has anyone ever had both the xbox 360 and ps3 or repaired a few of each? i was just wondering if its just me or not, some xbox 360's will fix and when i sell them i hear nothing more about them and some just are recurring rrod's that i cant get rid of(including my own one). the ps3's on the other hand, i have fixed 3 so far the backwards compatible ones are near impossible for me to get working(as in i tried about 3-4 of them and they just wont come back) anyways the most luck i have had are with the 40gb systems(old or newer) including my own they seem to stay working for quite a while, i havent had any complaints about them, and have had to part out all the backwards compatible ones. like i said i was just wondering if anyone else has notice that the ps3 seems to last longer after repair than xbox 360.
Ive fixed alot of xbox's and almost all of them were fixed for a good period of time. I have fixed two PS3 (60 and 40gb) and I have been using the 60 for only bluray movies. So far so good. The 40 gig was fixed and traded in so I have no clue as to how long it will run, but the xbox's seem to be an easier fix.
are you all using the self heating method or heatgun and protecting the caps(i have better luck with a heatgun) or do you have the reflow station(professional), just wondering.
Originally posted by cocoa1: are you all using the self heating method or heatgun and protecting the caps(i have better luck with a heatgun) or do you have the reflow station(professional), just wondering.
Heat gun. I set it on low and it works like a charm. Use flux, it will help out alot. I know Killerbug has said to use the oven but I have never tried it. Apparently, it works very good as well.
yeah, i always use kester 951 flux and arctic silver 5 paste, i try not to resort to heat gun on 360's due to capacitors(i had a little bit of an accident the first time i tried that) it dont bother me to do ps3's like that since they have hardly any caps and they are small anyways. i was trying to see what other people do, just to see if i am on track. i enjoy this forum very much, i have learned a lot from here and will continue to do so because you know the slims are going to start giving problems eventually. thanks
How long can a ps3 stay on? I have tons of stuff downloading. I have it in a media center console. Both doors are wide open and I usually do once a week compressed air and I wipe it down for dust daily.
as long as it is ventilated it should be fine, but most of the time these are time bombs without a number display, you never know what will happen, i make it a habit not to leave games in my ps3 so that if it ylods it wont be stuck in there and i actually took the whole top off and just leave it that way and make sure i keep it dusted, i aint saying that is what you should do, thats just what i do.
I had my original 60gb PS3 for 3years+, after the 1st year (that was under warranty), every six months i did a full cleaning/maintenance, new thermal paste, new thermal pads and lens cleaning....everything.
I've never had any fan noise or temperature issues or something and between the 6 months maintenance i was spraying it also with compressed air.... and before a month or so, it suddenly died. (R.I.P)
Not wile playing or running folding etc...... i haven't used it for 2-3 days and when i turned on and logged in to PSStore.....it beeped and turned off all by it self, tried to turn in on again... 3 beeps and off again.
btw...
i did the heat gun fix, worked for about 5mins....maybe less cause i haven't even finished adjusting the clock via internet, and got the YLOD again... at least i got my game disc out :D
...and i still haven't found the time to take it to Sony...they said that with 147,5 euros they will replace it, but i am sure that they will bust my @@s cause the console is opened multiple times....
There is a thought process that says it is better to never turn off electronics. If properly cooled and built, a device should be able to run for years and years without turning off; most servers run like this; they just leave them running until they are too old to be worth the electricity used.
The only problem with applying that to the PS3 is that the cooling really isn't very good, and they cut a lot of corners to save money on the mainboards.
...but at the same time, it is generally agreed that most PS3 failures result not from heat, but from repeated heat/cool cycles...so that might be enough to offset the poor cooling and crummy parts.
If you really want it to last forever, I would think your best bet would be to upgrade all the internal coolers, and to make the fan run at a higher speed...then you should be able to just leave it on forever...maybe reboot every few weeks to keep it running smooth.
you know thats really good there, i leave my computer on day and night it only gets shut for updates and when the power goes out or a storm, i used to shut it down all the time and under warranty had to replace the motherboard, 2 hard drives and the dvd player and now i dont have any problems with it at all and have been doing this for about a year or more.(hp slimline bad for getting hot) but i thought about that for the 360 and ps3 too, my 360 crashes just about everytime i turn it off but not the ps3 but i tested the temp on the ps3 and it dont go over 140 degrees, thanks for the info
