My PS3 got the YLOD, but I FIXED it!!!

I have a launch 60gig PS3 and just the other day the poor old girl died on me. So after doing research on the YLOD I found some solutions like send it to Sony and whatever. But I eventually stumbled upon a sure fix method, that involves you to taking apart the precious PS3 and resurecting it from the grave yourself with the a little help from a heat gun and some thermal compound! So if your PS3 ever dies heres thevideo link on how to fix ithttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_Ic1_TY-GU. I did this and my PS3's running great now! It's essentially the same method used to fix 360's. So I hope this gives help and hope to others that have this problem or have this problem in the future! Happy Gaming People!!!!

Yeah my short term memory has gone to the crapper so knowing which part goes where and what screw went where i think i woudl rather send it to sony. And if it still doesnt work after that sony would be responsible so personally i would dish out the 150 for repairs.

Instantly bookmarked. thank you so much!

some people are probably too chicken, to open their Playstation 3 up.

Awesome! I'll keep that in mind just incase.:D

Yeah my short term memory has gone to the crapper so knowing which part goes where and what screw went where i think i woudl rather send it to sony. And if it still doesnt work after that sony would be responsible so personally i would dish out the 150 for repairs.

AfgZeroVirus

Rather not waste my time. :DAfgZeroVirus

You'll pay the same amount even if you intentionally broke it... you might aswell attempt to fix it yourself first. I've already got that same video bookmarked, but thanks nonetheless. raven_squad

yeah i seen this a long time ago caus eit was on some users fav for youtube video

[QUOTE="raven_squad"]You'll pay the same amount even if you intentionally broke it... you might aswell attempt to fix it yourself first. I've already got that same video bookmarked, but thanks nonetheless. Doolz2024

[QUOTE="raven_squad"]You'll pay the same amount even if you intentionally broke it... you might aswell attempt to fix it yourself first. I've already got that same video bookmarked, but thanks nonetheless. Doolz2024

[QUOTE="Doolz2024"][QUOTE="raven_squad"]You'll pay the same amount even if you intentionally broke it... you might aswell attempt to fix it yourself first. I've already got that same video bookmarked, but thanks nonetheless. AfgZeroVirus

Why can't i just send it in? I dont care about the 150 as long as i know it will be fixed.

Why can't i just send it in? I dont care about the 150 as long as i know it will be fixed.

AfgZeroVirus

Well what if you could actually fix it yourself? You spare yourself the wait, and $150, which could go to better causes like games for your PS3.

hed had to buy a heat gun and all kinda other bs id rather send it n

[QUOTE="AfgZeroVirus"][QUOTE="Doolz2024"]I don't care. I'm not taking any chances if my PS3 ever dies. It's going straight to Sony! :Praven_squad

[QUOTE="AfgZeroVirus"]

Why can't i just send it in? I dont care about the 150 as long as i know it will be fixed.

R0rschach-

Well what if you could actually fix it yourself? You spare yourself the wait, and $150, which could go to better causes like games for your PS3.

[QUOTE="AfgZeroVirus"]

Why can't i just send it in? I dont care about the 150 as long as i know it will be fixed.

Well what if you could actually fix it yourself? You spare yourself the wait, and $150, which could go to better causes like games for your PS3.

[QUOTE="raven_squad"][QUOTE="Doolz2024"]YES I KNOW. I don't mind sending it in to Sony if my PS3 dies. I don't care about trying to fix it myself. I'd rather let Sony handle it.Doolz2024

Yeah, but there's alwasy that chance it'll work, and that will save you a hassle. Like raven said, if it DOESNT work, then hell, just send it back to Sony, and they'll fix it for you.

[QUOTE="Doolz2024"][QUOTE="raven_squad"] I guess I just can't wrap my mind around essentially the waste of $150. :P R0rschach-

Yeah, but there's alwasy that chance it'll work, and that will save you a hassle. Like raven said, if it DOESNT work, then hell, just send it back to Sony, and they'll fix it for you.

