[blackjacker_21]

ok thank you both of you

[sleyeguy]

Originally Posted by redtree I would say don't waste money changing the paste over and over as it won't repair the fault. What temps does it idle at? Leaving the top of the case off will usually lower these temps by a good few degrees. If you decide to reball you'll need to find a legit place/person to do it. For the US I've seen @sleyeguy getting recommended. I'd imagine a reflow would be done first to rule out any GPU damage causing the artifacting, then a reball with leaded solderballs. But I've never done this kind of stuff myself nor do I know anyone that does this work.

Hello and thank you for the mention. I do however just do a reball to start with. If it does not work, I replace the CPU and GPU with another reball. I enjoy doing it and I love to help people so getting it done correctly the first time is my priority. I don't like how easily these units die. I know marketing is a must for everyone, but Sony should just let people do it naturally by kicking it or throwing it when they die in a game.
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Originally Posted by playerkp420 If you do get a reball, sleyeguy is the man. And you can't beat his price. Here is his thread. http://www.ps3hax.net/showthread.php?t=51543 You may save money by doing that, instead of keep opening and replacing the thermal compound. Each time you pull the motherboard from the heat sinks, it stresses the solder under the GPU. Especially with new paste, that is making good contact. Thoses pixels is the GPU. Whether you didn't apply the paste correctly, or it needs a reball. I would say pay the $40 and have it done. It will prolong the life of your console, anyway.

Thanks Playa. He is exactly right, any video distortion that you see, even two hours into playing, if you get the "Matrix" effect, or if your screen freezes and you still hear sound.. The GPU needs to be reseated.

[blackjacker_21]

Originally Posted by sleyeguy Thanks Playa. He is exactly right, any video distortion that you see, even two hours into playing, if you get the "Matrix" effect, or if your screen freezes and you still hear sound.. The GPU needs to be reseated.

Well that's exactly what happened to me in the first place. and in exactly that order and i think it's a little weird. First time i got the "Matrix" effect, with black, grey, white pixels on the screen, and then everything worked fine, and after that the screen froze with a few green pixels on it, that's the last time the console worked(and i could hear the sound while the screen froze).

So are you saying that if this is the diagnosis of my console that means the GPU is fine and that the only issue is the solderballs?

I also spoke with another guy(from my country) who has experience in that kind of issues, but doesn't have is own tools for reballs and he told me that the issue might be just 1 or 2 imperfect connections betwen the mother board and the GPU (not balls soldered together or disconnected balls) and he told that a reflow it might fix the problem and if know a reball would fix it.
But in this country i can't trust sending the console to some service center who will tell me that they'll do a reball when in fact they'll just do a reflow. They themselves tell(on their website) that the reball they provide has a warranty of 6 months(which is supposed to be a permanent fix of this issue).

That's the country i live in, it's full of scamers and thieves, even the police here it's a scaming society. If you heared of that russian ransom virus, well i can tell you that the "police", yes the police in this country is trying to install that virus in every computer they think it's involved in online piracy or only pornography or that kind of stuff, so that they'll try to make you pay a "fine" of around 100-1000 $ because you maybe violated the law.

Sorry about me tell you that kind of stuff which you are not interested to hear about, but i just told it so that you could make an idea about why i can't trust anybody with my console.

[Noobyneedshelp]

I know this is totally random, but I can't find a thread that helps me with this question.
I've recently used a e3 flasher to downgrade my ps3 the downgrade files I used said in the description that it was gunna be downgraded to 3.55 csw but after the downgrade process was complete its saying its a 3.70 csw how can I go about downgrading to a 3.55 csw because I've read somewhere that you can't just swap the downgrade puk files over to the 3.55 one that I want , so maybe someone can help me with this and give me any advice also is there anywhere I can get a csw 3.55 csw

Thanks to anyone's help that anyone gives.

[sleyeguy]

Originally Posted by blackjacker_21 Well that's exactly what happened to me in the first place. and in exactly that order and i think it's a little weird. First time i got the "Matrix" effect, with black, grey, white pixels on the screen, and then everything worked fine, and after that the screen froze with a few green pixels on it, that's the last time the console worked(and i could hear the sound while the screen froze). So are you saying that if this is the diagnosis of my console that means the GPU is fine and that the only issue is the solderballs? I also spoke with another guy(from my country) who has experience in that kind of issues, but doesn't have is own tools for reballs and he told me that the issue might be just 1 or 2 imperfect connections betwen the mother board and the GPU (not balls soldered together or disconnected balls) and he told that a reflow it might fix the problem and if know a reball would fix it. But in this country i can't trust sending the console to some service center who will tell me that they'll do a reball when in fact they'll just do a reflow. They themselves tell(on their website) that the reball they provide has a warranty of 6 months(which is supposed to be a permanent fix of this issue). That's the country i live in, it's full of scamers and thieves, even the police here it's a scaming society. If you heared of that russian ransom virus, well i can tell you that the "police", yes the police in this country is trying to install that virus in every computer they think it's involved in online piracy or only pornography or that kind of stuff, so that they'll try to make you pay a "fine" of around 100-1000 $ because you maybe violated the law. Sorry about me tell you that kind of stuff which you are not interested to hear about, but i just told it so that you could make an idea about why i can't trust anybody with my console.

