It does seem crazy how much you have to take it completely apart to get to it. When I find something like this, I would likely two things. I would solder on two sets of wires off the solder points on the bottom of the PCB where the battery holder is. From these two sets of wires, I would solder on a separate holder that can be placed elsewhere in the case as I'm sure there is room under the DVD drive area so that less has to be removed to replace in the future. The second set of wires would be left covered but available so you could solder on another battery holder temporarily with a battery in place as you do the actual replacement so that the time isn't lost in the process of the battery swap itself.
Hello! What temperatures you have at this model ps3 super slim? At my model i change thermal paste i clean and i have 68°cpu and gpu 73° in game with syscon setings.
Great video, but this is totally insane, it's real madness! You have to take apart all the console to arrive to the battery! Are they fool?! I remember the Sega Saturn, that had a specific door on the back to access the CR2032 battery... why Sony did this for a piece that needs to be replaced after some years?!
The trim pieces actually slide off, pushing up and to the left, when facing you. I tried your technique, which worked but ended up breaking one of the legs in the center of the piece.
Sony could have made the battery more accessible, like Sega did with the Saturn most people aren't going to want to do all that themselves At least the PS Vita will be ok Till the battery dies :(
I had already just replaced the thermal compound and gave my ps3 a thorough clean and now realized I could have replaced the clock battery while I was in there.
@Resident Zombie You're a simp if you're doing it for a girl in hope of getting laid. In this case, the guy is doing it to his sister, and a girl who his already his girlfriend. So it's not simping, it's just nice of him.
@Resident Zombie Because it's easy for him, while they're not confident about opening an electronic device and risk damaging it :/ Sometimes when a relative knows how to do a thing and you don't, he does it for you. And some other times, it's the opposite.
I honestly wish there was a way to modify the system itself so that this whole process was like replacing the battery on a remote. lol step 1 - un pop the plate, step 2 remove the battery and replace with a new one. Now just put on the plate. DONE... if only... anyways I thank you for the tutorial though. nice video
So before i used to get 67,68(sometimes 70)on syscon settings,but after i set the fan to 30 the temps were,61,62,after repasting i get 55,54 on 30percent fan
Wait, you didn't know? That "special way of thinking" I have? 🤣 Actually, of all the names I've been called for 52 years now, "psychopath" is a new one. Thanks for being original and not picking one of the usual lackluster names I normally get called. :)
@Blaine Locklair I changed my thermal paste 4 days ago and now my CMOS battery is dead. So now I need to do these steps again. My question is, do I need to change thermal paste back again to replace the battery as it's just few days old?
@@kimsoo16 Why? because most PS3 games will perish and all PS3s will perish as well. So we don't own consoles just borrow them from Sony. And the PS fanboys will come crying to PC guys to preserve their games
Did nobody else notice that he didnt replace the thermal paste on the GPU? If youre making an instructional video for people that dont know what they're doing maybe you should actually know what youre doing. I can only imagine how hot that GPU is getting now after you put it back together with the crusty old thermal paste on it.
Hey Blaine, i have a question, So i Installed Evilnat CFW from your tutorial, I want to dualboot with littlebalup 4.87 Dualboot Firmware. But for some reason the PS3 sees my USB with PS3/UPDATE/PS3UPDAT.PUP. But when I try to update it via storage media, it says no applicable update data was found, and i can't get it to recovery mode because the touch power button is unstable and doesn't always detect my finger, sometimes it does but when i am holding the power touch it loses my finger and doesn't do the recovery mode procedure. Why doesn't the ps3 detect the update file?
You are talking about the Fat model, right? Try to get off the top cover of your ps3 and then press the power button without the cover, if thats not working either make your finger little bit wet and try again.
I bought a second hand ps3 recently and I've had problems already, next to where my controller is connected there's something that looks like a battery symbol? it keeps flashing yellow when I'm using the console when playing games etc. Tried getting it repaired but the guy I took it too said there's no issues? Should I keep the console or just ask for my money back and buy a new ps3.
I have an original 001 switch, and never even realized. And most tutorials are really hard to Follow. Ive modded my vita, 3ds, dsi, wii, and even my fire tablet and all of them have been incredibly easy to follow, thanks to you and i was wondering if you could make a video on the subject
@@blainelocklair as of right now I'm on rebug dex this system never connected to online I think rebug disabled the internet on dex with sony servers I could be wrong ? I converted the system from cex,to dex
Yo!! Please if you see this can you do a video on how to upgrade the HDD on a Cobra CFW PS3 and how to transfer everything from the old hard drive to the new? So keeping all my games, saves, etc. I would GREATLY appreciate it 🙏🏼 love your videos!!! thank you!!!
