was clear that the drive was not the issue. I figured I'd take it apart and try disconnecting the dive cause I just knew this was the problem...did that, no change. At this point since I had already had it opened I figured I'd clean the fan and all the surrounding areas, (leaving the heat sync intact and not messing with the MB). I slapped everything back together and tried to power on again...still no luck. At this point I decided to do some reading, and that lead me to this wonderful thread/community.

The following week was devoted to reading this forum, and procuring the products needed to perform the Re-Flow process. I was able to confirm that the local Radio Shack did indeed have in stock Artic Silver, and I was able to borrow a heat gun (rated @ 300→500c) from my place of employment. Now all I needed was to get to it.

I followed Gilksy's YouTube guide to a tee. I reassembled, and when I plugged in the unit...powered it on...and hit the power button...all was right with the world...or at least so I though. The YLOD was indeed corrected, I was taken to the latest Firmware's splash screen...I even put my HDD back in and my Mini Ninjas theme was back in effect. My fan was running at level 1, no issue there and the air being expelled wasn't too terribly hot. I was ecstatic!

At this point it was already 3:30am on Friday morning and I had to be at work by 7am, but I was determined to play just one round of Hardcore Team Death-match. I inserted the COD Disk, and the games started up no problem. I went to login to play online and that is where my problems began to arise. I got an error 80010382 I figured it was just a network error so I tried again. That is when I noticed that I was not getting any activity on the front of the PS3. Normally I would get a flashing LED on the front of the PS3 when it would Search for Media Servers, or try to get online...honestly I think it would even flash during regular start-up...I was getting nothing. I recalled reading on here that there was a possibility that upon putting everything back together you could possibly cover up one of the LED's so I was hoping that was the case. I tried going into Network Settings and scanning for a signal, but I got nothing, constantly failed. I trouble shot until around 4:15am then called it a night/morning.

Later that day I returned home for lunch and decided to try a wired connection, but that was a no go either. Once plugged in, I didn't even get the LED on the back LAN connector to light up. This I though was a problem. At this point I noticed that my controllers would not continue to communicate with the system if they were not plugged into the USB port...and this is where I am turning to you guys for some help. ( I know this is long winded, but I had to set up my situation...thanks for bearing with me)

Have any of you experienced this issue? (Please tell me there is an easy fix)
Are there specific components on the MB that need to be checked?
Where is the LAN specific areas located on the MB?
Could I possibly heated an area that effected this? (I Only heated the 6 chips outlined on Gilksy's video)
Where is the Receiver / Transceiver for the wireless capabilities located?
Is it possible that I don't have something connected correctly?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have been very careful in following all directions...or so I have thought. At this point I had already contacted Sony and registered my complaint and they offered me a replacement for $149, however that was based on my YLOD, it's not YLODing anymore, so I don't know if I can continue with my same claim. I did not give them my Credit Card information, but they do have my my full description of issues and my contact info...what are your thoughts?

 

for the faults described please check all ribbons especially the one that connects to the wirless board!!!

make sure there in square and all the way before locking the tab down!!

also make sure the black wire with the minature bnc connector is plugged properly onto its socket of the wirless board!!!!!

gilksy

 

Thanks for the quick response. I will try these suggestions. I did notice that the 2 ribbons you disconnected underneath the card reader I took mine off the opposite way and the shorter of the 2 was more difficult to replace.

I'll let you know how things go after the check/fix.

Thanks for the help!

 

the shorter of the two is the wirless ribbon!!!!!!!!

push locking tab down to release then press ribbon all the way in then pull locking tab up until it clicks/locks!!!!!

goodluck

 

Any word on the micky mouse ps3 bga reball without 10k in gear?? I have been looking forward to it.. search youtube almost every day

 

You were absolutely correct! I checked the ribbon and it was indeed not secured. I was sure to lock in the tab and upon starting up the system I was able to get a wireless connection. My issues with the controllers seems to no longer be present either, (I may have just needed them to charge). Never the less, another YLOD fix.

Thanks aging to all of you in this forum who gave me hope, though the positive feedback about this fix, to believe what Gilksy1 was touting as truth to be just that, MOST of all to you Gilksy1/colinjest...your ability to figure this out and then share with the world your finding is a service to all PS3 owners. When it is all said and done I have successfully fixed my PS3 for just over $10.00 (the cost of the thermal paste).

Sony should be ashamed of themselves for charging $149.00 for an issue that is so easily remedied, and an obvious flaw on their part. (***let me get off my soapbox***)

Thanks AGAIN...one happy YLOD Conquerer!

 

well, the thing about YLOD fix is currently it's not 100% permanent.. a lot of people get it working for a couple of months or a week or two depending on your luck.. Usually have to reflow again.. I had to reflow 3 times and ended up getting YLOD each time, i finally gave up and sent it into sony.. i even tried fluxing didn't help much.

 

Yeah I can imagine that this will be a problem that can reoccur, I plan to send it back into Sony if I don't get an extended amount of time out of this Re-flow, but the tinkerer in me had to give it a try, (I have 2 hacked PSP's 1000/2000, Rooted G1, souped up BB Storm, Modded Wii, modded Dreamcast (disks), and PS2...) this was just the natural progression.

It all comes down to what you are willing to deal with and as of right now I was not willing to deal with paying half of what a new one would cost and lose my system for up to 20 days, when I was able to take a chance for $10.00 to fix it myself...even for just a day/week/month...totally worth it...at least once...maybe twice.

You done pissing in my/our Cheerios???