[willsb93]

First of all hello to everyone im new here ;D, im having a problem , that i dont know exactly what it is, so im gonna describe everything i can and hope that someone knows what i should do. Well my ps3 is a 80gb fat, bought it in 2007 till september this year no problems... then i installed kmeaw 3.55 ( i followed the tutorials and stuff nothing went wrong), and multiman.. i was a happy player. But then it started... sometimes the ps3 freezes, and a green screen with dots appeared and then it wouldnt respond to the control and not even the power button, so i had to turn it off in the main switch, and i started to notice that like about 20-30 mins it freezed and green screen again, if i turn it off and on again the problem would happen in 5-10 minutes or even 10 seconds later. So i started reading about this and read somenthing about the thermical paste on the gpu bla bla overheated bla bla. So i sent it to a guy he openned it cleanned it and aplied the thermical paste. Great! i was playing again... for 1 week... when the problem started again... so i put the ofw again (3.55), the problem still persisted (rare but still had it), so i installed kmeaw + gaia... still rare but playable... then i removed gaia and installed multiman and then the problem hit me 100% again... it doesnt matter if its a backup or a blu ray disc... it will freeze at somepoint... sometimes just freezes but the audio goes on (so maybe a cable issue? nope changed the samething), sometimes the green screen... i dont know what to do anymore, thermical paste, ofw, other backup manager... i need some help or advice here, im not sure yet if its a hardware or software problem. so please if someone can give me some light

[japsander]

you need a reball preferably or a reflow to keep you going

reflow vids

ps3 ylod fix part1 gilksy - YouTube
ps3 ylod fix part2 gilksy - YouTube
ps3 ylod fix part3 gilksy - YouTube
ps3 ylod fix part4 gilksy - YouTube
ps3 ylod fix part5 gilksy - YouTube
ps3 ylod fix part6 gilksy - YouTube

just follow it and you will be fine

if it help you, thank the guy who made the tutorials
here

[willsb93]

but its not ylod, should i follow it anyways?

[japsander]

Originally Posted by willsb93 but its not ylod, should i follow it anyways?

if your graphics mess up and lock up then its a sure sign of gpu failing. it may not be ylod "yet" but thats the way its headed by the symptoms

[willsb93]

well... i will have to try.. the problem is the key to open the ps3 i dont have it.. will try to buy one
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but what do you think... 100% will solve the problem? 80%? 50 %?

[japsander]

a reflow done correctly will get it working for months.
a key to open it? all you need is a torx bit and a screwdriver.

[willsb93]

what about using a hair dryer? some people fixed the ylod of death using it. what do you think?

[japsander]

Originally Posted by willsb93 what about using a hair dryer? some people fixed the ylod of death using it. what do you think?

lol, no. that may get it working for an hour or 2 but it cant get up to the correct temp to reflow the solder ( melt it) which is around 220c iirc

[willsb93]

lol i got a problem then... i live in brazil and here its expensive to make a reflow...but i think its the only way to fix it for what you told me and for what i have read about it... well it will be my new christmas gift ;D thanks a lot for the info and advice dude.. peace o/

[japsander]

Originally Posted by willsb93 lol i got a problem then... i live in brazil and here its expensive to make a reflow...but i think its the only way to fix it for what you told me and for what i have read about it... well it will be my new christmas gift ;D thanks a lot for the info and advice dude.. peace o/

you can use an oven to reflow too.

just google for "ps3 oven bake"