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Forums - Sony - I've just had my 3rd PS3 die on me

currently it's a yellow light of Death and yes this is the second time it was a refurbished system that died on me.



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Hoops84 said:

I really am sorry didn't want to come off as a jerk. When I read it after I posted it I highly considered deleting it since it seemed a little rude. My apologies for my comments.

Wow thats great to hear, I was mad even if it wasnt targeted at me. Thx for the clarification!



sniper936 said:

Lmao u have no idea what your talking about. IDK whether he sees the yellow light or not, but even if he doesnt, solder melting doesnt always display the yellow light, just as the RROD doesnt always display for the 360. and solder does not "crack". If you have ever used solder you would know that if at very high temps, solder is liquid, and once cooled turns directly to solid. With the process of melting and cooling that fast, the solder will not "crack" but instead it will move, and drip off. Solder can either connect to other solder or just disconnect the wires. It does require the PS3 to be very hot, but PS3s do get hot enough for this to occur. itsd not as often, but it still can occur.

Thermal protection on the motherboard would shut down the system long before it went up to 200 C, which is what it would take for the solder to melt.  The most common fix for YLOD is to reflow the solder.  And if the solder melted by itself, why would melting it again fix it? 

Heating causes the motherboard to expand and flex, and the stress causes the solder joints to crack.

http://www.playbackups.com/Microsoft-xbox360-repair-repairs-manchester-bga-solder.html