[Bigbones87]

[QUOTE=baileyscream;412810]

Originally Posted by Bigbones87 no no no your not comming off as an ass (i was thinking i was tbh) it looks like we all have our own versions of what is ylod and rlod lol i think my confusion comes from the "this system has over heated and will now shut down" message then when it shuts down it gives 3 beeps and flashes red. and thats called a rlod so when i get the end result as that i call it rlod

Well that clears things up. I haven't ever gotten that message before, but I have heard of it. Every unit I have had either works, or has ylod, or I bricked and it acts like ylod. I bricked one due to not dehashing. The other 2 I bricked on purpose for trial and error. All of those I fixed by soldering the sbe in e3 clip to nor tristate and using flash fun to reflash console. Works like a charm. For the op, I hope you figure it out because I do have one that is doing the same thing and it won't stay on. I chalked it up to real ylod and just a hardware issue.

[DarkenLX]

yes i had the right switches up/down but i realized one thing i forgot to mention on op
bear with me here when i installed the e3 i had 4.20 ofw on it i had made a backup like it said to and like it said per e3 instructions update to latest ofw to ensure a smooth downgrade so i did i updated to 4.21 ofw but i forgot to make a backup of the 4.21 and went to downgrade and now i have the ylod/bricked thingy and no 4.21 backup but i do still have the valid 4.20 but im at a loss as it refuses to stay on.
yes lights solid red aka standby then green for 3-5secs then a quick yellow then 3 beeps and red blinking light.

[Bigbones87]

@DarkenLX it doesn't matter what fw your dump has. As long as you have a good bios dump from THAT console with the per console data, you can unbrick. You just flash your bios then downgrade. There is a tut on here that tells you how to do it step by step and it worked for me 3 times., but the issue is still, not staying powered up. Only thing I can think is it isn't getting good enough contact on either the sbe or the nor. I know you soldered it, but is the little solder disk on the sbe still look good? Ose things are really cheaply made. I have popped off the little solder point on the clip where it wasn't hitting the traces like it should. Check that.
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Also, how long is the wire, what type of wire, what gauge of wire are you using? These things matter

[playerkp420]

If you have the wire soldered on correctly, and the PS3 will not stay on. It means that the ylod is not caused by the flash.

So make sure you have the wire soldered to the correct points.
Make sure to use between 24 and 28 gauge wire.
If you have all this done correctly, It may be the heat sinks are not seated proper.

I had one give me a ylod, from the E3 clip softboard being crushed.

[Bigbones87]

@playerkp420 hey since you said that... I have this ps3 that was rsod. I was trying to get the clip seated properly so i could downgrade it. Anyway, I broke the clip trying, and now the system ylod. I never started the process, just tried dumping bios. Do you think that it is a lagitament ylod, or do you think I messed up the nor trying to put a lot of pressure on it? The system will kick the fan on high if turn it on holding the eject button. My real ylods won't do that.

[playerkp420]

I did read on the wiki

dont use to much pressure on the Nor because you will destroy the solder balls of your southbridge and damage your system ..

That could very well be your problem.

[sajo1973]

Hi
I have the same problem on a ps3 slim
ylod/rlod symptoms but not due to overheating
I soldered the SBE to tristate and it hangs on a black screen, no audio and input
Also the fan doesn't work for some reason, Im scared I could get the real ylod from over heating :/
Well I tried reflashing but the blue lights just flash?
what does that mean?
Thanks
Sam

[playerkp420]

Originally Posted by sajo1973 Hi I have the same problem on a ps3 slim ylod/rlod symptoms but not due to overheating I soldered the SBE to tristate and it hangs on a black screen, no audio and input Also the fan doesn't work for some reason, Im scared I could get the real ylod from over heating :/ Well I tried reflashing but the blue lights just flash? what does that mean? Thanks Sam

Which leds flash?

The flashing lights are an error code. The log file on your sd card will also say the error.

Look here.

Most likely you don't have the clip on good. Also make sure you have the fan plugged in.

[sajo1973]

start logging...
program PS3 BIOS.
program from TF.
erase all ... OK.
start programming.
read 0:bkpps3.bin at 0x00000000 ... OK.
write PS3 BIOS at 0x00000000 ... failed.
Program Nor failed.

Thats what I got :/
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I have now got out of the ylod symptoms and ps3 stays on without e3 flasher but still not video or audio output
what do I do now?
Thanks
Sam

[seanpearse]

@playerkp420

I have a similar problem. Quick Green>Quick Yellow>Quick Green>Three Beeps>Flashing Red.

It happened while trying to downgrade with an e3 flasher. I was convinced it wasn't a normal YLOD caused by "overheating" but had it reflowed anyway on the insistence of a friend and sure enough it's still the same.

I've followed your method on here and I'm pretty sure I've got a decent connection between the SBE and tristate. I had been using normal 12 gauge wire but I've just tried with a bit of earphone cable and wire glue and it's still the same

I have a horrible feeling that I had been applying too much pressure on the nor clip (I used probably just under 1cm of card taped over the clip before reassembling). Shouldn't it still stay on if the wire is connected properly though?

Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks, Sean