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PS3 RSX chip came off the motherboard
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SalTru89
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30. October 2009 @ 13:35 |
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That's true. Well I'll give a shot as soon as I get the adhesives. Thanks for your help.
Salvador Trujillo
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30. October 2009 @ 13:41 |
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No problem. Got to hand it to egeba with reverence to the Adheasive Heat Sink Past. Good luck
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matt6247
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31. October 2009 @ 20:03 |
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In my opinion opening the ps3 so many times and closing it has damaged the 5 pin wire going from the power supply to the motherboard mabey only 60gig . I know for a fact that if that wire is not in place that the system will not do ANYTHING. Make sure that is not the issue by either replacing the wire, or testing the wires with a ohm meter, see if there is a break in the line. In my modest opinion, people who keep warming up there cpu to crazy temperatures WILL do damage to it. They are ment to make heat, we all know this, but not for so long all the time with no where to go. I know from experience. Think about it people, if you are heating and "reflowing" the solder in cpu why wouldn't it last the first time? 2 1/2 years it worked from factory and now only 1 day 8 months after reflow. People think, I will not post anything yet but think about it............ And no dude putting the heat sink stuff on the blue thing shouldnt damage anything. Also WHO EVER SAID ANYTHING NEEDS TO BE PUT BACK TOGETHER BEFORE TUNRING IT ON? I wont say more, think about it. Thanks, any questions feel free to ask ;)
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matt6247
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31. October 2009 @ 20:09 |
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Also looking at the picture, the blue thing looks like its made to absorb the heat and transfer it to the piece that fell off. Look at the pics, it seems underneath it has another chip with the paste on it and the blue thing is sitting on top of paste. O before I forget NICE PICS dude, good job!
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SalTru89
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31. October 2009 @ 21:35 |
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um, thanks? what exactly is so nice about them?
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2. November 2009 @ 04:18 |
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Originally posted by SalTru89:
um, thanks? what exactly is so nice about them?
Because they save us the trouble of ripping off the heat spreader to see what is under it.
This is a very simple fix...just sand off the old glue from the 4 squares, put a thin but even layer of arctic silver 5 on the blue part, and use a thin but even application of Actic Adhesive to each of the 4 squares. Carefully possition the heat spreader, then put something on top of it for 24 hours untill the adhesive is fully dry. Once done, cover the whole surface of the heatspreader (and the chip next to it) with a thin, consistant layer of arctic silver 5 and re-assemble everything.
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2. November 2009 @ 12:30 |
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I'd interested in seeing if there was any performace gains from switching over to the higher quality thermal paste; or rather less performace loss.
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SalTru89
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2. November 2009 @ 16:11 |
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I followed everyone's instructions and my PS3 now works good as new.
Many thanks to the following:
canuckerz
ebega
glassd
ibizagti
KillerzBug
matt6247
NinReznor
TaZMaNiaK
And as for canuckerz question, It's about the same for now but if anything changes I'll let you know.
Thanks again everyone.
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2. November 2009 @ 16:37 |
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Good for you. I think that you showed us something that we had never seen. I definitely learned something from ebega about Thermo Adheasive Past and I use Thermo Past at work. All of my situations require torquing the heatsink to the SCR or IGBT thow.
Did you apply past to the Blue Chip?
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SalTru89
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2. November 2009 @ 17:22 |
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yea I did. And I believe that's what made it finally work again. Cause the first time I didn't put any and it didn't work.
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3. November 2009 @ 06:12 |
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Wow, now I'm thinking of cracking open my system and putting good thermal paste on everything.
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3. November 2009 @ 08:14 |
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Originally posted by SalTru89:
yea I did. And I believe that's what made it finally work again. Cause the first time I didn't put any and it didn't work.
We all learned something. Thanks
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3. November 2009 @ 16:41 |
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Originally posted by KillerBug:
Wow, now I'm thinking of cracking open my system and putting good thermal paste on everything.
Definitely tempting since I lost my proof of purchase awhile ago anyway; I just wounder just how shitty the stuff sony used on it is.
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4. November 2009 @ 00:09 |
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Originally posted by canuckerz:
Originally posted by KillerBug:
Wow, now I'm thinking of cracking open my system and putting good thermal paste on everything.
Definitely tempting since I lost my proof of purchase awhile ago anyway; I just wounder just how shitty the stuff sony used on it is.
I tore open a bunch of PS2 systems, and they always seemed to use the most terrible thing for the job, even if it costed them more. I doubt SCEA has changed much, especialy since my newest PS2 is newer than my PS3. I guess the best you could hope for is the cheap white stuff...maybe just a cheap thermal pad/thermal tape.
My system is out of warantee long ago...I think I should open it up and take action to make sure that it keeps working for a long time...but first I want to order some new arctic adhesive (my old stuff dried up on me).
