Recent content by Darash

Many thanks for the replies! I did replace one of the Caps, but it did not change anything. I put it away for sometime to rethink my next steps. I think I will try a reflow and the replies above encourage me to do so and will post the results again!

Thanks! Will try and post the results!

Thanks, perhaps I'm stupid, but I read the manual over and over and can't find a specific replacement order. I replace the one closest to the HDMI-port (A) first and see if the console boots. If it doesn't, I replace (B) or (C)...

Grazie mille! Very interesting stuff! So, first of all you are suggesting that I have a YLOD, right? I do see a yellow light for only a fraction of a second before it turns red. The NEC/TOKIN capacitors are on the bottom side of the mobo, right? It is interesting, because on one of my...

Is it bigger than 32 GB? If the USB-drive contains any data you want to keep, then save a backup on your computer. Then reformat the USB-drive to FAT32. You can reformat any USB-drive to FAT32 regardless of the size, but for some stupid reason Windows doesn't allow you to format a flashdrive...

Hi! I'm Marcel, from the Netherlands. I am an electrical engineer (MSc) and make a hobby of fixing and modding game consoles, mostly PS3 and Xbox 360 and an occasional PS4. I installed Rebug DEX on PS3-consoles and RGH on Xbox 360. Fixing usually costs lot's of know-how and very little parts or...

I have this PS3-phat model CECH-H04 that was overheating, so I delidded the IHS from both the Cell and the RSX and repasted it (with cheap Aliexpress thermal compound). I did it before on other PS3's and then cooling improved massively. On this PS3 the cooling was better: at 30% fanspeed the...