Ps3 YLoD Attempted fix's. Any more ideas?

3rd time lucky........ i am waiting the mobo to cool down after the 3rd reflow.

with the 2nd reflow Ive finished, gow3 in hard mode, prince of persia (the 1st one for ps3), many hours in GTprologue, 8 hours of folding@home, downloaded many things from psn etc etc , 15 days lasted with no problems.......

but the bloody annoying thing is that just like the 1st time that i got the ylod....again this time i got it when the ps3 was still cool.
Same bloody story, i fired it up, got to the PSS, browse to see the new content and boom........ i will start believing that there is something wrong with PSS lol

edit:...........ok........ and its alive again...... lol

 

Right then
I have also used the penny trick on the clamps that screw the fan to the board
Before you screw the clamps back down,do it the same way as the 360.
Wrap 2 pennies up in tape and place them under where the clamps are going to be screwed down
Get 4 rubber pads,roughly same thickness as the old xbox pads(rubber feet)and put them under the power supply.
Then get another 4 rubber pads and put them under the blueray drive.
If you put the console back together,all should be fine.
I have repaired loads of ps3 like this with no repurcussions

 

obviously you still have to repaste and reflow the board

 

having a ps3 is like having a big chicken in the oven for sunday dinner and forgetting about it being overcooked.
Lifting the power supply and the bluray away from the metal plate that covers the board helps the air circulate around the console

 

Well, day 27 and mine took a dump from the first reflow. It will turn back on after cooling off, but only last 10-20 minutes. So I still think there is hope for her. Gonna try a 2nd reflow at a higher temprature. Hopefully I have enough AS5 left

 

My first reflow lasted 7 days say 5 hours a day on mw2. Just reflowed again but this time only did the top chip (when stood upright), no point heating chips if they dont need it.

 

Thanks for letting me know! il be sure to do this if my ylod's agen thanks

 

They both have lead solder under them, so yeah, I think there is a point to heat both.

Of course, if I had an IR heat source and a reballing stand, I would be doing it PROPERLY. Then again, if I had that kinda money, I wouldn't be screwing around with this old as PS3 and build a computer instead

 

so if you had 1 worn tyre and the rest were good you'd change them all?

 

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That metaphore doesn't even apply.

Anyways, here is to hour one after reflow two.. Wish it luck!

 

WARNING NEVER NEVER NEVER reflow, it causes your BGA's to POPCORN!!!!!!

 

Warning,: Never reflow as its only a temp fix and causes your chipset to "popcorn", repeat ONLY a temp fix. True fix reball with leaded solder!

 

heat up the sticker an peel

 

not for free!!!! like 250 AUD, who said no lead in electronic devices, what enviomental damage does it do?? Sure there is another alternative

 

Just wondering how many have tried this penny trick with the pads and also wondering do I heatgun the bga's as usual can anyone help

 

heres a new 1 for you guys.

I had a ps3 with the blu ray reading errors, ya know wont read ps3 game or blu-ray. so took out lens and stuck in a new 1 making sure it was the right code etc.

After i booted up i got 2 seconds of menu then YLOD. WTF?

Any ideas???

 

Hi people,

ok heres the problem, ps3 number 1 wouldnt read blu ray or ps3 games so replaced the drive lens and when i booted back up got 2 seconds of menu then YLOD, hasnt been hot enough to be the GPU or CPU.

The ps3 number 2, this had same problem but all i did was open the blu ray drive take a look then put it all back together, I touched nothing, soon as I put it back on the YLOD popped up.

Now ok this means somethings not happy with the blu ray drives BUT, does anyone think that Sony may have fitted a tamper device so no1 can chip the drives to read copied games?