I get your point.
I was uncomfortable with the concept myself.
1st - I ask around 10 hardware/game/electronic stores to ask if they fix/delid, or offer help. All said no.
2nd - I just had to do my own research, but so many people had so many opinion, use heat, don't use heat (and how much heat), make your own custom tool [Hey Jacobsson. I regret not buying that last IHS BUSTER on ebay, its gone now
], or try different tools people suggest.
3rd - custom services are way too expensive, You have to mail in your PS3, pay 300 dollars, then they mail it back. If services were available I would obviously have used it. But I cant ship a PS3 pay, 300 and hope they fixed it.
I think its lucky if you do it on a first try. Just from this try, Delid the GPU is too easy, it took less than 1 minute, after you apply heat, just use some kind of spudger, with a tiny bit of force, then "click" it literally just pops off.
With the CPU, I applied heat just like the GPU, I tried to get an opening, for the paint knives, but I don't know why, the silicone glue was so tough. So I had to try from different angles, Thats the corner with the most damage. but the amount of pressure was surprising, its not what I see on most youtube videos, I had to use significant pressure to "cut"
-Maybe sharpening the paint knives would be better?
-Or try the fishing line method if I get a second chance.
I really do get your point of novice trying to delid, but there arent a lot of options out there. I talked to a vintage game store owner who will fix any console BUT the PS3, just because he said the risk is high, he will fix anything else. Sigh...
I just have one point: people are recommending painting knives because they are NOT sharp.
BUT I believe the IHS Buster is VERY Sharp. So which is better?
After this try, I think a well angled sharp tool is better, if its not sharp, you have to apply more pressure, which leads either to "slips" or scratches, which happened to me.
So I really agree with you, but its either you do it yourself, or pay 300+ dollars. and ship it twice.
I wish there was more support from Sony especially, and more standardized methods (I mentioned this to Jacob before. There is a guy who used a hammer and a razor blade and successfully delid the CPU)
...Hopefully 2nd time is the charm and not third.
Ill probably apply nail polish. and see if its dead. Then, see where that goes from there.
At least all the game data were saved on the HDD.
, I got a A01 with a bad blue-ray drive for less than 45, and repaired it, I didn't de-lid it. I took a picture of the motherboard, and did a repaste, and change all the thermal pads.
