How To: Playstation 3 Yellow Light of Death Repair
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- In this video, iFixit's MJ demonstrates how to use their PlayStation 3 Yellow Light of Death repair kit. This kit will repair the Yellow Light of Death when caused by overheating.
The kit provides all the necessary components to fix the "Yellow Light of Death" error on PlayStation 3 Consoles. This kit will work on any model of PlayStation 3, excluding PlayStation 3 Slim. The kit includes a heat gun, one tube of Arctic Silver Ceramique Thermal Paste, a complete set of replacement thermal pads, a spudger, a 26 piece bit driver kit, a T10 Torx security screwdriver, and a thermal paste spreader card.
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You're not performing these steps wrong. Rather, these steps are totally flawed. The solder balls are f#&ked. You need to remove them and put new solder balls on. The chip must be removed. The board must be cleaned of solder, the chip cleaned of solder. Non-leaded solder balls should be attached to the chip, good amtech flux spread on the board. Then the chip should be resoldered.
Nah I can fuck with electronics all day long but soldering I’ll give a wide birth I try and practice on lil circuit boards I have lying around but cant do tiny jobs - The whole point of this video should have been putting the paste on. because anybody can dismantle a console
i knew louis would call on this one. Watch your videos quite regular louis learning alot thanks .. mother flower :P
So like how do you put it back together
Watch the video in reverse.
crmnsrl LMAO that part
TheNameOfMyTribe y'all hilarious, but you're right she should've showed that part too like she really stripped the system down, like DOWN DOWN 😭😭😭
She don't know either men
Same way you take it apart. Seriously, if you can't figure it out you shouldn't attempt this kind of work
This is more complicated than building a pc.
really?
+zTyko This is even more complicated than me trying to fix an Alienware M15x laptop but failed cuz the mobo kept failing.
well how did you think it was going to be? like asembling a kinder surprize toy?! lol
Dead pc gpus are fixed in a similar manner...
Bahahahaha!
hahahaha i'm never going to fix my ps3
Thank you MJ - I bought a heat gun for $10 and followed your vid. Cleaned up the surfaces and applied heat on high for 30 seconds to each area (three chips) from about 1-1.5 inches away. I guessed here. Maybe I got lucky but my PS3 works now and I am thrilled. It's always great to do it yourself!
...and now I know why it costs an arm and a leg to repair it.
That's because a properly equipped place that repairs BGAs has equipment that costs tens of thousands of dollars.
She is lying I followed the steps and it did jack
The reality is: sometimes the chip is bad, so they need to replace the whole thing and reball to get the whole thing working again, and sometimes is the NEC Tokin capacitors, or the thermal paste underneath the plate that goes on the CPU, and that's a hell lot of work to remove that. Not always so simple, but still a good tutorial, since I don't think anybody will found new RSX or CPUs for those things nowadays.
I did not go to this extent, i just manually blew into the back through the vents for 5 minutes, restarted it and it worked.
disclaimer: Im not responsible for any damage caused by your bad breath
Kbonefan Pussy.
@@Theslenderblox1 dang calm down lmao
Theslenderblox1 they say you are what you eat right ? Guess that makes you a dick
Some NASA shit right there...
WARNING
The yellow light of death, not mentioned here, actually has TWO different causes. Although the most common is the thermal paste and pads, IT CAN ALSO BE THE POWER SUPPLY.
People, the headache I went through trying to fix this damn thing only to find that it was the power supply in the end is enough to make me cry.
TL;DR MAKE SURE THE PROBLEM ISN'T THE POWER SUPPLY FIRST!
This was super helpful. Turns out the yellow light was just because I hadn't cracked it open since 2008. Had so much dust and dirt it was blocking the connections. Couldn't lose it because of family photos and it's also a first gen 60gb. Thanks again!
ugh ...all these tools needed to fuck around with it, too many steps aswell hahaha il just give up and go outside more
Instead of the heat gun put it in an oven
BrentIsGhost this is probably the worst advise ever, I have put it in an oven and it's not working anymore!!!!!!!!
sacr0102 The oven trick does work,
But it takes a lot more prep time getting everything foiled up & you really need to keep an eye on your temps to do a really good job!!!
Thanks!!!
Sony charges you hundreds of dollars for their console and they can't even use high quality thermal paste?? What a fucking joke. I'm sure Microsoft is no better.
