[Hackurs]

Tried it, the fan spins up just fine.

[Hackurs]

What's my next step?

[Mr.Dutch]

Originally Posted by Hackurs What's my next step?

ok, serious now, i have no clue, because it have to be bluray drive related since thats all you removed.

i tried to help others before with no luck, even the schematics did not help, your problem might be a ****** to fix.

[Hackurs]

Originally Posted by Mr.Dutch ok, serious now, i have no clue, because it have to be bluray drive related since thats all you removed. i tried to help others before with no luck, even the schematics did not help, your problem might be a ****** to fix.

But it won't boot up, even with the drive removed? And for the record, I own that garbage can. Haha.

[Hackurs]

Ok, so Can someone confirm that the system should boot up just fine without a BD drive, or will it get a YLOD?

[tjhooker73]

Originally Posted by Hackurs Ok, so Can someone confirm that the system should boot up just fine without a BD drive, or will it get a YLOD?

A real YLOD will not boot up. it starts Green, Yellow, Red flashing.
Whoever reballed it must have ****ed up.

[Hackurs]

No, I know that, but if I remove the BD drive, and start up the system, will I get a YLOD, or theoretically, should it start up just fine?

[Mr.Dutch]

Originally Posted by Hackurs No, I know that, but if I remove the BD drive, and start up the system, will I get a YLOD, or theoretically, should it start up just fine?

i just removed my BD drive (60GB ps3) and it booted up fine.

[TizzyT]

Originally Posted by playerkp420 Did you have it reballed? Or just reflowed? Because reflow is more of a temporary fix. It could be a coincidence that it YLOD again. If it was reballed. I would say it has to be something simple. A ribbon or cable damaged or not plugged in all the way. PSU not plugged in correctly or bad wires. Or it could be a faulty PSU, try another one if you have one to try.

Apparently he mentions it being professionally reballed but iirc there were many people on Craigslist that advertised reball but actually only did reflows. If it was surely a reball then like playerkp420 mentioned it might be something loose of disconnected.

[Hackurs]

Originally Posted by TizzyT Apparently he mentions it being professionally reballed but iirc there were many people on Craigslist that advertised reball but actually only did reflows. If it was surely a reball then like playerkp420 mentioned it might be something loose of disconnected.

No, it was reballed by a professional company. I mailed the unit off, got it back in two weeks. It was a reputable, well known company. Endless electronics iirc.

So what I need to know is, if the BD drive isn't plugged in, will the unit throw a YLOD, or will it start up normally? Cuz if it won't, my next step will be to replace the cables for the BD.