Just fixed my PS3 Yellow light of death/PICS included

PiKe · 1 Oct 2009 at 15:53

Maybe the minty cooling sensation helps keep the cell cool too?

No_original · 1 Oct 2009 at 15:56

does it have to be crest? could i use colgate instead?

Bevysters · 1 Oct 2009 at 16:02

wannabedamned said:
Google "Toothpaste thermal paste" It's all over the place. I dont agree with it personally, but its easy to see how someone else may

average of a 10C° cooler according to other folks who have tried and one guy on another forum even recommends colgate aquafresh.

Anyone tried cleaning their teeth with arctic silver yet?

No_original · 1 Oct 2009 at 16:05

Bevysters said:
Anyone tried cleaning their teeth with arctic silver yet?

I heard jaws from bond uses it

Noel Gallagher · 1 Oct 2009 at 16:05

Bevysters said:
******* moron.............

lmao, random outburst..

james.miller · 1 Oct 2009 at 16:06

Bevysters said:
average of a 10C° cooler according to other folks who have tried and one guy on another forum even recommends colgate aquafresh.

Anyone tried cleaning their teeth with arctic silver yet?

its all bullplop, you'll get nothing like that if you have the faintest idea how to apply paste, and it'll only go up as the toothpaste dries out.

Bevysters · 1 Oct 2009 at 16:14

Bevysters said:
******* moron.............

Late night confusion and bewilderment to blame for the random outburst. After reading into it though hes only a moron if he leaves the toothpaste on for longer than 2 to 3 months after then the ps3 is toast warm buttery toast

Bevysters · 1 Oct 2009 at 16:16

james.miller said:
its all bullplop, you'll get nothing like that if you have the faintest idea how to apply paste, and it'll only go up as the toothpaste dries out.

Wondered a bit when i read it i think it can work as a temporary solution but only if you use the whole tube lol like was previously said its worth googling

antijoke · 1 Oct 2009 at 16:30

Hah, toothpaste.

No_original · 1 Oct 2009 at 17:33

james.miller said:
its all bullplop, you'll get nothing like that if you have the faintest idea how to apply paste, and it'll only go up as the toothpaste dries out.

average of a 10C° cooler than not using any paste at all ..........yes

Pish · 1 Oct 2009 at 17:44

what made you think of toothpaste?

Linx · 3 Oct 2009 at 17:20

Pish said:
what made you think of toothpaste?

Conviently it was sitting right next to me and i thought about how toothpaste should still be more efficent at heat transfer asapose to no form of paste at all. Also because i wanted to see if the PS3 would even work since it's been broken for about a year i decided to use the toothpaste obviously i didn't play on it for days just a couple of hours.

marley82 · 3 Oct 2009 at 17:28

Toothpaste lol!! Good thinking... I wouldnt leave it like that thou..

norm · 3 Oct 2009 at 17:59

Some details surrounding what you did with the heat gun exactly would have been interesting ..

And vaseline is probably a better substitute for thermal compound than toothpaste.

regulus · 3 Oct 2009 at 18:17

Bevysters said:
******* moron.............

Go be a moron elsewhere.

Bevysters · 3 Oct 2009 at 20:05

regulus said:
Go be a moron elsewhere.

Better late than never lol

So is the Ps3 still working then?

Linx · 3 Oct 2009 at 20:13

norm said:
Some details surrounding what you did with the heat gun exactly would have been interesting ..

And vaseline is probably a better substitute for thermal compound than toothpaste.

All i did was set the heatgun to 400 degree's C, then used the heatgun on the CPU/GPU and BGA's and hovered the gun about an 1inch from the motherboard in a circular rotation had to wait 20 minutes then added toothpaste onto the CPU and GPU put it together again and bingo ^

Bevysters said:
Better late than never lol

So is the Ps3 still working then?

Yup

still haven't applied actual artic silver yet doing it on monday.

Here's a video of a guide i followed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U70SgRDVcBo