Yea, um I'm gonna have to go ahead and um, say fuck it. I'll buy a new one.
how bout u build a pc 😀
+zTyko no
+jlb197736 lol
so your ps3 died from being manufactured with a flaw, and you are just gonna go ahead and buy a new one? uhmmm what? its like having a samsung phone that explode, and then after that happend then you go out and buy the same flawed model. logic?
Btw, the problem isn't the solder. The problem is that the layers of the die of the chip are coming apart from eachother and heating it will just temporarily reconnect the layers. The only real way to fix it is to replace the entire chip
Given the amount of steps here, it's kind of inconvenient that you don't show users how to put the thing back together. Yeah, they could technically watch the video "backwards," but not only is that a pain, it's _difficult to keep track_ of every step, and folks obviously don't want to miss any steps in this process.
Thank you anyway for the informative video!
To be honest if you can't put it back together after taking it apart with this many steps shouldn't be able to have a ps3.
what... the... hell.. haha
damn i remember watching this like back in 2010 ohh memories
I agree. It should not even be called a fix.
This is a temporary fix. I used to do this on an old 40gb ps3 i had that got ylod after just 2 years back in 2009. I did this exact process and the ps3 would only work for another 2 hours
After you do this in 3 weeks tops, your ps3 will be dead again.
Well then wtf
That's because:
A. You're supposed to also de-lid, and reapply thermal paste on the inner cpu and gpu
B. Nobody ever checks, nor adds flux to the rest of the chipsets on the board
C. You'd be a moron for not cutting a hole on top of the fan, or not case modding it after the repair
@@philipottey7723 Do you know of a good guide for how to do all you just described?
@@philipottey7723 Also to add putting custom firware if your not going online is a good idea, you can set the PS3 to Ramp Up the fan to keep it below 68C, the big problem is Sony, in order to eep the PS3 Quieter, Lowered the Fan speed which has the PS3 constantly sitting at around 76-78 once it gets closer to 82 it YLODs. Also found out recently the PSU and even the NEC Capacitors near the CPU and GPU can also cause YLODs.
@@markthometz4403 NSC Modz has a good De-lid Guide and how to make a tool for it.
After 3 failed attempts, I finally got my working by putting a weight on the chip as soon as I took the heat off it. Letting it cool that way. :)
This is the most pointless video I've seen in ages!
This is a temporary fix at best. You are just reheating the same solder and not addressing the true problem at hand.
how do you expect ppl with no experience with electronics to replace the solder boards under there BGA's ??
It's a great service to provide these videos. The one thing that could be improved is to not cut out the meat of the fix. The teardown coverage is great but the actual repair coverage almost none existent. The part where the heat gun is applied could have better detail.
"How To: Playstation 3 Yellow Light of-" HELLO NURSE!
The root cause of all this is when the environmentalist wack jobs decided to ban lead in solder. The lead free crap that replaced it just cannot handle the thermal cycling without cracking prematurely. That is what causes all the death rings in these game platforms. I am no engineer, but I did soldering bench work for 16 years.
Lee Clemons Because technology > the stupid environment, eh?
Lee Clemons Agreed,
But in most cases it wasn't so much about banning lead solder.
It was more about being able to speed up production & lower cost all together..
I hate Lead Free Solder Also & will replace as many as my connections with leaded solder still!!!
Kinda hard to melt Leaded solder between the chip and the mother board though...
Thanks!!!
Please reread. Stupid environmentalist wack jobs, not stupid environment. These people will kill off jobs to save obscure species from extinction, a natural event.
+Lee Clemons With proper thermal paste, the system works fine. This problem can be avoided completely by providing sufficient cooling. The Xbox 360 and PS3 reversions fixed this by adding extra fans, plastic covers to increase air flow, or by redesigning where the components go. Slim and Super Slim variants took down power consumption, and as a result, heat. It's not leaded solder that's the problem, it's console design.
dead right. and just think of the impact to the environment of all these electronic systems with shortened lifetimes. the lead in solder does not leach out into landfill like soft lead in car batteries, but they have an exception for car batteries
Who in 2020 trying to fix there old ps3
A lot of people are since the PS5 won't play PS1, 2, and 3 games. Sony sucks
Latenzy don’t need to I fixed it once eight years ago with this video and it still works.
