(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Understanding how it works (YLOD):
The greatest amount of wear 'n' tear on solid state circuitry comes from the heating up and cooling off of the elements (diodes, capacitors, etc). By leaving the device on, you maintain the temp and have less in the way of expansion and rarfaction (the hot/cold cycle) in the circuitry, which is what causes the layers of the diodes, etc. to peel apart or separate from one-another, eventually causing them to wear out.

Specifically How In The Ps3? (contributed by opdutch51)
Ps3's get the YLOD from bad unleaded solder. It gets cracked and brittle which is what leads to the failure of the GPU.

So don't turn off your ps3 every day thinking your doing it for the good. Leave it at the red light and eject the disc out if possible.


Tips and Recommendations
Placing the ps3 in vertical position exposes more surface area and is recommended to place in this position. Eject the disc out whenever you can. Vaccuum the ventilation once every one to two months.

Note: Don't tip your ps3 off when its in vertical position so make sure its in a secure place and out of child's reach.You don't have to keep it upwards, horizontally is good too.

or go buy a slim.

applies to all ps3s

The PS3 Slims have a very slim chance of getting YLOD, if even any. Only the phat models.
The slim's have a 45nm cell processor, and that runs at around 30-40% cooler than it's predecessors. It is also 45% more energy efficient than the phat models.

thats y i took time and tried explaining how circuit works.One of my friend's ps3 slim got ylod and found out he always turned his ps3 off completely. The repeated hot and cold cycle in the circuit of ps3 caused the ylod.I didnt specify the ps3 here because circuit is a circuit.Its going to have the same fundamental weakness. Slim design is engineered better and yes its chances are lesser than that of older ps3 (fat).


Here's an anology:

Skinny person would live longer than a fat person.That's how you are thinking. It doesnt mean the skinny person cant get a disease and die even eariler. That's what Im trying to say.

my PHAT 60gb(350gb upgrade) backwards compatible is strong and healthy NEVER over heats even on 9+ hours sessions but i did not know about ejecting the disk im going to do that from now on!!!!

my chubby ps3 my eat a lot of energy but is >>>>>> slim Y?? because it lets me go to ALL MY ps one and ps2 CLASSICS


but u make a good point this is not about phat vs slim lets all keep our system healthy (at least is not the 100th version like xbox lol)


ps funny story xbox 360 slims dont get RROD no more Y??? because they took out the RED LED's LOL

hey guys i fixed my ps3 ylod with thermal paste method.. but when i turn it on.. it runs for about a min then gets to hot so automaticaly shut off .. i just heated it up to 500 degress should i just wait.. ps3 firmware 3.55 thats why im desperate to get it going

All that being said, they seemed to get it just as quick as the phat model on me.

take it to a repair shop. Heating it up is a last resort remedy when you know the device will be garbage if it doesnt work and you cant afford a repair.

Instead of leaving it on The Red light can i Unplug it from the back? (On a Slim Model)