tantalum

Ok so here's the dilemma I'm having with a b01 ps3. A few years ago I bought a working b01 ps3 on 2.83 ofw and after testing it iirc I found the laser was iffy so I just swapped in a known working drive from an a01. I kept the daughter boards with their respective motherboards and as far as I...

https://imgur.com/a/jJ9dNOC Hello everyone, i'm about to repair my PS3 by soldering the tantalum capacitors alongside the NEC/Tokins, my only question is how am i suppose to "scratch" the board in order to solder them, am i suppose to scratch the actual positive rail on the nec so it comes to...

A couple of months ago i bought a defective fat Model PS3 with a shorted 12v power line, sent it off to a shop for repair, a few after getting it back, i couldn't hold my curiosity anymore, voided the shop's warranty and took at look on what's been done, apparently the shop soldered these 4...

I had a YLOD on my 60gb launch fat PS3 so I replaced the four NEC capacitors on the bottom with the appropriate tantalum capacitors according to the repair guides. After putting it back together to test and see if the repair worked, it now just goes green straight to a flashing red light. No...

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...