⟐ Answered October 16, 2012 at 3:24 pm -0700

Is there anyway to fix this?

⟐ Answer accepted December 18, 2012 at 8:15 pm -0700

⟐ Answered June 13, 2010 at 8:51 pm -0700

It's like it doesn't want to register it. Any solution to this because it has no warranty?

Model is CECHH01

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⟐ Answered June 9, 2010 at 7:43 pm -0700

⟐ Answered June 2, 2010 at 2:28 pm -0700

⟐ Answered August 30, 2010 at 12:29 pm -0700

I usually do it once or twice a month and my PS3's work great, But i have read that it can damage your PS3.

Just wondering if it should be done and how often.

⟐ Answered December 8, 2010 at 11:33 pm -0700

I know they are both Notebook Hard Drives "Like in my laptop" but im not sure if they'll work.

⟐ Answered September 9, 2010 at 8:05 pm -0700

⟐ Edited November 5, 2010 at 3:57 pm -0700

any tips

⟐ Commented November 17, 2010 at 5:50 am -0700

It is very hardly to power it on, the most percent: when i press the power button, the green light is on and it say" beep " one time, but it cannot power on, my tv display "nosigal", and i cannot turn it off with power button. It just turn off when i push the button at its back.

if i press power button in long time ( about 5 seconds), it will power off with two beep.

some time, it works normaly. but when it powers on, i dont see any notece as " your ps3 was not turn off corectly ..." and my ps3 run normaly when ever i turn it off

the same issue if i use the ps button to power it on

how can i do to fix it? thanks for your help

⟐ Answered November 23, 2010 at 5:42 pm -0700

⟐ Edited May 28, 2013 at 11:53 am -0700

I have moved to the UK and they are using 220v here for the power. Is it possible to replace the internal power supply to v220 with no other problems?

Please help, I got tired from using power transformers :-D

Thanks

⟐ Commented May 1, 2011 at 6:37 am -0700

its the Fat 60gb model

the problem is not with the psu, the fan starts up fine and then there is yellow flash and then a red blinking light

It probably occurred due to a lot of dust buildup, which i removed after the fault

i have been scouring the net for possible causes and fixes but can't get anything specific

Please help!

How can i find the exact cause of the problem?

What types of fixes are possible?

And What i really want to know if there is a permanent fix possible?

Any Suggestions?

⟐ Commented August 22, 2011 at 11:45 am -0700

⟐ Commented September 16, 2011 at 4:45 pm -0700

⟐ Answer accepted October 22, 2011 at 7:37 pm -0700

I have a problem with my PS3. Last week it got the Yellow Light of Death (YLOD). Now, I'm going to order your PS3 YLOD Fix Kit. But I live in Greece and I read that the heat gun is only for US orders. So I want to ask you: Can I use a hair dryer instead a heat gun?

Thanks for your patient and I hope you will answer me.

Alex Iliadis.

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⟐ Answered December 21, 2011 at 2:52 pm -0700

⟐ Commented January 21, 2012 at 10:20 pm -0700

Then a bright fellow decided he needed the motors on the bluray drive and has thrown everything else on the trash.

Now I think I've made the console bask to working shape, but since I have no drive, I can't figure out if it needs the drive to really work.

It currently powers up and down as it should, but I get no video at all.

If you could test on yours, just disconnect the flat cable and the white power cable. Let me know if you get image.

⟐ Answered April 5, 2012 at 5:09 am -0700

⟐ Answer accepted May 2, 2012 at 9:21 pm -0700

I have a PS3 which turns on but get no display on the screen, its not yellow light/red light or anything. Its as if the video cable or hdmi isnt connected. I have stripped down the console to look for damage and there is a broken component on the motherboard, except I dont know what its called and therefor cant look to buy a new 1, I also dont have a donor board to use. I have included an image for you to see and on the top of the part it says '3R9'. Please can anyone tell me what it is?

Thanks

Picture: http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa159...

⟐ Commented April 3, 2012 at 2:57 am -0700

⟐ Answered April 22, 2012 at 5:36 pm -0700

⟐ Answered May 16, 2012 at 9:11 am -0700

But since it uses switching power supply, I would assume that the supply will have range 100V-240V/50-60Hz the same way like the other PS3 Slim models.

Did anybody have the CECH-3000B torn down and can confirm that it has the range?

Thanks!

⟐ Commented May 15, 2012 at 3:49 pm -0700

I bought a Demo PS3 from Circuit City in Collierville, TN a few years back when they went out of business. I have the unlock codes to take it out of demonstration mode. However, the system is never truly out of demo mode. Several features are unavailable on this PS3. I can not access features like Netflix and other online resources.

