Restoring PlayStation 3 Fat Flashing Red Light
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2023
- In this video I'm going to try and fix this PlayStation 3
Note on the the PS3
First problem - When playing games it will freeze within 10 mins then make me rebuild database still plays DVDs fine but nothing else been doing this for about 1 month
Second problem - PS3 no longer starts up. when switching on it beeps 3 time then switches itself off. DVD still wont eject
( Disc inside is Firefly Disc 1 )
When I started it up it ran for about 5 minutes with the fan going then stop then had a flashing red light and the DVD was not in there when I started taking it apart
I'm not sure what the other person did when trying to fix other than clean the side
Tools
Screw driver set
Isopropanol alcohol 99.9%
Paintbrush
Compressed air
Thermal compound ( MX-4 recommend )
Heat gun
Alcohol wipes
8341 No clean flux paste
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Thanks for saving one of those marvels for the future. These machines are so incredibly powerful and yet so fragile at the same time
Yeah are and thank you for watching it really is much appreciated 😊
The PS3 in particular was ridiculously powerful for its time, there were articles talking about how it was like a supercomputer.
@@calzonemaniacsvideocorner0804 actually it still is a supercomputer in its own regard. I dont see such big strides between 3 and 4 to 2 to 3, to be honest even ps5 games maybe still could play on the ps3 nowadays
@@Kinsanth_you are disabled if you actually think this.
I'm definitely going to try this! Yesterday, my neighbor decided to throw away his old PS3, and 5 minutes later, I rescued it. When I tried to turn it on, I got the YLOD. I've done a lot of research, and this seems like the best option for me. Changing the capacitors is too complicated for me, and only 11% of the time the problem is actually there. And obviously, doing the Frankenstein mod or something similar is beyond my budget and skills.
So, I'll try to save it this way, and if I manage to get it to boot up, I'll install a custom firmware as soon as possible to keep the fan running at 90-100% all the time and hope it lasts as long as possible. What hurts the most is that I'll be the first one to remove the warranty sticker 😫
YLOD can be caused by different issues. Read the syscon chip and retrieve the fault codes.
@@GGoblin1 I know, but the thing is I don't want to spend a single penny on this repair. Honestly, I have another perfectly functioning PS3 slim, and in the model I've obtained (CECHG04), 50% of the YLOD cause is attributed to the RSX. I know using syscon is the best way to detect the problem, but it doesn't even get past the self-check, which strongly suggests it's the RSX.
Good luck my friend if the first time being open up the will find alot of dust in there my next step was to change the capacitors a good video for this is on TronicsFix if you decided to try it out and thank you for watching
@@techrestoread After the entire afternoon and night, I can say with complete joy that the repair has been successful!
The part that took the most time was extracting the information from the syscon, and it showed errors 3034 and 4412. No capacitor failure, just an issue with the main chips, so it's time for a reflow.
Using a 2000W heat gun, I have slightly reduced the times. 3 minutes of heat, apply flux, 4 minutes of heat, 30 minutes of rest, and flipping it to finish with 5 minutes of heat on the backside, followed by another 30 minutes to cool down. IMPORTANT! Keep the board level by placing something underneath it. If it's uneven, the solder points could shift from their position.
Now, reassemble it, and it's ready! Tomorrow, I'll open it up again for a more thorough cleaning and, finally, install a custom firmware to make sure it can handle whatever comes its way.
Thank you very much for everything!
@@medanyutu Nice one it is important not to move the board for 30 minutes one it is going to be very hot and the other you don't wanna disturb any of the components on the board really glad it worked out for you
and your very welcome feels great that it's help you out
Remember to replace the thermal paste between the heat spreaders and the dies as well...that's the main cause of overheating. People put MX5 on the CPU/GPU, reattach the heat sinks and think job done...but there's still 16 year old dry paste that's turned to powder underneath the heat spreaders.
The mx5 thermal paste is defective and it got recalled, mx6 replaced mx5. Not only that, reflowing the PS3 like he did there will only serve as a temporary fix, as the gpu should be completely replaced or otherwise, it will ylod once again
I do think l will be coming back to this PS3 again at some point thank you for your comments and thank you for watching
@@techrestoread Please Don't Touch Your Hands on It Again, Let it For Professionals To Fix It!!!
Woah, that turned turbo instantly!
The original models are flawed for overheating a lot, but mines dont overheat because i haven't play it for a while and it is sitting on my table for years.
My Playstation 3 60 GB fat model get exactly this'
Instead of repair I get an 320 GB slim model as replicant.
For some reason I did not trow it '
What do I have to lose?
Manage to get something that's broken back to life'
Wounderfull video!
That's true and thank you it's much appreciated 👍
PS. I do think this is more of a Temporary fix I might have to come back it again at some point but thank you again 😀
That looks like it was inside of King Tut's tomb, there's no way this system came out almost... 17... years ago... 👴
He said it's been opened before this so it must've been cleaned before
You should of replaced those old dry thermal pads too, other than that, good job mate.
