[devil hunter]

Hello, I was repasting my ps3 gpu when I accidentally made a scratch on the green area of ps3 gpu, is it posible to fix it? can I use another ps3 gpu? how can I know/view an error code? as far as I know, scratching the green area wont cause a system hardware fault. At last, please help .

[katsuru]

Originally Posted by devil hunter Hello, I was repasting my ps3 gpu when I accidentally made a scratch on the green area of ps3 gpu, is it posible to fix it? can I use another ps3 gpu? how can I know/view an error code? as far as I know, scratching the green area wont cause a system hardware fault. At last, please help .

pictures please?

[devil hunter]

Hi, thanks for replying, I cant post pictures because my camera cant focus at the scratch!, basically, there are 3 point-shaped scratches on the green area ( pcb board) and shiny dots were made by a thin metal piece !.





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There is an exposure of cupper lines ..... how to fix this?!

[Mr.Dutch]

i can't make much out of this picture, but exposed copper is not bad, as long as there are no traces broken, but to me it all looks like ground?

[haz367]

so it seems fixable this kind of screwup IF no traces are cut, @Mr.Dutch can u check a high res picture later on to see if it might be fixable?! i'm pulling it apart cuse some guys say it can be fixed by putting a wire between the broken trace

[Mr.Dutch]

Originally Posted by haz367 can u check a high res picture later on to see if it might be fixable?! i'm pulling it apart cuse some guys say it can be fixed by putting a wire between the broken trace

it depends on the size of the traces and your skills i guess...and equipment

those pics better be highres, because i won't settle for less.

[devil hunter]

Hi, thanks for helping, a friend of mine might come to my house today, and Im going to use his camera for better pictures, I sent my ps3 to a computer store and asked him to fix the short circuit, in addition, he said that, it doesnt seem that the trace is broken, I will try to reflow the cpu, since, I tried to lift the metal cover (IHS), and somehow, this might broke the connection to the board. At last, when I tried to pull IHS out of the gpu, I used a then metal plate and put a carbon-paper piece under it, but I guess the pressure was too high on it .
Thank you all, I love this forum and I appreciate your help, sorry for my english.

[haz367]

from close-up the zwarte bes..not good enough..crappy bes..
the scratches on the bottom, it exposes the copper yes but when u feel its not cut true it its still smooth so to speak...then again 2 of them are on a couple traces but not realy cut also the 4pin connector from the battery, the 2 bottom ones where no wire(bl/red) is on are broken off, it stil fits nicely but unknown to me whatever error this may cause to i can bake good steaks..this is to hard for me though lets forget about it, just like to think it can be fixed but in this craphole no pro's

[devil hunter]

ucan buy another cpu, and then send it for a reballing workshop

here in my country, they do reballing for almost 90$+

[pereb27]

Originally Posted by devil hunter ucan buy another cpu, and then send it for a reballing workshop here in my country, they do reballing for almost 90$+

No. You can replace GPU but CPU is tied to syscon, NOR and logic board. If you replace one of those, you have to replace all of them (remarrying a logic board and/or flashing the NOR with the dump from origin board would also work)