PS3 Delidding went wrong - 65NM RSX VER-001

maoingo

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Hey Guys,

I had an old account where I was once active but I forgot my credentials. :ambivalence:
But great to be here again and with a "normal" username this time :encouragement:

Anyways as I was trying to delidd my RSX (which was really necessary btw) I knocked some caps off, which I dont really know the importance of. Does anyone have some experience with the CECHLxx and can tell me if they are important?

Here is a picture of the ones I knocked over on the RSX

As far as I could tell the ones I knocked over near the MultiAV are connected to the RSX somehow. But I couldnt find out any function.

Here goes another picture
And another close up



Im thinking about just bridging all of them with solder but thats kind of too risky, so if someone knows the μF of the caps, I would greatly apreciate it.

Thanks in regard!


Oh and I dont want to risk it turning her on, so I dont have any SYSCON codes. Sorry
 
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Sorry i am new here, and i do not have the tool yet to delid my 65nm and give you resistance values.
But here is what i can suggest. Find the board model. https://www.psdevwiki.com/ps3/SKU_Models
Once you have that. See if you can find a schematic for that board.
That should help you with the pieces that were knocked off on the board. if i see any resistance values for the 65nm RSX that are from the top of the chip. I will post them here. Good luck.
 
Hey there again, I dont know if this Thread has already been archived but might as well update it.

A while back I tried to fix said PS3 and lo and behold: Its working! Well sort of...

I bought a cheap book on AliExpress with all sorts of caps and resistors. I read the value of the nearby caps and replaced them with similar values. Sometimes the readings were way off but I just trusted the process and went with it.

Here are some examples of the not so professional soldering I did.
P.S.: To all the people reading wanting to delid with wire: Just use bent nailfile BUT sand it down very fine!!! (im a cheapass and didnt want to buy the tool. But it worked with the nail file!)

I very much guess so, that I was just lucky and knocked off some caps, that didnt have any function, or maybe its just a ticking Time Bomb. But for a 20 EUR PS3 with a molten shell I guess it is a ticking time Bomb already. (I think the dude that sold it to me tried the towel trick or something. I dont really know.)
The PS3 now has stable temps and is running GT6 without breaking the 65-70°C range. Very happy so far. Even with my mishap.

Unfortunaly, the BD-Drive didnt survive the torture of dissasembling and assembling the PS3 over and over again. I guess its the very weak plastic connector on the Mobo. But some CFW with no BD Drive and the problem was solved. Also upgraded the HDD to a 750GB one so I can play Backups becouse of the before mentioned fact.

Can only say Thanks to everyone for encouraging me in some way or another and thank you @Samsensei for replying!!! :flustered:
If I could help anyone with the same model just reply and I will try my best to help having this mini experience.
 
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