How to fix a false overheating PS3 ( heat sensor )
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- Go to your local radio shack, pick up some non-spill flux, apply it around the two main chips like i do in the video and then your ps3 should function correctly. I did this because my ps3 would think it's overheating but really be cold to the touch. So I did this and it worked.
Just a young kid trying to learn something, give him a break. Good job young man.!
guys, y all the hate? all the negative comments about not enough heat to melt the solder, wrong flux, carpet static, not cleaning the old paste, ect.
those are all moot points. its still not going to work for shit because he never plugged the fan back in.
Hahaha :D and he think: "OMG after my repair it runs loudless"" haha
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Also, when applying flux, cuetips are inconvenient because they absorb a lot of flux and could leave cotton (a syringe with a long tight nozzle is ideal) and in order to reflow, the solder alloy must reach atleast 210'C, meaning that hairdryer should atleast be 275'C which is very unlikely. You are now relying on the thermal properties of the remaining flux, which isn't a permanent solution. And yes, I _am_ an electronics engineer, so trust me on that one.
I'll have to give this a shot.
For future reference, though, i would definitely advise against working on carpet.
Aside from possible getting little parts caught and torn off by the carpeting, you could easily send a shock through it that might fry any of the important small chips.
Just a thought.
Hello everyone, I would just like to stop and thank everyone for viewing my video. All the hate has generated a lot of views and I am very thankful for that! I have gotten three checks in the mail from this video alone. Thanks again :)
P.S. - What I do in this video actually works (spoiler)
it may damage components but it fixes the solder connections so it will function properly
A lot of things done wrong here... A hair drier dos not really get hot enough to melt the solder, you should not be doing this reflow on carpet because of static ruining the board, also you need to wipe ALL the old thermal paste off the chips.
It's not a reflow you fucking idiot.
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It is too a reflow you fucking stupid fuck. Holy shit you need smacked.
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A reflow is "paste containing solder that melts to form soldered joints when the circuit board is heated." Which you are doing by heating it up. You are Doing that process over again. Damn you need to learn to take criticism you douche.
m8 stfu
This was actually shot camera wise perfectly a+!
Method of reflow is well not perfect
You REALLY should clean the heatsink and chip surfaces so they're bare before applying new paste: That's just asking for issues/headaches down the road by applying new paste to old dry paste.
The funny thing is, this actually worked for me.
2 things about this that are bothering me.
1. As marley gibson said ... heat doesnt remove thermal compound.
You should have removed it and reapplied new one before putting the PS3 back together.
2. These plates that youre surrounding with flux ... they are just plates held by silicone. in a different video .. the guy cuts them off and then applies whatever is needed for the PS3 to work.
But im happy it worked for you the way you did it.
Im just saying there is a better way.
@TECHNODIRECT: His method may be wrong, but that foil is not foil he was using. It's an ESD ( Electro Static Discharge) bag that prevents static electricity from frying the circuitry. What he should have done was got an ESD wrist strap an grounded that to a metal frame.
it' called non-spill flux. you can buy it at your local tech store. i bought it at radioshack
That is essentially what a heat gun is except with higher heat settings physically they look the same aside from the controls that each has. If a heat gun is not available then the hairdryer is the next best thing.
Congrats. Yeah, probaly not the best job, but I can tell you seem curious and adventurious. Good Job.
Look cute too.
I fixed a few ps3 and xbox360 in the day.
Have fun
creepy as fuck.
What about to turn off it's self brother??
@@ellymia5555 say what???
My ps3 got problem to turn off itself when I play ,sometimes it turn off middle of game ,what shall I do?
@@ellymia5555 check your software first. Go to settings, look at everything.
The next Mcgyver. 👍👍
This video is a great example... of how to do things very carelessly.
you did this with a normal hair dryer. normally that won't help much, rather take a heating gun. and it is a good idea to get rid of the terhmal paste befor you do a reflow. flux was a very good idea!
Fair enough. Do not work on carpet or anything synthetic, apply flux by making one big strip on one side and use medium temperature air (+-150'C) to blow it underneath IC and apply more heat, temperature depending on nozzle and airflow, atleast 350'C, with a controlled temperature device (Aoyue 852 is affordable, so no paintstrippers) or ideally a reflow oven. If that fails, remove IC from PCB and replace solder with lead based alloy with braid, paste and flux or stencil.
People before you to do anything to your PS3, take the hard drive out and clean it with compress air and inside the hard drive apartment. I'm not guaranteeing you that it will fix the problem, but it did for me! :)
Never open electronics on the carpet. Unless you don't like it.
It's called non-spill flux. I applied it around the two main chips.
do you still monitor this video if so it is 02/06/2022 i have had my ps3 as long as they have been out.