*This is not a fix* - this only extends the length of time you have before having to worry about it again. After all that new battery is not going to last forever.
Does this battery have anything to do with logging in or out, I don't care about the psn just I need to be able to get on the internet with it and be logged in.
Hello. I did the procedure, but now none of the controllers are recognized by the PS3. I checked all connections, do a reset to the controllers, but still not working, anyone can help me?
So I have a question if you replace the battery with a new one, can you still play your digital games and collect trophies? Those 2 things are the important parts for me. Since I bought my ps3 in 2014 and I probably have around 2 to 7 more years of it being alive.
This is a nice "temporary" fix. But in 2027~2028 it will be to have done it again... But... How about the ps3 servers? That's the big deal! I'll change the battery by the end of this year, then play and finish all the digital games and... If Sony won't fix the issue like with ps4, by 2025 I'll sell it and keep just the phisical games to play on pc emulation. At the moment I don't see a better solution...
What an absolute ridiculously bad position of the battery. You could actually say this is practically unserviceable.
It does seem crazy how much you have to take it completely apart to get to it. When I find something like this, I would likely two things. I would solder on two sets of wires off the solder points on the bottom of the PCB where the battery holder is. From these two sets of wires, I would solder on a separate holder that can be placed elsewhere in the case as I'm sure there is room under the DVD drive area so that less has to be removed to replace in the future. The second set of wires would be left covered but available so you could solder on another battery holder temporarily with a battery in place as you do the actual replacement so that the time isn't lost in the process of the battery swap itself.
Hello! What temperatures you have at this model ps3 super slim? At my model i change thermal paste i clean and i have 68°cpu and gpu 73° in game with syscon setings.
Great video, but this is totally insane, it's real madness! You have to take apart all the console to arrive to the battery! Are they fool?! I remember the Sega Saturn, that had a specific door on the back to access the CR2032 battery... why Sony did this for a piece that needs to be replaced after some years?!
Wow. Sony could not have made it more difficult to get to the battery if they tried. Oh wait, they did... 🤦♂️
I agree, they made it incredibly difficult to get to the battery here.
You should see the battery replacement on the OG Xbox
The trim pieces actually slide off, pushing up and to the left, when facing you. I tried your technique, which worked but ended up breaking one of the legs in the center of the piece.
Followed the tutorial and now my PS3 won't turn on... It would have cheaper just to pay some repair shop to do it.
Straight to the point and very well explained. 👍
Sony could have made the battery more accessible, like Sega did with the Saturn most people aren't going to want to do all that themselves
At least the PS Vita will be ok
Till the battery dies :(
What do you mean about the vita? The battery used to power the system, or do they also suffer from the c-bomb?
@@ghostly5866 no they don't
I knows the Sega Saturn was a great simple design …
You forgot to put terminal paste on the graphics chip, lol
I had already just replaced the thermal compound and gave my ps3 a thorough clean and now realized I could have replaced the clock battery while I was in there.
Oh snap he's back!
@@blainelocklair OH SNAP HES READING COMMENTS?! Thank you a ton for your tutorials and positive vibes dude!
I'll be doing this 3 times I gotta do my girlfriend's, sister and my PS3 😭
True gentleman 👍
@Resident Zombie You're a simp if you're doing it for a girl in hope of getting laid.
In this case, the guy is doing it to his sister, and a girl who his already his girlfriend.
So it's not simping, it's just nice of him.
@Resident Zombie Because it's easy for him, while they're not confident about opening an electronic device and risk damaging it :/
Sometimes when a relative knows how to do a thing and you don't, he does it for you.
And some other times, it's the opposite.
@Resident Zombie For some peoples, even easy stuffs are complex in certain things... Wich makes it easier to help them 👍
I honestly wish there was a way to modify the system itself so that this whole process was like replacing the battery on a remote. lol step 1 - un pop the plate, step 2 remove the battery and replace with a new one. Now just put on the plate. DONE... if only... anyways I thank you for the tutorial though. nice video
Nice video guide!!
I hope you do a Ps3 Slim tuto in the future.
Looking forward to your channel. ✌🏽
Will you be doing the PS3 Slim and PS4 Slim?
@@blainelocklair I'd love a PS3 Slim guide please. PS4 not so much, but PS3 is a worry with it being old now.
You are a man of the people!
