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Hardware and Tech / Re: My 60gb PS3 Fat Preservation Project.
« on: December 29, 2016, 11:33:09 pm »
I know, it's an old thread but I've registered my self here just to thanks @dashv !
Got an close to 10 years old 60GB fat PS3 and guess what, it does have cooling issue.
Mine is quite problematic, since it does the "Red light flash". While playing, it turn off by itself with the red light flashing.
I did at first, clean out the dust and changed the thermal paste on the IHS, did nothing. I've found by luck this thread and I've replace the thermal paste one the GPU and the IHS. The IHS was glued there, It was so hard to remove it !
It may seem to be a little bit "hardcore" but a I've remove the old thermal paste with a razor blade. With care and time, I did not damage anything. To remove all the last bit of paste, I've sand the 4 black part of the GPU with 1000 grit sandpaper.
The PS3 still show some problem, however it run really cooler now ! Fan speed on main menu is really slow, can't hear it.
Kind of weird, If I play Gran Turismo 6 and I race in the X1 special event championship, after 1 hour the PS3 turn off by itself, red light flash even after the repair.
But tonight, I've made random races, tuned cars for about 1 hour. After I've played Metal Gear Solid 4 for 3 hours, beat one boss and everything worked smoothly all the evening. Magic ! Let's hope that It will last me a cupule more years...
Just to warn you guys, don't neglect your old PS3 and clean the dust + change the thermal past on the GPU + IHS.
This is what my PS3 look like now since I did not make those correction when the first symptom appeared last year. You can see all the little burns on my motherboard in this Google Image Album.
https://goo.gl/photos/6dVBic8iJE4d6bjv6
EDIT: Well, it just YLOD.
Got an close to 10 years old 60GB fat PS3 and guess what, it does have cooling issue.
Mine is quite problematic, since it does the "Red light flash". While playing, it turn off by itself with the red light flashing.
I did at first, clean out the dust and changed the thermal paste on the IHS, did nothing. I've found by luck this thread and I've replace the thermal paste one the GPU and the IHS. The IHS was glued there, It was so hard to remove it !
It may seem to be a little bit "hardcore" but a I've remove the old thermal paste with a razor blade. With care and time, I did not damage anything. To remove all the last bit of paste, I've sand the 4 black part of the GPU with 1000 grit sandpaper.
The PS3 still show some problem, however it run really cooler now ! Fan speed on main menu is really slow, can't hear it.
Kind of weird, If I play Gran Turismo 6 and I race in the X1 special event championship, after 1 hour the PS3 turn off by itself, red light flash even after the repair.
But tonight, I've made random races, tuned cars for about 1 hour. After I've played Metal Gear Solid 4 for 3 hours, beat one boss and everything worked smoothly all the evening. Magic ! Let's hope that It will last me a cupule more years...
Just to warn you guys, don't neglect your old PS3 and clean the dust + change the thermal past on the GPU + IHS.
This is what my PS3 look like now since I did not make those correction when the first symptom appeared last year. You can see all the little burns on my motherboard in this Google Image Album.
https://goo.gl/photos/6dVBic8iJE4d6bjv6
EDIT: Well, it just YLOD.