Post: PLAYSTATION 3 SLIM WARNING!!!!!! save your slim before its death
Options
08-17-2012, 11:42 PM
#1
alchybear
< ^ > < ^ >
*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.
Restore Auto-Saved Content
full dis assemble of a 2001 2101 slim model.
CECHL0X and higher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6H1U75PFgo&feature=player_detailpage
The following 5 users say thank you to alchybear for this useful post:
08-20-2012, 03:34 AM
#38
shawnsather
Haxor!
I will say I bought my slim 320 last year in December and I have not had one incident with it.its on for atleast 7 hours a day playing mw3.
08-20-2012, 03:57 AM
#39
alchybear
< ^ > < ^ >
Originally posted by k
Awesome man thanks!
---------- Post added at 11:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:50 PM ----------
Originally posted by shawnsather
I will say I bought my slim 320 last year in December and I have not had one incident with it.its on for atleast 7 hours a day playing mw3.
you ppl do not get this do you. it does not matter when or how long you play and bought it. check it cuz a glod will come without warning thanx to sony not doing this right.
The following user thanked alchybear for this useful post:
08-20-2012, 01:34 PM
#40
mister_k
Mario!
Originally posted by alchybear
---------- Post added at 11:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:50 PM ----------
you ppl do not get this do you. it does not matter when or how long you play and bought it. check it cuz a glod will come without warning thanx to sony not doing this right.
Thank you very much, now I will fix my PS3!!
08-20-2012, 09:06 PM
#41
chaosx6
~*`Chaos Is Power`*~
Originally posted by alchybear
*update* added a video link to disassemble CECHL0x and newer
*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!
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.
Restore Auto-Saved Content
full dis assemble of a 2001 2101 slim model.
CECHL0X and higher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6H1U75PFgo&feature=player_detailpage
*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!
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.
Restore Auto-Saved Content
full dis assemble of a 2001 2101 slim model.
CECHL0X and higher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6H1U75PFgo&feature=player_detailpage
I got a question? In your video you spread the thermal paste but I heard that isn't a good way to re-paste since it will cause air bubbles later on. I read that "squishing it" is a better method. Though don't know what method to use since people are saying its good to spread it than squish it (Vise-versa). What would you recommend?
08-20-2012, 09:11 PM
#42
alchybear
< ^ > < ^ >
Originally posted by chaosx6
I got a question? In your video you spread the thermal paste but I heard that isn't a good way to re-paste since it will cause air bubbles later on. I read that "squishing it" is a better method. Though don't know what method to use since people are saying its good to spread it than squish it (Vise-versa). What would you recommend?
simple just put a little down and press against it to spread and when near edge let of the pressure so it does not flick it. just add dots to make it fill the missing spots, its needed in a thin layer so the thermal spreads evenly and goes through easily. just watch as i do it on the video link for CECHL0X models and newer down at the bottom. i used a cut plastic debet card to evenly do it all but just make shure you clean off the old thermal paste before applying new thermal.
08-20-2012, 09:23 PM
#43
chaosx6
~*`Chaos Is Power`*~
Originally posted by alchybear
simple just put a little down and press against it to spread and when near edge let of the pressure so it does not flick it. just add dots to make it fill the missing spots, its needed in a thin layer so the thermal spreads evenly and goes through easily. just watch as i do it on the video link for CECHL0X models and newer down at the bottom. i used a cut plastic debet card to evenly do it all but just make shure you clean off the old thermal paste before applying new thermal.
Oh alright, so spreading is what you recommend instead of squishing...
(Sorry if you don't understand me, let me explain. By squishing I mean put a small amount of thermal paste at the center of the CPU/GPU. Get the heat sink and lay it over and firmly press down. Here is a video explaining what I mean)
08-22-2012, 02:19 AM
#45
alchybear
< ^ > < ^ >
Originally posted by Nick305
Thanks, but I am always noticing that when I play my PS3 Slim for about 45 mins. to about 2 hours, the vents get really hot as if something is burning. I haven't played my PS3 in a month since 20/80 MW3 and I'm really worried that it won't turn on.
probrably needs this then. and a good dust clean out. try to keep it in a well opened area and do a clean and thermal paste renew and you should be good
08-22-2012, 02:32 AM
#46
Nick305
Guest
Originally posted by alchybear
probrably needs this then. and a good dust clean out. try to keep it in a well opened area and do a clean and thermal paste renew and you should be good
thanks, gonna try in a few minutes. I had fresh unopened thermal paste just lying around and I just got TorxT8 screws.
Copyright © 2026, NextGenUpdate.
All Rights Reserved.