I just purchased the retro box with like 4000 arcade games on it anyway i decided to continue playing red dead redemption on my ps3 got the green light then went to red flashing. P.S 6 months ago my fan was really load so i saw some videos how to take apart ps3 to clean all the dust out then the red flashing light 6 months later. Any suggestions. Then saw your video and said wow how does he know where to put all the different size screws also . he is fast
I thought the same thing mate. These boards have heat sensitive components which cannot withstand high temps (300C+). Any repairs involving blanket heating your ENTIRE board with a heat gun or oven are bound to ruin things.
SAYING THAT I have seen some (reputable) fixes involving heating the bottom of the board to high enough temperatures that it does fix it.
It seems sketchy as hell, but can work.
What is the red gel like stuff in the little cup you stuck a Q-Tip in and spread around the area where the chips are?
Flux?
Yes, mine was spinning up to max when it wasn't even hot and then shut off. This fixed that. The non spill flux reconnects the chip to the motherboard like solder would. That's how it fixes it.
@Paul Short just long enough to melt the flux. You have to let it sink under the chips.
Ooooo you remind me Wenn you sayd Paul short then i think about Paul walker
The reason being, you changed the thermal compound. I never said it wouldnt fix anything, at least for awhile, but the addition of flux was pointless. The highest temperature a hair dryer can ever put out is 140* F and most dont even get to 140*, they simply arent made to from the factory as a safety feature and your average flux doesnt activate til 257* F
Good job dude . But please tell what is the material that your put on the ps3 and what the tools should i have to open ps3 cover ? And do like you
You need a T10 security screwdriver to get into the console, after that a regular phillips head should be enough for almost anything else. On mine the screw for the hard disc required a smaller phillips head.
He’s using non-spill flux and then thermal paste.
Uh, duh. I know what a heat gun is.
The problem is that a hairdryer is not "the next best thing", it is inadequate.
No way he's getting that thing hot enough for a reflow. Unless the purpose was to just melt the flux to get it underneath the chips, which still makes no sense unless you're reflowing.
Damn ps3, only lasted me 8 years!!
It's not an NES bro lol
just curious why did u stick the motherbord on a static bag was u expecting the carpet to give it a electricshock
no its the dust clogging up the cooling fan and heatsinks .... why ylod occurs...
just open clean out properly and put back together and this will make fan speed slow like new.. trust me my mates got a 60gb launch did this before it ylodded and been fine since...
It's cold to the touch because the heat doesn't get transferred from the chip to the fan properly
It basically (to my understanding) makes a better connection between the cpu/gpu and motherboard.
Hey man. My PS3 just started with the blinking red light right after it turns on from green. I was going to ask what type of flux you used and then what the other stuff you put on it after that? Thanks
I can confirm: (60Gb PS3) same problem (in summer, overheating after a few seconcs, at winter it worked OK but with fan at full speed), same solution (but I didn't use flux because I hadn't)
I thought (like marley gibson) the problem should be the thermal paste, but I changed it and didn't work. The only I didn't try is to do the "homemade reballing"... and it worked.
yup the hair dryer works i have reballed two that way you just have to hold it closer it also works with an iorn but you have to b really careful and hold it in omly a munite or so
Was your fan speeding up to max for no reason? Mine does before even getting into a game so if this fixes it I might give it a go rather than replace it with a slim model
and he forgot the fan connector....
didnt remove the old heat sink compound but you added new. :/
before reassemble you waited for it to cool down right ?
it works though !
criss cross apple sauce. now lets fix this shit
You can use a hair dryer but it would take 20 mins or more to actually remelt the solder points
when you were opening it it was on carpet. and also moosetwat, yes you have it on an antistatic bag so no static will go through the bag, what about your body? its touching carpet and the static isn't regulated with an antistatic strap on your body :P
Lmao. All of these people who think they know anything about static discharges.
Repairing on carpet is perfectly fine. If you're really paranoid about it just don't move around a ton and occasionally touch a metal object. Stop parroting without knowledge.
The heat gun used is from a "workstation" and it has an adjustable setting up to 450*. I know what is involved to a reball. But that isnt my issue. My issue is the loud ass fan. Nothing else, nothing more.
Informative video varietychannelalex.
Is this a temporary solution for those who wish to retrieve a CD/DVD from their console? I have read that is most cases, this is a very short lived solution and that "reballing" is the true fix for the YLOD.
How long has your console been error free of YLOD since this fix?
Do you know how hard you're making me laugh, i think i broke one of my ribs.
Hi. Just tell what is that "gel" that you use in 2:20 ?? And why do you use it ?? for what purpose?
Help ;p
Just prior to my YLOD, the fan was very silent. BANG!!!! YLOD. Took my ps3 to a repair shop and they did a reflow with a Work Soldering Station Heat Gun. Fixed the YLOD but now my F'N fan is on max!!! There seems to be no solution to the issue online.
Hells No. A reflow with a heat gun only lasts a month the most, a hair dryer about a few hours.
It's better or easier to just turn on the disc button turn on ps3 but still hold the disc button release then the spin thingy goes full force wait....is this about the dust problem or not..
is that Non-Flux thats in the white tub you are applying to around the 2 chips?