[QUOTE="R0rschach-"]

[QUOTE="AfgZeroVirus"]

Why can't i just send it in? I dont care about the 150 as long as i know it will be fixed.

AfgZeroVirus

Well what if you could actually fix it yourself? You spare yourself the wait, and $150, which could go to better causes like games for your PS3.

Well if you have YLOD, how can you screw it up anymore? And even if you do mess up something, Sony will still fix it for $150 regardless.

[QUOTE="R0rschach-"]

[QUOTE="Doolz2024"]I have no problem paying $150. I'd rather just go ahead and send it to Sony, KNOW THAT IT WILL COME BACK TO ME FIXED, and go from there, rather than trying some self-repair tactic that may or may not work. AfgZeroVirus

Yeah, but there's alwasy that chance it'll work, and that will save you a hassle. Like raven said, if it DOESNT work, then hell, just send it back to Sony, and they'll fix it for you.

[QUOTE="AfgZeroVirus"][QUOTE="R0rschach-"]

Yeah, but there's alwasy that chance it'll work, and that will save you a hassle. Like raven said, if it DOESNT work, then hell, just send it back to Sony, and they'll fix it for you.

raven_squad

LMAO

Really, if you can't even muster enough effort to even ATTEMPT to revive your PS3, let alone even play with it at all, then why the hell do you own one, or would even bother to dish out $150 for Sony to fix it?

[QUOTE="Doolz2024"][QUOTE="raven_squad"] I guess I just can't wrap my mind around essentially the waste of $150. :P R0rschach-

Yeah, but there's alwasy that chance it'll work, and that will save you a hassle. Like raven said, if it DOESNT work, then hell, just send it back to Sony, and they'll fix it for you.

Plus, say I DID manage to repair my PS3 by doing what they say in that video. How long is the PS3 going to work after that? I'd rather just go ahead and send it in, get a PS3 back that was repaired by people that know what they're doing, instead of sitting there with my self-repaired PS3 wondering when it's gonna break again, because in all likelihood, it wouldn't be long before the PS3 was getting the YLOD again...

Good info.....

LOL, people complain on here about .99 cent and $4.99 add ons and games, and now everyone is just saying of I will thow down 150 like that if it is a legit method

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[QUOTE="Doolz2024"]I have no problem paying $150. I'd rather just go ahead and send it to Sony, KNOW THAT IT WILL COME BACK TO ME FIXED, and go from there, rather than trying some self-repair tactic that may or may not work. Doolz2024

Yeah, but there's alwasy that chance it'll work, and that will save you a hassle. Like raven said, if it DOESNT work, then hell, just send it back to Sony, and they'll fix it for you.

Plus, say I DID manage to repair my PS3 by doing what they say in that video. How long is the PS3 going to work after that? I'd rather just go ahead and send it in, get a PS3 back that was repaired by people that know what they're doing, instead of sitting there with my self-repaired PS3 wondering when it's gonna break again, because in all likelihood, it wouldn't be long before the PS3 was getting the YLOD again...

Good info.....

LOL, people complain on here about .99 cent and $4.99 add ons and games, and now everyone is just saying of I will thow down 150 like that if it is a legit method

TJSAGE

Really, if you can't even muster enough effort to even ATTEMPT to revive your PS3, let alone even play with it at all, then why the hell do you own one, or would even bother to dish out $150 for Sony to fix it?

R0rschach-

Good info.....

LOL, people complain on here about .99 cent and $4.99 add ons and games, and now everyone is just saying of I will thow down 150 like that if it is a legit method

Good info.....

LOL, people complain on here about .99 cent and $4.99 add ons and games, and now everyone is just saying of I will thow down 150 like that if it is a legit method

TJSAGE

Good info.....

LOL, people complain on here about .99 cent and $4.99 add ons and games, and now everyone is just saying of I will thow down 150 like that if it is a legit method

[QUOTE="Doolz2024"][QUOTE="TJSAGE"]

Good info.....

