The complete guide to Reflowing - PS3Hax Network

Nichibotsu · 10-16-2011

As many of you may have noticed, the informations regarding the reflow of the PS3 are scattered, and it's hard to find a complete tutorial on how to prevent YLOD coming back...
With the help of KillerBug i wrote a guide which i hope can help others to finally get rid of the coming back of YLOD
you can find it here:
http://www.killerbug.net/Nichibotsu/..._Reflowing.pdf
a thank to KillerBug for the help and the hosting

GregoryRasputin · 10-16-2011

Ever had that dreadful ordeal with YLOD on your PS3 and just haven’t had a clue what to do, ot... [Read More]

Thank You @Nichibotsu , front paged

Nichibotsu · 10-16-2011

thanks : )

KillerBug · 10-16-2011

Thanks Greg.

I think this needs to be a sticky as well.

GregoryRasputin · 10-16-2011

Originally Posted by KillerBug

Thanks Greg.

I think this needs to be a sticky as well.

Done

.........

bezerk · 10-16-2011

If anyone wonders how to do it without the heat gun, you can use oven.
When my 60GB FAT died, I took it apart and backed only the motherboard for 10 minutes at 180°C in regular household oven.
It smelled funky but it worked.

Nichibotsu · 10-16-2011

Originally Posted by bezerk

If anyone wonders how to do it without the heat gun, you can use oven.
When my 60GB FAT died, I took it apart and backed only the motherboard for 10 minutes at 180°C in regular household oven.
It smelled funky but it worked.

yeah, i know, but throwing it in the oven and baking the motherboard should be done only in the worst case scenario of not being able to get a heat gun anywhere, because heating all the components to 180 °C puts a lot of strain on the motherboard, and may damage it... if you really want to go that way change the compound also under the northbridge heatsink, or the cooked compound won't work as well as before : )

Funklord · 10-16-2011

Nice guide, but a few questions:

What if the parts are loose entirely?
How can one get the pads aligned without an x-ray machine or pick&place system?

Is the same procedure possible to do on components with plastic packages (such as large flash memory on bga etc.) ?

Nichibotsu · 10-16-2011

Originally Posted by Funklord

Nice guide, but a few questions:

What if the parts are loose entirely?
How can one get the pads aligned without an x-ray machine or pick&place system?

Is the same procedure possible to do on components with plastic packages (such as large flash memory on bga etc.) ?

wait, what? there are no loose parts on the motherboard... if you have loose parts, that means they are detaching, and that's not good... when you do a reflow you don't detach anything, you heat the solder beads that you already have so that it melts and the cracks close. if you want to detach the chips, put new beads and resolder the chips, that's a reballing, and it needs a professional tool to be done...

H3avyRa1n · 10-16-2011

I hope i'll never need to apply this knowledge but hey, thanks.

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Nichibotsu Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 333 Likes: 6 Liked 44 Times in 24 Posts Mentioned: 11 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	thanks : )

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bezerk Apprentice Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 18 Likes: 3 Liked 3 Times in 3 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	If anyone wonders how to do it without the heat gun, you can use oven. When my 60GB FAT died, I took it apart and backed only the motherboard for 10 minutes at 180°C in regular household oven. It smelled funky but it worked.

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Funklord Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 43 Likes: 1 Liked 2 Times in 2 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Nice guide, but a few questions: What if the parts are loose entirely? How can one get the pads aligned without an x-ray machine or pick&place system? Is the same procedure possible to do on components with plastic packages (such as large flash memory on bga etc.) ?

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H3avyRa1n Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,207 Likes: 169 Liked 766 Times in 373 Posts Mentioned: 58 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I hope i'll never need to apply this knowledge but hey, thanks.

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