Recent content by MicrowaveEgg

I already changed the caps on the other side of the PCB. Should I continue replacing the rest of the cell caps? Also is the recommended 470uF caps to use? I just use some that I had lying around. Saw some of the posts about ESR effecting the fix. I see, didn't know that. I saw this but its...

I'm moderately tempted too since I have a couple boards i want to try reballing and want to re-ball non Ps3 things too. forgot to plug it into the PSU, checked for fuses all on the backside and they seem to all be good. Looks like the 3001s are gone and just have the 1002s. >$ ERRLOG GET 00...

I saw these things and I was tempted to try these out since they seem kinda cheap. I've never reballed anything using a preheated so I have no idea if its good (im guessing probably not). They do try market it as for xbox 360 and for PS3 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C1LNPF9/ Also got...

No I forgot to post that still had the warranty seal in tact and everything. Doesn't look like anyone opened anything, The tape and other things look untampered with. In fact the Cell thermal paste is still wet which surprised me. For the 3034s, it appeared after the 1002 errors, is it...

PS3 was never opened, No flux residue on RSX, no tokins been replaced. Will try replacing the tokins myself later this weekend Here's some pictures https://imgur.com/a/9Rj3Mnh

I ran syscon on a PS3 I just picked up. Power on instantly gets YLOD flash then blinking red The error looks to be A0801001 = CELL Power on VRAM failure How would I go about fixing this? Thanks

What happens if you put an unmarried Blu ray drive in a PS3? I got 5 disassembled PS3s in a lot and the seller didn't mark which drive goes to which motherboard. Will the PS3 boot up even boot up? They are all CECHA models. Never had this situation happen to me before.