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I have inspected the CPU, seems to have a small scratch on one of the corners, not even a mm, is that enough to determine it was damaged? and if that is the case, am I out of options?

Just an update, today I tried to get the system in safe mode but ended up with YLOD again, just 3 beeps, I am guessing next step will be Nec/Tokin replacement

Answering some of the questions, I did use flux before and after the reflow, I used a heat gun for 3 min approximately until I reached 235 Celsius, removed IHS from both CPU and RSX before using heat gun, let the board dry for 2 complete days, I did not nudge the chip. About the safe boot...

Hi again!! back with some news, I went ahead and tried the reflow method, after assembling back and trying it for the first time it went live again but it froze on PS3 boot screen, tried a couple more times and I am getting either no display or 3 beeps. I searched again in the error log of the...

Hi everyone, I have been trying to fix a COK-002 for a long time now, I'm no technician but I love my old ps3, I just found out about this site 3 months ago and I wanted to say thank you all for all the hard work, I have learnt a lot, I managed to read the error log from syscon and it looks...