Recent content by pguisa

you are right, I made a mess! I tried spraying just a little but I'm not very gentle so I ended up soaking the whole thing. I did clean up with alcohol afterwards to completely remove the lubricant, I think there may be some solvents there that aren't great for the components. Your idea about...

Okay, I want to share my experience here because I thought it was really interesting and hopefully it'll help someone in the future. This is a CECHL01 unit I got as a teenager in 2009, but it had been YLOD'ing on-and-off since 2013-14 IIRC. After I put CFW on it the YLOD wasn't as much of a...

So I did this today. The good news is that it worked great - deliding was flawless and the console went from reaching 85ºC in 30s to keeping a "cool" 67ºC on the XMB. The bad news is that its YLOD came back :\ I tried turning it on yesterday evening to see if I had to delid the RSX as well, but...

I just watched this video it seems like adding thermal paste between the heat spreader and the heat sink and pressing on it is a good alternative. I'll try this first it seems simpler especially in case of needing a rework, though putting pressure on it will probably be the hardest part, as...

I am going to attempt this method in the next couple days with a 0.03mm wire. I'll post my results when I get to it :chuncky: but my questions is about after the fact. after I'm done removing all that glue, dry thermal paste and silicone, how do I put it back? I've seen comments about using...

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but should I really connect to PSN AFTER installing HFW? Do I not risk a ban that way? Could I not activate my PS3 before installing HFW?

This method has helped, but hasn't solved my issue. Before using this method, my Fat (CECHL-01) PS3 shut itself down ~2 minutes after being turned on. After using this method, it now takes a good 10 minutes to reach ~80ºC. The problem, however, is that, despite the fan being at high speed, only...