Originally posted by Nascar_Perry:

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Hello all,

I thought I would post this here because of all the great tips and support I seen from the members here.

So here's my problem:

I have a PS3 that was bought in May 2008, Last week I got the RLOD (YLOD). This is what the PS3 displayed when turning it on:

Green Light comes on...
Blue light comes on for about 1/2 a second...
Blue Light goes out, Green one goes to Yellow Steady for 1/2 a second....
Yellow goes to Red, followed by Beep, Beep, Beep. then the Red light stays on flashing.

What I have attempted to correct this:
-Re-Seat the hard drive
-Disassembled and thoroughly cleaned out fans, components and other areas that were dusty, Also used mid PSI Compressed Air to clean hard to reach areas
-Checked all cords and plugs
-Inspected the PSU, all was good
-Changed Thermal Paste using brand that is available in my area: CoolerMaster High Performance.

This has not corrected the issue.

Any ideas? Even if it buys me 4-5 hours to backup my hard drive

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Originally posted by Eisherz:

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Just do a reflow/reflux and you are good to go.
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Good reflow guide (watch all videos, not only the first part), just before you heat the chips up, use some no-clean flux fluid. The no-clean part is important, otherwise it might corrode your mainboard. Also try to get your hands on some Arctic Silver termal component.
And you might want to put some rubber/silicone under the PSU and the bluray drive so they no longer have direct contact to the mainboard. It makes the heat float a little better.

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Originally posted by 2dogsfighting71:

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The flux is just to help the solder flow and stick to the components but solder already has a bit of flux in it. I just reflowed mine (without flux) and it worked 1st time. If it didn't work, then i'd have used a bit of flux just before I put the heat on it. Good luck!

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Originally posted by Nascar_Perry:

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I thank everyone for their responses. I'm holding off at the immediate moment on repairing it while I await a response from Sony Canada and PlayStation in response to my email (which contains a few threats to use the media so soon since the recent Data breech)

I have asked for this email to be sent to the highest person in charge of Customer Relations, so we will see what happens.... I mean my system is barely a year out of warranty (Extended at that) and they want close to 200.00 to fix this? and from what you are all saying, it should only cost 40.00.

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