Saving a PS3 in 2023! Junk Restoration & Repair: Complete Disassembly Overhaul! + RLOD Thermal Paste
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- Today we are attempting to repair a very old and broken PS3 back to working condition! It has really bad dust and corrosion damage so come along with me as we try to ressurect the console! I cover complete dissasembly, cleaning and reassembly as well as applying new thermal compound, and replacing the power supply as well as some basic diagnostic tips. If you enjoyed this content please like, leave a comment and subscribe to stay notified of future releases!
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its not a dirty ps3 its just something a kid used to have the best memories of their lives
It very well may be both.
I got a ps3 from a pawn shop for 50 dollars. It was an orginal ps3 model that can play ps2 games. The pawn shop said it didnt turn on so i bought it and brought it home. When i got home and plugged it in, i turned the switch on the back on and it booted up. It was on the orginal firmware from 2006. I put a game in it and the disk drive laser was broken. I bought a new disk drive and opened the ps3 (this ps3 has never been open) and there wasnt a single piece of dust in this thing. I changed the disk drive and now it works. I put a 1tb ssd in it and it plays ps1, ps2, and ps3 games. What i can tell some bought this on launch or close to lauch and the disk drive broke and then they just put it in a closet and left it there until they pawned it in. When playing the last of us, the fan doesnt even ramp up. This thing is silent.
I don’t get why some consoles are so dirty, do people not regularly clean their things? Ive never had a console break on me. My Ps1 still going strong.
😂😂😂 I told you how !! My ps3 sits on the ground not on the table !! I open it and I realize that my ps3 developed a ecosystem 😂
Update on my PS3: After the thermal paste arrived this morning, I used your video to disassemble the console, get the new paste in there, a new 2032 battery, and to put it back together! Only had to drill out one screw! Thank you so much
i would always recommend connecting the hard drive to a PC and checking the health using crystal disk info
If it's critical then yeah a good idea to back it up or clone the HDD, in this case it really doesn't matter too much.
Yo from dust you transformed it to a console right again! Good job!
Like a phoenix from the ashes! 😷 🧤 ☣️
Found a decent condition ps3 slim in an electronics recycling bin, refurbishing it rn and looking forward to playing some red dead redemption and final fantasy XIII 😊
Just the video I needed! I just bought a CECHL PS3 and I've got to remove all the dust and replace thermal paste & the CMOS battery
Perfect! Don’t worry about delidding the cpu and GPU chips unless it fails to boot, what I covered here should sort you out for a nice deep clean and general maintenance!
@@EverythingPSPOfficial nah it works perfectly fine but I still want to do a repaste and a deep clean just for preventative maintenance. I'm waiting for the thermal paste to arrive so I can come back to this video
Submerge as much as posible in very warm dish soap and water to get the console clean with less effort, then you can just air dry it for a day. Also nowadays you can buy electronic spray cleaner for car parts to clean all the electronic components without a problem, so long as you give them some time to dry.
Thanks thats great advice, I scrubbed everything by hand with ispropyl alcohol. The corrosion is extensive in this one but I'm happy to report that it's still going strong and sits in our lounge on the console rack and gets use a couple times a week mostly to play super rub-a-dub :P
This looks like DK oldies consoles 😳
What about the free keychain tho 😩
@@EverythingPSPOfficial the most important thing. The key chain is a must lol
Awesome strip down and refurbish video, very helpful thank you!
No problem thanks for watching :) I’m glad you found it useful! 😊
You should have opened the power supply to check the capacitors condition because after power ON your play station 3 was working fine for few minutes
Hi Hassan, you are absolutely correct it was definitely the power supply most likely the caps, I opted to replace it but I have kept the original and may end up recapping it in future if required
I once got a ps3 from a dodgy pawn shop for cheap. When I tested the console it had the yellow light so i returned it and when the guy tested the ps3 it displayed the yellow light on the first attempt but then worked on the second. I reckon it had dying NEC Tokins that finally got going after a few attempts but I still got a refund anyway
Really amazing video. That was a lot of work. Congrats 😊
Great job
Yes a long time ago I took one apart and replace the Blue Ray Drive need someone to go deeper
What’s happening then it is accepting discs but they are not being read?
