PS3 Arctic Silver Proper Application on Heat Sink - YLOD Prevention

Official thermal compound application instructions provided by Arctic Silver Inc. The debate is over.

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• ps3
• arctic
• silver
• ylod
• yellow
• light
• thermal
• compound
• paste
• heat
• sink

[angelrox420]

do you have to heat up the motherboard with heat gun??

[fixmyplaystation]

@angelrox420 No.

[onza120]

So should i use Arctic Silver or Diamond Thermal paste? And does this apple to all type's of thermal paste or just Arctic Silver?

[fixmyplaystation]

@onza120 Arctic Silver is the leader.

[zey2k]

I found it harder to do this on the slim. i don't have alot of room to press the heatsinks. Fan speeds were about the same and i can't really check the temperature now. doesn anyone know how can i check it?

[fixmyplaystation]

@zey2k On the slim, you press the board against the heat sink. It's easier than the big models.

[angelrox420]

@PlaystationTREY is that what you did? and did it work?

[fixmyplaystation]

@chineboy359 I think someone else wrote a blog post a while back that embedded our video.

[fixmyplaystation]

@chineboy359 Turn it on immediately. No waiting.

[chineboy359]

Question: After I reapply the thermal paste to my PS3. Do I have to wait a few mins or a day before I can turn my PS3 on and use it? Or after I reapply it, I can just turn it on and start playing games on it?