@@blainelocklair you have never said anything more true B👍
@@waltersobchak7275 yep, they only care about big corps. And rich millionares
Your videos are awesome! I watch your stuff even if I don't need to learn something new...but I do anyway.
Same
@@blainelocklair I'm always here, my friend! :)
were can I buy CMOS Battery ? for ps3 slim and ps3 fat ? i want to get ready i don't want to lose my games I bought online
Thank you from Saudi Arabia
Great video , From great man
I'm not looking forward to taking apart my Slim again. I just changed the thermal paste last year. Guess I gotta get more MX-4 :/
@@blainelocklair Thanks Blaine. You ever delid a PS3's gpu before? I want my slim to last as long as possible but I'm not sure it's worth the risk.
Can you make this same video again but for the regular ps3 slim?
Please do a video on the slim model as well
@@blainelocklair I'm also on board for a slim model video, it's the one I and most of my friends have. Thanks for the content
So if I were to change out my battery now would I still be able to play my digital games?
Since you have your PS3 moded and changed the thermal paste, it would have been nice to show the before and after temps.
So before i used to get 67,68(sometimes 70)on syscon settings,but after i set the fan to 30 the temps were,61,62,after repasting i get 55,54 on 30percent fan
@@sabagegelashvili916 Thats more like it. It works nice now.
What thermal paste did you used?
Thank you so much ❤
I have a question if Sony desativate the servers even having hen can i still play my digital and physical games ???
So, if I still need to have internet to access my digital games, what's the point of replacing the battery? 😩😡
6:59 : How a psychopath applies thermal paste
Wait, you didn't know? That "special way of thinking" I have? 🤣 Actually, of all the names I've been called for 52 years now, "psychopath" is a new one. Thanks for being original and not picking one of the usual lackluster names I normally get called. :)
Could you make a video guide for the original ps4 on replacing the cmos battery next? Great video here btw!
I was going to jailbreak my ps3 but I realised I don't have a flash harddrive so I'm waiting sadly
@Blaine Locklair I changed my thermal paste 4 days ago and now my CMOS battery is dead. So now I need to do these steps again. My question is, do I need to change thermal paste back again to replace the battery as it's just few days old?
The same thing happens to me, what did you do in your case?
😮
@@LucasRial10 I repasted as anyway I opened it. Always better to repaste than leave it as older one
Probably not, but why wouldn't you change the $2 battery while you were in there? Makes no sense.
Love it! Reconnect your PS3 to the "Mother Ship".
do PS3 slim and phat have Cbomb?
Yes
@@kimsoo16 so Sony will brick the PS eventually that is encourages pirates. Holly s***t Sony is messed up
@@KingTairun why?
@@kimsoo16 Why? because most PS3 games will perish and all PS3s will perish as well. So we don't own consoles just borrow them from Sony. And the PS fanboys will come crying to PC guys to preserve their games
@@blainelocklair do you still need that battery even if your ps3 has hen?
Did nobody else notice that he didnt replace the thermal paste on the GPU? If youre making an instructional video for people that dont know what they're doing maybe you should actually know what youre doing.
I can only imagine how hot that GPU is getting now after you put it back together with the crusty old thermal paste on it.
Hey Blaine, i have a question, So i Installed Evilnat CFW from your tutorial, I want to dualboot with littlebalup 4.87 Dualboot Firmware. But for some reason the PS3 sees my USB with PS3/UPDATE/PS3UPDAT.PUP. But when I try to update it via storage media, it says no applicable update data was found, and i can't get it to recovery mode because the touch power button is unstable and doesn't always detect my finger, sometimes it does but when i am holding the power touch it loses my finger and doesn't do the recovery mode procedure. Why doesn't the ps3 detect the update file?
@@blainelocklair Don't worry! I needed to go to recovery mode! but thanks for the help! :)
@@blainelocklair Your videos are defenitely worth watching
You are talking about the Fat model, right?
Try to get off the top cover of your ps3 and then press the power button without the cover, if thats not working either make your finger little bit wet and try again.
I bought a second hand ps3 recently and I've had problems already, next to where my controller is connected there's something that looks like a battery symbol? it keeps flashing yellow when I'm using the console when playing games etc. Tried getting it repaired but the guy I took it too said there's no issues? Should I keep the console or just ask for my money back and buy a new ps3.
Sounds like the HDD LED... that's normal. it flashes when the HDD is being Read or written.
Hey Blaine! You should make a video on the newly released Bully port for the vita! Would definitely be helpful!
Is replacing the thermal paste necessary?
Yes. When you open your PS3 for replacing CR2032 battery, the old thermal paste will broke and it lets enter air. Air is a bad thermal conductor.
