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Title: Broken Ps3.
Post by: DaRkxFaDeD on July 11, 2011, 04:38:00 PM
I recently got a ps3(fat) 80gb model that has ylod, when i boot the console up the light goes green, yellow, then a fast tripple beep then starts blinking red until i shut the console down.  I've replaced the thermal paste with arctic silver 5 but the error still exists.  Do the error codes above mean the ps3s overheating?
Title: Broken Ps3.
Post by: MadMaxGR on July 13, 2011, 02:16:00 AM
QUOTE(DaRkxFaDeD @ Jul 12 2011, 01:38 AM) View Post

I recently got a ps3(fat) 80gb model that has ylod, when i boot the console up the light goes green, yellow, then a fast tripple beep then starts blinking red until i shut the console down.  I've replaced the thermal paste with arctic silver 5 but the error still exists.  Do the error codes above mean the ps3s overheating?


You have cold solder balls under the chips. They need to be reflowed or reballed. Depends how bad the damage is. This is caused from overheating.
Title: Broken Ps3.
Post by: LeHaM on August 11, 2011, 10:38:00 PM
could also be a PSU problem.
http://leham-forum.f...-a-xbox-360-psu
Title: Broken Ps3.
Post by: herman69 on August 29, 2011, 09:40:00 AM
QUOTE(LeHaM @ Aug 12 2011, 05:38 AM) View Post

could also be a PSU problem.
http://leham-forum.f...-a-xbox-360-psu

Could be, but in all the YLoD PS3's I've seen I think I have only had 1, maybe 2 that ended up being the PSU. YLoD just means general hardware failure and 99% of the time it's as MadMaxGR said, cold or cracked solder joints which will need a reflow, or preferably a reball.