any one had ylod???? - Saxperience

Bean · 26th February 2010, 19:41

i got home from work went to go on cod and noticed my red stanby light blinking, went to tur it on by the controller, there was nothing! so i went to turn it on by the console, it went green beeped 3 times then went yellow then back to stand by, tryed the fan test wont even do that!!

it is a 60g and has ran out of warranty

has any one else had this problem and managed to resolve this??

cheers scott

vtcarl · 12th April 2010, 10:18

mines just died. there are no things that an be done to it. its is as they say, fubarred mate. now i have to go buy a new one 17 months after i got this one

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AdskiVTR · 12th April 2010, 12:51

Last i knew uk PS3's have a 2year warranty,and it can be fixed yourself youtube videos on how to do it.Alot of the fat PS3's have got YLOD recently

Brooksy · 12th April 2010, 18:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by AdskiVTR

Last i knew uk PS3's have a 2year warranty,and it can be fixed yourself youtube videos on how to do it.Alot of the fat PS3's have got YLOD recently

Yeah my cousin fixed his 60g via youtube. Cost him half a days work and few squid for the heatsink gel stuff.

SH1TBIRD · 12th April 2010, 18:36

Yes ! YLOD can be fixed !

I have done one myself

you will need thermal paste and
a good temperature controlled
heatgun

you need to heat up the two CPU's
in order to re-flow the solder to the
main board

It is a pain of a job , but better than
paying GAME £90 to do it !

PM me if ya need help !

hooliganz · 13th April 2010, 00:27

ye as shitbird says its alot cheaper that someone doing it for you if you dont have a heat gun rent one for a day might be around 15 pound i think and also make sure you buy a good thermal compound. also if you have a ps3 its worth changing the thermal compound every 6 months buddy not a hard job

ad_77 · 13th April 2010, 23:00

I bought a faulty one of a lad on here and heres how I sorted it

- Dismantle unit (obvious lol)
- Cleaned all dust etc from fans and internal case
- Once at mainboard I cleaned off the thermal compound from the cpu, gpu and the heatsinks
- Applied liquid flux to the underside of the cpu and gpu
- Applied heavy weights to each corner of the mainboard
- Heated the cpu and gpu for around 30 secs each with a heatgun (this can flex the board hence the weights to keep the board flat - if you don't have weights tin cans of soup etc will do)
- Waited 20 mins to cool down then applied Arctic Silver 5 thermal compound - thin layer almost see through!
- Reassembled unit
- Bobs your uncle and fannies your aunt, it works fine!!