My PS3 died back in 2013. Haven't even tried to fix it cause I'd be mad if this still didn't fix the problem.
Reflowing works for a short time, you must reball it
Show me how.
Yea but its so expensive
... which requires specialist tools and equipment such as a BGA rework station, Solder balls, stencils for the Emotion engine and Graphics Synthesizer and a metric fucktonne of high quality flux. The heat gun reflow method may not last as long as a proper BGA rework (and especially with lead based solder) But it doesn't cost nearly as much to undertake. Rework stations, especially the ones used by professional rework centres are well north of $1000 US to buy. A heat gun, at worst is $50 US.
I've had my ps3 for 6 years now it still didn't get this
Why the are you watching the video then?
i got ylod when it was 8 years old
Jim Garrett-C
hahahahaha you are so right... why is he? xD
Hi:
That's great, Man. I REALLY Suggest you some kind of Maintenance Process (Cleaning fan from dust and change Thermal Paste). I read that Arctic Paste are the better ones.
Red05x my hardrive got corrupted somehow but when i cleaned the dust off everything was fine
CAn you guys make a ps3 reassembly video?? I love how detailed you are. Thank you
Random Whiterun Guard thank you ;)
I love this trend beautiful women repairing a game console.
She cute but nothing to lose your mind over
This resolution does not work. I bought the kit and all, but I'm not bitter because the tools will come in handy down the road, maybe not that heat gun which is bunk as far as its use for fixing PS3 YLOD.
The real solution is oven, bake mainboard solution. I advise all seeking to fix their YLOD to visit this the video put up by IMP4EVR.
He gives a nice oven bake guide to fixing PS3 YLOD.
iFixit, you guys need to seriously update your guide. The steps were almost useless to me since your guide only shows the first gen PS3 phat and not the 80/40GB PS3 Phat that lacked PS2 backward compatibility. That PS3 too gets YLOD. I had to search hard on TH-cam to find a video from gilsky1 that covered the breakdown of the PS3 I have.
Again the heatgun resolution in this video should not be attempted as it will be a complete waste. iFixit need to suggest users the Oven bake resolution as that worked like a charm and was well manageable.
Unlike that heatgun which I read could damage the PS3 mainboard if not properly heated.
Again IMP4EVR's oven bake is the best solution and its cheaper, it only cost me some Reynold's Wrap aluminum foil and patience while it baked and cooled.
You should tin foil top surface to draw heat away from parts you don't want heated. Cover with tin foil, cut holes over areas to be heated. DMM with thermal couple. 3 min at 180 C. 30 sec at 215-225 C. Google "reflow solder" image.
Fixed it. Thanks a bunch!!!
Now upgrade your cooling or it will just happen again.
yvanddivans Not certain about the points made but ,if anyone else wants to discover how to repair playstation try Alkarno Playstation Fixer Alchemist (do a google search ) ? Ive heard some extraordinary things about it and my mate got cool success with it.
+Joe Blow How to upgrade it ?
Search around youtube. On my slim PS3 i cut a hole directly over where the fan was, took the old fan out, and wired in a 120mm CPU fan. I also cut holes above the powersupply at the back right corner so air flows very nicely now i can play gta5 for hours, shut it down and pop the cover off and everything is still room temp; no heat build up at all. On my parents fatty ps3 I did the same thing where the cooling fan is on the bottom of it but i also cut a hole above the power supply and mounted a 120mm case fan there. I also took the metal case off the power supply to keep it nice and cool. It also runs very cool. The fatty has to stand on its side now because of the fans attached to both sides but thats the way it sat before anyway and not a huge deal either way.
Joe Blow
Thanks!
Sony just dont put lights!!!!
Thank you, MJ! :) This is going to be my first smd project! Wish me luck.
I had ylod and i just putted an hairdryer on the fans for like 15 min then i let it cool down for like 2 hours and BAM i works again. Few weeks later and it's still fine 😄
On the back yes without opening it
Michiel Peetroons I do it many thinks and now i will do it this.I hope so to work.
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Dont do that you will just melt your ps3. This quick fix never lasts long. Few weeks is the longest I've ever even heard of.
