This problem is generally caused by the PS3 overheating internally and melting the solder. The only way to fix a ylod is to unsolder the GPU, remove all the solder balls, apply new solder balls, and insert it into an oven to melt the solder.
If you wish to keep your PS3 operating for the long run, you need to replace the thermal paste inside of the console. For this I recommend picking up Artic Silver 5 Thermal Paste, a microfiber cloth, and cleaning alcohol.
The primary known cause for this issue is heating issue. I suggest buying a used newer system slim or super slim or the Playstation 3 12GB System to use for the future. You can just switch your old hard drive to the new system, format it, and plug in your USB with the back ups on it to be back where you were at.
First step for the switch is take the mount off of your old hard drive if needed , put the new mount on it and slide it in. My plan was to switch the drives, but I had major trouble as the next few paragraphs explain. The Ethernet cable transfer method is even easier and guaranteed to work perfectly, but it took me at least 6 hours. I followed this video to back everything up and do the Ethernet transfer. Very easy, but took a while.
You will have to buy it separately and this is the only way to put a real hard drive into the system. I had to buy the part from China which is good because it was very inexpensive, but bad because it takes basically a month to ship to me.
I know people who have done this and said it works fine, but it looks sketchy. When my mount finally arrived I switched the hard drive into it. I have had the worst luck ever with every step and this was no different. Switching it was easy, but once I put it back in the PS3 told me my system needed to do a database rebuild. This means something was corrupt and the system is trying to save what it can. Everything was fine once it was done took about 10min but I did lose all my music playlist not songs and a demo game.
I now recommend either sticking to waiting for the mount or leaving it with the sketchy no mount way to avoid anymore problems. Small story I have to share with all of you. I was sick of waiting for the mount to arrive and figured what was the worst that could happen using the trick above? Well the answer is a lot! I decided to try this on a Friday.
I took off the hard drive cap from my old PS3 and already removed the hard drive. All I had to do was unscrew the existing old mount from it which is only four screws and put it into the new PS3. Easy enough, but that is when the problems start. I had to take the cover off of the new PS3 Super Slim to get access to the hard drive which is just slide the plastic. I tried for at least 10 solid minutes until finally it came off.
No idea why mine was so stuck as nothing is even holding it on, but low amounts of friction. If you pop it up it will break it. Got the cover off of the new one now taking the old hard drive out of the mount is next then finally putting it in the new PS3 with this sketchy jam stuff in method above. Undo one screw no problem, next one no problem, third one no problem, last screw is a problem. Now a screwdriver will not fit at all inside because there is no more shape.
It is a huge problem, but even more of a problem on small devices like hard drives since you are not supposed to move them around too much. I tried every possible method I could think of and some suggestions from The 12 Best Ways to Remove Stripped Screws yet nothing helped. My only option was cut it right off. I left it for the moment to think more about what to do. I came back later and got pliers and grabbed the outside of the screw twisting it until it came undone.
There is just enough of the screw head sticking out you should be able to use pliers to grip the outside. By the time I did this I had already gotten a new 2. From what I hear you can fix this for good, but it is a considerable amount of work. More than what I felt I was capable of. I can not guarantee that it will last forever or at all after you do all the work, but this seems to be the most common problem and common fix.
Plug in your new system and put the old hard drive in. Plug the USB stick in and load back all the saves. You should have everything back to where it was as if nothing even happened. I could of loaded back the save game files, but would of had to re-download all the game files again. All those years of game updates will take a while to download again. That is why I suggest to backup your entire system AND your saves separately just in case the full system backup fails.
As stated earlier I broke the ribbon cable connector flap. The broken connector however is a totally different problem. The only way to truly fix it is by taking it off, buying a new part, and soldering it onto the motherboard. It is not something you want to do. However there are ways to fix it if the flap is broken. The flap is the little part that you needed to flip up to detach the ribbon cable. If the entire black piece came off the motherboard flap and piece connected to the system you are screwed.
With the piece broken off this may not seem possible, but it still is. I will list a few ways you can try as each break will be different. If you look at the broken piece really hard you will be able to tell how it is supposed to attach. The easiest thing to do is place it down where it is supposed to be with the cable already pushed in and push down hard and then in.
This article will explain what the YLOD is, what causes it, what steps you can take to prevent it from happening, and what you can do to fix the problem yourself. So why is it that one of today's most expensive game consoles freezes or crashes during gameplay or just flatly refuses to start in the first place? What does that yellow light and its accompanying beeps really mean to you?
In a word, my friend, it means your console is overheating. When your Playstation overheats, it may be a temporary situation where you just need to give it time to cool down, but it might also mean total hardware failure. The higher the temperature and duration of overheating, the more permanent the possible damage. Because these components are all adhered to their respective hardware boards with solder, and because solder is nothing more than a drop of a solid metallic stuff, if you let it get too hot or cool too quickly, the solder starts to break down and get brittle and the components disjoin: thus, the YLOD.
This will only work if there hasn't been permanent damage done to the console, so if you've only seen the YLOD once or twice, it is definitely worth trying. If none of the above seems to fix the problem, then the chances are something inside the console is bricked broken. Your options are:. The true cause of the YLOD is not the solder joints. For a true repair you need good soldering skill follow my guide if you need help.
By heating is the board is bringing the capacitive properties from the capacitors. It actually worked. Thank you very much. Please find the attached picture. Thank you. I have a question! I have done exactly this twice now on the same machine. I will tell you it can be a pain, but it is worth it compared to buying another or paying to have it fixed. Good write up. That's so awesome that you can fix Playstations. I think I will personally abstain, but I could see this information being extremely helpful to someone braver than I.
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