He could always follow my oven baked 360 fix that's in the mods section, I've fixed my workmates ps3 with the same method:thumbsup:
I can only speak from my own experience, i've done 5 YLOD repairs for friends, and my own launch 60gb, they all worked, and was able to rescue the locked in discs etc.. But the ALL failed again, 1 to 2 months later.. I fixed my 60gb twice more, and it failed like clockwork. I read a few tutorials to see if i was missing a step or something, but i wasn't. I went and got a slim, and so did my friends.Now i have a PS3 graveyard in my room..lol. Plenty of spares though..
RE-BALLING After posting i got thinking about repairing the dead ps3's, after looking around it seems "REBALLING" is the answer. Anyone had this done, and is it expensive, does it last? I googled and found a few videos and such, and a company in the UK, in London that "reballs"PS3 and XBOX too..
reballing is by far the best way then but better heatsynic and artic silver thermial paste and get a usb ps3 fan
That way, you can have a bottleneck on your airflow as well as make it a loud piece of junk. All USB fans are TRASH. If they're not pushing more air (in volume/time) than the internal fan, they're making it worse.
To all who has the YLOD take it to a place where they do bga rework. Ask them to reball the chips with lead solder and not lead free. I know one place that does this for £60.
I do not recommend this! You risk killing components on the board, which would make it unable to be repaired. Also, if you use new compound on the processors, don't use your finger!
i think i shall use these guys i have found on the old web https://www.ps3repairs.uk.com/ what do you guy's all think
would just like to say this video tutorial set works my ps3 once again lives http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_Ic1_TY-GU&feature=autofb peace out
From the comments section: "i also used toothpaste instead of thermal paste hopefule it will live for a while perhaps if not i`ll just go and buy a new one but for now its good" Had to laugh. What kind of idiot pays ~£200 for a console but cheaps out on a £1 tube of thermal grease?
And your friend wasn't upset that his new ps3 wasn't backwards compatable? Isn't that a reason to pay Sony for the fix?
Over time the solder that connects a chip to a logic board become cracked or chipped. The cycle of hot/cold and perhaps poor craftsmanship lead to this. Reballing is then action of opening the device (be it a laptop, xbox or ps3) and using heat to melt the solder on these points to such a temperature that it reflows around the connection points/contacts and fixes the problem. How long does it work? Days? Months or perhaps years. Since most logic boards have integrated chips you can't tell. A real fix would be physically removing the solder around the chip with the loose contacts and completely reapplying it. Reballing is a stop gap fix in most cases. How much should it cost? Dunno but you'd better hope the person doing it does a complete job and does not simply bake it in an oven. A real electronics shop uses a laser thermometer and temps things properly as well as cools them correctly so the work will last after completed. How do I know this? I tried to reball an IBM think pad myself so I've read a lot on this.
