ps3 flashing red light

[AnniversaryWul]

Sell it to a computer game shop, as long as it turns on and a game loads they take it. Let us know how you get on with the repair. What stuff did you buy to do it?

[daniel-1986]

wen i did my ps3 i used stuff called arctic silver themal compound (best stuff to use) which is like £10 for a 10mm syringe , in the youtube vids it shows people spreading the stuff over the 2 chips but the bloke in the computer shop i bought the stuff from said you dont need to spread it, just put a pea size amount on and rebuild it as the heat will spread it evenly

[R32UK]

wen i did my ps3 i used stuff called arctic silver themal compound (best stuff to use) which is like £10 for a 10mm syringe , in the youtube vids it shows people spreading the stuff over the 2 chips but the bloke in the computer shop i bought the stuff from said you dont need to spread it, just put a pea size amount on and rebuild it as the heat will spread it evenly

i couldnt get the artic silver stuff but used the alskar (sp?) stuff.... it works is all i know. Happy Days are back!!! 

[Alec]

wen i did my ps3 i used stuff called arctic silver themal compound (best stuff to use) which is like £10 for a 10mm syringe , in the youtube vids it shows people spreading the stuff over the 2 chips but the bloke in the computer shop i bought the stuff from said you dont need to spread it, just put a pea size amount on and rebuild it as the heat will spread it evenly

i couldnt get the artic silver stuff but used the alskar (sp?) stuff.... it works is all i know. Happy Days are back!!! 

Can you tell me exactly what you used please mate and where you got it from? I might aswell have a go at repairing my old one and either selling it or keeping it as a spare

[daniel-1986]

this is wat i used

 http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?hl=en&q=arctic+silver&cid=9882831931415987257&ei=a0wGTaSRA4qmxgW90czpDA&sa=title&ved=0CAkQ8wIwADgA#p

[Alec]

this is wat i used

 http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?hl=en&q=arctic+silver&cid=9882831931415987257&ei=a0wGTaSRA4qmxgW90czpDA&sa=title&ved=0CAkQ8wIwADgA#p

Cheers, I actually got the yellow light in the end after the flashing red light error.

What exactly do I do with it then, just take ps3 apart and put a dab of this paste on the chips?
I bet there are a good few video guides on how to do it

[daniel-1986]

there are ye, u also need a heat gun with a at least 350 degreestemp setting which is the heat u want (my heat gun is 330 but i heated the chips a little longer to compensate)


a computer repair shop told me u dont need to spread the acrtic silver as the pressure from rebuilding it and heat from the console will spread it, just dab it on the chips pea size amount (the vids will show u the ppl spreading it), bearing in mind mine only lasted 3 days and then less than a day but i guess it was pretty much beyond repair before i got it

[sharki786]

do you guys know why you get the YLOD?
After much research i found out that the reason behind the ylod was the soldering on the CPU GPU was melting, the solder is LEAD FREE which has a lower melting point. After some rules and regs in the europe and other countries, sony and other big manufactures have stopped using lead solder (lead solder has a higher melting point). and are now using LEAD FREE based solder. the best bet is, find a local repair shop that does REBALLING (these are the tiny solder that you get on the processors and all the tiny componants on circuit boards) & ask them to use LEAD solder (on the side jobie). Smeone around your area will do this for you, it shouldnt realy cost more the £50 for reballing (thats if you have stripped the board out yourself) £50+ if you havent taken the board out. And then after the repair has been done make sure you get a recipt as some people offer upto 6 months warrenty. I have 3 ps3 (old/fat) waiting at home and will have the board REBALLED this will stop the ylod. Because the games are so fast & graphic intense the cpu & gpu get VERY hot which cause the solder to melt then you get the YLOD or RROD. Oher thing i would advise is to get on of them cooling fans (EBAY) with as many fans as possible, which in the long run will make your ps3 last longer.

Hope this makes you understand better,

if i am wrong please correct me

if you need any more info just pm me always happy to help
sharki

p.s youtube ps3 reballing and you will see what they do to them.
also the heatgun fix is a temp repair!!!

[R32UK]

yep.. it appears the heatgun repair is a temp fix!! 

Was playing gt5 last night and it turned off on me again. On closer inspection the PS3 was pumping out some SERIOUS heat. Tried playing it again a few times and it did the same thing but I was able to turn it back on.

I then switched to Pro Evo and played for an hour + with no problems what so ever.

Without a doubt it is GT5 thats causing the PS3 to over heat!!!  :embarassed:

[sharki786]

TRUST ME some games out there kill the graphics chip (baking hot) so the solder melts on them, best bet is get the board reballed with LEADED solder balls and you shouldnt have any probs! other thing i would recommend is get them 3fans that you can plug on the side or something too keep it cooler