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Ps3 YLoD Attempted fix's. Any more ideas?
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Hotice17
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12. November 2009 @ 10:17 |
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hi i'm new followed Gilksy guide :D
success stories?
Heatgun Success from march 09 till 04th September 09
heat it up again and died again a week later.
Going to try the flux+clamp bending
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XTrez
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12. November 2009 @ 16:15 |
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Cool, please keep updated. Lasted a while on just the heatgun, some people are just lucky.
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Hotice17
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13. November 2009 @ 06:54 |
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Wow i heat the board to long i guess because it bends just now.i let it cool, slap it all back together and it works again, but the one thing that worries me is the bottom right of the system is a bit hot although its on idle. so if i used a Nyko intercooler will it help eliminate these?
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dchris01
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14. November 2009 @ 05:48 |
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I think I have fixed my ps3 ylod 6 times now but this time I noticed that when I select a demo to play my tv like losts signal with ps3, up to this everything works fine
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XTrez
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14. November 2009 @ 05:54 |
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in any of them 6 times have you used flux???
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dchris01
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14. November 2009 @ 06:29 |
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yes once i think 3th or 4th time
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Hotice17
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14. November 2009 @ 09:10 |
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so i guess our ps3 is slowly dieing :(
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dchris01
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14. November 2009 @ 09:47 |
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the ribbon cable for disk drive was lose
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XTrez
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14. November 2009 @ 16:32 |
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the correct flux rohs no clean lead free??? If i was in your case id be thinking about learning how to reball with leaded solder.. Sony should do this for at least 50 bucks
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Hotice17
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15. November 2009 @ 04:12 |
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got a problem on the 40gb(2usb) did the reflow, it turn on but after a couple of seconds the fan kick in very loud then shuts down , i dont think the system overheats
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XTrez
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15. November 2009 @ 04:48 |
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Interesting.... I wonder why?? I havent heard that before... Anyone for idea's??
I have just repaired my PS3 60GB model using Flux, so far so good but after about 1 min of turning it on the fan comes on loud like an Xbox 360.. however I can play games and dvd's and its been running for 3 hours now... anyone know why the PS3's fans may be kicking in?? I dont feel much heat coming from it???
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Hotice17
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15. November 2009 @ 05:07 |
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had a close look inside, some of the screws for the clamp are not tight enough,guess that the problem
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XTrez
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15. November 2009 @ 05:41 |
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Thanks HotICE17, Just tightened my bolts up almost too tigh thread started to go opps... (grinds teeth) but so far, fan is not loud.
Any Flux stories out there?? Longest lasting PS3 goes to Gilksy so far.
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Hotice17
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15. November 2009 @ 06:29 |
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XTrez so your fan are not noisy anymore? how long did Gilksy last?
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XTrez
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15. November 2009 @ 06:36 |
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Nah, Im wrong, 15 min later the fans perked up again but no so bad, it gets hot on the bottom right of the console but not as bad as it useto. Maybe the loud fan has something to do with the clamp bending fix. Gilksy has 2 consoles apparently working from his first reflow in feb 2009.... lets hope this latest one of mine keeps going strong.
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Coladar
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15. November 2009 @ 07:09 |
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Alright, I was playing Bioshock on Monday night, an hour into it the screen goes black and I see my PS3 shut off. Turn it back on, and, well, if I'm in the YLOD thread you know the rest. Use Gilksy's amazing guide which has helped so many. Unfortunately it didn't help me. Tried it the first time at about 320C for 30 seconds. Next night, about 400c for 30 seconds. Next night, 400c for 45 seconds. Finally tonight I tried again at 425c for 40 seconds. Every time I put it back together, nothing changes. Same old YLOD that stays green the same amount as time as it always did, same three beeps, same blinking red light. I checked this thread right after it died, smelled my power supply immediately and there was no burnt smell, so it wasn't that. What else could it be, or what else should I try when reflowing? I went through nearly every page on this thread and all I see are reflow success stories, which is great, but nothing about what happens if reflow doesn't work.
And I already bought a brand new 250gb slim the day after it died. But I have three years worth of saves, including about 20 games which I'm halfway or more through. Meaning if I can't get in my system for just five minutes I'm looking at over 250 hours of lost time, not to mention all the saved games that I completed, trophies, etc. I really, desperately need to get it working again for just a couple minutes.
Thanks!
-Richard
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XTrez
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15. November 2009 @ 07:17 |
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Hi Richard,
Have you tried to format the hard drive? Reflow with no clean, lead free flux?? Done the fan test (Hold the eject button and turn the machine on after a hard reset ... black switch)??
Trev
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Hotice17
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15. November 2009 @ 07:55 |
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don't reformat your HDD you'll lost everything. anything to do with the PSU? some guy fix it that way on youtube
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mmayhemm
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15. November 2009 @ 08:01 |
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Take the hard drive out then start it up. Don't worry about the trophies they are stored on your PSN account
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WallyHale
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15. November 2009 @ 14:29 |
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Coladar / Richard .. I would try it without the HDD and see if it YLOD's again, if not and you get a HDD error, then it's probably the HDD?
I also saw some bloke on YouTube that tried the reflow fix, still had YLOD and it was his power supply. I guess there are a few things that can go wrong with power supply's from the full malfunction to minor ones that might result in a YLOD.
Cheapest fix you can try I guess .. or borrow a friends or something and see if it fixes yours before buying one yourself.
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Coladar
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15. November 2009 @ 19:13 |
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Thanks for the replies. First, the second thing I tried was to keep the HDD disconnected, and that did nothing. At various times I've also had the Blu-Ray and Bluetooth components totally disconnected. As far as the fan test goes, sorry, I forgot to mention this in my first post, but I have the 60gb version. To my understanding the fan test is only available on 40gb versions, but if I'm incorrect on that please correct me.
Trying with flux was going to be my next/last step. I just have such a low probability of that changing anything that I haven't been in a rush to go out and buy some. From what I've read the first/second time I tried the reflow, if that didn't work without flux, well, I haven't seen any posts where they had to use flux to get a reflow working the first time out. Unfortunately there isn't the magic fix that I happened to miss it would seem, and I'm guessing for some reason or another I'm going to end up doing a lot of do-overs in various games the next few weeks. But thanks again for the help, and I will give the flux a try in the next couple days.
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WallyHale
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16. November 2009 @ 04:08 |
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Yes there is no magic fix, and every YLOD is different. It is possible that your first reflow will require flux, it's also possible that it might be more knackered, or you knackered it while attempting the fix :) Certainly not a guranteed solution thats for sure!
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XTrez
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16. November 2009 @ 04:39 |
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Hey Wallyhale, is your fluxed sony still going??? Mine is, however the fan is loud after say 15min, almost same as 360 if not quiter. I dont think compound was to thick, do you think its something to worry about??
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WallyHale
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16. November 2009 @ 05:56 |
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I didn't flux mine (1st try), and only used it for a couple of days as I bought a Slim .. can't stand living without a PS3 :)
It was whisper quiet again however, like the day I bought it. I cleaned an awful lot of dust out of the fan and heat sink so that probably contributed.
I was very cautious about re-applying the thermal compound (but wasn't that clean with it!!!) and haven't done it before, so just did it so it was almost see through, and every part of the chip was covered .. no gaps at all.
I did the bending of the clamps as well before putting them back on ..
Sorry I don't have more info on how long it has been going or if it has died since, coz it's just gathering dust now :(
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XTrez
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16. November 2009 @ 06:24 |
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Pitty, I would purchase off you if you were in Aus.
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