Post: How to fix YLOD (W/O Opening)
10-10-2010, 12:29 PM #1
xPwn
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What You Need?:
A PS3
A Hairdryer
A Box That Can Fit The PS3 In(Small as Possible)
A Fan

NOTE: Only Try This If The 5 Minute Hair Dryer Trick Does Not Work


Steps:
1)Collect Equipment
2)Unplug PS3
3)Put In In Box
4)Turn On Hairdryer (High Temp)
5)Go Over The Fans(On Ps3)/Keep Moving (For 20 Minutes)
6)Put Fan On The Ps3 Fans /For 20 Minutes
7)Turn On
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MidgetGangBang
10-22-2010, 05:49 PM #20
QQuinn
Banned
nice man! xx
10-22-2010, 06:16 PM #21
hunter12
Retired, done with gaming
Originally posted by shiver View Post
Let's overheat the entireboard including all the plastic inside... Great idea... :rolleyes:


God Bless.
10-22-2010, 06:38 PM #22
Rap1dz
Banned
you will end up throwing it away in the end so just send it to sony..
10-23-2010, 01:09 AM #23
A hairdryer will not reach the required temp to properly re flow the solder joints and make contact with the GPU and CPU and in a few hour it will break down and you will be back to square one (if you did not melt anything else in there) like the fan ...
10-23-2010, 03:22 PM #24
MidgetGangBang
I sell sex for vBux
Thanks so much you just saved me £50.:bro:
10-23-2010, 08:25 PM #25
xPwn
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Originally posted by midget
Thanks so much you just saved me £50.:bro:

The first non - troll
Glad to hear
10-29-2010, 03:03 AM #26
MV-rockers
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Originally posted by xPwn View Post
This is a tutorial on how to fix YLOD without opening

What You Need?:
A PS3
A Hairdryer
A Box That Can Fit The PS3 In(Small as Possible)
A Fan

NOTE: Only Try This If The 5 Minute Hair Dryer Trick Does Not Work


Steps:
1)Collect Equipment
2)Unplug PS3
3)Put In In Box
4)Turn On Hairdryer (High Temp)
5)Go Over The Fans(On Ps3)/Keep Moving (For 20 Minutes)
6)Put Fan On The Ps3 Fans /For 20 Minutes
7)Turn On


nonononononono 10-15 min depending on the feel and a good box to use is a ps3 slim box. don't melt the ps3 be smart.
yea this only works for 1-2 weeks max. I did this awhile ago then I got ylod again did a reflow then ylod then blow dyer fix worked 1 week then ylod. going to re flow again this weekend.
10-29-2010, 03:44 PM #27
nice one this may come in handy Happy
10-29-2010, 06:29 PM #28
xXCoLt
Vault dweller
Originally posted by shiver View Post
Let's overheat the entireboard including all the plastic inside... Great idea... :rolleyes:


Like really LOL !!! sounds fun man, did you keep you disc in the game drive too LMAO

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