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4. November 2009 @ 08:08 |
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How much of a pita is putting the ps3 back together? Ribbon wires make me RAGE. Also does the cell use a similar heatsink?
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SalTru89
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4. November 2009 @ 14:27 |
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Originally posted by canuckerz:
How much of a pita is putting the ps3 back together? Ribbon wires make me RAGE. Also does the cell use a similar heatsink?
Um, what's pita? And by Cell do you mean the heat sink next to the RSX heat sink? And as for ribblon wires, I'm no expert at these kinds of things in any way but if they are what I think they are then they're really easy to deal with (on my PS3 anyways).
Salvador Trujillo
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4. November 2009 @ 22:09 |
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Originally posted by SalTru89:
Originally posted by canuckerz:
How much of a pita is putting the ps3 back together? Ribbon wires make me RAGE. Also does the cell use a similar heatsink?
Um, what's pita? And by Cell do you mean the heat sink next to the RSX heat sink? And as for ribblon wires, I'm no expert at these kinds of things in any way but if they are what I think they are then they're really easy to deal with (on my PS3 anyways).
PITA = Pain In The @$$. :)
The Cell is the main processor. It is what is underneath that monstrous heatsink with the monstrous fan on it.
I have not opened my PS3 (only because it has been working perfectly since launch day and I don't want to jinx it!) I have just seen pics.
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5. November 2009 @ 02:59 |
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Originally posted by TaZMaNiaK:
I have not opened my PS3 (only because it has been working perfectly since launch day and I don't want to jinx it!) I have just seen pics.
Wow! I thought all the launch units had been opened at least once by now, if only to clean out the dust buildup.
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SalTru89
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5. November 2009 @ 11:29 |
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Originally posted by TaZMaNiaK:
Originally posted by SalTru89:
Originally posted by canuckerz:
How much of a pita is putting the ps3 back together? Ribbon wires make me RAGE. Also does the cell use a similar heatsink?
Um, what's pita? And by Cell do you mean the heat sink next to the RSX heat sink? And as for ribblon wires, I'm no expert at these kinds of things in any way but if they are what I think they are then they're really easy to deal with (on my PS3 anyways).
PITA = Pain In The @$$. :)
The Cell is the main processor. It is what is underneath that monstrous heatsink with the monstrous fan on it.
I have not opened my PS3 (only because it has been working perfectly since launch day and I don't want to jinx it!) I have just seen pics.
Well you know the old saying "if it aint broke don't fix it". But then again like I said I had never done anything like fixing a PS3 and I still think I did a pretty good job.
Here's the video I used to fix my PS3. Just do exactly as he says and you'll be fine.
Salvador Trujillo
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SalTru89
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5. November 2009 @ 11:37 |
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5. November 2009 @ 12:06 |
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Just finished putting my system back together. I was unable to get the cover off of the chip. I found that the heatsink paste in my unit seemed to be an older arctic silver or equivelant. They didn't pay much attention putting it on...the chips were both about half-dry, with all the heatsink paste on one side of the chip and pushed over the edge. Also, there were 4 pads for the ram, and another for the chipset. The ram pads were placed well, but the chipset pad was far off-center.
Also, the insides of my PS3 look nothing like the videos I had seen...my power supply is black plastic, but all the videos I have seen have a silver metal power supply. There were a few other slight changes that I have seen from other vids.
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5. November 2009 @ 12:13 |
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Just out of curiosity is there any room in there to install one of those ram heatsinks?
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5. November 2009 @ 13:06 |
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I was thinking that too...
To replace the ram or chipset heat disipators, you would have to do a bit of cutting to the stamped metal plate over the board, but you could easily mount a real heatsink on the chipset chip. You could also mount decent heatsinks on the ram in much the same way, but you would probably have to cut some heatsink stock to size, as I could not find any ramsinks to fit.
Also, the design of the main 2 heatsinks seemed rather pathetic to me; I expected something similar in design to OEM heatsinks from 3-4 years ago, I found something that has lots of heat pipes and very few fins...and everything was cheap aluminum. The only saving grace was the nice Delta fan. I would love to find some nice copper coolers, a good shipset fan, and some heatsink stock of the correct height so that I could give my system a whole cooling makeover.
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5. November 2009 @ 13:31 |
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Definitely something to look into; seeing as the ram or rather the lack there of is likely the main flaw of our consoles anything we could do to enhance what we have is a good thing.
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TouchyFle
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21. November 2009 @ 07:15 |
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I'm using the exact same method on my 60GB PS3, i have a problem of the display going green or not showing anything on my tv if i turn it on for more than 5mins, i pulled my RSX heat spreader off (little force) and am busy removing the glue from the 4 plates of metal. Should i leave the paste to dry for 24 hours on the blue part before i put the heat sink in place? or can i just assemble it all in one go?
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