With the hair dryer did u put it in wrm cold or hot
Michiel Peetroons Okay, well it's great that worked for you... But I suspect it was a quick fix. Also, if you're anywhere in the same boat as me, it's just better to open that sucker up and dust it off. Your hair-dryer method probably solves the same issue that the heat-gun method does... but you risk heating parts that you probably shouldn't. Also, swapping out the thermal paste can't hurt - Sony installed crap that melted and you should fix that.
Also, I just fixed my YLOD with this method and my PS3 now runs better than new, and silent too. As a gamer, you can appreciate my sense of accomplishment in doing this and how fun it was.
Short story; just do it.
It would have been much better if Sony and Microsoft had just made there expensive consoles perfect from the beginning, so repairs like this, would not be necessary with a great amount of the PS3's and Xbox 360's
Yeah, they could invest a little bit more time in engineering a product that would end up being used by a lot people, but companies don't do that, they want to save every penny they can in order to make a better profit
Please, don't even compare the 360 to the PS3.
Electronic hardware has about a 1-3% fail rate, depending who you ask, and the PS3 was on the lower end of that... unlike the 360 at over 30%.
Aashish Rajani My PlayStation 4 won't read discs :( Well, at least I can play. Anyway, I can't wait to try this out and repair my PS3 Systems.
Thats why i use my ps3 jailbreak and not going to official anytime i can chelcmy temp with an jailbreak ps3 mine dont even reach 65c now with gaming and u can control fan settings on a jailbreak ps3
10 years later but I dont get why it's called the "Yellow Light of Death" if it's a solder corrosion
Hi guys thanks for your good work, I just want to know if I can use "Arctic Silver Thermal Paste"?
Sick video! Keep up the awesome work!
Wtf are you doing here
I can't believe I fixed mine. After watching probably 10 videos on here ylod rlod I said the hell hell with and fixed it. I heated it with a heating iron for about 7 minutes backside first then let it cool for 30 minutes. I'm not going to lie I was nervous right before pressing the power. Whew. Thanks everybody. Used Artic Silver 5 and some cleaning alcohol pads and bought a little screwdriver set with torque screws and what not at Radio Shack.
This worked perfectly! I did 2 things slightly differently:
1. I warmed up the board by placing the PS3 motherboard in the oven and heating to 170 degrees F.
2. I used a hair dryer instead of a heat gun and heated the 4 focus areas for about 10 minutes total. My IR thermometer read the board's surface temp at about 200 degrees F when I turned off the hair dryer.
I purchased a syringe of Arctic Silver thermal paste and a 1mm thick Arctic thermal pad from Amazon for the replacement. (About $20 total in parts). I put two layers of the thermal pad on the two main processor units for good measure.
After reassembly, I powered on the PS3 and it came to life, no problem.
Thanks for the great instructional video!
Sadly after following this video's instructions, my 10 year old ps3 still had the ylod, shame. It was probably a fan or motherboard problem. I don't think it's possible (using this guide) to fix a very old ps3 without having to buy replacements.
Excellent step-by-step instructions. She is easy to understand and the visuals explained what was needed. The only recommendation I have is after doing this, I had some trouble with figuring out all the variously sized screws. Remember to document where these things came from and this video is the best I could find to help solve this issue. Subscribed.
this has to be one of the most difficult things to do as a gamer. I guess it's a video guide for technicians only. Sadly I'm here too because my PS2 backwards compatible PS3 YLODed. If it was a common PS3 I wouldn't even bother at all.
This information extended the life of my PS3! Thanks so much for putting this important information online for people like me who want to extend the life of something, instead of just settling for buying something new!
Wow that is some "verge pc build" BS
hey I just want I to ask is there any alternative way to fix my ps3 without buying your kit? because I live in the other side of the world and don't have money to buy it online and I really want to fix my ps3, So anyone can help me about that? please :(
You just need to borrow a heat gun from someone or rent one, and buy the thermal paste from almost any PC shop. I will assume you have a screwdriver (otherwise you can borrow one), and the rest of the items are ok to have, but not really necessary.
Following this thorough explanation of how to disassemble my PS3 I successfully totally disassembled my unit. However, I word of advice is in order, many steps or omitted in the form of latent cable attachments and such that she did not mention. Be careful for instance when removing the power supply. Wires are tapped to the sides of the unit, and the main connection were not shown. I ended up removing parts that I really did not need to. All in all, it's a great demonstration. I'll post again when I have the things back together.
