Post: PLAYSTATION 3 SLIM WARNING!!!!!! save your slim before its death
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08-17-2012, 11:42 PM
#1
alchybear
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*Update* added a video to disassemble a 2001 and 2101 slims models
updating as proof all slims are at risk if not checked. also if any one else checks thier slims if sony did them wrong leave a comment and your ps3's cCECH model to help prove this is real. The ps3 does not give a heat warning over your gpu!
Originally posted by another user
MTZ_956 says : You are correct I buy screwed up ps3's from eBay and sell them for a low price around 75 $ because I don't like to rip people off but also I see this all the time and sometimes the ps3 owners might take it apart with no experience and screw it up even more I thank you for posting this for other members to notice some people might not have the problem but after time when your ps3 starts freezing all of a sudden or starts acting weird on you those are the begging stages or yellow light of deaths(ylod) red light of deaths(rlod) green light of death (glod) their is many problems just becareful and again thanks for this post and for letting nextgenupdate members know.
Originally posted by another user
TwiNyoU say's : You saved my poor white ps3, thanks!
WARNING PS3 SLIMS DO NOT HAVE A THERMAL READING ON YOUR GPU, IT WILL BE DEAD BEFORE YOU BELIEVE IT WITH GLOD. iF YOU DO NOT CHECK YOUR RISKING YOUR PS3 EVEN IF IT PLAYS PERFECT. IF YOU DO NOT BELIEVE ME GO CHECK HOW MANY 3000 MODELS HAVE ALREADY MADE IT TO EBAY FOR GLOD OR NO VIDEO AND NO SOUND must search for ps3, / broken or for parts or not working/ select model slim and look at all the bad slims descriptions.
This will help so many ppl out before somthing worse to it all happens. i have been buying and selling ps3 slims & phat for a over a year now and have noticed that sony has screwed so many ppl on slims as a way to treat it like crap. your wondering what i might be talking about but i would say 7/10 ppl right now with their slims are risking overheating and GLOD suicide notes from sony. NEW AND OLD SLIMS thermal paste are bad and not even equally spread which causes it to dry, letting no heat pass through your heat sink and will soon cause more trouble.
Out of all the slims i have repaired i have had to do so many thermal paste renews to them. this will help alot of ppl and to save slims from their future deaths of out dated warranty kills.
To help, all you need to really do is simply check and clean your dust, follow up to clean out the old thermal paste and install new thermal paste. mostly try to get arctic silver 5, im only alerting to help prevent so much more from happening. as a idea what i mean, here are some images of ps3 slim's i have that have no life left in them and had the warranty tag still on case before disassembled. right click and open in a new tab to view full size image.
2 2501 slims and a 2101 models are in the pics below
[ATTACH=CONFIG]18806[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]18807[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]18808[/ATTACH]
for those who need help, main thing to learn to remove is just the bluray correctly and install it on 2501 and 3001 models and to keep the mother board from direct contact of surfaces. they are almost the same except 3001 have more clips instead of screws in spots. try to keep on flat surfaces and on the top metal part of the casing as a support stand. this helps prevents tiny chips from being damaged or torn off causing ylod on ps3s and more. only wanting to alert and help others with this crappy production sony has sold us and help keeping a ps3 alive.
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full dis assemble of a 2001 2101 slim model.
CECHL0X and higher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6H1U75PFgo&feature=player_detailpage
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08-18-2012, 03:58 AM
#11
MTZ_956
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You are correct I buy screwed up ps3's from eBay and sell them for a low price around 75 $ because I don't like to rip people off but also I see this all the time and sometimes the ps3 owners might take it apart with no experience and screw it up even more I thank you for posting this for other members to notice some people might not have the problem but after time when your ps3 starts freezing all of a sudden or starts acting weird on you those are the begging stages or yellow light of deaths(ylod) red light of deaths(rlod) green light of death (glod) their is many problems just becareful and again thanks for this post and for letting nextgenupdate members know.
