[Shadowstrike]

Greetings, I'm new here so don't kill me right from the start :D

I'm working at a small hardware store and a few days ago I recieved a PS3 Slim for repair, the owner said it's dead, but I never give up on electronics.

The situation is next:

When it came, I plugged it into the power socket and TV via HDMI cable and turned it on. The PS3 showed the infamous red screen of death, shut down after few seconds of use and had the blinking red light. After disassembling it, changing the thermal paste and doing the "I don't know what i'm doing stuff" on it the blinking red light disappeared. Now the console turns on and shuts down after 25-30 seconds.

- It shows no signal on the hdmi or av output.
- You can eject discs and put them in the blu-ray drive normaly, the eject button works fine.
- When i do the recovery mode trick with holding down the power button, it acts normal (first the 1 beep + shut down and then the 1+2 beeps after which the recovery mode appears (at least on a fat, or is this the video reset signal on the slim?) When it enters "recovery" it still sends no signal
- The controller won't sinc with the console via cable.

First I thought it was the power supply, but I changed that with another one (the original one was a APS-250 MB and the second one was a EADP-220BP so I don't know if the console is compatible with the second one or does that not matter?)

Are there any solutions to this? Is it a hardware fault or did the guy who brought it in brick it somehow?

Anyway i'd like to get it fixed.

It has no signs of damage on it, just a little dust which is perfecly normal.

The model is CECH-2004A

Sorry for the long post, but I like things detailed.


EDIT: Just measured the time, it takes 20 seconds to shut down.

[Nichibotsu]

to be clear, you reflowed it? if you did, then you can either give it another try, cause chances are that due to a bad reflow the rsx detached more than before, or have it reballed, but i sincerely can't think of anything...

[Shadowstrike]

Originally Posted by Nichibotsu to be clear, you reflowed it? if you did, then you can either give it another try, cause chances are that due to a bad reflow the rsx detached more than before, or have it reballed, but i sincerely can't think of anything...

Nope, no reflow has been done, just changed the thermal paste. I'll try to reflow it, but I don't know how long does it need to be heatgunned? I tried to reflow a PS3 fat but no luck, the YLOD was gone but it shows no signal, I also did an X360 Reflow and that worked.

Back to the subject.

What would be the reflow times for a PS3 slim? I have another one at work with a YLOD and it would be great if that one could be repaired to.

Thx in advance.

[shalzi]

ive been told its 15mins for the fat so try half that n see if that works.

[Nichibotsu]

@shalzi ,15 minutes? try and report back how you totally burnt down your motherboard. @Shadowstrike http://www.ps3hax.net/showthread.php?t=28751 http://www.ps3hax.net/showthread.php?t=30305
slim or fat is quite the same. If you want a truly lasting resort you should use reballing, reflowing does not last

[AtlantaMods]

reflow it again bro thats the problem

[stdule]

This is not ylod, this is a problem in bad flash use E3 flasher, PROGSKEET, INFECTUS-Flash tool.

[XanderChaos]

no problem with reflowing; only reball it.

[ZackF89]

both reball and reflow the console again. Hope this helps