okey so i removed the entire bottom shield and started the ps3. Still, most of the time when i press on it or hit it, it freezes. There is a higher chance that it will freeze if i press the MOBO near the FAN connector. On some very rare occasions it feezes by itself without touching it
I removed the entire MOBO, FAN, PSU etc assembly from the PS3 and placed 2 sides onto 2 blocks of wood. Now the PS3 is not shutting down. But if i put it on the ground and slightly press the metal shield the PS3 freezes and shuts down. I don't think its the wifi chip or HDMI controller. BTW i am...
Hmm it seems as if the bottom plate was making contact with the motherboard. I took the entire assembly out and sat the sides on top of 2 wood blocks so that the bottom plate isn't being squeezed and makes contact with the MOBO. I fired it up and its not freezing or shutting down. Maybe thats...
My CECH- 3004B PS3 slim recently started freezing randomly while playing games. It progressively got worse and worse and now it has come to a point where it shuts down almost immediately after you boot it up. You can see the animation when the system is starting up but then it freezes and shuts...
So for quite some time my PS3 slim CECH-300xx has been freezing when i knock it. Sometimes it would even freeze when i plugged or removed usb devices. Whats going on here?