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Hello there, I just got a PS3 2504B in, and upon opening the console, two capacitors came falling my way. They seem to have been ripped off by the previous owner. You can see the capacitors I'm talking about and their positions on the board in the pictures I provided. I tried to find some...

So I messed up my first time attempt at replacing the thermal paste on my RSX. I went in from the wrong side and crushed a few of the capacitors on the chip. Does anyone know just how important these are, is it just a case of swapping them out under a microscope, and if so does anyone have or...

THIS GUIDE IS PURELY FOR RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTAL PURPOSES USE THE SYSCON UART DIAGNOSTICS FIRST TO CHECK THE ERROR CODES ON THE BOARD, BEFORE PROCEEDING, FOLLOW AT YOUR OWN RISK AND USE IT ONLY IF THE ERRORS MATCH! FOLLOW THE GUIDES BELOW FIRST BEFORE, ATTEMPTING ANYTHING FURTHER: credits to...