PS3 Repair and/or Death Thread

[Artman22]

Re: PS3 Repair and/or Death Thread

I really hate ebay...these people are wasting my time now. $265? Yeah right...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...STRK:MESELX:IT

Hey it's clear on your listing so that's not your fault. Take the money and send it
I traded my broken 40gb ps3 to gamestop and got $120 for it with there promotion. Not great, but not bad. I paid the difference for a slim.

[bkfount]

Re: PS3 Repair and/or Death Thread

Hey it's clear on your listing so that's not your fault. Take the money and send it
I traded my broken 40gb ps3 to gamestop and got $120 for it with there promotion. Not great, but not bad. I paid the difference for a slim.

I've been on ebay too long though. Either they won't pay, or were too stupid to realize it's broken. I find it hard to believe that someone somewhere would actually pay $265 for a broken ps3.

[CaptainZombie]

Re: PS3 Repair and/or Death Thread

I've been on ebay too long though. Either they won't pay, or were too stupid to realize it's broken. I find it hard to believe that someone somewhere would actually pay $265 for a broken ps3.

If it has BC, to them it might be worth trying to fix it or get it repaired. I sold my 60gb a few months ago and got $330 which also included shipping in that. I took the money and bought the slim.

[bkfount]

Re: PS3 Repair and/or Death Thread

If it has BC, to them it might be worth trying to fix it or get it repaired. I sold my 60gb a few months ago and got $330 which also included shipping in that. I took the money and bought the slim.

it doesn't have ps2 BC, it's just a broken 80 GB model.

The winner registered yesterday and has zero feedback. That combined with the absurd price means they most likely won't pay, and that I'll have to wait like 4 days before I can even open a no payment complaint. I should have gone with my gut and skipped ebay in the first place.

[CaptainZombie]

Re: PS3 Repair and/or Death Thread

it doesn't have ps2 BC, it's just a broken 80 GB model.

The winner registered yesterday and has zero feedback. That combined with the absurd price means they most likely won't pay, and that I'll have to wait like 4 days before I can even open a no payment complaint. I should have gone with my gut and skipped ebay in the first place.

The person that won my old PS3 also had 0 feedback, but he paid within 24 hours.

[LionsFanNJ]

Re: PS3 Repair and/or Death Thread

Is there something specific that's causing the PS3 issues? Curious b/c I've been saving up for a PS3 but man, I don't want to go down the same road I have with my 360.

The most common thing failing is the cheap thermal paste on the GPU and CPU drying up and thus the system overheats. I fixed mine by reflowing and adding some arctic silver, but eventually the mobo died on me. This was the old bulky models. I have a slim now, but i don't like how loud the BR getting (though it might be normal). Probably just paranoia from 4 360's and one PS3 dying.

[hatisback]

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Well, I talked to my brother in law that works on computers and I am going to take it to his house so we can resauder (is that a word) the GPU, CPU and motherboard with silver saudering since he said it was the best you can use. We are also going to look at modding the system to upgrade the fans in the back. I will post an update in a week or two.

[Burns11]

Re: PS3 Repair and/or Death Thread

Well, I talked to my brother in law that works on computers and I am going to take it to his house so we can resauder (is that a word) the GPU, CPU and motherboard with silver saudering since he said it was the best you can use. We are also going to look at modding the system to upgrade the fans in the back. I will post an update in a week or two.

You can't resolder the GPU to the motherboard, you would have to reball it and that requires some pretty specific equipment to reball the BGA and properly align it for reattachment. You can reflow it using a heat gun, which may have been what he meant and may fix a YLOD or no video problem, but as far as resoldering anything else it's just likely to waste time. It would probably be a good idea to shim it first, reflowing can cause bridging if you aren't careful.

There is only one fan in a PS3 and it's a pretty specific fan type very uncommon in the PC world (it's a 40mm centrifugal fan instead of the axial fans used in a PC).

[Skyboxer]

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My PS3 wont boot up. Starts up....beeps 3 times really quick..... shuts down.................power light on front red light flashes after shutting down

Any ideas?

[Flightwhite24]

Oh Cussword. Skyboxer I would call Sony asap. Good luck.

[CaptainZombie]

Re: PS3 Repair and/or Death Thread

My PS3 wont boot up. Starts up....beeps 3 times really quick..... shuts down.................power light on front red light flashes after shutting down

Any ideas?

Oh man, it seems like another round of PS3's kicking the crapper.

[Skyboxer]

Re: PS3 Repair and/or Death Thread

WOOT! Back In Business!!!!
It was nerve racking but not nearly as bad as I thought it would be....
Took a while as I was taking my sweet time...

The process:

[gopadres]

Re: PS3 Repair and/or Death Thread

Yeah, there's a pretty big sense of accomplishment after repairing the thing yourself. However, mine just died again after doing the same repair a couple weeks ago...so be prepared for a temporary fix.

[Skyboxer]

Re: PS3 Repair and/or Death Thread

Yeah, there's a pretty big sense of accomplishment after repairing the thing yourself. However, mine just died again after doing the same repair a couple weeks ago...so be prepared for a temporary fix.

Went to many sites and what I found was the fix with just doing the washers was a "temp" fix. Most have said redoing the heat sink paste and "reseating" the board- has lasted. Either way it's working now and I'm happy.

[Rawdeal28]

Re: PS3 Repair and/or Death Thread

My PS3 wont boot up. Starts up....beeps 3 times really quick..... shuts down.................power light on front red light flashes after shutting down

Any ideas?

Went to many sites and what I found was the fix with just doing the washers was a "temp" fix. Most have said redoing the heat sink paste and "reseating" the board- has lasted. Either way it's working now and I'm happy.

glad u got it working again SKYBOXER, but beware it may be only temporary.