LOL, people complain on here about .99 cent and $4.99 add ons and games, and now everyone is just saying of I will thow down 150 like that if it is a legit method

AfgZeroVirus

Rebuttals? No. Its just that arguing any further is pointless. I and others simply attempted to show you our perspective on the situation... But you clearly dont want it anymore, so we've stopped.

Good info.....

LOL, people complain on here about .99 cent and $4.99 add ons and games, and now everyone is just saying of I will thow down 150 like that if it is a legit method

Thanks for trying to make me see the other side to it though.

[QUOTE="AfgZeroVirus"][QUOTE="Doolz2024"]I've never complained about any of that.R0rschach-

Rebuttals? No. Its just that arguing any further is pointless. I and others simply attempted to show you our perspective on the situation... But you clearly dont want it anymore, so we've stopped.

Wow they did not accept your point of view.... it must be the end of the world. It is almost like people have different opinions and when people try to force theirs upon others people tend to never accept theirs. By trying to force your opinion/view on someone they will now not agree with you. They think it is just better to send it in the sony.... there is nothing wrong with that. You believe it is better to try it yourself and if it doesn't work then you send it into sony.... nothing wrong with that either. So why did you have to tell them they should do it your way? Why not say you guys can do this and try to save some money.... if they say they would rather do it the other way then move on. You voiced your opinion and they wanted to follow their own. Instead you tried to shove it down their throat that they are wrong.

You say you tried showing them your perspective and to a point you did. The first post you talked about it you did, but by saying it over and over again to try and get them to understand you stopped caring about their opinion and started trying to force them into your opinion. I find people that do that to be much worse than people that follow their own opinion and just try to defend it rather than force it upon someone else.

To be honest i find both solutions to good. For people that are willing to take a chance then try it your way, but for others that either are not tech savvy or want a professional to to it rather than them they both are good choices and neither is wrong or worse. I am just waiting for the person with a warranty to try this (my guess is there are stickers or a point that if removed/entered voids a warranty). Then i can smile because guess who i could blame for that one...........

[QUOTE="R0rschach-"]

[QUOTE="AfgZeroVirus"] Same here, they are running out of rebuttals so they are starting to mention other whiney gamers on this site by relating us to them.Agent_Kaliaver

Rebuttals? No. Its just that arguing any further is pointless. I and others simply attempted to show you our perspective on the situation... But you clearly dont want it anymore, so we've stopped.

Wow they did not accept your point of view.... it must be the end of the world. It is almost like people have different opinions and when people try to force theirs upon others people tend to never accept theirs. By trying to force your opinion/view on someone they will now not agree with you. They think it is just better to send it in the sony.... there is nothing wrong with that. You believe it is better to try it yourself and if it doesn't work then you send it into sony.... nothing wrong with that either. So why did you have to tell them they should do it your way? Why not say you guys can do this and try to save some money.... if they say they would rather do it the other way then move on. You voiced your opinion and they wanted to follow their own. Instead you tried to shove it down their throat that they are wrong.

You say you tried showing them your perspective and to a point you did. The first post you talked about it you did, but by saying it over and over again to try and get them to understand you stopped caring about their opinion and started trying to force them into your opinion. I find people that do that to be much worse than people that follow their own opinion and just try to defend it rather than force it upon someone else.

To be honest i find both solutions to good. For people that are willing to take a chance then try it your way, but for others that either are not tech savvy or want a professional to to it rather than them they both are good choices and neither is wrong or worse. I am just waiting for the person with a warranty to try this (my guess is there are stickers or a point that if removed/entered voids a warranty). Then i can smile because guess who i could blame for that one...........

Instantly bookmarked. thank you so much!

some people are probably too chicken, to open their Playstation 3 up.

samuraiguns

[QUOTE="R0rschach-"]

[QUOTE="AfgZeroVirus"] Same here, they are running out of rebuttals so they are starting to mention other whiney gamers on this site by relating us to them.Agent_Kaliaver

Rebuttals? No. Its just that arguing any further is pointless. I and others simply attempted to show you our perspective on the situation... But you clearly dont want it anymore, so we've stopped.

