소개
Use this guide to potentially repair PlayStation 3s with the "Yellow Light of Death" error.
This procedure may not completely revive your console. Since the “Yellow Light of Death” is a generic hardware error, the issue can range from an overheating CELL/RSX from dried thermal paste underneath the IHS, bad NEC/TOKIN capacitors, a short on the board, faulty RSX, etc. This guide may only temporarily fix consoles with a faulty flip chip (most likely RSX but CELL could also be at fault). An RSX/CELL replacement (requiring a BGA rework station) would be required to permanently repair a console with a faulty flip chip.
Note: Your PlayStation may look slightly different inside. Be cautious when performing this process on your machine.
필요한 것
동영상 개요
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Use the tip of a spudger to remove the black rubber screw cover from the side of the PS3.
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Remove the following seven screws:
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Six 52 mm Phillips screws
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One 30 mm Phillips screw
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Lift the top cover from its rear edge and rotate it toward the front of the PS3.
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Remove the top cover.
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There is a plastic hook located in a hole on the top back right hand side corner. Carefully push the plastic hook a bit from the rear of the machine with a spudger to release the rear right of the casing.
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Pull the control board ribbon cable straight up and out of its socket on the motherboard.
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While lightly pulling the rear cover away from the logic board assembly, use the flat end of a spudger to release the clips along the top and bottom edges of the rear cover.
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De-route the fan cables from the plastic finger molded into the heat sink.
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Disconnect the fan from the motherboard.
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Flip up the retaining flap on the Blu-ray ribbon cable socket.
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Remove the Blu-ray ribbon cable.
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Using the flat end of the spudger, remove the old thermal paste off the CPU and GPU on the motherboard.
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Using a cleaner such as Arctic Silver's ArctiClean or high alcohol content rubbing alcohol, clean the CPU and GPU.
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Using a circular motion, evenly heat (using low heat) the two processors labeled "RSX" and "CELL" for 2 minutes while keeping the gun about 1/2" above the chip. For the Lower two areas heat for 30 seconds following the same distance guidelines from above.
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Begin heating the GPU, marked "RSX", and heat the chips in a zig-zag order.
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If you have not applied thermal paste before you can check our thermal paste guide whilst it is cooling.
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Apply a thin bead of thermal paste on the CPU.
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Using the thermal paste spreader card, spread the paste out thinly and evenly on the chip.
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In the same way, apply a thin layer of thermal paste on the GPU.
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Clean up any excess thermal paste off the motherboard.
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댓글 227개
Done this twice, first time it lasted 2 weeks and the second time 10 days. I'll do it one more time and if it goes again, I think I'll be buying a new console.
Great repair guide, clear and simple -I don't know why it's rated as difficult -there's no soldering or wiring to do.
great repaier guiad
hamza -
Watch rip Felix's video on it ( it's long) but he goes into all detail on what to do and not to do. Short answer, the ylod is bound to happen at some point no matter what, and it can be caused by basically anything. Watch the video and he explains it well.
I completed this repair last night. It wasn't as hard as I thought, though it did take me almost 3 hours to accomplish. My PS3 is back up and running, and the fan is so guiet not I can hardly hear it.
I will add that these pictures provided are from a 60GB launch PS3. I have an 80GB (MGS4 Bundle), and some of the inner workings are a little different. The card reader remains attached to the upper casing, and the ground wire for the A/C switch is run under the power supply... as opposed to over it as it is in this guide.
Overall, this is a great guide and the kit was a great price. I hope my PS3 will remain operational at least through Christmas... I've got my eye on the UC3 Bundle; )
