PS3 power supply check pt1

[imya91]

ur cozin gonna kill for tearin his ps3 apart ... xD lol

[kay7711226]

@imya91 I fixed it :P

[niallm9693]

is their any connection between the power supply and ylod?

[TheShingiskhan]

yeah, nice explanation, but where did you solve a problem? you just bought a new psu... ;)

[kay7711226]

@TheShingiskhan yes new PSU, see part2

[kebn1000]

thumb up subscribe and respect for this guy ;)

[kebn1000]

hehe are you ice cube? :D your cool ;) and nice video :)

[ShahAkuma]

Slim ps3 will ask you to format the old hdd

[victorvtwl]

can u put ur hdd from ylod ps3 to slim?

[Illllllllllllllllll]

Hey it's Will Smith!

[hpsaucelovesyourmom]

whenever i turn my ps3 off i can hear a hissing coming from the power supply ???

[MagNitude31]

Yoooo How did u open the Power supply

[kay7711226]

@MagNitude31 remove the screws and pull it apart

[0riginalGameplayPS3]

just buy a damn ps3 slim and get it over with xD

[Killerfishmonkey]

that little black thing is a Relay or an electronically controlled switch.. the AC to DC is in a rectifier on the main side.

[lt5power]

This guy takers so long to explain fuck all

[fuckyouhassa]

My name is cleveland brown and I am proud to be ... lol lmao oh cleveland

[ReaperSound]

Really a PS3 SYSTEM? I thought it was the Atari 2600

[marcbartik]

how do you know if the power supply is the problem?

[izehavitt2]

No, I just got your back that's all. Hey, now that I have your attention: Could you show where you put the meter on the power supply. You didn't show it on the video.

[kay7711226]

@izehavitt2 u can test it anywhere between two point underneath the circuit board, just be sure that u get a voltage reading on both sides where i show that line on the circuit board. The voltage reading wont be the same one side is AC the other DC

[izehavitt2]

Everyone can see your address on the box dude!

[kay7711226]

@izehavitt2 LoL and they gonna come get me?

[honosuseri]

@ soetman try taking out the HDD and power on without it

[thekiller199]

when the power suply fails

the ps3 doesnt work at all???

[JediExMachina]

Hi! I've got yloded ps3 60 gb recently. The problem is that after powering it on it plays for 30sec - 2 minutes, and then stucks - sometimes with ylod, sometimes without. I tried gilsky metod with heatgun two times - but no luck, it still stucks. Could it be power supply problem or I heated chips not well?

[Soetman]

I have this problem that when I switch the power button on the back on, the system beeps instantly three times, and the red light will keep on blinking for ever...

NOT YLOD goddamnit, so how will I know how to fix this?

It seemed obvious that the psu was the issue because it wouldn't do ANYTHING if it had power. but I've replaced that thing, and now it still won't work.

I can't find anything on the web on this problem, not a SINGLE case

[kay7711226]

@Soetman what else did you try?

[GLOBElive]

@Soetman i have the same problem

[shortie989]

@Soetman I have the exact same problem! It's such a pain. I thought it was the PSU at first too but as I've learned from these videos it isn't. It seems very rare but apparently it means you have a "General Hardware Failure". Any replies I've seen about the problem are just speculative, y'know stuff like "it's probably the graphic card connect" no one really seems to know.

I'm just going to call Sony and see what they'll do.

BTW I have 60GB Backwards compatible, occasional use :(

[Soetman]

@shortie989 That's right, I had the 60Gb also, and I called sony and they said it probably was a general failure too. But I send mine to them to receive a refurbished 60 GB model from them for 150 € payment (single payment)

Only the one they send me was broken and the fan would freak out within minutes, the next one was also broken, so in the end they gave me a new 160 gb model, with GoW III as a compensation. (also, my insurance covered the 150 € so in the end it only cost me 3.5 months... )

[shortie989]

@Soetman Yeah, looks like I'm gonna just get a refurb too, €300 for a new one is too steep. Maybe I'll be as lucky/unlucky as you :)

[Soetman]

@shortie989 *TopTip from me!

I bought a new one at a store where I could return a product  within two weeks without even giving a valid reason. So I had something to do for two weeks, and then I returned it (A)

(just don't tell anybody :P)

[alexalleyne]

Ps3 Surgery!!!



