[rasscal]

situation.....

Little kid pisses dad off,
dad gets angry,
Little kid shouts at dad,
dad say F*ck it, picks up ps3 slim & throws is at the wall,
Little kid cries,
dads friend cries because he carnt fix it!

Anyway....

The console is a ps3 slim 160gb

Symptoms
After powering on the unit the fan spins up
Red power light truns to green
Before the HDD light blinks the console stops dead (45 - 60 secs)
Nothing shows on the display (HDMI)
No blinking lights


Tests so far
HDD spins up when plugged into PC & its discoverable (not tried format)
changed PSU with the unit from my own console & same symtoms as above
Teared down the whole unit, no loose conections no cracked PCB

?
Where do i go from here what else do i need to check?
??

I was hoping someone on the forum would have more knowlegde troubleshooting these things :D

UPDATE 1
I put the thing back together
After powering on the unit the fan starts to spin up (doesnt get up to speed)
Red power light truns to green
& then it dies
10 secs max

so from taking it apart & puting it back together all i have achived is cutting the running time down from 45-60 seconds to 10 secs

sounds like i need to throw it at the wall!

UPDATE 2
after trying with the BD drive unpluged i found that it now boots for the original 45-60 seconds before switch off.
(I must have not had the BD ribbon cable inserted correctly)

So now i am back to square one

Not the PSU
Not the BD rom
Not the HDD

Loose solder joints me thinks?????

anyone know where i can find a complete teardown for a cech 3001A?
The fan & metal plate seems to be fixed to the heatsink & mobo, dont want to force it?

[Mr.Dutch]

unhook the bluray drive?

so, was the situation for real? or were you trying to be funny.

[rasscal]

nar the situation was for real, my friends kid acting like a spoiled brat.

"unhook the bluray drive?"

thanks i will test this solution,
any theories as to why & how this would cause power issues?

[tjhooker73]

That system is ****ing Dead.
It must have Broken Quite a few Things on impact..

[rasscal]

Originally Posted by tjhooker73 That system is ****ing Dead. It must have Broken Quite a few Things on impact..

I'm sorry but i fail to believe this console is completely dead when there is no signs of cosmetic damage internal/external... if the impact was'nt hard enough to split the casing then surley most of the components inside are intact.

[Mr.Dutch]

@rasscal , removing the drive probably won't help....

maybe it's possible to look if a component gets too hot.
did you measured if the 5V from the psu also cuts when the ps3 looks dead?

[tjhooker73]

Originally Posted by rasscal I'm sorry but i fail to believe this console is completely dead when there is no signs of cosmetic damage internal/external... if the impact was'nt hard enough to split the casing then surley most of the components inside are intact.

The CPU, GPU, Or the RSX May have been damaged in the impact - If there is a flashing red light - Or it flashes Green, Yellow, then Red Then it means Hardware damage.

[w0313]

I believe, Reballing the Cell and the RSX chip is would be the solution (but not the only one).

[butnut]

Another thing you can try(you do not need the blu-ray drive connected for this) un-plug the ps3 then hold the eject button and after it starts blinking the red light quickly alternate pressing the power and eject buttons and I mean quickly like literally as fast as you can.

If done correctly you will see the power light turn yellow then it will blink 16 times with a short pause every 4 blinks then the yellow light will blink again and the cycle repeats until you un-plug the ps3.

A perfectly working slim ps3 will blink red 16 times, I'm guessing yours won't.

If the first 4 blinks are "green red green red" and the rest are all red then it is most likely a problem with the flash chip or the traces connected to it.

If you see a different "light show" then please post a reply with the color sequence.

[butnut]

@rasscal

You have not updated us on the status of this console, I would very much like to know what you have found.