08-18-2012, 04:26 AM
#12
Harlem Shake
Banned
I've had my PS3 slim for about 2 years or so, and now it's starting to overheat once in a while. The disk drive is also corrupted since I have to manually press the eject button like 6-7 times in order to get it fully out of the drive.
I'll see if I can prevent the overheating using this tutorial. Looks pretty advanced and complicated though.
I'll see if I can prevent the overheating using this tutorial. Looks pretty advanced and complicated though.
08-18-2012, 04:14 PM
#15
alchybear
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after 2 year would be the best time to open up your old one now and clean it and applie new thermal paste to help make it last another 3 years. bad thermal pasting alot of the times will not show signs that it is bad until its too late.
---------- Post added at 12:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:11 PM ----------
truly the slim is not that advance to dis assemble to the motherboard, unless your on 2501 3001 models that need the bluray safely tooken apart to detach from the motherboard. but even at that its still easy. just have to patiently and safly take it apart to do stuff.
Originally posted by Deoxyz
it's going to be 3 years in september since i bought my ps3 slim and have had no problems at all
---------- Post added at 12:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:11 PM ----------
truly the slim is not that advance to dis assemble to the motherboard, unless your on 2501 3001 models that need the bluray safely tooken apart to detach from the motherboard. but even at that its still easy. just have to patiently and safly take it apart to do stuff.
Originally posted by uGotMerked
I've had my PS3 slim for about 2 years or so, and now it's starting to overheat once in a while. The disk drive is also corrupted since I have to manually press the eject button like 6-7 times in order to get it fully out of the drive.
I'll see if I can prevent the overheating using this tutorial. Looks pretty advanced and complicated though.
I'll see if I can prevent the overheating using this tutorial. Looks pretty advanced and complicated though.
08-18-2012, 08:36 PM
#16
EpicGaming
Banned
Originally posted by alchybear
This will help so many ppl out before somthing worse to it all happens. i have been buying and selling ps3 slims & phat for a over a year now and have noticed that sony has screwed so many ppl on slims as a way to treat it like crap. your wondering what i might be talking about but i would say 7/10 ppl right now with their slims are risking overheating and GLOD suicide notes from sony. SLIMS thermal paste are bad and not even equally spread which causes it to dry, letting no heat pass through your heat sink and will soon cause more trouble.
Out of all the slims i have repaired i have had to do so many thermal paste renews to them. this will help alot of ppl and to save slims from their future deaths of out dated warranty kills.
To help, all you need to really do is simply check and clean your dust, follow up to clean out the old thermal paste and install new thermal paste. mostly try to get arctic silver 5, im only alerting to help prevent so much more from happening. as a idea what i mean, here are some images of ps3 slim's i have that have no life left in them and had the warranty tag still on case before disassembled. right click and open in a new tab to view full size image.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]18806[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]18807[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]18808[/ATTACH]
for those who need help, main thing to learn to remove is just the bluray correctly and install it on 2501 and 3001 models and to keep the mother board from direct contact of surfaces. they are almost the same except 3001 have more clips instead of screws in spots. try to keep on flat surfaces and on the top metal part of the casing as a support stand. this helps prevents tiny chips from being damaged or torn off causing ylod on ps3s and more. only wanting to alert and help others with this crappy production sony has sold us and help keeping a ps3 alive.
Out of all the slims i have repaired i have had to do so many thermal paste renews to them. this will help alot of ppl and to save slims from their future deaths of out dated warranty kills.
To help, all you need to really do is simply check and clean your dust, follow up to clean out the old thermal paste and install new thermal paste. mostly try to get arctic silver 5, im only alerting to help prevent so much more from happening. as a idea what i mean, here are some images of ps3 slim's i have that have no life left in them and had the warranty tag still on case before disassembled. right click and open in a new tab to view full size image.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]18806[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]18807[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]18808[/ATTACH]
for those who need help, main thing to learn to remove is just the bluray correctly and install it on 2501 and 3001 models and to keep the mother board from direct contact of surfaces. they are almost the same except 3001 have more clips instead of screws in spots. try to keep on flat surfaces and on the top metal part of the casing as a support stand. this helps prevents tiny chips from being damaged or torn off causing ylod on ps3s and more. only wanting to alert and help others with this crappy production sony has sold us and help keeping a ps3 alive.
