i heard about the oven method but do i need additional items for it? im just tired of having a console that doesnt work sit around and i want to get it working again so i can play it.
i heard about the oven method but do i need additional items for it? im just tired of having a console that doesnt work sit around and i want to get it working again so i can play it.
the problem is that my ps3 is ylod right now, i been looking in ways i can fix it without spending alot of money, and i been looking at putting it in the oven. the thing is, i dont know how to reball or do anything, and if i go to get it repaired, i might as well send it to sony because i would have to pay my friend to take me on top of getting it professionally fixed.
Putting it in the oven is just going to make it worse. Sell it online as spares and repairs and buy a 12GB one and put your hard drive into it.
its the rare 20 gig model that has bc. i really hate how sony releases the same system always with less features and calls it an upgrade.
YLOD could be anything, YLOD = General Hardware failure, that could really be anything
Has it ever recovered even for a few moments since the first YLOD?
The older versions of the PS3 suffered from YLOD mostly due to thermal paste drying up
Putting a PS3 in an oven sounds like a great way to destroy it foreverOriginally Posted by some guy on the official sony support forums
Last edited by Zorlon; 13th-February-2014 at 14:03.
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no i even put another laptop hard drive in it. i tried asking a nearby friend to borrow his ps3 hdd to see if mine would boot up but he said no that it woud format it. and since i dont have an actual pc where i can actually format the hard drive, its just sitting there in the ps3. i even took the hard drive out and still didnt boot up.
edit: the light squence is green, yellow, green then blinking red.
Last edited by garrendesares; 13th-February-2014 at 14:04.
YLOD could be anything
but mostly for older PS3's it was thermal paste drying up that cause that issue, see my previous post for more info
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honestly, i am afraid to put it in the mail. not that i dont trust people, but i dont like the thought of sending my heavy ps3 in the mail.
Sounds like the oven method, melts the paste but this is just a short term fix
Watch that through fully and listen to his comments, the advice is sound and he tells you why this works, he uses a hairdryer and the cardboard box for the system, the risk of doing this is up to you though.
You should contact Sony though first and get a quote from them directly, I wouldn't trust a 3rd party repair to be honest the only real pro's for PS3 repairs are Sony, Sony will also give you instructions for packing the thing or may even arrange a pick up, not sure not had the need to contact Sony.
You are still better off replacing the paste and doing a proper fix though that will last much longer.
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damn themal paste, I had my fat old ps3 that plays ps2 games fixed and it overheated and died about six months later. Is there a way to get better paste I could do it my self it it would last ;onger
forget if i said this before, bt when it failed, it was restoring the hard drive. when i put it in the other laptop,, it said the drive was corrupt
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