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PS3 YLOD repair places

Just an FYI its gonna be temporary no matter who does it. I had a place do my first one and warrantied it for 90 days. It died on the 93rd day..seriously.

I also did 2 myself and used the "best" fixes I could find online and both have died in around a 3-4 month time frame.

Only reason Id do it now is to get my info off and on to a a new machine.
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reply to bones200
Don't go to ANYBODY that doesn't offer a complete reball of your PS3. Reflow repairs are temporary just like Deja said. Reballing removes the faulty solder that creates the YLOD in the first place and replaces it when a sturdier, more heat resistant metal. Anything less than this is throwing money away.

This is also the most expensive type of repair. I personally just reflow the machines myself since I don't game a lot so it breaks very rarely.

reply to bones200
I had a YLOD on an older 60 GB unit, sent it to Sony for $129, via pre-paid Sony coffin. They returned a different unit, but of the same type (a 60 GB unit capable of playing almost all PS 2 games).

The replacement unit works great. You probably won't find a decent PS 3 in good condition used for $129.
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reply to sapo
I have seen places locally that will reball for under $100. Even if it's a little more it's the most surefire fix. Eventually the reflows will either stop working or damage the unit.

reply to pandora
That 'Sony repair' has since gone up. When I had to send my 60gig model in, it was at $150, and wouldn't even negotiate or cut me any slack.

I understand now it's gone up to 180, and there's no guarantee you'd even get the same model anymore, with some reports of people being offered to move to a neutered model and only then getting a discount.
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reply to bones200
I had a local place reflow for now. Seems to work "faster" than when I bought it(Purchased @ Gamestop). He said it may be a temp. fix, but have had some he did last 2-3 years. If it last until first of the year, I will be happy. Have had it over 2 years(Feb. will be 3).

Anyway. Does anyone recommend of a place to reball? I have found these online. If it happens again, I will consider it.

1) »www.fixmyplaystation.com/ps3_rep···html#diy

2) »www.rsolpc.com/

3) »ps3repairman.com/ps3-repair-serv···-service

thanks for any input.

No YLOD on this feb 07 unit yet but the blu-ray play did start working right after the latest up 2.5 firmware fuked it up.

My unit has about 18,000 hours on it.

Mostly Fold @ home

i just finished re-flowing a PS3 earlier today for a friend and it is working again. but i have a feeling wit won't last that long since the solder is already bad. adding more flux does help it but won't change the fact that the solder is already bad (from over heating for too long)

here is my opinion. the problem starts in the assembly line... some people may not tighten the screws right or others may not apply evenly thermal paste on the GPU and CPU... plus, there are thermal pads in there too that may be placed wrong where the thermal pad only may covers 40 percent of the chip or less.... it will pass the final assembly test ok but the life expectancy of it drops... i have worked in an assembly line for compaq myself as a teenager so i know how that works.

so, personally, i pay attention to such things when repairing... because, lets say, one capacitor thermal pad was only covering 40% of it, my guess would be that the cap has reached it's life....

so if i was paying someone to fix my PS3 i would make sure that...

-they replace the thermal pads.
-use good brand thermal paste... and apply it correctly. (good thermal paste does not mean jack if it is applied incorrectly)
-use non aggressive flux
-use good solder
-make sure that the tension clamps for the CPU and GPU are bent a little by hand to give it that original tension.

the best thing to do though... is to buy a CPU case for the PS3 after re-flowing... since 99% of the problem is over heating.

here is the reasoning... when the solder goes bad, it requires more cooling to keep it stable... so the CPU case would meet those demands... good luck.

What type of case do I look for? Size/watts,etc. I am not sure I will go to that extreme(but who knows). I have seen videos and pictures of a few people doing it.
Do recommend a place to have it re soldered?
Like I said earlier. It seems to load/play games faster than it did when I bought the system after the YLOD fix. The guy was honest and told me it may last 3 months but some has lasted 2-3 years. I like "word of mouth" advertising. That way someone else has tried them.
Thanks for all of the replies again.

I don't believe there is a case out there specifically made for a PS3... you have to know how to build a PC to do the modding. Here is a guy who put a PS3 in a case

»www.youtube.com/embed/tFcEQ7qkrwY

here is a guy who put a xbox 360 in a toy car...

»www.youtube.com/embed/pIdml4EL4kA

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Do recommend a place to have it re soldered?

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reply to bones200
Like I said. Mine is fixed for now.
Had my other one done. Did not fix. The yellow light went away, it ACTS like it wants it start up(screen flickers. Then goes black. Can put in game and light goes blue and green just like normal. I read something about resetting it. That didn't work either.
This console worked fine up until it "died". NO warning,just yellow light while still playing. Any ideas on this. Same guy fixed it(or tried). He said something on board is messed up. Resistor,capacitor,or something on video side.
I have tried old RCA cables and HDMI. same thing happens on both.
This may end up on Ebay as broken. Just to recoup some money. I have seen bad ones/missing parts go from $20 up to $80. Better than just taking up space. But with my luck, As soon as it leaves, I could use a part off of it.