Belly up to the Bar (aka The Post Whorin' Thread) - Page 344

Dave · 11-24-2010, 09:02 AM

Ps3 ylod'ed for the second time last night. Grrrrrrr. Oh well, I was thinking about changing up the thermal compound and maybe redlining the stock fan anyway

marko138 · 11-24-2010, 09:32 AM

English?

Dave · 11-24-2010, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by marko138

English?

It overheated and desoldered either the cpu or gpu. A fix involves stripping it down to motherboard and frying it with a heat gun. Then reassembling with new thermal transfer compound. Usually only lasts a few months.

To extend those months I'm thinking about taking advantage of the ps3's variable speed fan. Either by hardwiring it for full speed, switch, or maybe a potentiometer, or some combination of the three.

Rangerscott · 11-24-2010, 02:34 PM

There's the fix were you drip liquid solder under it, then heating it. Of course all these console fixes are really ghetto and are harmful. Putting a concentrated 1500f heat beam on a cpu is not good.

Turned out my PS3 wasnt overheating. Damn undead redemption was just fudged up. I just went to another location, saved, then went back to the missionary and it worked. Sucks that consoles games are now buggy like pc games.

I would recommend taking the HDD cover plate off. The HDD gets pretty hot down there with no air flow. I have HDD cover off, PS3 standing up on a laptop fan cooler. Very nice.

I'm going to open her back up and install a fan control knob. It gets annoying hearing the thing go quite, then loud, quite, then loud, etc. I want a nice constant medium fan speed and a cool ps3. Not let it heat up to volcano heat, then breath on it for a minute.

Dave · 11-24-2010, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Rangerscott

There's the fix were you drip liquid solder under it, then heating it. Of course all these console fixes are really ghetto and are harmful. Putting a concentrated 1500f heat beam on a cpu is not good.bi

Turned out my PS3 wasnt overheating. Damn undead redemption was just fudged up. I just went to another location, saved, then went back to the missionary and it worked. Sucks that consoles games are now buggy like pc games.

I would recommend taking the HDD cover plate off. The HDD gets pretty hot down there with no air flow. I have HDD cover off, PS3 standing up on a laptop fan cooler. Very nice.

I'm going to open her back up and install a fan control knob. It gets annoying hearing the thing go quite, then loud, quite, then loud, etc. I want a nice constant medium fan speed and a cool ps3. Not let it heat up to volcano heat, then breath on it for a minute.

I try warm the whole board up before I concentrate anything. Always let it cool before touching or moving too.

I'm thinking about drilling the case and adding a mini switch to send a 3.3v signal to the fan (max speed) and leaving the stock circuit in the off position. Could always add a pot later if I feel its too loud

Rangerscott · 11-24-2010, 04:09 PM

3.3v? The fan is 12v.

Dave · 11-24-2010, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Rangerscott

3.3v? The fan is 12v.

Sure the power wire, I'm talking bout the pwm signal wire.

Mudpuppy · 11-24-2010, 05:07 PM

what about liquid cooling? i know they do that with pcs..

Rangerscott · 11-24-2010, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Mudpuppy

what about liquid cooling? i know they do that with pcs..

If you wanted you could, but then you'd have to deal with all the components.

t-homo · 11-25-2010, 12:28 PM

Shot three canadian geese this morning. My older brother shot one and a gadwall hen. Great thanksgiving.

11-24-2010, 02:34 PM	#3434
Rangerscott Viff6N Mutated Warrior Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Moto: '01 Honda VFR 800 & '09 ER-6N Posts: 8,704	There's the fix were you drip liquid solder under it, then heating it. Of course all these console fixes are really ghetto and are harmful. Putting a concentrated 1500f heat beam on a cpu is not good. Turned out my PS3 wasnt overheating. Damn undead redemption was just fudged up. I just went to another location, saved, then went back to the missionary and it worked. Sucks that consoles games are now buggy like pc games. I would recommend taking the HDD cover plate off. The HDD gets pretty hot down there with no air flow. I have HDD cover off, PS3 standing up on a laptop fan cooler. Very nice. I'm going to open her back up and install a fan control knob. It gets annoying hearing the thing go quite, then loud, quite, then loud, etc. I want a nice constant medium fan speed and a cool ps3. Not let it heat up to volcano heat, then breath on it for a minute. Last edited by Rangerscott; 11-24-2010 at 02:39 PM..

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11-24-2010, 09:02 AM	#3431
Dave Chaotic Neutral Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Cherry Hill NJ Moto: GV1200 Madura, Hawk gt Posts: 13,992	Ps3 ylod'ed for the second time last night. Grrrrrrr. Oh well, I was thinking about changing up the thermal compound and maybe redlining the stock fan anyway

11-24-2010, 09:32 AM	#3432
marko138 DefenderOfTheBuelliverse Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Parts Unknown Moto: Buell XB12R Posts: 18,585	English?

11-24-2010, 04:09 PM	#3436
Rangerscott Viff6N Mutated Warrior Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Moto: '01 Honda VFR 800 & '09 ER-6N Posts: 8,704	3.3v? The fan is 12v.

11-25-2010, 12:28 PM	#3440
t-homo WSB Champion Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Springfield, MO Posts: 7,146	Shot three canadian geese this morning. My older brother shot one and a gadwall hen. Great thanksgiving.