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How Much Does it Cost to Build a House

2012-03-04T03:32:53Z

Just saying hello. Here from Texas

PCS3 (ps3 to pc case mod)

2011-11-14T22:38:34Z

hello all

sorry i havnt been around lately but the email answering has been out of this world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

heres a little somthing i have been working on in what spare time i have !!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFcEQ7qkrwY

New ps3 repairer

2011-06-28T17:31:59Z

This is my own little shop I've just started up. Purely started as I was fixing enough of my friends and friends of friends console's etc and have had so many problems of my own from ps2's and ps3's.

Anyway, just thought some of you might want to check it out or give me some feedback on what you think of it.

http://ps3fixes.webs.com

Thanks guys,
Tom

my ylod. now really hot

2011-06-28T17:26:15Z

hello all. i have the old fat 60 gb ps3. had it for 3 and a half years. it got the ylod last week for the first time so i sent it to a 3rd party repairer to get it fixed. cost £40, anyway i got it back yesterday and after 1 hour it gets really really hot on the right hand side. but cool on the left hand side. i never noticed previously before the ylod if this happened. i was wondering if this is normal . it cools right down again after 10 minutes when you switch it off. the repairer also gave me a fan but not an official fan, its for a notebook and it rises the ps3 up a inch or 2. so for the overheating on the right hand side is this normal?? is my ps3 going to die again soon???i should have put the £40 towards a new ps3. its over a fifth of the cost for one over here in the uk..

New PS3 on way ?

2011-06-22T18:36:20Z

You might want to read this.
http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/co … p;attr=all
cant wait. in the Market for a new one.

PSN Usernames

2011-06-22T18:32:40Z

Anyone want to post their Usernames here so we can hook up maybe ?
Mine is miniw76.
Shout out that your from Yellow light.

New PS3 on way ?

2011-06-22T18:21:59Z

So when will we get the new PS. slimmer, Less power consumption. maybe backward compatibility.
I'm waiting before I buy. Just in case.
60gig is worrying me.

PSN outage

2011-06-12T14:32:23Z

Looks like the PSN is going to be down for quite some time.
Hackers or not.
No explanation as why yet.

A couple of questions

2011-05-18T21:18:13Z

Hi everyone, I explained in my introduction about my situation, but basically my 60GB unit has just YLOD on me and before I start pulling this beauty apart I just wanted to ask a couple of questions.

1. After I attempt this repair, what are the deciding factors which determine how long the unit will work for afterwards? IE more/less thermal paste, more/less time with the heat gun? ( I need a couple of days at least to back up my saves)

2. Where can I get the cleaning compound from to clean the old paste of the heat sinks? And will it be possible to hire a 350C heat gun from a tool hire shop?

3. Any advice to take in to consideration when I do attempt this?

4. When I take it all apart I'd really like to give everything I can a good clean up, what sort of cleaning substances/materials can I/can't I use when cleaning? Any tips on cleaning the parts of dust and dirt?

I feel competent to be able to carry out the job, and wow the videos and PDF are great, I will definately be using both when I go through it all.

Copy Protected Game Saves

2011-04-19T17:38:00Z

Here's a list I found on the net of games that currently have copy protected game saves. Which means, if you fix the YLOD on your console then back up your saves, these game saves will not be transferable to a NEW console.

• 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand
• Assassins Creed 2
• Batman: Arkham Asylum
• Bomberman Ultra
• Brain Challenge
• Burnout Paradise
• Call of Duty: World at War (mixed reports)
• Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood
• Crash Commando
• Dark Mist
• Demons Souls
• DJ Hero
• Dragonball Z Burst Limit
• The Eye Of Judgment
• Fat Princess
• Fight Night Round 4
• Godfather 2
• Guitar Hero: Metallica
• Guitar Hero World Tour
• Heavy Rain
• High Velocity Bowling
• Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights
• Killzone 2
• LocoRoco Cocoreccho!
• Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
• Mega Man 9
• Mercenaries 2: World In Flames
• Mortal Kombat 2
• Namco Museum Essentials
• NCAA Football 10
• Need For Speed: Carbon
• Need For Speed: Pro Street
• Need For Speed: Shift
• Rock Band
• Rock Band 2
• Saboteur
• Sam and Max: The Devil's Playhouse
• Singstar
• Skate 2
• Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing
• Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection (ingame savestates are protected)
• Soul Calibur IV
• Star Ocean: The Last Hope International
• Street Fighter II Turbo HD
• Street Fighter IV
• Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
• Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
• Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection Online (mixed reports)
• Tomb Raider: Anniversary
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2
• UFC: Undisputed
• Vampire Rain - Altered Species
• Wolfenstein

I also found that:

• MotorStorm: Pacfic Rift
• Resident Evil 5

Were both patched to remove the copy proctection.

Thought I'd share this list with everyone in case anyone was wondering.

List originally compiled by www.ps3blog.net

Bridged Solder?

2011-04-05T06:54:46Z

Hi, I attempted a repair on a ps3 to repair the ylod, but once i reassembled the unit there was no power at all, no lights or anything, could a bridged solder joint cause the ps3 to not power up? Thanks

Hello

2011-04-01T12:24:57Z

Hello, my name is Joe and I am a PS3 addict, haha. Thanks for having such a informative site for YLOD repair. I am somewhat new with working (internally) on PS3's, my first was a success with the help of this site, thank you everyone. I will be checking in often when I need a question. Thanks for the knowledge and support.

I have posted a question in 'Other PS3 Failures'. Any help would be appreciated, thanks again

Power Eject Ribbon cable

2011-03-31T22:28:27Z

Hi, I recently did a ylod repair and after putting it back together, the console would not power up. No red light, no fan noise, non responsive! I took it back apart to make sure I connected all ribbons and connectors to the board, and I saw that i did not plug in the 5 pin connector from power supply to the board. I thought problem solved and put it back together (closely looking and making sure everything was assembled correctly). I went to power on, and nothing, same issue, no lights, no fan noise, acting like its completely dead. I know I grounded the power switch and all connections are good. The power supply does not smell burnt. There were no signs of anything shorting out either, it just simply does nothing when I flip the power switch, no power. Now I am at a loss.

So I have been searching the Web (since I am still new at this) to see what may have been the problem. So far I see people to ask me to check the Power/Eject ribbon. I did and noticed that one end of the ribbon, it looks like the silver pins have broke by getting pinched. I have ordered a replacement. Crossing my fingers

My question is this. Should the red light still be lit on the front panel when power is on, even if ribbon is broke? Or does the whole system completely go dead when the ribbon is broke? It seems i should hear the fan spin or something. But then again, I am still new at this and this is the first time I have come across this problem. Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Trophies

2011-03-29T13:36:38Z

Any trophy whores on here?

I was just getting into it with my new PSN ID when i got the YLOD, just got my first platinum in the form of Madden 11, hope I get this sorted so I can continue for a couple more months before I buy a new one lol

Hi there

2011-03-29T13:22:50Z

Hi everyone, as most people have probably said, I've come across this site after the YLOD problem hit me square in the face. I thought I had it last year some time but after half an hour the unit started and I haven't had a problem since...until last night when BANG!

It's done me proud, it's a 60GB model that I had from about 3 months after release and as I said, I haven't really had any problems with it till now! However as it hit me completely unexpectedly I really want to at least get it a live long enough to back up my saves and de-activate mine and my friends account on there ready for whenever I absolutely need a new console.

So here I am, that's my story and I'll be asking plenty of questions before I start pulling my baby to pieces!!