Damn you're fast. You should try to find a job as a mechanic of the pitcrew in F1.
it's sped up
Sure
You created thousands of air pockets when you applied the thermal paste like that. Your CPU will actually be hotter because of it.
So, leaving the flux at the solder joints means you're expecting the chips themselves to overheat and work with the flux to reball the chips? Very interesting.
I see now what the hairdryer does- it actually melts the flux to a liquid state- penetrating the chip at the bottom of the solder-ball joints and when the chips heat-up... Brilliant. Thanks for the video.
How do you know it was just new termopast on ihs just helped?
Did you just take a PS3 apart on a fucking carpet???
How long did you heat it for?
once it overheats does it still have hope? mine doesnt show a ylod it only turns off by itself within an hour and the red button blinks
What's the name of the article you put in?
Dude, How long did you use the hair dryer for?? My PS3 has just f**ked up and I wana try this
Cheers
Why did you add new thermal paste with out cleaning the old lot off?
What if i dont have the thing in the tube to put on the shine metal inside?
40/5000
It's a hair dryer that you used?
what was the cream you'd been put first
That flux isnt liquid. even if you melt it down it wont clean&reball the metal balls underneath it, plus you didn't even cleaned the old thermal paste, i wouldnt suggest people to follow this tut.
You're not very innovative.
Hi friend, i have question, the false overheating causes loud fan noise on PS3?
I can not believe you took that PS3 apart sitting on a carpet. You do know about static electricity and transistors don't you?
i did it too
I do actually, that is how I got my PS3 to work again, ironically.
Whats the name of that putty you put on the motherboard part
Oh shit.... this is the baddest Video i ever seen.
No, wait... I'm sorry, could you repeat me what did you use? What is that paste? What dou you mean with "non-spill flux"? What should I buy? D:
Is that your Dad's bank card? tut tut!
It was a used up visa gift card.
whats the names of the things u put on to on to protect from over heating
By the time you take it apart, it would have already cooled down.
An anti static bag is only anti static inside. Remove the old thermal paste before applying new. Use more heat than a hair dryer. Try and actually melt something rather than only turning the flux into liquid. At least earth yourself from static. Never touch electricals internals while on a carpet. And basically get someone that understands what a reflow means and how it works.
+SaucyBegger25 no it's not, a anti static bag is anti static all over, board is fine, shouldnt be sitting on a rug though.. and no not the board I mean him
once that anti static bag has been opened its job is done and wont protect the parts anymore. especially while its on carpet. you need to wear a wrist band once the bag is open to keep static away.
You didnt clean the prcessors before putting back on the thermal paste
You Clean the Thermal Paste Before You Heat up the GPU And CPU. Then afterwards Apply New Thermal.
I had brown SHag carpet do's this make a difference just axing
then how did you find this video? lol. This is a odd video to just come across. That's amazing to me.
thanks for agreeing with my first statement.
How long did you use the hairdryer? 1, 2 minutes?
I have a ps3 the old morsel with the card reader and it’s useless you have to delid the cpu gpu and apply new thermal paste…the only way to fix overheating issues and not have a jet engine fan sound while you’re playing…I stoped using it it’s on a self only for collection…
i tried the heat gun fix one time,it lasted for 3months/about 300hours.Got ylod 2 days ago.Fixed it again same way,drilled some xtra holes in the bottom of the ps3,it got ylod again within the hour.Temp fix it is.chip neds to be reballed,and needs a fan/cooling mod.
Just wondering how long did it actually last..?
Probably blew up when he plugged it in because the flux that got inside the damn chip and the short it caused.
Do I have to use a blow dryer or can I just let it sit there for a while, I don't want to melt that thermal paste?
Świetna robota. Życzę tej konsoli długiego życia hehehe
lol thank you.
Are you just using solder paste? Cool idea. I plan to try this, I just want to make sure I don't get the wrong stuff.
what you did in the video is what anyone with a hairdryer and a set of screwdrivers could do,which to be fair isent a alot.
as for what you know about these systems,it cant be all that much in fact you just got lucky.
So, am I getting this right?
Instead of putting new thermal compound on those chips he's melting the old and crusty stuff and puts something around the chip so the melted stuff isn't flowing away?
He certainly does NOT know what he's doing XD.
Hey man don't worry about that kid, your stuff is really great, and I've been working on my carpet for 3 years and I'm 15, nothing wrong with that I suppose.. Keep up the great work!!(:
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The motherboard in my PS3 snapped in half because of this video.+
Instead of looking for things as specific as that, why don't you actually try this yourself and fix your ps3. Bottom line is this works.
O yes I can. The fan was never in over drive until the reflow was done.
lol ! why did u let the old thermal paste dude ?
my ps3 says its overheating 2 minutes after i turn it on, its clean and has no dust in the vents its an high educated electro engineers fault
You didnt clean the Old Thermal paste?
you kind of forgot to plug in your fan!!
I found this video when I typed in : how to fuck up your ps3