I can play DVDs/BRDs PS1,2&3 games, access the internet, and other basic functions. I tried swapping out the HDD with no change in performance. This leads me to believe that the demo mode is hardware deep. Has anyone successfully unlocked one of these demo PS3s?

⟐ Answered June 11, 2013 at 9:56 am -0700

Has anyone else had this problem? What did you do?

More to the point, does anyone know what size I need to get and a quick place to get it?

The HDMI port is the first port next to the burnt spot on the board.

⟐ Answer accepted July 19, 2012 at 3:45 pm -0700

⟐ Answered September 26, 2012 at 2:26 pm -0700

Now I tried everything from blowing with a hair dryer and opening the console and applying new thermal paste just like for the Yellow light of death but nothing worked so far.

Any ideas what to do next?

⟐ Commented August 27, 2012 at 8:19 am -0700

⟐ Answered October 15, 2012 at 2:29 pm -0700

⟐ Answered November 4, 2012 at 2:53 am -0700

Or just clean some dust and it will do fine?

Things that can help:

*It Plays Ps3 and Ps2 games just fine.

• I never opned it to clean or whatever.
• It has the recent system update

⟐ Answered November 6, 2012 at 9:23 am -0700

⟐ Edited May 24, 2013 at 10:44 am -0700

In my venture. I broke my socket to the memory board.

Not having a hole lot to use I siliconed it in place.

All put back together , plugged it in turned it on and 10 seconds later it shuts off. So on a new venture. Took it back apart. Not having arctic past I used dielectric past. Checked everything for visible damage. Carefully adjusted prongs on power board. I put it back together and now the red lights on but nothing happens when I hit power. Please help.

⟐ Commented November 22, 2012 at 9:04 pm -0700

⟐ Answer edited November 26, 2012 at 6:53 pm -0700

Any ideas, anyone??

⟐ Answered December 9, 2012 at 7:17 pm -0700

⟐ Commented December 10, 2012 at 12:01 pm -0700

⟐ Answered December 17, 2012 at 11:48 am -0700

Can somebody make a guide that shows how to properly clean the PS3.

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⟐ Answered December 21, 2012 at 8:03 am -0700

Thanks, guys.

⟐ Answer edited December 25, 2012 at 12:55 pm -0700

⟐ Answered January 3, 2013 at 1:38 pm -0700

⟐ Commented February 28, 2013 at 8:54 pm -0700

⟐ Commented March 13, 2013 at 12:35 pm -0700

Thank you for reading my post and have a good day.

⟐ Commented March 20, 2013 at 10:15 pm -0700

Short history: After more than 4 years of great service, my PS3 FAT was a bit warm and I decided to reapply the thermal paste. Everything went good, except that I broke the heatsink clamp screw.

I was just rescrewing it in place and it suddenly got a bit harder to turn. One more little turn and 'snap', it was broken, with part of it inside of its hole. So now the clamp over the Cell Chip has only one screw holding it, what is not enough to force the heatsink into contact with the Cell chip.

If you look at this picture (not from my system), the broken screw would be the lower-left one on the picture: http://guide-images.ifixit.net/igi/OLZ2u...

The result is that now the fan goes 100% within seconds after turning on the console, and the message "The system is becoming too hot blablabla" is shown without even logging in.

My question is: do you guys have any idea about what I can do to overcome this problem?

I was thinking about using something (like a thermal pad) to fill the space and force the contact. Is this a bad idea?

Thank you very much.

⟐ Answered April 5, 2013 at 8:58 pm -0700

⟐ Answered May 10, 2013 at 7:04 am -0700

Could you help me ?

⟐ Answer edited May 27, 2013 at 12:22 pm -0700

I will wish to replace all the thermal pads of my PlayStation 3 (Model CECHC04), as described in step 49 of the guide ( Yellow Light of Death Repair ).

In the guide, they are defined under the names of "large square pads", "small square pads" and "small rectangular pads."

What are the exact features of thermal pads included with the "PlayStation 3 Yellow Light of Death (YLOD) Fix Kit" ( PlayStation 3 Yellow Light of Death (YLOD) Fix Kit )?

In fact, what is the type of material (eg polymer), the dimensions and the thickness of the pads, their thermal conductivity (eg until 1W/mK or until 5W/mK?), their adhesion (eg min. 16N/25mm), they are electrically non-conductive (ROHS)?, ...

Thank you in advance for your help and the accuracy of your answer.

Best regards.

⟐ Commented June 19, 2013 at 1:28 pm -0700