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Gilgamesh on 06 August 2012
theprof00 said:
NoCtiS_NoX said:
Gilgamesh said:

 

Only thing is opening it up using the gilksy method, it's not permanent, might last a month, but at least you can use that time to back everything up and put it into a new PS3. 

I just kept doing it to my PS3 after about the 3rd or 4th time doing it (got about 3 months out of it) I was screwing in one extremely important screw and the head snapped off half way in the hole -_- couldn't do anything about it, put it all back together it just immedialty over heated (my god that fan screams loud) and was pretty much the end of it. Bought a Slim been going 2 years strong, great machine.

My advice, do the gilksy method, back up your PS3 on a HDD and just keep playing your PS3 normally (saving often). It'll probably YLOD a couple more times but just keep doing it until the new Slim PS3 releases (it's almost garuntee to have a nice price cut, the 16GB should be dirt cheap).

 

Thanks! 

Gamescom can't come soon enough!

This is actually what I did to back up everything. Make sure you backup and do nothing else though. Gilksy doesn't last a whole long time, and works a whole lot better if you replace the whatever it's called silica or something on top of using the heatgun. Do NOT use a hairdryer.

Yeah do both, heat gun and thermal paste the CPU/GPU.



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theprof00 on 06 August 2012
Gilgamesh said:
theprof00 said:
NoCtiS_NoX said:
Gilgamesh said:

 

Only thing is opening it up using the gilksy method, it's not permanent, might last a month, but at least you can use that time to back everything up and put it into a new PS3. 

I just kept doing it to my PS3 after about the 3rd or 4th time doing it (got about 3 months out of it) I was screwing in one extremely important screw and the head snapped off half way in the hole -_- couldn't do anything about it, put it all back together it just immedialty over heated (my god that fan screams loud) and was pretty much the end of it. Bought a Slim been going 2 years strong, great machine.

My advice, do the gilksy method, back up your PS3 on a HDD and just keep playing your PS3 normally (saving often). It'll probably YLOD a couple more times but just keep doing it until the new Slim PS3 releases (it's almost garuntee to have a nice price cut, the 16GB should be dirt cheap).

 

Thanks! 

Gamescom can't come soon enough!

This is actually what I did to back up everything. Make sure you backup and do nothing else though. Gilksy doesn't last a whole long time, and works a whole lot better if you replace the whatever it's called silica or something on top of using the heatgun. Do NOT use a hairdryer.

Yeah do both, heat gun and thermal paste the CPU/GPU.

No, there is something else involved...reflowing, I think.



Gilgamesh on 06 August 2012
theprof00 said:
Gilgamesh said:
theprof00 said:
NoCtiS_NoX said:
Gilgamesh said:

 

Only thing is opening it up using the gilksy method, it's not permanent, might last a month, but at least you can use that time to back everything up and put it into a new PS3. 

I just kept doing it to my PS3 after about the 3rd or 4th time doing it (got about 3 months out of it) I was screwing in one extremely important screw and the head snapped off half way in the hole -_- couldn't do anything about it, put it all back together it just immedialty over heated (my god that fan screams loud) and was pretty much the end of it. Bought a Slim been going 2 years strong, great machine.

My advice, do the gilksy method, back up your PS3 on a HDD and just keep playing your PS3 normally (saving often). It'll probably YLOD a couple more times but just keep doing it until the new Slim PS3 releases (it's almost garuntee to have a nice price cut, the 16GB should be dirt cheap).

 

Thanks! 

Gamescom can't come soon enough!

This is actually what I did to back up everything. Make sure you backup and do nothing else though. Gilksy doesn't last a whole long time, and works a whole lot better if you replace the whatever it's called silica or something on top of using the heatgun. Do NOT use a hairdryer.

Yeah do both, heat gun and thermal paste the CPU/GPU.

No, there is something else involved...reflowing, I think.

Well ya that's what the heat gun does, melts the sauter and reflows the board and chips.



Solid-Stark on 06 August 2012

Since you can't send it to Sony, the only options you have are:

Do a temporary fix yourself. Open it and do a thermal reflow; but it will die again eventually.

^Do this and then sell it.

Or try to sell it with the ylod. Some people will buy it like that.



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man-bear-pig on 06 August 2012

If the YLOD is anything like the RROD then just put your console in the freezer for an hour. It worked for my Xbox, im not sure if it works for PS3's though.



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AbbathTheGrim on 06 August 2012

Mine also fornicated with death, I waited until E3 to see if in the conference Sony would announce something about coming to my home to fix it but I was disappointed. What a disappointing E3.



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