HELP!! Any PS3 surgeons in here???
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This is interesting... i will watch the repair video as Sony would never tell me what was wrong with my PS3. I had "YLOD" twice within the first year of purchasing my PS3 and it got repaired twice by Sony under warranty without any explanations.
I used to be scared that my 360 would break but now it's my main gaming console (got myself a Jasper
). My PS3 is now just an ok blu-ray player that barely gets used 
. I was thinking about getting the slim PS3 but i doubt it will be any more reliable.
I remeber Sony used to boast about their low failure rate and laughed at "RROD" but now it seems things have changed and PS3's are dropping everywhere! Sony should have waited a bit longer before bragging...
I used to be scared that my 360 would break but now it's my main gaming console (got myself a Jasper
). My PS3 is now just an ok blu-ray player that barely gets used . I was thinking about getting the slim PS3 but i doubt it will be any more reliable. I remeber Sony used to boast about their low failure rate and laughed at "RROD" but now it seems things have changed and PS3's are dropping everywhere! Sony should have waited a bit longer before bragging...
Meh.....
I got another phone call yesterday :roll:.
After another 11 hours MW2 marathon session :wooha: his PS3 had YLOD'd again, despite my warnings to him not to overdo it again
. An attempted second reflow wasn't successful, so it's looking more like a re-ball and rework of the BGA chips. It appears that for now, I now am the owner of a broken 40Gb PS3 base unit....
:help: :sos :help:
Now, I am 'sort of' up for this, as I reckon my trusty Black & Decker and I can get the chip removed and the pads cleaned up for a re-ball and reflow. There are a couple of Youtube videos where guys have reballed the chips using a soldering iron, however my concern is that if I can't get the solder on the pads 100% equal and level, the chip may move as I heat it up to re-attach it and it could screw the job up. I am thinking that this task is at least an 8 out of 10 difficulty rating and should only be attempted by people who are really competent at soldering and SMD work.
I could get 0.6mm solder balls from Fleabay and get a better result, if the soldering iron approach is a no-go.
Overall, my questions to Zetr0, rkauer and the other soldering Jedi on here are these..
1. Is a manual reball of the BGA chips even worth attempting, given the potential difficulty?
2. Should I attempt this, given the risk of a screw-up?
3. What do you reckon is the risk of loosening the links / resistors on the bottom of the BGA chip, whist removing it for re-balling?
What do you think.....??? Your advice would be really valued.
Thanks
I got another phone call yesterday :roll:.
After another 11 hours MW2 marathon session :wooha: his PS3 had YLOD'd again, despite my warnings to him not to overdo it again
. An attempted second reflow wasn't successful, so it's looking more like a re-ball and rework of the BGA chips. It appears that for now, I now am the owner of a broken 40Gb PS3 base unit....:help: :sos :help:
Now, I am 'sort of' up for this, as I reckon my trusty Black & Decker and I can get the chip removed and the pads cleaned up for a re-ball and reflow. There are a couple of Youtube videos where guys have reballed the chips using a soldering iron, however my concern is that if I can't get the solder on the pads 100% equal and level, the chip may move as I heat it up to re-attach it and it could screw the job up. I am thinking that this task is at least an 8 out of 10 difficulty rating and should only be attempted by people who are really competent at soldering and SMD work.
I could get 0.6mm solder balls from Fleabay and get a better result, if the soldering iron approach is a no-go.
Overall, my questions to Zetr0, rkauer and the other soldering Jedi on here are these..
1. Is a manual reball of the BGA chips even worth attempting, given the potential difficulty?
2. Should I attempt this, given the risk of a screw-up?
3. What do you reckon is the risk of loosening the links / resistors on the bottom of the BGA chip, whist removing it for re-balling?
What do you think.....??? Your advice would be really valued.
Thanks
Justin
Active member
sorry Merlin, but i'm with Kin on this one, i don't think it's worth the grief/time/effort, just skip it m8 and save your nerves
Tajmaster
Truth, Justice, all that stuff.
:mrgreen:
Kin
I hope thats a hoover I see in there and not an Amiga Walker! :ROTFLOL2:
I appreciate the comments guys, really......
At this point, I have a knackered XBox 360 and a PS3, both of which were owned by my sons and are RLOD and YLOD respectively. The machines owe me nothing and if I screw the PS3 up, I just gain a spare 40Gb 2.5" SATA drive, the Blu-Ray drive and PSU gets removed and the rest goes in the bin.
I think I will give it a go and try and re-ball and reflow the Xbox 360 chips as practice, before I move on to tackle the PS3.
At this point, I have a knackered XBox 360 and a PS3, both of which were owned by my sons and are RLOD and YLOD respectively. The machines owe me nothing and if I screw the PS3 up, I just gain a spare 40Gb 2.5" SATA drive, the Blu-Ray drive and PSU gets removed and the rest goes in the bin.
I think I will give it a go and try and re-ball and reflow the Xbox 360 chips as practice, before I move on to tackle the PS3.
Justin
Active member
you know the blu-ray drive is firmware matched to the mobo right?
