PS3 YLOD Repair - Final Part 3 - Fixing Faulty Consoles - Power Supply Test

[GretchentheAlligator]

ps3's have problems to

[MrNevakonaza]

Nice channel,subbed!

Did you try baking the PS3s motherboard in the oven rather than a heat gun?

[Bayr0n]

Can I use an analogue volt meter to test this?

[Bayr0n]

Don't you have to test the PSU under load?

[hacksquad]

have you tried liquid flux before heating up the gpu and cpu?

[DACIIANDATACORE]

i had the same thing happen to me i found it to be the power suply

[yesindeed155]

I did all the same things too. I am going to try using the tester so I know if I have to buy a new power supply.

[zark212]

Really good videos and thoroughly well thought out. Even though you couldn't get it back to normal'It has helped greatly in more understanding of this problem. From what I have read - Liquid flux kneads to be applied to the underneath of the main pcb, Beneath the GPU and CPU contacts. By re flowing it, and adding new paste you should cure it. Really cool channel.

[52779able]

the psu 4 my ps3 is giving me 10v. should i replace it? btw its no video/audio not ylod

[DFOLTOfficial]

@52779able No - I tried to reflow mine yesterday. Managed to solve the YLOD now the console won't boot the OS past the welcome screen then it may or may not artefact, corrupt sound etc.. reading further it's a risk when reflowing that the GPU can fry past the point of repair.

[DFOLTOfficial]

@52779able PS I read on iFixit that if the fan doesn't spin before the YLOD it's a power supply fault.



[jarrelards123456789]

Is it possibly to fix ylod without heat gun just only applying thermal paste

[DFOLTOfficial]

@jarrelards123456789 No it isn't. If your console is and old 60 80, 20 or 40 you can replace the thermal paste as a preventative measure. It really is an annoying problem with this generation of consoles.

[Ribos25]

Hey Mike, my PS3 had a ylod some months ago... After seaching the web i did the ylod fix with the heatgun etc. Then i tried to open my ps3 but it was at the same condition again... I did the ylod fix again and then it returned to life... So give another try! You never know!

[R4NKclan]

@RetroGameTech Hey, wanna trade? :) Whats your ebay name so I bid for stuff you sell? :)

[robster604]

bad luck dude:-) btw your package is in the post to cheer ya up! lol:-)

[StygianSiara1221]

@RetroGameTech Thank you for doing this series, it's really helped me a lot with understanding how my consoles work, and I enjoy watching all of your fixing console videos - please keep doing them. ^_^

[N4M3RZ]

@StygianSiara1221  My ps3 is mest up when i play for like 30min it automatically shuts down, Do you have any idea of why its doing that

[TheSuperiorGamer1]

Should have sold it in parts to get more money for it. Im sure a blu ray drive is about £60!!

[freemonk3]

I'm actually glad that even though you didn't succeed in fixing the PS3, that you continued to upload the videos showing that.

A lot of people out there wouldn't do that incase there pride get's bashed because they didn't fix it. Good on you!!!

[digitalblasphemy1100]

what do you think is the problem? do you have any ideas you can share???

[james42519]

is it the bluray drive?

[KieranD212]

Works out if you get your money back, so its not bad.

These tutorials are quite interesting to watch.

[MutilatedMinge]

Ah, unlucky dude. It's good that PS3's still command a good price. It's a shame that the fat models are so unreliable, 'cos I'd love to have a PS3 that plays PS2 games + has the card slots built-in.

[HaxAras]

Sad To See A game Console Go To Waste because it was irrepairable.

[ChipsASensation]

What's your best guess at what's wrong? Did the lack of adequate thermal paste fry the CPU and GPU?

[DaveSimonH]

Ah well can't win them all, at least you were able to sell it on and the experience gained will be good for next time

[digit4ld3thx10]

at 0:09 I thought he paused at "and" for dramatic effect, turns out the video stopped buffering, lol.

no 720p for me.

[VVatered]

at least the xbox360 error codes can help you find the problems

[Retrogamer71]

@VVatered Xbox 360 for the win!!

[bobbypaycheque]

Hey Retro, did you replace the thermal paste on the processors? Did you manage to put Rosin Flux underneath the processors? Just curious as to what you tried to bring er back to life.

[iTzYoshiro]

FIRST! Great vid! :D

[TheBL00DAssassin]

@iTzYoshiro Epic fail

[TheBL00DAssassin]

@iTzYoshiro i bet you didn't even watched the video you just wanted to say first

[iTzYoshiro]

@TheBL00DAssassin Nope, keep hating ;)

[TheBL00DAssassin]

@iTzYoshiro Not hating,just saying,btw your comment will be removed by RetroGameTech soon

[iTzYoshiro]

@TheBL00DAssassin Big freaking deal? 0_0

[TheBL00DAssassin]

@iTzYoshiro ?

[shadowtsunami]

Retro do you fix game controllers?