PS3 Died RIP :-(

[Smoothound]

Yellow light Of death followed by red flashing light :(

RIP

[robbo45]

I FIXED TWO PS3 LAST WEEK WITH THE YELLOW LIGHT OF DEATH KIT FROM YOUFIX IT ,you only need thermo paste and thermo paste remover and a suction pad ,look on youtube and follow ,it was my first time and found it easy ,by the second one i done it in 45 mins and they are both working well no problems :)

[miskin]

I had to strip mine apart the other night . My 18 month old son had put the sky viewing card in the slot ! . Also found 12p and a hair clip.. If I hadnt wanted to watch TV i would have left it in there i dont even use it as my 7 children only seem play on the Xbox 360..

Just go get yourself a pre owned PS3 there pretty cheap now (thats what i did)

Anthony

[Smoothound]

I've looked on YouTube and all the fixes seemed to require a heat gun! Don't think out hairdryer will cut it!!

[nitromad]

lol has the ps3 caught the deadly xbox 360 ring of death ?

[robbo45]

yes your right you do need a heat gun and no the hairdryer will not get hot enough,dont you know some one you could borrow it off ,why not seem how much it is to hire one ,its got to be cheap than buying a new ps3 or sending it away for repair,which is about £80 for the repair :)

[wilo76]

[QUOTE=nitromad;708644]lol has the ps3 caught the deadly xbox 360 ring of death ?[/QUOTE]
no the xbox problem is caused by crap soldering and the ps3 problem is caused by the deterioration of thermal paste on the CPU/GPU . Just make sure you keep the mother board very flat before you apply heat or it will bend and as it cools it will crack solder joints and cause further problems .

[Smoothound]

I've not read up fully on the repair but isn't it more than just the thermal paste? Can't see how that alone would stop the machine from even starting up? Overheating quickly but not starting at all seems odd!

[wilo76]

the thermal paste stops the solder balls in the gpu and CPU melting and loosing connection . the proper way of repair is called re balling but thats very expensive . just get some alcohol wipes from maplin (usually free) and some silver thermal paste , remove old paste with wipes , gently heat up entire board to get even heat transfer then concentrate on the CPU by moving the heat gun around in a circular motion so as to prevent a hot spot , do this for about 20 mins then let the board cool for 30 mins (DON'T move the board while its cooling), reapply a thin layer of silver thermal paste and reassemble . hth

[muscleflex]

weird you guys started posting things about ps3 yellow light.
i fixed a broken ps3 (cousin gave me it 2 years ago as Sony wanted £150 for repair) of mine last night. only took 15minutes and a hair drier. i didn't think it would work but it did!
only problem is is kinda warped the back a tad (strong hairdrier)
but - Game has a £100 trade in offer at the mo so i took mine today and they still took it in and I paid £79 for a new slim ps3! :D

[muscleflex]

for info... this is what i followed yesterday (i was bored and didn't want to wait for a heatgun to get delivered last night)
[video=youtube;xHMW7XR59Fw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHMW7XR59Fw[/video]

[Smoothound]

[QUOTE=muscleflex;708729]weird you guys started posting things about ps3 yellow light.
i fixed a broken ps3 (cousin gave me it 2 years ago as Sony wanted £150 for repair) of mine last night. only took 15minutes and a hair drier. i didn't think it would work but it did!
only problem is is kinda warped the back a tad (strong hairdrier)
but - Game has a £100 trade in offer at the mo so i took mine today and they still took it in and I paid £79 for a new slim ps3! :D[/QUOTE]

I'd possibly consider similar but my son still has PS2 games he wants to play which ours does and I don't think all the new fangled ones do :(

[robbo45]

the hairdryer trick does not last long .you got to go to reheat the solder and on the back of the cpu to make it last :)

[muscleflex]

^^ don't need to make it last long... mine lasted more than 3 hours of solid testing (HD movies and gameplay) so that was long enough for me to take it in to Game for a £100 trade in and get a new slim version. (they tested it as well)

i do have access to a heatgun tho as well

now i have 2 ps3!!! :D a slim and fat!

[muscleflex]

[QUOTE=Smoothound;708768]I'd possibly consider similar but my son still has PS2 games he wants to play which ours does and I don't think all the new fangled ones do :([/QUOTE]

then get it fixed! :)
if you don't have access to a heatgun, then the hairdryer will do (never mind what people say it does not last long - mine lasted long enough for me to say it would have lasted months if i kept it) but of course it's not the correct way of fixing it... and you do run the risk of warping the back plastic if you aint careful (i warped mine)