Ran my 320gb slim for two days and it was cool when i got back home
Mybe on the older slims i see this being a problem!
08-18-2012, 08:41 PM
#17
alchybear
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Originally posted by EpicGaming
Ran my 320gb slim for two days and it was cool when i got back home Mybe on the older slims i see this being a problem!
Mybe on the older slims i see this being a problem!
Like i have said its not every slim and not every slim will show heat problems, since the gpu does not seem to notice heat on the slim, and a test i have done shows the slim still runs even with out the bracket clamp on the gpu with the fan not going crazy @_@ . its still always good to check to see if its been done correctly to save it.
08-18-2012, 09:38 PM
#18
EpicGaming
Banned
Originally posted by alchybear
Like i have said its not every slim and not every slim will show heat problems, since the gpu does not seem to notice heat on the slim, and a test i have done shows the slim still runs even with out the bracket clamp on the gpu with the fan not going crazy @_@ . its still always good to check to see if its been done correctly to save it.
Newer slims wont have this problem,Like i said its the older slims im sure!
08-18-2012, 09:41 PM
#19
shalzi
Banned
Originally posted by alchybear
This will help so many ppl out before somthing worse to it all happens. i have been buying and selling ps3 slims & phat for a over a year now and have noticed that sony has screwed so many ppl on slims as a way to treat it like crap. your wondering what i might be talking about but i would say 7/10 ppl right now with their slims are risking overheating and GLOD suicide notes from sony. SLIMS thermal paste are bad and not even equally spread which causes it to dry, letting no heat pass through your heat sink and will soon cause more trouble.
Out of all the slims i have repaired i have had to do so many thermal paste renews to them. this will help alot of ppl and to save slims from their future deaths of out dated warranty kills.
To help, all you need to really do is simply check and clean your dust, follow up to clean out the old thermal paste and install new thermal paste. mostly try to get arctic silver 5, im only alerting to help prevent so much more from happening. as a idea what i mean, here are some images of ps3 slim's i have that have no life left in them and had the warranty tag still on case before disassembled. right click and open in a new tab to view full size image.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]18806[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]18807[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]18808[/ATTACH]
for those who need help, main thing to learn to remove is just the bluray correctly and install it on 2501 and 3001 models and to keep the mother board from direct contact of surfaces. they are almost the same except 3001 have more clips instead of screws in spots. try to keep on flat surfaces and on the top metal part of the casing as a support stand. this helps prevents tiny chips from being damaged or torn off causing ylod on ps3s and more. only wanting to alert and help others with this crappy production sony has sold us and help keeping a ps3 alive.
Out of all the slims i have repaired i have had to do so many thermal paste renews to them. this will help alot of ppl and to save slims from their future deaths of out dated warranty kills.
To help, all you need to really do is simply check and clean your dust, follow up to clean out the old thermal paste and install new thermal paste. mostly try to get arctic silver 5, im only alerting to help prevent so much more from happening. as a idea what i mean, here are some images of ps3 slim's i have that have no life left in them and had the warranty tag still on case before disassembled. right click and open in a new tab to view full size image.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]18806[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]18807[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]18808[/ATTACH]
for those who need help, main thing to learn to remove is just the bluray correctly and install it on 2501 and 3001 models and to keep the mother board from direct contact of surfaces. they are almost the same except 3001 have more clips instead of screws in spots. try to keep on flat surfaces and on the top metal part of the casing as a support stand. this helps prevents tiny chips from being damaged or torn off causing ylod on ps3s and more. only wanting to alert and help others with this crappy production sony has sold us and help keeping a ps3 alive.
so would u surgest to change the paste asap then mine seems to get hot rather quickly
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