Originally posted by Letum
Just curious, as my PS3 is fine, but knowing a bit about wiring and such I am confused. Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't a YLOD or RLOD caused when the soldered connections on the mother board get overheated and cracked, therefore no longer making connection for current to pass through? If so, the picture posted here does not appear to actually be a reconnection, but rather a bypass. I mean, I imagine it does what it needs to, but am I right that this picture does not show a reconnection of two circuits, but rather a bypass? Again, I am sure it works, but I'm just curious.
When you have a RLOD your console wont turn on, yes like YLOD, but to fix YLOD, all you have to do is change thermal paste. To fix RLOD is another story, since the ps3 wont turn on and changing thermal paste will not do shit. You have to solder a wire from Tristate to GND or Tristate to SBE(from E3 Flasher) GND and SBE do the same thing. Some people use SBE 'cuz all ps3 are different wich mean GND's are not at the same spot like in the picture (Yes, there is more than one GND spot) If you sold the wire to the righr GND and you power on the console it will holt the console on wich mean the console will not do any beep, no red light. Now what you going to is re-flash the console. It will erase all the nor and re-whrite it. Thats the only way to unbrick a console as far I know.