Conservation of launch 20GB PS3

Discussion in 'Repair, Restoration, Conservation and Preservation' started by Jei, Feb 22, 2017.

  1. CkRtech

    CkRtech Spirited Member

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    I have a dead launch 60 GB PS3 that I bought new. It blew up while playing Final Fantasy XIII. I set it aside wondering if I might do something to fix it one day. Naturally, it is essentially a display piece now.

    You could just use it until it dies, but you may want to proactively move to a redesigned model. I can't remember, but there could be certain things during a new system setup that you can't just redownload from your PSN account. You would have to transfer it from the old PS3 to the new PS3. You can't do that if it is dead.

    Sorry I don't have specifics on that - my forced upgrade arrived in 2008/2009. I had just enough time to boot the PS3 one last time and copy my latest FFXIII save to a USB stick before it never turned on again.
     
  2. RPlayDays

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    Why do you think that reballing is a scam? Reflowing I would say 100% is a scam as its just heating it like you said making it 'work' again. But reballing is removing the lead free solder and replacing it with the leaded solder, does this not make a big difference? (only going from what i've read tbh)
     
  3. Bad_Ad84

    Bad_Ad84 The Tick

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    You cant reach the solder balls he's talking about to be able to reball them.

    If the issue is what he's describing, a reball won't fix it.
     
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  4. LeHaM

    LeHaM Site Soldier

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    the majority of failures is with the solder bumps not the BGA, if it was the BGA, you would never hear about reballed chips "dying", ever..

    Again, this is why just warming up, say a xbox 360, works.. It's nowhere near the temps to reflow lead free or even 60/40 solder...

    But people just ignore that fact, as it means there is nothing they can really do for a long term solution..
     
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