Wow they did not accept your point of view.... it must be the end of the world. It is almost like people have different opinions and when people try to force theirs upon others people tend to never accept theirs. By trying to force your opinion/view on someone they will now not agree with you. They think it is just better to send it in the sony.... there is nothing wrong with that. You believe it is better to try it yourself and if it doesn't work then you send it into sony.... nothing wrong with that either. So why did you have to tell them they should do it your way? Why not say you guys can do this and try to save some money.... if they say they would rather do it the other way then move on. You voiced your opinion and they wanted to follow their own. Instead you tried to shove it down their throat that they are wrong.

You say you tried showing them your perspective and to a point you did. The first post you talked about it you did, but by saying it over and over again to try and get them to understand you stopped caring about their opinion and started trying to force them into your opinion. I find people that do that to be much worse than people that follow their own opinion and just try to defend it rather than force it upon someone else.

To be honest i find both solutions to good. For people that are willing to take a chance then try it your way, but for others that either are not tech savvy or want a professional to to it rather than them they both are good choices and neither is wrong or worse. I am just waiting for the person with a warranty to try this (my guess is there are stickers or a point that if removed/entered voids a warranty). Then i can smile because guess who i could blame for that one...........

This is a forum, which is where a mass of collectiove opinions gather together, to feud outstreched beliefs.

Where there are opinions, there will always be conflict.

Yeah but there was no conflict here and doolz and I both stated that we would rather pay the 150... so i really dont find your above comment valid.

Yeah but there was no conflict here and doolz and I both stated that we would rather pay the 150... so i really dont find your above comment valid.

AfgZeroVirus

[QUOTE="R0rschach-"]

[QUOTE="AfgZeroVirus"] Same here, they are running out of rebuttals so they are starting to mention other whiney gamers on this site by relating us to them.Agent_Kaliaver

Rebuttals? No. Its just that arguing any further is pointless. I and others simply attempted to show you our perspective on the situation... But you clearly dont want it anymore, so we've stopped.

Wow they did not accept your point of view.... it must be the end of the world. It is almost like people have different opinions and when people try to force theirs upon others people tend to never accept theirs. By trying to force your opinion/view on someone they will now not agree with you. They think it is just better to send it in the sony.... there is nothing wrong with that. You believe it is better to try it yourself and if it doesn't work then you send it into sony.... nothing wrong with that either. So why did you have to tell them they should do it your way? Why not say you guys can do this and try to save some money.... if they say they would rather do it the other way then move on. You voiced your opinion and they wanted to follow their own. Instead you tried to shove it down their throat that they are wrong.

You say you tried showing them your perspective and to a point you did. The first post you talked about it you did, but by saying it over and over again to try and get them to understand you stopped caring about their opinion and started trying to force them into your opinion. I find people that do that to be much worse than people that follow their own opinion and just try to defend it rather than force it upon someone else.

To be honest i find both solutions to good. For people that are willing to take a chance then try it your way, but for others that either are not tech savvy or want a professional to to it rather than them they both are good choices and neither is wrong or worse. I am just waiting for the person with a warranty to try this (my guess is there are stickers or a point that if removed/entered voids a warranty). Then i can smile because guess who i could blame for that one...........

Heat Guns only run you about $20-$30 but I didn't have to pay for mine, because where I work at during they summer they had one, andthey just let me borrow theirs, which was cool. The only other thing you need to buy is thermal compound which is like $5-$10. I bought my thermal compound at Radio Shack so thats one place where you could get it.

If you don't want to repair your PS3 yourself and send it to Sony that's fine, I had to do that with my PS2 once. I was just looking for a low cost and fast way to fix my PS3 and stumbled upon this, and I was just letting others know about it because it works.