Tips, Tricks and Fixes

[Chaco]

Originally Posted by ulri4651

My understanding is that Sony will send you a refurbished 60gb model if they can't fix yours? I have a problem with my 60gb and I contacted Sony and since I'm out of warranty they said it would cost a flat fee of $149 and they will either fix the problem or replace it with the same model. I specifically asked if they couldn't fix it would I get another 60gb and was told "YES."

you will

my 60gb launch model had the YLOD and they sent me a "new" unit. it doesnt even have 1 micro scratch on it.

works 100% just as before, but the PS3 fan is quieter, so i am thinking that it has the newer fan inside, because i dont hear it anymore after watching blu rays

[ulri4651]

Originally Posted by Chaco

you will

my 60gb launch model had the YLOD and they sent me a "new" unit. it doesnt even have 1 micro scratch on it.

works 100% just as before, but the PS3 fan is quieter, so i am thinking that it has the newer fan inside, because i dont hear it anymore after watching blu rays

that is great news! so it is worth paying the $149? my 60gb is out of warranty and it just recently quit working. When I turn it on all I get is the PS3 logo at start up and then the black screen with the grey wavy line, but NONE of the menu options are available. It won't do ANYTHING. When I contacted Sony they sort of indicated this was a serious issue and that more than likely they would not be able to fix it...

[Toxa]

YLOD change Thermal grease.
Then heat the ps3 and insist the start with the test fan like the video below :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZzA_FM528g

(it's in french)

Much Much better video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_Ic1_TY-GU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr1zy... 7&feature=iv

From this guy, who also has it in file form to download.

http://boardsus.playstation.com/play...cending&page=1

Download link: http://www.filefactory.com/file/af246bg/n/YLOD_fix_pdf

(Thanks to caliblue15 )

I'll merge this thread with the fix thread later

[BrahmaBull]

Originally Posted by ulri4651

My understanding is that Sony will send you a refurbished 60gb model if they can't fix yours? I have a problem with my 60gb and I contacted Sony and since I'm out of warranty they said it would cost a flat fee of $149 and they will either fix the problem or replace it with the same model. I specifically asked if they couldn't fix it would I get another 60gb and was told "YES."

Yeah, I hear that. But for 79.99 I sent it to JD. If he is able to fix it, I get my unit back. If it doesnt work, he refunds me, then I pay Sony the 149+tax.

From reading around, the turn around time from Sony is 1-2 days, more than likely meaning they don't even bother trying to fix yours at the time. They give you someone elses, fix yours later.

Seemed like an easy call for me, to try JD.

[Marine Mike]

Originally Posted by BrahmaBull

Yeah, I hear that. But for 79.99 I sent it to JD. If he is able to fix it, I get my unit back. If it doesnt work, he refunds me, then I pay Sony the 149+tax.

From reading around, the turn around time from Sony is 1-2 days, more than likely meaning they don't even bother trying to fix yours at the time. They give you someone elses, fix yours later.

Seemed like an easy call for me, to try JD.

I've actually heard that Sony's turnaround time to be 2 weeks. However I guess it may depend on the current business situation they are currently in.

[Marine Mike]

Originally Posted by ulri4651

that is great news! so it is worth paying the $149? my 60gb is out of warranty and it just recently quit working. When I turn it on all I get is the PS3 logo at start up and then the black screen with the grey wavy line, but NONE of the menu options are available. It won't do ANYTHING. When I contacted Sony they sort of indicated this was a serious issue and that more than likely they would not be able to fix it...

The only thing that I could think of would be either a hard drive either or video settings.

I recommend turning off your PS3 then powering it back on by holding the power button until it beeps. Then select option 2.

If that doesn't work then I recommend buying a new hard drive for your PS3 and worst case senario you have a larger hard drive for your PS3.

[Marine Mike]

Just watched the video.

He definately shows every step that one would need to take.

Well I see there are instructions as well.

I can definately add this to the master thread.

[Marine Mike]

I updated with the Yellow Light of Death fix in the second post as well as the OP.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...40&postcount=2

[BrahmaBull]

Yeah I didn't want to try it. If you do it wrong you can end up with an unrepairable unit.

I guess I could have still sent in to Sony if I ruined it, but I would rather keep my actual unit.

[BrahmaBull]

Hoping I get a call from JD today....

[Marine Mike]

Originally Posted by BrahmaBull

Yeah I didn't want to try it. If you do it wrong you can end up with an unrepairable unit.

I guess I could have still sent in to Sony if I ruined it, but I would rather keep my actual unit.

I couldn't agree more with your assessment. I find the procedure to be very risky and only to be done by professionals. However I don't mind sharing this information for those that are professionals and are in the same situation.


Well if the guy doesn't contact you by noon PST, I recommend sending him an email or something just asking for a status or something.

[Xerios]

goodmorning mike.. im officially using this thread as my gateway to say hi and make smalltalk with mike...

[Marine Mike]

Originally Posted by Xerios

goodmorning mike.. im officially using this thread as my gateway to say hi and make smalltalk with mike...

lol

I'm doing fine except its really busy at work.

[Xerios]

Originally Posted by Marine Mike

lol

I'm doing fine except its really busy at work.

im in the same boat... (no pun intended since your a marine, seriously didnt think of it till i wrote it ) anyway yeh im busy too, cant complain since most other people cant find jobs

[School]

Originally Posted by Xerios

im in the same boat... (no pun intended since your a marine, seriously didnt think of it till i wrote it ) anyway yeh im busy too, cant complain since most other people cant find jobs

where in edison xerios? North or South End

[Marine Mike]

Originally Posted by Xerios

im in the same boat... (no pun intended since your a marine, seriously didnt think of it till i wrote it ) anyway yeh im busy too, cant complain since most other people cant find jobs

Originally Posted by School

where in edison xerios? North or South End

Lets take this conversation to the General Chat please.

General Chat - Off Topic Discussion

[BrahmaBull]

Just spoke to JD Electronics....

PS3 Repaired!!!!!!

RDX chips soldering was F'd. Heated, cooled, fixed.

Hopefully this is a long lasting solution. I get a 90 day guarantee from this guy, and I can insure the $80 repair for 11.99 for a year.

I'm debating what to do. I kinda think, if this happens again I will go refurb from Sony.

[Marine Mike]

Originally Posted by BrahmaBull

Just spoke to JD Electronics....

PS3 Repaired!!!!!!

RDX chips soldering was F'd. Heated, cooled, fixed.

Hopefully this is a long lasting solution. I get a 90 day guarantee from this guy, and I can insure the $80 repair for 11.99 for a year.

I'm debating what to do. I kinda think, if this happens again I will go refurb from Sony.

Go ahead and post his contact information here and I'll add it to the OP for others to contact him.

[SlaughterX]

Assuming that I pay the retardedly high $150 fee, of course. Does anyone have any experience with SCEA fixing PS3s from other regions? I would really like to get my 60GB PS3 repaired with out having to ship it to Japan, if that's even possible. By the way it appears that the GPU is fried on this system...



The funny thing is that if I don't turn it on for a few days it will work fine for around 1 minute before the screen freezes up with little red or green dots. I still hear audio in the background, but the picture remains frozen. Does anyone know of any other places in the US that might fix it, hopefully for less?

[JR8300]

My PS3 was doing something similar to what is pictured and I just changed the HDMI cable and I was good to go. Just an idea