I would have gotten out the handheld vacuum and a can of compressed air.
Had I had those on hand I would have tried this too, although I’ve been told before that the static from vacuuming can cause damage to electrical components idk how true that is
i bought cechk a bit of time ago, and it was pretty dirty, but it was checked inside, anyways the worst thing was that it wouldnt read any discs at all, now i just use an CECHL
Glad you’ve got one that works! They can be a bit hit and miss now after so many years :)
Foot reviel at 18:34 time stamp.
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Nice video, watched from start to finish. Have you ever tore it apart since and replace the paste on the actual processor die etc? Just curious as my Fat PS3 is original and never had any work done on it and i think it's running hot.
Its very risky to delid the PS3 and the process has a chance of ruining the whole console even for professionals. I would generally recommend using custom firmware to get the actual temp readings inside the console first, and you would probably find that just by cleaning and applying thermal paste like I have done in this video will satisfy your requirements.
@@EverythingPSPOfficial after installing the custom firmware can you go back to the original again? Are there any articles online somewhere that describe where to get the firmware and how to do it Etc
@@Soulcommander plenty of stuff out there if you search PS3 CFW on UA-cam there are lots of tutorials, it’s fairly easy to set up now. There is also an online PS3 tools app that works without CFW for some basic stuff like error checking and that might be able to display temps. Check out @MrMario2011 ’s video on How to Jailbreak Your PS3.
@@EverythingPSPOfficial Thank you! Watched his install video...rather long! :) But very informative.
@@Soulcommander for sure, maybe just try accessing PS3 Tools on web it’s perfectly safe and works on all the PS3s just visit that site thru the ps3 browser, I used it to successfully diagnose a bad NEC Tokin capacitor on another ps3 that might end up in an upcoming video
I'm the 300 like ❤ love the video
Thank you, you really are 1 in 300
It's better if you really disassembled everything. Too bad you completely disassembled it but never really put an effort to clean every spots.
I’m happy with the results the console is functional and that’s all I need. The main things were new thermal paste on the sink and replacing the power supply.
Mate great vid ..PLEASE Lose the tunes so we can Hear You clearly .. totally unnecessary
Thanks for the feedback, I’ll keep that in mind for future videos, hope you still found my content useful!
All that dust....!
😷 I’m glad it’s done!
That is considered console abuse. 😮
Are you Australian?
Close! I’m a Kiwi 🥝 🇳🇿
Great video.... I have a couple of different PS3 models I picked up recently that I need to do this to so very useful thanks! 18:33 for foot reveal!
Congratulations 😂 !! 🦶 👀 you’ll get a shoutout on the next channel video 💯 good spotting! ❤️
Good god, was that PS3 dug out of Pompeii!!? And that human slime on the hand controller😅. Looks like it was a big job but successful in the end. Great job.
Just about! Unknown origin so it may have been buried for some time, if only you could record smells it definitely had a questionable odour upon initial opening 😬
my ps3 is jailbroken with evilnat 4.89 and a 1tb ssd and my fan set to 50% to help keep it cool i also tore my ps3 completely down like you and repasted it
Other than the motherboard needing more of a clean its great for a first time. My OCD/perfectionism is just hectic
Thanks 😊 it’s still working great we use it all the time as a media centre and for gaming, I also have my original ps3 slim that I need to refurb at some point and will be more thorough with that after this learning experience
that looks horible inside.
It really does, but the PS3 is now still going strong in the lounge and diligently boots up every day without a problem :)
Awesome video ! Bit of a strange question though. I was cleaning my old ps3 awhile back, but noticed after I unclipped the ribbon cable for the USB Controller/Blutooth board from the Motherboard (The one with the brown clips) I haven't been able to get them to clip back and was wondering if I've broken them. Is there any specific way to clip them back or just use a bit of force ? Just worrying about damaging it, if I haven't already 😅
Try pushing down the connector one side at a time sort of wiggle it in, it can be stiff but doesn’t require too much force, check the pin socket for obstructions. Bit hard to say without seeing it but make sure the connector clip is in the off position (up) before inserting the ribbon then clamp it down
@@EverythingPSPOfficial Alrighty awesome thank you so much ! I’ll give all that a try and see how it goes.
