What does that yellow light and its accompanying beeps really mean to you? In a word, my friend, it means your console is overheating. When your Playstation overheats, it may be a temporary situation where you just need to give it time to cool down, but it might also mean total hardware failure.
The higher the temperature and duration of overheating, the more permanent the possible damage. Because these components are all adhered to their respective hardware boards with solder, and because solder is nothing more than a drop of a solid metallic stuff, if you let it get too hot or cool too quickly, the solder starts to break down and get brittle and the components disjoin: thus, the YLOD.
This will only work if there hasn't been permanent damage done to the console, so if you've only seen the YLOD once or twice, it is definitely worth trying. If none of the above seems to fix the problem, then the chances are something inside the console is bricked broken. Your options are:. The true cause of the YLOD is not the solder joints.
For a true repair you need good soldering skill follow my guide if you need help. By heating is the board is bringing the capacitive properties from the capacitors. It actually worked. Thank you very much. At first it did the yellow light and after I turned it on and off a few more times it has turned off at all which has never done that before. Overheating for periods of time causes 'dry joints'. Lift the power supply by its front edge to clear the two posts attached to the motherboard.
Remove the four The heat sink may still be held in place by the thermal paste. If this is the case, gently pry the heat sink away from the motherboard housing. Make sure to not bend the copper piping on the heat sink. Never applied thermal paste before? Our thermal paste guide makes it easy. If you're following the YLOD repair guide, stay tuned for where to apply the replacement thermal paste.
Flip up the flap on the memory card reader ribbon cable socket and remove the ribbon cable. The PRAM socket is delicate and has the potential to break off the motherboard. If possible, hold down the socket as you disconnect the PRAM battery cable. Rotate the PRAM battery slightly counter-clockwise and remove it from the motherboard assembly.
Remove the two 3. Remove the two 8. Using your fingers or the flat end of a spudger, remove the old thermal pads on the logic board as indicated:.
Small rectangular thermal pads located on the underside of the board, as highlighted in the second picture. Some of the smaller thermal pads may be attached to the metal casing that surrounds the motherboard rather than the motherboard itself. Set the heat gun to "Low", and let it run for a few seconds to reach operating temperature. Holding the motherboard upright, warm up the entire board with the heat gun.
The board should be warm, but not too hot. The support should be something that can resist temperatures upwards of degrees Celsius.
Suggestions: scrap lumber, old books, cardboard box. In the next few steps, you will be reflowing the solder under the chips marked in red. Once you begin reflowing the chips, do not touch or move the motherboard until it is completely cool.
Doing so can render the motherboard irreparably damaged. Using a circular motion, evenly heat using low heat each of the four areas for roughly 25 seconds each. Continue heating the chips using the same circular motion as described above, for about 25 seconds each. The YLoD indicates a general hardware failure and could be related to anything on the motherboard, the power supply, or even the blu-ray drive unconfirmed.
Retro Consoles Wiki Explore. Generations soon. General Console Cleaning List of repairs List of teardowns. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Yellow Light of Death. I do clean it at least once a month which helps I'm sure. Stupid dust. User Info: archizzy. All models are prone to getting it. First of all YLOD on a technical level just a general hardware failure but the most accepted form of this term is in the case where the solder cracks and causes a separation of the GPU from the motherboard.
There is a misunderstanding that failure is the result of "overheating". It's why it's healthier to let the machine run vs shutting it off and on multiple times a day. I'm not advocating never shutting it off I'm just saying if your stepping away for 15 minutes no use shutting the machine off.
I've also seen people paranoid about running it too long so they shut it off every 2 hours and take a break. They are doing more harm than good. Any failure is random but statistically any unit with the lowest amount of temperature cycles will be the least likely to fail. This is why the oldest machines seem the most prone generally.
It isn't because newer units have smaller chips. They all had sufficient cooling. The 1st generation slims are supposed to be "bad" units. Mine has been great. My original 80gig BC unit made a whopping 18 months. First piece of electronics outside 1 PC I've had fail in 25 years.
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