Thank you 👍
I had a fat model PS3 that died on me in 2015 or 2016. I had the YLOD. It's a shame because I liked that console. It wasn't backwards compatible with PS2 games because it was a later model but I liked it. I ended up calling Playstation customer service and sent it in, and they gave me a super slim model which I still have
I spent many hours playing Hitman and Tekken on the PS3 it is a great console 😃
And thank you for watching it's much appreciated
I have the same problem with mine it has ylod the proper repair is to reball the PS3 and restore it by changing the thermal pads, CMOS battery and the problem is caused by
The GPU so you should just change it to a 65 nm or a 40 nm GPU from a PS3 slim and upgrade to a ssd and delid it
Thanks for the heads up. As time goes on, l am picking up more stock to replace parts ie thermal pads l think l will be coming back to this at some point with the ssd is a better option but not mine to change and thank you again it is much appreciated 👍
Great job!
Thank you it's much appreciated 👍
Keep it up 🎉
Thank you it's much appreciated 👍
Will die again any time soon, it's a temporary fix
Yeah l think your right that's why put at the end of the video not sure for how long l might come back to it again at some point
Without Frankenstein mod it is matter of time for YLOD to apear. It needs delid at least and extra preasure on cheramic on both rsx and cell. Then webman to set fan to 34% and keep it under 70C in games.
a delayed yold with fan speeds going wild for 5 minutes straight
I will get it back out again soon to see if it's still working. l am planning on coming back to this at some point as my kills and knowledge have improved, and thank you for watching 😃
Now you must Send This to Computer Booter Before You Make an Popcorn on The Motherboard of the Cell B.E Cpu.
Its not ylod the cpu is overheating you need to delid the cpu and the gpu if you want to ,that would fix that problem at the beginning and also the rsx on the console is good because if its bad the screnn would have artifacts,or the console would have glod or ylod
Thanks for the heads up. l will come back to this and do a proper fix as time is going on. My knowledge and skills are improving 👍
Is mx 6 ok to use??? Or no mx4 use it better
Mx4 is what l recommend to use
PS you can use mx 6 as well
Bro, I can literally see your face.
excellent🐱
Thank you it's very much appreciated 😀
What does the 8341 paste help with
That's the Flux it is a chemical compound that helps prepare the metal surface for soder that is on the board already in this case when heating it and letting it cold down. Hopefully, it will have a better connection. I hope this helps, and thank you for watching 😃
@@techrestoread Thanks for your reply. Yes, now that makes sense. I am going to attempt to try to fix an old PS3.
A lot of love for the launch model PS3’s but they’re just not practical anymore. They make great gaming decorations now.
0:24 welcome to Sony airlines
That PlayStation 3 reminds me of arcade machines it keeps on breaking over and over I gave up on them I bought the fat and slim models instead that couldn’t play PS2 games who wants to play PS4 games on their PS5 so it will break I think the PS4 has taught me playing backwards compatible games breaks the consoles cause the PS4 never broke once but my Xbox one did break cause I was playing original Xbox and Xbox 360 games also but not the PS4 cause it doesn’t let me play anything but PS4 I’ll do the same to my PS5 never play anything but PS5 games had since the day it launched abd still not broken
I will have to look into that I've never had a Xbox always had a playstation l do have a PS5 l do play PS4 games on it I've not had any problems yet but I will check it thanks for the heads up and thank you for watching 👍
Bro what? If you broke an Xbox One in the first place, you have a serious problem of taking care of your stuff. The ratio of PS4 to repair vs Xbox One's to repair most repair shops are like 6 to 1. You can look around and you'll see for yourself that Microsoft made the Xbox One almost immortal.
@@ChrisAzure dude are you broke you can’t afford every console including PC that your defending one console get over yourself console fan boy
@@ChrisAzurepeople like shouldn’t talk cause your a kid
@@ChrisAzureeveryone takes care of their stuff weirdo what do you think we do we throw them against the walls how about don’t speak kid
What model is this? CECHA/E/C?
It was a CECHC
how many cost to this repair charge??
how to content??
Hello there to be fair it's not the best repair that will last l will have to come back to this at some point to do a proper job of it and thank you for watching 😀
When the system is on with the fan ramped up and it suddenly turns off and has the flashing red light, that means it is overheating.
Airplane ✈️
Iam ps3 over hat
I'm definitely going to try this! Yesterday, my neighbor decided to throw away his old PS3, and 5 minutes later, I rescued it. When I tried to turn it on, I got the YLOD. I've done a lot of research, and this seems like the best option for me. Changing the capacitors is too complicated for me, and only 11% of the time the problem is actually there. And obviously, doing the Frankenstein mod or something similar is beyond my budget and skills.
So, I'll try to save it this way, and if I manage to get it to boot up, I'll install a custom firmware as soon as possible to keep the fan running at 90-100% all the time and hope it lasts as long as possible. What hurts the most is that I'll be the first one to remove the warranty sticker 😫
Good luck with it, and fingers crossed for you I'm not sure how long the fix will last I may need to come back to this in the future
Unfortunately the main cause is the original gpu being defective out of the factory during that era of chips known as bumpgate. You will have to get a Frankenstein done as even getting it to startup again it will just get a ylod again