Dead PS3?

Psymonkee

Psymonkee

Psymonkee

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Hey,

Just finished moving my PS3 (to make way for the XB1 :p) and set it up on my desk next to my computer. Along the way I blew some of the dust off the side vents and I have switched from HDMI to Component output but now the console no longer boots! :(

Pressing power it goes Blue/Green for about 4 seconds followed by a flash to orange before emitting 3 short beeps and then blinking a red light at me endlessly :(

A quick google suggests this is down to overheating (erm....no!) or possibly the PSU being dead which I find hard to believe after being moved 20 feet.

Any other known issues that present like this or is the above diagnosis accurate? :(
 
YLOD :( There are a few tests to determine the likelihood of the PSU being faulty. For a start flip the console off at the power switch, hold the eject button and power on again. If the fans come on full blast I seem to remember that means the PSU is likely ok, but google first and check- my memory is hazy.

More often than not a YLOD is due to cracked solder connections, so given that something supposedly trivial like a move triggered it, it'd be my guess that's your problem. It's a manufacturing defect really, poor solder quality and repeated thermal cycles.

On the bright side it's usually repairable, at least for a while. Both my original 60gb PS3s did it, and I fixed both with the heat gun method- search for Gilksy YLOD on YouTube. I used his method but I leave the gun over each area for a bit longer than he does (about. 25 seconds) and don't move the gun so fast. One of my units failed a second time so I pretty much heat gunned the whole board, so far so good although it's only really used as a media center. My other PS3 now happily runs GTA V and fan hardly cuts in any more. Your call though, it's an inexact science and I had the luxury of two PS3s....

If you do get it going, do a backup as soon as you get it up again. In a lot of cases it's a stay of execution rather than a true fix. You're just re-balling poor quality solder after all.
 
Cheers for the grim sounding advice! :( :)

Fan test definitely works and I managed to get the disc out..

In other utterly random news I turned it on it's side and it started working!? Whatever - I'll take it :p

Backup time tomorrow by the looks of things. Can't afford official repair or replacement after the XB1 though :(
 
Haha, epic! Like you say, whatever works :)

For what it's worth if it does fail and you don't want to use the official Sony out of warranty replacement service (if that even exists any more), all you need to attempt repair is a 350 degree heat gun (around £20), some thermal paste and a screwdriver.

I didn't tell you this, but using the heat gun you can also get the warranty sticker off without voiding it....
 
Psymonkee said:
Cheers for the grim sounding advice! :( :)

Fan test definitely works and I managed to get the disc out..

In other utterly random news I turned it on it's side and it started working!? Whatever - I'll take it :p

Backup time tomorrow by the looks of things. Can't afford official repair or replacement after the XB1 though :(
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It will happen again....trust you me....I had the same issue.

Mine eventually fully died.....I took the whole thing apart, put the motherboard in the oven, while covering all the capacitors in blue-tac and tinfoil and blasted it at 200 degrees for 10 minutes.

Put it back together and its been working ever since...that was 4 months ago.
 
Psymonkee said:
It has happened again :(

Won't boot up this morning now that I'm ready with a USB drive to backup too! :(
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Give it a blast in the over (motherboard only) for 10 minutes at 200c.

Cover all the capacitors and other plastic parts that stick out in blutac and then cover that blutac with tin foil.

As long as your able to re-assemble it ok...which isn't hard, it will fix it...then back it up.
 
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