Ps3 YLoD Attempted fix's. Any more ideas?

The link is still to a page where you have to buy the guide, a guide which most likely have been compiled from other forums which give the info for free. You can add whatever you like to your post it's still advertising a product which ppl can get for free.

If you were trying to help you would not be charging for this info, so Mathieu_A does have his facts right in calling you a spammer.

 

I thought advertising on here was banned anyway .. so mods will probably remove links / post

 

Mods are mostly asleep

Back when the jailbreak dongles were out everyone was posting links to sites. I posted links on where I got mine from, but then there were obvious ones from sellers themselves. None of those got removed though.

 

Hey guys,
I got a ps3 off my friend really cheap, he told me he dropped it down the stairs and it got ylod since, he told me blu ray was the problem, he does not know very much at hardware. He played ALOT. I did 4 reflows folowwing gilsky guide and I also did flux and Artic Silver forumula 5 thermal compound. Still same problem, I plugged blu ray out, still I get YLOD. I hear a tick sound from power supply when YLOD Happens..
So should I get a new power supply.
I dont think it is motherboard problem or Blu ray. When I opened motherboard comppound was ok not to bad. I had a look at blu ray, a bit is broken but I dont think that is the problem.
Please help

80GB PS3 FAT.

New power supply or what?

 

I have tried 2 reflows on a 80gig, with no success. I even Reflux the second time and it still didnt work. How many times should I try to reflow before I call it quits and put the board to rest. The only difference is after the second reflow I was at least able to do the high speed fan test and get a disc out. So it was a little better. Anyone have any ideas? Should I attempt a third? I increased the heat a little on the second reflow.

Thanks in Advance,
John

 

thats BS!

 

I was under the same frustration myself. I only paid 225 for my box. I am not really it DIY type but these got me through everything. Plus I fixed my neighbors disk errors and sold the whole package to another person so I ended up making a couple bucks. voltaleds com

Its guaranteed and pretty durn sweet.

 

Hey mate i just want to let you know that my brother recently had to repair is ps3 because of the problem you are having.

below is the link to the guide that he used

the link is HERE!

which apperently he found very useful.

good luck

 

More BS.

 

I totally agree. If those persons could share light on the topic at hand in getting us the information needed for a good DIY quality repair instead of still trying to sell us the info other members of the scene made for free, then and ONLY THEN do these persons have right to speak on these boards.

So I have the "green light of death" syndrome in my beloved PS3. Please share with us your "expertise" written by someone you never even met by getting us the information for the DIY procedure.

And since that's not the case because you haven't even a clue in fixing a PS3: get lost. Bug some close relative of yours with your obviously unwanted presence.

 

Yea if you remove your warrenty sticker they will not touch it, trust me i tried fighting on the phone because i attempted to fix my ps3 with the youtube videos, but i didnt have no success, so my last resort was Sony, but they didnt want to touch it.

but then i foudn this site which really helped me, without it i wouldnt have my beautiful ps3 back

Click here to fix your ps3 now

 

And still you do it. Cut the bull, don't try to sell this nonsence on the boards, and leave us the f..k alone if you don't have anything worthwhile to say to us!

 

You need to open the ps3 and heat the gpu (Graphics processing unit) to get it back into place, then scrape the thermal compound off and replace it arctic silver thermal compound. Its sort of like the 360

 

i would say i fix about 10 of these a week in my shop, and as far as do it yourself i have had limited success with anything other than my bga welder, that being said i will tell you a cheap way that "might" get your ps3 going again, buy an electric griddle from walmart, strip everything off your board, the bottom that is make sure there are no thermal pads anywhere, lay in flat on the griddle, wait until it is completely heated up, then blast the gpu with a heat gun, about 40 seconds, not to close but also not to far away, turn off the griddle and let it cool off completely on the griddle, then new thermal and see what happens, it takes longer to heat the gpu of the ps3 because the solid square is actually another heat sink that is directly on top of the actual chip.

 

Should not say this but I think this could be beneficial to people that do not want the warranty voided on ps3 or xbox
Get a heat gun and heat the warranty sticker up on the console until you see it slightly change colour under a light.
Then pull the rubber seal out a little so you can put a blade or something very thin under the sticker,and gently pull away but dont take too long or the glue on the sticker will re-attatch itself back to the console as it cools down.
The same applies to xbox360 stickers behind the faceplate.
They are hologram stickers but they can be removed and replaced if you are careful enough

 

Thought I would post something because of people still under warranty

 

Also people should use tin foil shiny side up to cover the board other than the cpu and the gpu.
Its not just the graphics as the temp for the console is recieved on the cpu hence with some people getting the high fan speed.
If you heat the gpu up the heat is sprteading throughout the board and damaging other components.
Protect the rest of the board with tin foil to deflect the heat to risk further damage.

 

tin-foil is not going to protect the board, and if you stick to the gpu there are no components around that area that will be affected, every part is rated around 400 degrees F, you only have to reach 360 degrees to re-flow the solder, when you do a complete reflow every part on the board is going to reach around 375 degree's.

 

I think not.
I was speaking to an electronics engineer and there are components that will not withstand that sought of heat on the board,hence people trying to fix and fail,due to the cpu detecting an issue and giving the ylod error.I have repaired these consoles myself and they are not very well constructed.
tin foil will deflect most of the heat so you can heat the area needed

 

do you understand how a reflow works? have you actually ever seen it done? i have 3 degree's in electronics, i have been around them for many years, i know a lot about each part and what all its tolerances are, i know what the parts are made of, how they are made, inside and out, i learned from books, and the practical application, i did not get my information from idiots displaying redneck techniques on youtube!