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Thanks for your answers! When you harvest the RSX, you first bake the donor board then harvest the RSX, is it needed to bake the RSX again directly after harvested it, if you're wanting to use that RSX directly on a PS3? Also do you store your harvested rsx's delidded or lidded? And do you...

Thanks! Do you remove the board and jig from the unit when it's still hot or you let it cool by itself first for a few minutes as it's probably super hot to touch? I will take your advice for sure and bake the boards for 24hrs in before harvesting the rsx, is this much also needed for the board...

Thanks for your reply, this info will come in very handy! Do you mind sharing your lidded / delidded profiles? Will order an additional thermocouple for underside, recallibrating the machine i'll have to learn when i have the machine on hand as i never used it before. Do you use or recommend...

@RIP-Felix My Achi Pro-SC V4 , all resistors, microscope, NOS BD3504, 0.6mm leaded bga balls, too much other stuff... all are on it's way to go the full franken way! All of this to revive my own recently YLOD'ed CECHC04 in the first place, but in mind to revive as much BC PS3's that come on my...

Felix, can i use X7R capacitors instead of the X5R? And can i use caps with higher voltage rating? It's just the voltage that they can be exposed to so i don't think it matters if i choose >10V caps I'm looking to buy these...

Felix, are these resistors size 0402? i'm having a hard time figiruing this out before i order these resistors Update: The answer was in the Service manual like i thought was the size 0402 imperial code or size 1005 metric code

can this be found on github? Can't find it :)

Felix, Do you know where i can get this rework sheet, Booter always uses it in his videos: Also, is there a thread or place where the testing points with references of this and the rsx on it's own are posted?

Thanks for the info once again! Another question that sparked my mind is what thermal silicone you'd recommend to reseal the CELL ?

Cool thanks! What did they want to achieve with that piece of uhm plastic.. :) Is there any 3D printer file available to print that piece ourselves? I'll be looking out for those BD3504 ic's or search for a alternative that would fit the pinout on the motherboard. I found this datasheet that...

Thanks once again for your info! What exactly is a "CELL bracer"? , i'm also wondering where the best place is to source the BD3504 voltage regulator other than harvesting it from a slim ps3? Or maybe there is another chip which does the same thing also msop8 size? I found this but seems very...

Thanks, i'm also wondering if the rsx is delidded, should we reseal it by applying thermal glue to the ram modules on the rsx and placing back the ihs? How did sony do this in their "official" frankenstein consoles?

Thanks for you honest opinion! Looks like i might go with the LY IR8500, it seems better than the IR6500, and overall the best price/quality option out there. Because i’m super motivated to learn this, if i’m confident enough i might make more than 1 frankenstein and/or offer the service in...

Thanks! I might buy a reflow station, and learn the Frankenstein method. Which station do you recommend? I'd like to make the ultimate ps3 from this one, it would be delid 40nm rsx + cell delided & also reballed with leaded solder All tokins replaced with tantalizers Is there any guide i can...

Looks like it's the RSX afterall, keep getting these 2 errors: A0403034 139DC70A A0404421 139DC70A 3034 means CELL/RSX communication error 4421 means CELL/RSX error Common cause of this is a broken bga ball I will look for someone to reball my console or maybe i should buy a bga rework station...