Yep, I would do a reball for you, it's 39.99

Here is my link and you can check my feedback here and on Ebay
http://www.ebay.com/itm/251227150755...84.m1555.l2649

[RoboGamer1]

Originally Posted by blackjacker_21 Ok so i got a NOR Dump with E3 Flasher using the NOR CLIP CABLE, i checked the NOR it's valid, MJ999 checked it too and said it's valid. I tried to flash it with e3 downgrade file and i think it's bricked now. When i try to power the ps3, it powers up, the leds on e3 flasher light up, the ps3 lights green and then it's lights yellow for a fraction of a second and then blinking red. What do i have to do now in order to flash back the original dump and then try to downgrade again?

You had a similar problem I had. You need to do Soldering from the Tristate to the E3 Ribbon SBE point. Its your only choice unless you get a new PS3. But in some cases it may be another problem. You have the Yellow light of Death. I recently soldered my PS3 and now it is stuck at a green light with a black screen. Best of luck to ya on getting it fixed

[blackjacker_21]

Originally Posted by RoboGamer1 You had a similar problem I had. You need to do Soldering from the Tristate to the E3 Ribbon SBE point. Its your only choice unless you get a new PS3. But in some cases it may be another problem. You have the Yellow light of Death. I recently soldered my PS3 and now it is stuck at a green light with a black screen. Best of luck to ya on getting it fixed

My problem it's not the NOR anymore it's the GPU now, that's what's causing me the GLOD. The NOR is fine.

[sleyeguy]

Originally Posted by blackjacker_21 Well that's exactly what happened to me in the first place. and in exactly that order and i think it's a little weird. First time i got the "Matrix" effect, with black, grey, white pixels on the screen, and then everything worked fine, and after that the screen froze with a few green pixels on it, that's the last time the console worked(and i could hear the sound while the screen froze). So are you saying that if this is the diagnosis of my console that means the GPU is fine and that the only issue is the solderballs? I also spoke with another guy(from my country) who has experience in that kind of issues, but doesn't have is own tools for reballs and he told me that the issue might be just 1 or 2 imperfect connections betwen the mother board and the GPU (not balls soldered together or disconnected balls) and he told that a reflow it might fix the problem and if know a reball would fix it. But in this country i can't trust sending the console to some service center who will tell me that they'll do a reball when in fact they'll just do a reflow. They themselves tell(on their website) that the reball they provide has a warranty of 6 months(which is supposed to be a permanent fix of this issue). That's the country i live in, it's full of scamers and thieves, even the police here it's a scaming society. If you heared of that russian ransom virus, well i can tell you that the "police", yes the police in this country is trying to install that virus in every computer they think it's involved in online piracy or only pornography or that kind of stuff, so that they'll try to make you pay a "fine" of around 100-1000 $ because you maybe violated the law. Sorry about me tell you that kind of stuff which you are not interested to hear about, but i just told it so that you could make an idea about why i can't trust anybody with my console.

Yes, (well it could be the GPU but it's doubtful) Reballing the GPU shuould fix it.

[blackjacker_21]

Originally Posted by sleyeguy Yes, (well it could be the GPU but it's doubtful) Reballing the GPU shuould fix it.

Well if overheating would be the problem then maybe it is the GPU faulting.
Last time i was playing i the ps3 was on the floor(wood floor, i was always keeping it there) and the floor heated a lot, burning of heat, so my question is: does the CPU and GPU has any time of protection against heating(like when the heat is very high, the ps3 would shut itself down or some sort of similar protection) or it doesn't(my ps3 didn't shut down by itself)? Because if it doesn't have then maybe it's the GPU faulting. And if it has then the problem are the solderballs which overheated and melted themselves together or broken contact when they cooled off.

[sleyeguy]

That's basically what I'm saying, it needs a reball either way. There isn't anything you can do to make it play correctly without doing that. If you continue to try to use it, the problem will only get worse.