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4 September 2009 at 3:55 pm #8013
Do any of you fine chaps know anyone who can fix the Yellow Light Of Death problem on a PS3 60gb please?
4 September 2009 at 4:00 pm #8015replace it with a green light?
4 September 2009 at 4:03 pm #8016:lol: Thats the idea really…..but I think the machine needs stripping down and things doing to its innerds first, and I can’t do it.
6 September 2009 at 2:14 am #8130send it to play station
7 September 2009 at 11:41 pm #8239I looked into that and because its a few months out of warantee they want £128.00 for a reconditioned one with only a three month guarantee…these systems are flawed and are prone to overheating which melts the solder around the processors.
I am in the process of buying the required equipment to have a go at fixing it and there is a full instructional set of videos on You Tube…if it works it will have cost me £20.00.
7 September 2009 at 11:52 pm #8240Theres a place in Bolton that ive used to fix me xbox 360 and they do the repairs. Youll find them on ebay something like console wizrd!
Theyll do the job!
12 September 2009 at 12:36 pm #8573Cheers Faz….I went ahead and did it myself in the end. I bought a heat gun off Ebay for a tenner, some heat sink paste for 2 snots and some alcohol to clean the old heat sink paste off for 2 dabs. I followed the You Tube instructions by a lad called Gilksy and it worked! :D
The only problem is once the system has Yloded (which I believe is the equivalent of the red ring of death on the Xbox) it will eventually overheat and melt the soldered joints around the processors again.
So I took it straight to Game and traded it in for a new Slim one, and took out the three year warrantee to cover any other problems Sony have brushed under the carpet. :roll:
13 September 2009 at 6:42 pm #8669Cheers Faz….I went ahead and did it myself in the end. I bought a heat gun off Ebay for a tenner, some heat sink paste for 2 snots and some alcohol to clean the old heat sink paste off for 2 dabs. I followed the You Tube instructions by a lad called Gilksy and it worked! :DThe only problem is once the system has Yloded (which I believe is the equivalent of the red ring of death on the Xbox) it will eventually overheat and melt the soldered joints around the processors again.
So I took it straight to Game and traded it in for a new Slim one, and took out the three year warrantee to cover any other problems Sony have brushed under the carpet. :roll:
Dont game check to see if the ps3 has been opened up?
16 September 2009 at 11:38 am #8847Yes LGB they do but as long as the quick tests they run on it show it’s currently working they still do the deal.
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