[6070505]

Hey i just opened up my power supply and what i noticed is that theres this yellow part that his a sort of liquid material applied to it, it looks to me like some parts of that liquid over flew out of that place and they are a bit on that black thing.....i have the YLOD btw, but i dont know what problem it is.

[kay7711226]

@6070505. Were u able to test it with a voltmeter?

[6070505]

@kay7711226 no, how will that help?

[kay7711226]

@6070505 it will let you know if the power supply is bad, if it is the system wont work.

[matheus1cia]

well, i changed the supply but didnt fixed the problem, but now i get blue light on the front of the console (the light of BD) but no power, my old supply model is: ZSSR539IA and my new supply is: APS-226 is the new supply compatible? the model of my console is 60GB (CECHA01)

[matheus1cia]

kay, i bought another power supply, probably ill get it this week, ill change the supply, but im afraid if it doesnt work, where do u think is the problem? on the motherboard? on the little board tht is eject/power button? or on the flat cables?

[kay7711226]

@matheus1cia if that didnt fix the problem then it can be anything, but at least u know where to start looking. Keep tracing the voltage from the power supply down to the motherboard and then to all the other modules, see if they are all getting powered up.

[matheus1cia]

when i turn the switch on the back of the PS3 it doesnt show the red light (no lights), how can i test the power supply using a multimeter?

[kay7711226]

@matheus1cia Hey bro, u gonna have to open up the supply but then will have to turn power back on with it open up so be careful then just check both sides of the "line" like i showed in the vid. Most likely if its bad u will have voltage on one side and nothing on the other. Good luck

[KenY2Ken]

Hi, great vid! I am testing mine at the moment. When I plug the back connector in and switch it on at the back, I am getting a reading of 5v across some of the front connectors (which I believe is correct), but no voltage reading across the copper holes.

Does this mean that my power supply probably is the problem? Thanks for your advice.

[BryanXX1234]

Could this have happend from it being dropped? because my ps3 slim has the same exact symtoms except that the bottom was struck multiple times by someone.

[kay7711226]

It could but not sure, never open up the slim before but im thinking they have the same design.

[ovj4]

i have the original 60gb ps3 and my power supply is different looking than yours... i dont seem to have the second fuse that you mention in your vid. and my board is arranged differently, although it is the original power supply for the 60gb ps3

[kay7711226]

yeah i had someone in Europe that had a power supply like the one u got but since u get one with the same spec u should be fine

[thisdominicang]

ay bro what kind of power supply can i use i got an 80gb backwards compatible ps3?

[kay7711226]

u can get the same one i got, just look at the spec on the back of ur power supply

[SickAsItGets]

can anyone please tell me what my problem is.. my ps3 is plugged in correctly everywhere and when i flip the power switch on in the back, the ps3's red light doesnt even come on.. i unplugged everything and tryed plugging it into a different power brick to see if that was the problem but it wasnt.. it still would just not turn on. what could this be?? is my power supply fried? i dont know what to do.. iv taken it apart nearly 15times and im about to give up. any suggestions???

[kay7711226]

did you try a different cable power CABLE? if no help then try pulling HD out then try, or check your power supply with a meter if its good or not

[SickAsItGets]

i got a new 250 gig slim for christmas lol so screw that old piece of crap. thanks tho

[SickAsItGets]

@kay7711226 i got a new ps3 now.. thanks for the support tho

[ETSSheep]

you got the infamous YLOD my bro. Either, search a self-fix on youtube, or send it to sony for them to fix it, for a monstrous fee.

[SickAsItGets]

@ETSSheep just got a new ps3, thank u everyone for trying to help me.. i appreciate it =)

[DJsorama]

hey man well my ps3 dont work when i hit the power botton on the back my ps3 start blinking the fan dont even spin or nothing can you tell me whats the prob?

[jahmezis45]

Hey ichanged the on off switch it still didn't cut on. What's the power cable? If u mean the plug tht goes into the wall it still works fine, I even tried a new wall plug. What else could it be?

[kay7711226]

Did you test the new power supply? If it is a good one a light should come on even if something else is wrong with the system.

[PSPUNITED228]

how much the power supply costs?

[PSPUNITED228]

how much did the power supply costs?

[khaled1988]

mr kay7711226

i was wondering if you no wat is wrong if the ps3 turns on, but then powers down after a while?????

hhhhhmmmmmm

[kay7711226]

Seems like a overheating problem or HD????

