Playstation 3 - ATX Power Supply Hookup

Ok, this is going to be the first video in a series of Repair Videos for a Playstation 3. As a side note, i am hugely disappointed with the lack of information out there on repairing the PS3, its basically, replace the part with a used one off ebay, which is BS for how popular the thing is.

But anyways...I buy broken PS3's from ebay to repair and sell, usually they are pretty basic cooling problem i try to shoot for. But this one, seemed like a good investment, everything boots up, but occasionally it will boot and do this "Green Snow" effect. If i can get it too boot and be problem free for a few minutes, it will run totally fine until the next reboot.

So i've removed the Blue Ray drive, and the front Media Card Reader to get it as barebones as possible to diagnose the problem.

After doing some voltage readings, i noticed the 12v, 2 x 5x, and the 3.3v were all a bit lower than spec...which is usally ok, but maybe its a prelude to a powersupply problem, or possible the board for the 60gb model just wont tolerate that variance to due a previous overheat or something.

So i set out to hookup a high quality CoolerMaster 550w power supply i use for testing computer motherboards.

Basically the only thing proprietary about the PS3 power supply module is the way in which its powered on, it seems to always be on in some sort of standby state of which the motherboard can wake it up.

But non the less, this is just a energy star kind of feature, the PS3 could care less if the power supply goes to standby when the board is power off....and so could i when it comes to testing.

So i just bridged the Power On connector of my ATX PSU, wired up the appropriate voltages, and turned on the power strip. Board standby light powers up, power button works, and it boots no problem.

The video shows that im still getting the green snow effect, however, it seems to happen only half as much as it does, when the sony psu is placed on the system. I am starting to attribute this to a possible fuse or resistor bad, or going bad and the more accurate voltage coming from my ATX PSU is able to reduce the effect and get the system to a working state

BTW - This is a 60gb model PS3, so its also running the ps2 engine....this model is known to be problem matic.

For the love of god, Im not looking for a bunch of you to post about how i should send it to sony and pay the $150 for repair, I bought it out of warranty and the previous owner already opened it before i did, so its not an option. I'm taking the time to post this so other people looking to repair a ps3 for low cost can learn from, not to get your 2 cents about the warranty.

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• playstation 3
• ps3
• power supply
• psu
• atx
• 60gb
• sony
• power
• supply
• repair
• fix

[LuCiFeRsHaL0]

the reason there isnt alot of videos or info is because they are MORE RELIABLE than the xbox 360. there is a HUGE aftermarket for Xbox 360 repairs!!! i do repairs on my own for people that are out of warranty.

[electronash]

Hi - Does the PS3 still boot without the wifi module plugged in? Also, does it need the hard drive to boot?

The "green snow" is definitely a graphics RAM problem, or dry solder joints (most likely of all). It could also be caused by faulty RAM chips, but that would be quite unlikely.

Did you ever get it working btw?

[dcbrs1216]

@dcbrs1216 copy and paste that to the address bar as yt wont allow the h t t p : // infront of it this is something that will help out along with this video....to the video poster thanks for helping had i the time i was going to post this my self good job...

[dcbrs1216]

there is a pic of the pinout online for those needing a visual aid the link is below

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[themainproblem]

I have been looking into doing this exact same modification to my slim ps3. My particular unit only has 4 control wires coming off of the ps. 5v on two pins and 1.32 which rises to 4.72 when the unit is running on the remaining two. I have improved the air flow out of the cabinet and am adding metering to watch temp and current demand during game play. The ps is rated for 20 amps and I wonder how much it actually does draw.

[TheJennetteFan]

@zxxpyroxxz acutly it shorts 3.3 volts with gnd to work



[TheLittleCuteThing]

Funny that this PS3 has the Exact same problem my old PS3 did, And it also appears the video was made shortly after I sold my PS3....lol...

[owlman113]

@xZeroPainx. Pm me if you want me to do one, I'll have to fix my ps3 anyways, might as well help some others

[ede566]

my ps3 are 40gb but pins are in others places, how identify who pins are 12v who are 5v ,who 3v and who are ground ????

[Blackinterceptor999]

I'm trying to mod the ps3 into a computer case powered by a 500w antec atx psu, as a permanent power supply, I'd like to keep the ps3 functioning as normal however...any tips? its an original fat 60 gb model. , I'm also going to use a large hard drive with a 12v mod.

[B1r6m4n]

THANK YOU for posting the pinouts & how to hook this up!!

[Darthgatz]

hey do you think you could find out the power supply of the 40gb model it has 3pins as opposed to 5