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SvennoJ on 14 December 2010

Even repaired professionally mine only lasted for another 5 months. Not worth the 120 dollars extended warrenty I payed for since my 360 experience. It just made it go a few months beyond the warrenty limit.

I took it apart and recycled the whole thing. Fun to see what's inside. Quite a lot of work to get the disk out. Stupid pins keep the disk inside. I pretty much had to take the whole blu-ray drive apart.

Payed 660 dollars (cad) for it, now it costs 300 with 2 games.

Replaying GT5 now, I was at lvl 20 already sigh. Back to going 80 mph in a Honda.

This gen is the worst for hardware reliability. Even my wii's dvd drive sounds like it's going to crap out some time soon.



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Epoch on 15 December 2010
Boutros said:
GodOfWar_3ever said:
Boutros said:

Yeah I know it's not a permanent fix but I'm simply going to do it again and again until it doesn't work anymore.

It'll break in 3 months, and you're gonna do it again.

This time it'll last for a month.

Next time for a week.

3 days.

1 day.

A few hours.

Don't bother man, trade it in while you have the chance. -_-

Never!


Haha I like your determination.  If its a heat issue, couldnt you buy a suped up laptop cooling fan and install that?  You're basically taking the whole thing apart anyways.  And put some Arctic Silver on it for added effect.  Might be better than new.

After checking google i guess they dont use standard laptop fans.  See here for tips on cooling the PS3.

Apparently new thermal paste is a good bet.

You should start advertising your PS3 fixing services =D



Boutros on 15 December 2010
Epoch said:
Boutros said:
GodOfWar_3ever said:
Boutros said:

Yeah I know it's not a permanent fix but I'm simply going to do it again and again until it doesn't work anymore.

It'll break in 3 months, and you're gonna do it again.

This time it'll last for a month.

Next time for a week.

3 days.

1 day.

A few hours.

Don't bother man, trade it in while you have the chance. -_-

Never!


Haha I like your determination.  If its a heat issue, couldnt you buy a suped up laptop cooling fan and install that?  You're basically taking the whole thing apart anyways.  And put some Arctic Silver on it for added effect.  Might be better than new.

After checking google i guess they dont use standard laptop fans.  See here for tips on cooling the PS3.

Apparently new thermal paste is a good bet.

You should start advertising your PS3 fixing services =D

lol that's what I've been thinking!



Boutros on 15 December 2010
GodOfWar_3ever said:
Boutros said:
GodOfWar_3ever said:
Boutros said:

Yeah I know it's not a permanent fix but I'm simply going to do it again and again until it doesn't work anymore.

It'll break in 3 months, and you're gonna do it again.

This time it'll last for a month.

Next time for a week.

3 days.

1 day.

A few hours.

Don't bother man, trade it in while you have the chance. -_-

Never!

You are making a huge mistake. Trust me.

If you have no problems buying a new one once this one gets destroyed, then its cool.

I don't really mind buying a new one but I won't let this one die!



Boutros on 15 December 2010
SvennoJ said:

Even repaired professionally mine only lasted for another 5 months. Not worth the 120 dollars extended warrenty I payed for since my 360 experience. It just made it go a few months beyond the warrenty limit.

I took it apart and recycled the whole thing. Fun to see what's inside. Quite a lot of work to get the disk out. Stupid pins keep the disk inside. I pretty much had to take the whole blu-ray drive apart.

Payed 660 dollars (cad) for it, now it costs 300 with 2 games.

Replaying GT5 now, I was at lvl 20 already sigh. Back to going 80 mph in a Honda.

This gen is the worst for hardware reliability. Even my wii's dvd drive sounds like it's going to crap out some time soon.

Yeah and it saddens me a lot.

I can still play my SNES today and I'm not even worried that it will last for another long while. I can't say the same about my PS3 and my Wii :(



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iBlah on 15 December 2010
iBlah said:

I don't understand, so the solder is the problem, because the heat causes it to melt, nothing wrong with the cell and RSX?? what if I wipe them clean and re do the soldering with new solder??


anyone??



 

Boutros on 15 December 2010
iBlah said:
iBlah said:

I don't understand, so the solder is the problem, because the heat causes it to melt, nothing wrong with the cell and RSX?? what if I wipe them clean and re do the soldering with new solder??


anyone??

Well I'd like to help you but I don't even know what's a solder LOL



SvennoJ on 15 December 2010
Boutros said:
iBlah said:
iBlah said:

I don't understand, so the solder is the problem, because the heat causes it to melt, nothing wrong with the cell and RSX?? what if I wipe them clean and re do the soldering with new solder??


anyone??

Well I'd like to help you but I don't even know what's a solder LOL

The solder is the tin (metal) that connects the pins of the cpu to the motherboard.

In 2005 the industry switched to lead-free solder, less hazardous, better for the environment right?

Except it cracks after sustained use causing the RROD and YLOD. Not so good for the environment after all, with all the extra shipping for repairs and eventually piles of dead machines.



Boutros on 15 December 2010
SvennoJ said:
Boutros said:
iBlah said:
iBlah said:

I don't understand, so the solder is the problem, because the heat causes it to melt, nothing wrong with the cell and RSX?? what if I wipe them clean and re do the soldering with new solder??


anyone??

Well I'd like to help you but I don't even know what's a solder LOL

The solder is the tin (metal) that connects the pins of the cpu to the motherboard.

In 2005 the industry switched to lead-free solder, less hazardous, better for the environment right?

Except it cracks after sustained use causing the RROD and YLOD. Not so good for the environment after all, with all the extra shipping for repairs and eventually piles of dead machines.

Wow I didn't know that. Thanks!



iBlah on 15 December 2010
Boutros said:
iBlah said:
iBlah said:

I don't understand, so the solder is the problem, because the heat causes it to melt, nothing wrong with the cell and RSX?? what if I wipe them clean and re do the soldering with new solder??


anyone??

Well I'd like to help you but I don't even know what's a solder LOL

well, to put it in a simple way, solder is the thing that sticks different components onto the PCB and keeps them functional, I actually never thought about the problem of YLOD being solder related, but after I read GoW_3ever's post, I think it kinda makes sense, solders are applied by heating PCB with a hot iron and melt the solders onto the surface, by heating it with a heat gun you might actually doing the same process, so.....can any engineering nerds clarify this? -_-