I'm reading a lot of post on the Internet about ps3's suddenly ylod'ing after the announcement of the ps4 the past few months. I know 5 people who's ps3 went out the past few months and I've had 2 in two months that ylod'ed!! Is it possible that Sony is releasing some sort of virus through the Internet ( if it's connected to Internet) in order for people who might keep their ps3 longer and put off buying the ps4 to just go ahead and buy the ps4 since their 3 is broke!! Because something clearly is going on!!
Yes your comment was 4 years ago but it's to do with the temperatures of the ps3 and how hot it gets most ylod problems could have been fixed had sony given us fan control options or if they had used better thermal paste also dust can cause problems too which is what is great about jailbreaking older ps3s is that you can set the ps3 so that the cpu and rsx can't get any hotter than 50°C so it might not have been a virus it could have been something released in an update that made the ps3s fa just turn to shit and not run any higher than 31%
Sony's evil plan
Step 1: put a virus on ps3 servers
Step 2: ban 10000s of accounts every day so they make a new account and buy more games from us
I threw mine into a campfire. Is that hot enough?
"YOU NEED TO KEEP THE MOTHERBOARD LEVEL AS THE TIN LIQUIFIES" heats the chips vertically
'heats the chips vertically' was to heat (warm-up) the board slightly over a wider area to avoid thermal cracking. The actual intensive 're-flow' heating is done horizontally, if I understood the process.
well, you didn’t get that part, I recommend rewatching it
Damn that iPhone box would be worth a lot of money nowadays
2:34 that eye raise made me your fan ❤️
this is why i am a PC gamer. i just watched this so i can fix a friends console. c'mon people. watch the video in reverse if you want to put it back together. She mentions a way to keep the screws organized at the beginning. if this video was any better the end of it would include her showing up at your houses and doing it for you.
Shes cute
Bad Timing
would bang
I was too busy looking at her instead of the steps to repair it
What she say?
How to: buy our kit off the website
Omg I think il just buy a new 1 :-o
Emma eXo You don't have to buy a new one you should demand a refund or a new unit, when u buy a product it's supposed to work..!
My beautiful and amazing Princess Are you stupid...?
Why the fuck would the refund you for something you've probably caused to die by using for thousands of hours and never cleaning out ever?
You are wrong, woman. Solder melts 200+ degree celsius. There's nothing wrong in solder. Problem is in chip itself. You can fix it simply with hair drier. And heating directly to RSX chip, not motherboard. Heating motherboard you risking breaking other chips. Reballing is also bullshit, because reason why chip comes to life again is simply heat to chip in reball process, which can be made also with hair drier. Reball itself doesn't do anything.
Main reason why YLOD happens, is sony stupid official firmware, which has shitty thermal policy. Fan kicks in when gpu & cpu reaches 80-90 degree celsius. To avoid that, install CFW with sman plugin. Sman plugin won't let go over 70 degree celsius or depends what value you enter in settings. I have my PS3 FAT with 4 usb ports from 2007 and it's still working like new, because of CFW and new thermal paste.
Kirkendall effect creates Kirkendall voids in hardened alloys of diverse metals, like lead-free solder, which can lead to cracking over time and with usage. This effect becomes even more prominent with the unit's age and with increased heat applied to the solder (due to continuosu fruition). Take a look at www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemistry/kirkendall-effect
or www.phase-trans.msm.cam.ac.uk/kirkendall.html
(look at the pics for some fascinating phenomena). The Kirkendall effect was known as early as the late 30s:
www.tms.org/pubs/journals/JOM/9706/Nakajima-9706.html.
Thermal policy is another issue, with which I agree. Sony did an awful job on heat dissipation and the ungodly amount of PS3 redesigns might be partly due to these ideas. I mean, some 10 iterations and different internal designs just for the phat? C'mon, there has to be a problem, or more than one. This also shows that they were looking for something, maybe a more efficient thermal management?
Lithographic architecture on PS3 phat doesn't go below 90nm (if I remember correctly); such an architecture draws a lot of power and dissipates a lot of heat (well, a lot more than further redesigns); bad heat dissipation leads sooner or later to board bending or solder cracking if lead-free solder is used (see Kirkendall effect above). Later redesigns (Slim and Super Slim) largely address these problems, partly thanks to advancements to lead-free research and technology. Moreover, the Super Slim has a 45nm architecture, which is much less prone to these kinds of defects: less heat and more efficient dissipation mean less chance of overheating issues.
