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Hi. Some weeks ago i bought a ps3 fat cechlo04 model. Played through the entirety of killzone 2 without any issues. Temps seem fine, rarely going above 60°C. Then i bought motorstom. Always close to the end of the first race, the consoles turns off, gives a quick yellow light then beeps around 3...

Hey guys. I just received PS3 from a friend, that won't boot. When I connect the PS3 and turn it on, it always takes exactly 42 seconds, then it gets yellow for half a second, turning flashing red with three beeps. I tried it with connected and disconnected HDD, HDMI even Blu-ray drive. It is...

I'm trying to get an idea of whether or not the 90nm RSX in A-E BC models and G/H models are reliable. We know they can have BGA defects. We've seen oxidized balls while reballing them! What's less clear is how many of these consoles met their fate from BumpGate! In 2006-2008 Nvidia made poor...

Hello, I received a backwards compatible PS3 60 GB on the the American launch from a relative that was in the US at the time, meaning that it is the CECHA01. It's getting awfully close to becoming 16 years old at this point, so I consider myself lucky that I haven't gotten the YLOD yet. And...

My PS3 list this code (A0404421) repeating... ( no 3034 error code only the 4421 ) anyone tell me what this means and what to do?

Hi there, English is not my first language so I apologize if I make grammar mistakes. Hope you can help me with this problem I bought this PS3 Phat second hand (CHECHK11) in 2014 in a perfectly working state. Back then, I was fully aware that these models are prone to failure, so I gave it the...

Hi, about a year ago I bought a Pal 60gb Ps3 from a local store, no issues except for the loud fan ingame, but the temperature was lower than 70°C for both CPU and GPU. I used it occasionally for 3/4 month and then suddenly it freezes in the XMB and from then it present ylod. Today I finally had...

Hello to all, I am looking some assistance with syscon and getting my system back up and running. Following syscon guides on youtube, I tried connecting jumper wires via soldering to my cok-002 RX and TX which worked, however the temperature was too high and ripped off the pads. Is there another...

Hello fellow PS3 lovers! I have been thinking about this method for a long time and finally had a chance to test it out and it turns out it works brill so I am happy to share it with you. There is two things you will need to make it work: 1 - Steel wire (I did it with 0.08 mm) 2 - Thick pair...

Hey guys, i understand this thread might be overused but i got this YLOD on my CECHC04 yesterday night. So my console ran at 4.82.2 rebug rex, always kept fairly cool (60°cell / 56°rsx) in idle and max (68°cell / 65°cell) in games with 33% fan speed. I wanted to open Apollo Save Game tool and...

Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone could recommend a shop that is good with the YLOD issue. I have a 60gb Fat PS2 which has the YLOD and I've sent the unit to 2 shops (one VideoGames911) where they were unable to do anything. I think they just reflowed. I really want to get this unit...

I get a YOLD blink 3 times as the system (CECHE01) is booting, then the system does boot and I can play things. There are some freezes here and there, but it does work. My question is if my temps are stable and it does work 90% of the time is this the capacitor issue? I have not seen this...

So im planning to buy a PS3 in near future but not able to decide which model to go with, i want to go with fat cecha/b or a superslim. Im tempting towards fat as it has CFW whereas the superslim has HEN. But the fats arent reliable (especially the 2 revisions im planning to go with), they are...

Hi guys, so i bought used fat model CECHL04 and the thing was loud, so i decided to open it up and replace thermal paste. Upon disassembly where you need to pull out the motherboard i had problem because it looked like mobo was glued to heatsink. I tried (carefully as i could) to disconnect the...

After the hate due YLOD on fat model, s0ny fixed the issue on slim model. However there are many reasons to YLOD (NEC/Token Capacitor problem, cracking of solder, overheating of cpu & rsx, etc..) and all of them were fixed except of NEC/Token Capacitor initially (mainly on 20XXX series), later...

Hi, I have CECH-2508A (160GB) ps3 slim version and I got the YLOD error. I opened the console and I cannot see any NEC/Tokin type parts but I see there are some Tantalum Capacitors with 470uf printed. So shall i check those capacitors ? There is a power failure while i was playing and I see...

Hello, I have recently picked up PS3 fat (CECHC04) that wouldn't boot. When trying to start, it went green then yellow after 3 seconds and finally blinking red. I think this is called the yellow light of death (YLOD). The HDD was missing however the warranty seal was still intact and I've...

So i decided to get a fat model ps3, as fat models are prone to ylod so sooner or later my console will also get the ylod, in order to prevent it i have decided to eliminate all the potential causes of ylod -- 1.) Replacing the nec / token capacitors (with which capacitors should i replace...

Hello I recently just got a a01 ps3 and when I turn it on there is no picture for either HDMI or AV I've even tried to reset the display settings and nothing. I can leave it on for a minute until it beeps green then yellow then flashing red and if I press the flashing red it goes back to normal...

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...