How did it go@@lumbago7344
Good job but one thing try next time clim more the but in 22m41s you see the dust in the board you tike a big shower for a perfect clim just one advise for help
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Ok thanks! I would have opted for an iso bath but for fear of breaking any components I chose to tread very lightly and only address any problematic dust. Will keep this in mind for next time thanks for watching
@@EverythingPSPOfficial ho fatto due PS4 in questa settimana,la scheda madre per pulirla dalla polvere uso un pennello di 3/4 cm e un po' di aria compressa
Così non farai mai danni
Is that the right way to apply thermal paste?
Before I discuss, my ps3 has been running daily since this video dropped and it’s still going strong! 💪 but… NOPE!!! I would use a pea sized drop in the middle and let the clamping force spread it around that’s the official Sony way but i decided to use this method because I didn’t know better at the time and wanted to ensure it was caked up with paste for all time. There are many many ways to lay paste described online and it’s a big debate. You only need enough to fill imperfections in the material anyway so mine waa probably too much.
if you think one of the capacitors is borked, why wouldn't you either replace the power supply or either fix it, or have someone fix it for you. that is a massive fire hazard.
I did replace the power supply 32:30 👌
Solo dos anotaciones, por el tiempo que tiene esta consola, no se debió hacer un delid? Y por otro lado, por la misma naturaleza del metal liquido... no destruirá el disipador que creo que es de aluminio? Según tenía entendido todo lo que no sea cobre termina comiendoselo.
Incluso en cobre podría resultar arriesgado utilizar pasta térmica de metal líquido. La pasta que se muestra en el video contiene un componente metálico y, en general, recomendaría usar ARCTIC MX-4 o similar para sus propios proyectos. Esta resultó ser la pasta térmica que tenía a mano y ha funcionado muy bien desde entonces. Utilizo esta PS3 en mi configuración de juegos retro y no ha tenido ningún problema desde que hice este video.
@18:34 🦶
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Bloody hell those controllers XD...
Luckily I had my own personal ones which are nice and clean, will probably go back to refurbish those ones in a later video but for now they’re sealed away 😆
@@EverythingPSPOfficial in similar cases I put on a pair of gloves, disassemble all the plastics and put them in a tray full of hot water and dishwashing detergent, after half an hour I rub them lightly with a toothbrush and rinse them, dry them well and they are ready to be reassembled.
It seems like a tedious process but in reality it saves a lot of time compared to cleaning them without disassembling and the result is alwais perfect.
@@LucaBlightOfHighland that’s a good idea! I might have to try this
bad job..bad cleaning..
Thank you for your constructive feedback 😉
You didn’t repaste the cpu and gpu. You did all that for nothing.
Still working strong 💪 it was largely overheating due to the dust and the faulty power supply was preventing it from booting, so I feel that the repairs I performed were adequate without having to delid and risk destroying the whole project. If it fails in future I may look into this but I think I did enough to keep it alive for the foreseeable future, thanks for your comment and concern. 🙏
@@EverythingPSPOfficial If the temps are fine, dont bother de liding. Deliding is a last resort imo
@@FG-td4vs exactly like you wouldn’t replace your whole gearbox if you just needed to replace the clutch
Deliding is a pain in the ass. I wouldnt risk it
@@EverythingPSPOfficialYou’re supposed to change your thermal past after 5-6 years. It’s been 17 years since this line of consoles were released.
You in this video said (about the thermal paste process) “do your research. I don’t really know what I’m doing. At least on this scale”
Here I am trying to tell you and you seem to do your best to act like you did research and that you knew what you were doing.
accept that you don’t know a thing. Learn from it. Moving forward, delid, repaste. Period. Wait 5-6 years. Repeat.
18.34 is foot love too tlk to u about my 5 pcs of crap ps3s cleaned the eye but still not wrkin don't KNOW why sony made the damn thing so hard to take care of PLEASE HELP
Are you having trouble getting them to read the disk? It could be an issue with the laser, have you replaced the bluray drive?
what model of ps3 fat please
You can kind of see at 1:26 CECHK02
What the model of the PS3 pls
Pause at 1:26 :P
CECHK02 80 GB PAL
Piano Black
AUS: August 2008
@@EverythingPSPOfficial tank you my fan is modell of ps3 fat