Recent content by Delita

yea thats what is concerning me. before the cap replacement i foolishly used a heatgun on the cpu and gpu while pouring liquid flux in... pretty sure i am in need of a proper reball and shorted something if i am not getting correct continuity

glad to see success in this project! I shelved mine for a year+ now after initial failure and it is about time for me to revisit this. still need to read through the whole thread. Was my original concern ever answered? https://i.imgur.com/gkCx4GC.png?2 for some reason my board only had...

so this is what I meant earlier, just to kind of better explain what I meant. I get continuity between these following pads color coded, and it doesn't matter which pad, top or bottom, they all share. Is this okay? Can someone else confirm? I feel like the pictures shared in earlier threads...

Did I bridge a via or two during my cap removal? I removed all caps top and bottom and I am checking continuity on the pads after ive cleaned them with fresh solder and wick and I am getting continuity between the three closest to the cell and none on the farthest pad. If I perform the wire...

Hmm, so question guys - seeing as I am having a *fun time* trying to mend this ribbon cable, (if we can even call it a ribbon cable anymore at this point) are flex cables, or at least the ones that Sony used in PS3s / ZIF slots a standard pitch size? What I'm asking is as the time of posting...

Interesting, I may give that a shot, thanks! Shaving material off this flex is pretty awful, might try melting off the layer will iron on low temp. I just messaged an ebay seller if they ever get new stock in for flex cables. Maybe it can be a last resort

Thanks guys, I had already tried the plastic sheet method with no luck. It ended up sheering off the end pins of the ribbon. The blue plastic flaps that are present on the flex ribbon also fell off due to the adhesive apparently wearing off. I'm telling you, the console was in rough shape...

Hello, *Deckard Cain voice* Stay awhile, and listen... I have a PS3 Fat CECHL, BluRay drive not connected due to ZIF connector and ribbon cable breaking during cleaning. I purchased this system on Craigslist and the previous owner was a heavy smoker. I figured I would try to install CFW on...