Recent content by PSMike85

Thermal paste was oke, and the PS3 shuts down after about 40sec. That's not enough time to overheat. I tried reflowing the CPU en gpa with a heater. .. And it seems to be working now. It stays on for hours, so this seems to have fixed it (permanently?)

Thanks for your reply. What I don't understand that it can boot and even show the HDD missing message and then turn off.. I mean it works and then suddenly a component stops working. In the meantime I've tested the PSU output just tu be sure and it delivers 12.3 volt as it should and for more...

Hello Fellow ps3 owners. Ive got a ps3 from a friend for free, but the catch was "its broken". When i power it on: it starts to boot and after about 40 seconds it shuts down and start flashing red. The only thing I see on the screen is that no hard drive inserted (it does not have one and I...