[jahmezis45]

my red ligght doesnt turn on. so i changed power supply. red light still doesnt turn on what else could it be?

[kay7711226]

send me a mail, about what happen the last time it was working and if u hear or see anything happening when u replaced the supply. Did u check the old supply?

[rocktoonist4567]

whered did you get it and for how much

[eom1]

i also notice if it shuts off there is a click afther it cools off... then the ps3 turns on\

[eom1]

hey kay can it be cause of the overheating?...cause mine was shuting off and it wouldnt turn on from the main power botton...i waited for like a minite and it turned back on..so what i did i add a fan on top of it now it doesn shut off... well it hasent so far...

[kay7711226]

yeah sounds like an over heating problem, the fan is so bad to replace you can find the part on ebay and youtube how to remove it. Good luck

[TraphouseIint]

ok my SYStem wont com on @ all thats my ?...i click the switch n the bak and it does nothing NO lights NOTHING!

[kay7711226]

yeah might be your power supply, or something major

[nativesamurai7]

but wen it stopd woring does the red standby light go on still or does it jus doesnt even tun on any light

[eom1]

the red lite dosnt turn on

[j2nice4u]

AHH!!!! I just had the same problem... I was able to fix YLOD for the first time after i re assembled the system back together there was one thing i forgot to do before i did anything and it was to turn off the main power behind the system i had it on and when i went to plug it into the outlet.. A loud pop noise sounded and sure enough i popped a fuse in the main power supply fuse....... but luckly i found a power supply at ebay that i just ordered lol...

[mr559]

Did it work again? I had the YLOD fix but the light won't come on. I've double check all my ribbons and connections but no luck. Is it just the power supply or did I mess up the motherboard? I

[eom1]

if tit does not turn on at all not even the red light then its the power supply...remember always start at the root of the problem....if the is no light there is not power going through

[mr559]

Actually it was my power switch board that was out. I was able to turn it on with the controllers. Unfortunately my PS3 died again. I bought a new power supply and tested the PS3 with it to no avail.

If anyone wants a complete fix, buy a new console.

[rocktoonist4567]

that would be the battery power on the mother board

[bihohran]

see my ps3 tries to power up and then it will go to yellow then blink red.

[nower3008]

do you know if this might be a power supply problem? help is appreciated

watch?v=8cVUbk_YODg

[kay7711226]

I dont think so, for one reason the yellow light is taking a longer time to come on compared to my PSU problem, what is that message saying on the screen when u turned it on?

[kay7711226]

Not sure, need to know more of whats going on with the system

[me2goodfoyou]

it looked like yu had a 60gb ps3, anyways, i have a 60gb and i had the exact same problem. I followed your instructions and got the same power supply ( the one without holes on the top edge) i will be getting it today, and im hoping this will fix my ps3

[fozzyozzy106]

I fix this problem by doing a re-flow to the motherboard it fixed my problem with the YLOD if anyones interested i can send you DIY video link just PM me

[kay7711226]

not really because if the psu or mb is going bad they both can give the same symptoms so its kinda hard to guess which is it. Best way is to try elimination if you have a extra of the two but a testing meter is ur best bet.

[Bambule07]

Is there any good indicator to see wether I should change the power supply or the mainboard if I want to repair my YLODed PS3.

[Bambule07]

I have the same problem with my PS3 60Gb PAL Version. The PS3 trys to start as I push the button but it will shut down after one or two seconds like you discribed it. If you take a look at the inside of the psu you will see that 5 small cables are for the fan and the standby mode of the PS3 (12Volt ON/OFF, 2X 5Volt SB RTN, 2x 5Volt SB). If you disconect the 12 Volt Cable the fan will not start. So I guess the the primary side of my PSU works. But how did you check the voltage of the secondary?

[kay7711226]

Hey wasup bro, best way to check the secondary side output is to use a voltage meter. If you flip the psu on the other side there should be 2 copper holes which sends voltage down too the rest of the modules, use those 2 holes as the test point.

[Shizlansky82]

Yo this is a good video reason being i bought a 60 gb ps3 from a guy and it's giving me power problems the blue and green light comes on as usual the t.v screen sparks like the system is being activated the hdd lights up once once then goes out then that's it no video no sound so it all makes since to test the power supply w/ amp meter to find where it's gettin power and where it's losing power