This said, I fail to see how "problem is in chip itself".
@@waltercomunello121 are you an ece?
@@waltercomunello121 That page about the Kirkendall effect has very nice photos & information!
I think what is meant with "problem is in chip itself", is, that many modern high-pincount chips have their die soldered on a substrate board and this substrate, together with a case, forms the actual BGA chip (fcBGA), as shown here:
en.wikichip.org/wiki/Flip_Chip_Ball_Grid_Array
In this case a faulty connection between die and substrate (with solder ball size < 100um, and covered in a package) can not be fixed by reballing the outer BGA.
It's funny that everyone recommends to reflow the chip a while back but in reality, the real fix was way easier and less risky by just replacing those NEC/TOKIN caps with Tantalum caps.
I find it amusing that even I fell victim on this one. The real fix is WAAAAAY easier.
Is it really necessary to remove the thermal pads? Or i can just leave it around?
its inspiring to see a woman doing the repair..im a young female studying CNS (computer, network, security) and i think its awesome to show us women can fix things too!
Emily Ace you made yourself sound like if you are some sort of minority just because you are a woman.. this is no inspiration, its normal that woman can everything that man do
How hard is it to unscrew a couple screws? Thats like saying good job for doing subtraction..
OK, i have disassembled it and used my hair dryer
but now I dont know how to put it all back :(
Wow. What a gorgeous repair lady. :)
For everyone bitching about to many steps is not. i never tried this in my life and k was able to fix mine. all i did was used a #1 screwdriver. and a flat head with tape around it to pry off the plastics. once everything is out to get to the mother board is just taking off the screws and.remembering where things go. take pics and it should take you an hour an half. i didn't even use the paste and still works.
didn't even know the yellow light of death was a thing. It never happened to me.
DemiZe X lucky
***** It has Spotify. That's way better than a flash drive imo.
I just got it right now.
Sony fanboys were insulting Xbox players for ring of death, funny huh
bro, She makes it look WAAAAYYYYYY TOOOO FUCKKKING EASY. After i saw the video I was like "I can do that". Now i'm like "FUCK MY LIFE"
This sort of thing should not be happening and i do hope that sony has to answer for this as we are not charity organizations. This is total neglect on Sony's part as the problem is so wide spread throughout the years of different types of ps3's. Fancy having to buy a YLOD kit to keep this pile of crap going. I really dont understand how a company would be ALLOWED to sell crap like this and get away with it. If it were you or i we would be fried for this.Its ok for sony to do this though.Plus you cant even fix your own board without voiding your warranty. Ah sounds like catch 22 here,someone has the upper hand and our hard earned money and its not me or you so it must be Sony. Yeh but i like playing games on it! WHEN its running.
I did something better, i got in touch with consumer affairs and got my hard earned money back. I thought you would have had the observation that i would already have a computer in order to detect the fact that i have posted my comment via one. Your family tree must be a cactus.
You told me to buy a computer i didnt tell you. Gee i didnt think it was that hard to put 2 and 2 together. And for your info, no one stands up when they are on a computer. Like i said your family tree is a cactus.Take the sap out of that.
***** Technology fails. All technology. You know how clutches on cars go after a certain mileage? You know how engines give up after so many years? These things aren't invincible. Same applies to electronics.
This video is 5 years old the ps3 was bought out in 2006 and my ps3 was purchased in 2013 brand new(not the 60gig model) and it lasted me not even 6 months.Now that is not the bleeding obvious that is a fact.I do know enough about electronics to understand that the PS3 was a complete failure when it comes to build quality.A clutch in a car is far from electronics mate and has nothing to do with the ps3 and for your info my clutch on my work ute is over 10 years old and still going and has nothing to do with what we are talking about.You did get one thing right though, and that is electronics don't last forever.Now that's the bleeding obvious.You give me the bleeding obvious and i will give you the facts.
Its amazing how people delete their comments when they know they are talking shit
I'll give this a try a report back to everyone. It should work for a few days but then YOLD again unless you reball chips with lead solder.
"Aint nobody got tyme fuh dat!"
Thank you very much for the information. It really works. Very easy to understand and do. Keep up your good amazing job. 👍🏽
Do I really need a heat gun? Can I use the Hair dryer? Can I skip the heat gun part and put the thermal paste?