I have ps3 slim i have pictures but no sound but I have in game play but not on screen..any suggestions I tried sound settings
What about ps4 slim? Pls help my ps4 slim won't run anymore of the battery cmos battery problem
Hey blaine, i assume that this channel would get a strike for making a switch mod video, right?
I have an original 001 switch, and never even realized. And most tutorials are really hard to Follow. Ive modded my vita, 3ds, dsi, wii, and even my fire tablet and all of them have been incredibly easy to follow, thanks to you and i was wondering if you could make a video on the subject
I happen to have an rcm loader, but i have no idea how to use it
Just got done with mine nice guide
I have done the same thing for my ps3 & the same problem still exist , why is that ?
What about the regular slim?
Will the console work normally without the coin cell battery installed ?
You should be able to use it, unless Sony shut down the servers for the PS3. Disk based games should still work though even then.
@@moomin7461 so a hen jailbroken ps3 will work without the coin cell battery installed right?
Do we have to worry about this if were useing cfw
@@blainelocklair as of right now I'm on rebug dex this system never connected to online I think rebug disabled the internet on dex with sony servers I could be wrong ? I converted the system from cex,to dex
Please show how to replace the PS2 slim battery
I don't have most of those items needed, the cudgel, glue, compressed air. 😩😥
Remind me to so this in 5 years.
If the ps3 servers will be still available...
Do you have to replace the thermal paste even it isn't dried up?
You might as well unless you’ve done it fairly recently
7:03 a new method of applying thermal paste lool.
Yo!! Please if you see this can you do a video on how to upgrade the HDD on a Cobra CFW PS3 and how to transfer everything from the old hard drive to the new? So keeping all my games, saves, etc. I would GREATLY appreciate it 🙏🏼 love your videos!!! thank you!!!
@@blainelocklair THANK YOU!! Always coming in clutch you’re the best!!! 🙏🏼
If you replace the battery you don’t have to re-download all your games again do you ? Or will all the games on your HDD still work ?
So the CMOS battery does not get recharged when you turn on your PS3?
its not a rechargable battery i believe
I allways thought that the CMOS batery of the ps3 was welded and It was risky to replace. I shoud have done that years ago
*This is not a fix* - this only extends the length of time you have before having to worry about it again. After all that new battery is not going to last forever.
The “fix” would leave it on 24/7
Does the ps3 fat 80gb need a specific battery or this same one can you like my comment just so I can see the notification I don't have reply stuff on.
Does this battery have anything to do with logging in or out, I don't care about the psn just I need to be able to get on the internet with it and be logged in.
you didnt put thermal paste over the gpu chip. yikes!!!
Hello. I did the procedure, but now none of the controllers are recognized by the PS3. I checked all connections, do a reset to the controllers, but still not working, anyone can help me?
If its only digital is the problem them, I'm okay as only have physical games
Perfect expalnation thanks❤❤
So I have a question if you replace the battery with a new one, can you still play your digital games and collect trophies? Those 2 things are the important parts for me. Since I bought my ps3 in 2014 and I probably have around 2 to 7 more years of it being alive.
So, you think the information is stored on the battery? It's not. It stores power, and nothing else.
Nice video!!
Can you show the fat ps3?
So much work for something do small. 😩
Great video
wow so much effort just to replace a cmos!
Sir, ask for a link to download the PS3 game for free? please
I hav one of these , I jus found out about the CMOS , one day I'll hav to do this scary 😂😂😂😂
Is that a boxer?
@@blainelocklair I like that name. I think it’s more of an inquisitive look.
Ps3 and psvita store will be continue
شكراً
Thanks
@@blainelocklair hey I heard the PKGj store for Vita is on the same server as the Playstore. Is that true?
Looks like way too much work.😁😎
That’s a lot of thermal goop
Thanks 🇧🇷
They need to release an update so i dont need to do that
I am no longer instrested in changing battery
This is a nice "temporary" fix. But in 2027~2028 it will be to have done it again... But... How about the ps3 servers? That's the big deal!
I'll change the battery by the end of this year, then play and finish all the digital games and... If Sony won't fix the issue like with ps4, by 2025 I'll sell it and keep just the phisical games to play on pc emulation.
At the moment I don't see a better solution...
Ps3 servers almost dead maybe in games like rdr you can find mutch players.
Awwwee that boxers faaaace! Awwweee! Soo cute!
Zup
Can you still play Pysical games without the battery and WiFi?
Yes for the PS3, for the PS4, no