Hi all,
So I scored myself a non-working backwards comparable ps3, it didn't work at all, no power. This unit had never been opened, I managed to identify it was the power source, and replaced with a spare ps-227, it fired up!
Now that it's actually working I quickly shut it down! it's fairly dusty, and in need of tlc, there's lots of guides on YouTube on how to maintain, I just want to be sure I'm doing it justice. And not doing something I shouldn't!!
im fine with the cleaning case and boards (99% isop alc) and then re-paste with mx4, already has the 19 blade fan, paste is totally dry as expected having cracked the warranty seal myself…but should I be de-lidding? Is it necessary? Nervous I could kill it, although fairly handy at the delicate stuff including having modded an rgh3 Xbox !
Very interested in peoples opinions on should I keep it stock 60gb to play discs including ps2 or CFW mod it add a 1tb disc, at least to manage the fan speeds a bit higher and try to preserve this?
in a side note…
I already have two others for spares both with yellow lights and would happily spend some time troubleshooting those, but is there any detailed guides out there to follow?
Thanks for your help and advice!
I was so pleased to land one having over 200 physical ps2 games and 100+ ps3 it'll be great to have this around!
So I scored myself a non-working backwards comparable ps3, it didn't work at all, no power. This unit had never been opened, I managed to identify it was the power source, and replaced with a spare ps-227, it fired up!
Now that it's actually working I quickly shut it down! it's fairly dusty, and in need of tlc, there's lots of guides on YouTube on how to maintain, I just want to be sure I'm doing it justice. And not doing something I shouldn't!!
im fine with the cleaning case and boards (99% isop alc) and then re-paste with mx4, already has the 19 blade fan, paste is totally dry as expected having cracked the warranty seal myself…but should I be de-lidding? Is it necessary? Nervous I could kill it, although fairly handy at the delicate stuff including having modded an rgh3 Xbox !
Very interested in peoples opinions on should I keep it stock 60gb to play discs including ps2 or CFW mod it add a 1tb disc, at least to manage the fan speeds a bit higher and try to preserve this?
in a side note…
I already have two others for spares both with yellow lights and would happily spend some time troubleshooting those, but is there any detailed guides out there to follow?
Thanks for your help and advice!
I was so pleased to land one having over 200 physical ps2 games and 100+ ps3 it'll be great to have this around!