+iFixit Video thanks for replying but I can't get a heat gun where I live, would a Hair dryier be ok if I use like double time that I'd use with a heatgun?
+userdefault no you will need a heat gun. They said that the hair dryer will not get as hot as a heat gun (btw a heat gun gets hot enough to melt plastic), doubling the use time will not increase the max temp.
but there are videos in youtube from people that had the same problem and used hair dryer from behind the console without opening it for about 20 minutos and worked, I already took out the old thermal paste with alcohol and now I am gonna use hair dryer, put some artic silver and hope for the best
userdefault then why even ask
I have already repaired and it works perfectly, thank you!
Once I get a hold of some thermal paste I'm going to try this. Thankfully I have the blinking red light which means it's just overheating, which I can't understand because I rarely use it anymore.
youre so beautifull D:
This is more complicated then getting a degree as a doctor
Thanks!! So much it worked bought a backwards compatible ps3 at the thrift store for $20 had the yellow death. Follow the instructions and now it’s working
its not that difficult to put your PS3 console together again. Just remember where the short and long screws go and you will be set.
Very helpful, i wish you would have included how to apply the paste and pads etc. Apparently paste can be applied incorrectly. I really like how detailed your video was compared to others, so please add a little more on applying the paste. #firsttimeps3fixer
Finished fixing my Original 60G PS3 with the YLOD repair kit and it works! Also, I posted my story and pictures on your www.ifixit.com/Stories website under the title of PS3 YLOD Repair. Thanks guys!
Yes! It was the first thing I did. I was nervous the whole time. It has been running ever since. Quieter and cooler to. The fan has not kicked up to the high speed since. It's very quiet. Cleaning this unit should have been designed in as a user maintenance item.
I just completed this project after purchasing "ifixit" repair kit. The best 39 bucks I have spent in a long time. With this video along with the step by step guide it was truly nothing more then time consuming. Do not start this if you are in a hurry, this one requires a little love and since there are so many small parts you need to patient and in a comfortable work space. I would recommend this to anyone having this issue. It was clear to me(and I'm far from an electronics wiz) that the original heat paste was all but gone. Now she has a nice fresh coating and runs like new. I want to thank the crew for putting this together and "ifixit" just earned a new customer. Now enough of this I have some binge Netflix'ing to do!
I did it on my friends ps3 and it worked but now it showing a error cannot start: can't find appropriate system storage, I also trying to swap HDD but won't work any solutions? Thanks!
You can also bake the motherboard in the oven at 200 degrees for 10 mins than turn oven off and let sit in there for an hour or so until the solder cures.
You have to remove the two metal heat sinks (There's dry thermal paste underneath) or the same problem will happen very soon.
God bless you for doing this video. Mine just did YLOD after I bumped it with a chair so Im going to try this fix soon.
Hey where can I take my ps3 to fix I don't really want to ruin my ps3 and I don't have the tools for it :(
I opened my PS3 up and it didn't look anything like that. The thermal pads are actually under the motherboard. And the paste looks so nasty, it must have been having trouble years ago and I didn't know. I believe I have one of the very first FAT PS3's with no compatibility with PS2 games.
Great video, it would of been perfect had you recorded everything though. What I mean is the entire process of heating and applying thermal paste and reassembling the box. I watch the video's so I can do everything step by step and the tiniest details matter to me. All in all thanks for the high def video. But next time don't forward fast through anything it's ok to be tedious or slower. It's ok to make 2 or 3 video's to complete the entire repair. From someone that actually wants to do the rep.
Would a hairdryer work as a replacement for the heat gun? If so, I should have all the required tools on hand.
Also, does anyone have a rough idea on the success rate of fixing YLODs? Do most get fixed from this or is it a 50/50 success rate?
I fixed mine...but I didn't take it apart. I just wrapped it in a beach towel, leaving the back of it exposed, then worked back and forth along the fan vent at back with a hair dryer on high for about twenty minutes. I then repeated it, but with the hair dryer on 'cool' to cool PS3 down. And it worked...and is still working. Problem with her method is that you stand to have a high chance of breaking the thing permanently by taking it apart.
