Hello to you all!!! May I begin by telling you that I have an older generation PS3...60GB model CECHA01 ??? I started having trouble when the display on my tv(composite) looked like I was playing an ATARI, and sometimes displayed "MATRIX" like shapes and colors?!?! I figured that it was overheating or something, so I decided to go online to find out why, or what I could do to save this expensive machine... especially since it starts up normally and has a solid green light??? The first thing I found was to remove and replace the old thermal paste. That is very easy to do and not too expensive to replace it with as5(I have experience in applying this). I put the system back together and it came back up again, just enough for me to "hardboot it" to change display settings, etc...just long enough to see that I was playing a matrix-like ATARI yet again??? So I looked online some more and found Gilskys video turorial on how to "reflow" a PS3!!!! At this point I figured that I must "reflow" the RSX chip...and I did it carefully!!!!! But to no avail, the system now has no video at all, and yet, it still boots up normally with a solid green light?! I've tested the harddrive and it works fine. I have also taken apart the power supply and have tested it to be working perfectly??? There is nothing wrong with the motherboard that I can see either?! Does any of you have any experience with this type of problem? ANY advice would be greatly appreciated!!!
I wasn't aware that the RSX bga had a "cover"...and I'm not sure I would want to tear apart the bga at this time because the system starts up fine, WITHOUT a YLOD??? I did notice, when I first opened up the system, that the original thermal paste was almost completely dried up on the CPU and was completely nonexistant from the GPU(it wasn't white...it looked..."crusty"). I'm wondering if it may be something other than the CPU or GPU(including the ram chips) that is causing this particular problem??? Thank you for your reply KillerBug!!!
Thanx for the reply. I know where the RSX is and i have already attempted to do a reflow of both the cell and rsx with no luck. I will give it another try and maybe use the heatgun on the rsx longer. I've ued a temp of 700 degrees F(350 c) the first time, for about 25-30 seconds per section.