I have had gophermods do three ylod repairs for me I use my PS3 a lot the longest I have had a revived PS3 last is a year the shortest I've had it last after repair is 6 months but it's always the same ylod problem so even if you go out and buy a new PS3 you will eventually run into the same problem. It's unavoidable. I just got the ifixit kit because I'd rather fix it myself then paying someone else to do it for $80-$100. Also every ylod repair I have had gophermods do for me has been a %100 success rate.
Jerkface Killa you just saved my PS3, i cant believed it worked, when my bf forced me to do this
Jerkface Killa its strange that the heat can fix the console its should be dangerous for it lol
Xfire moon The heat actually re-melts the existing solder and resets the GPU into the socket.
In other words, much like every corporation that just wants money generally, they used cheap thermal paste because it was, survey says.... "cost efficient".
Reballing is a method where the RSX GPU (grapics processing unit) is heated with a special table machine that melts the solder and loosens the chip from the motherboard for easy removal. then the old damaged solder on the motherboard and gpu is burned off with flux and a soldering wick. then cleaned with more flux.
A stencil machine is used to add new lead based solder spheres to the ball grid array and then reheated in a IR machine and then placed back on the motherboard and reheated.
Is it only on the Phat version because I have the Slim and terrified
I accidentally removed the connection strip from the DVD compartment from the wrong side. how do I put it in again? it doesn't go all the way inside and I don't want to bend it
I disconnected it from the actual console not the disk drive
Hello I've got a question.
I've got two ps3 fat one of which is RLOD and the other is fine.
the ps3 with RLOD has my disc Skyrim and saved level of 123.
can I take the blue ray drive and the hard drive out from the RLOD and insert into my other working PS3 fat and continue playing?
I'm trying to skip pulling it all the way apart to do carbon paste trick for now.
thanks
I just ordered this kit. $50 including shipping. Hopefully I can repair my Japanese PS3. Give it new life.
Thank God for TH-cam! This site had previously helped me fix both my PS1 and PS2 that had disc read problems and now I'm fixing my PS3.
this will kill your playstation PLS MAKE SURE THE FAN DOES NOT SPIN ANYMORE AND THE YELLOW LIGHT (witch will show for a split second followed by the 3 beeps are heard!) then the red led. if you hear the fan spin? then there is a fault with the display port or chip DO NOT OPEN THE CONSOLE! search for a all faults repair guy and tell him the fault this will repair the ps3 NOT THE HEAT GUN !!!!!!! oh and you can see how many consoles broke by the views of the video
Hi:
***** how much time the PS3 is going to last after this? Do you suggest a Re-Balling too?
Already have a PlayStation 4 and my PS3 was fixed but didn't last long. I want to recover my PS3 (two 60GB Backwards compatible and one PS3 Slim). Right now, my first PLAYSTATION 3 is getting repaired by an Engineer. He says it can be fixed... Later I'll tell you if it worked or not.
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This worked for me, id did not work the first time i did it, but the second time i applied some more heat to it, and wow it worked.
thank you so much :D :D
READ READ READ!!!
be careful with this, i constantly checked the temperature to be sure i wasnt burning anything, i warmed it up to about 210-215*
WATCH THE TEMPERATURE GUYS :D I used a STEINEL 350W heat gun, did the job fine
Hi:
***** how much time the PS3 is going to last after this? Do you suggest a Re-Balling too?
Already have a PlayStation 4 and my PS3 was fixed but didn't last long. I want to recover my PS3 (two 60GB Backwards compatible and one PS3 Slim). Right now, my first PLAYSTATION 3 is getting repaired by an Engineer. He says it can be fixed... Later I'll tell you if it worked or not.
Bought an updated power supplyswitched from. Zssr5391A to the Aps -226 apparently mine had gone bad or was bad from the beginning. Also modded holes near the fan.(tutorials on TH-cam) also when opening up the system it was caked all over with dust and debri so I gave it a thourough cleaning. All of these things my PS3 is no longer overheating. I have a 60gb backwards capable model. Still have not changed thermal paste bit did buy in case the battery change didn't work. I've been playin GTAV for over an hour and no overheat issues. The fan still turns on but no longer sounds like a jet engine and is no longer a nuisance.
NEVER HIT IT WITH A HEATGUN WHILE IT'S TILTED!!! That makes the solder run and ruin it further! Have you ever heard of re-balling the chips??? That is the only way to make a repair that will last. Why don't you just glue sparkly "Bedazzle" to the outside of the case and let your husband repair it properly? 👎