Hardware I brought a fat PS3 with YLOD for $5

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Hi all,

I brought a fat PS3 from a yard sale about 2-months ago. I finally got around to testing it today and it wont boot. It tries REALLY hard, the fan starts to spin and then it completely shuts down with a yellow LED, followed by a flashing red LED.

I took a hair dryer and literally heated up the PS3 from the back vent for 20 minutes and let it cool for a further 20 minutes. I was completely surprised that this brought it back to life. I was able to update it, format the HDD and login to PSN. I even managed to test a few games.

However sadly after it had been switched off for about 2 hours, I tried to turn it on again and we were back at square one.

I've tried Googling it but I get a lot of mixed results and possibilities of what could be causing it.. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas of what the issue could be, based on what I've described above.

Would it be possible to fix? I'm quite capable of repairing and soldering etc.. But obviously I can't re-ball a chip, so if thats the ultimate issue then I guess it's end-game.
 
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  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    That sums it up right.
  • Megadriver94 @ Megadriver94:
    I am not it the loop on this, why take it so personally, though? Its just a video game and a work of fiction, at the end of the day.
  • K3N1 @ K3N1:
    I'm sure the devs don't mind refunding my .torrent for it
  • K3N1 @ K3N1:
    @Megadriver94, because these devs take child hood movies and make them look like shit expecting to profit off it
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    Lol
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    @K3N1, That's what happens to every movie franchise.
  • Megadriver94 @ Megadriver94:
    Oh alright then, I can see what you are getting at.
  • Sonic Angel Knight @ Sonic Angel Knight:
    Sunday.... sunday dessert night :ninja:
  • K3N1 @ K3N1:
    With unreal engine their should be no excuse to make any animated figure look like complete shit whent hey have rights to it
  • K3N1 @ K3N1:
    The voice actor sounds like he didn't get casted for a tim Burton movie
  • linuxares @ linuxares:
    but you got to pay for the elvish voices
  • linuxares @ linuxares:
    and emotes... in a singleplayer game...
  • K3N1 @ K3N1:
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/paulta...-for-the-game-being-very-bad/?sh=fe75c733c872
  • K3N1 @ K3N1:
    Damn the rights to LOTR is like all over the place lol
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    Deserved
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    At least we can point and laugh to an indie game that is not worth playing.
  • K3N1 @ K3N1:
    Last I read Amazon owns some rights you'd think a billion dollar company could fork more over for a decent game but their last game bricked GPUs so theirs that
     +1
  • linuxares @ linuxares:
    Be an e-commerce. Build a game that destroy the GPUs. Sell new GPUs. PROFITS!
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    @linuxares, Lol
  • K3N1 @ K3N1:
    Don't forget your 4090 we promise the next LOTR MMO will make it work for more than a year
  • K3N1 @ K3N1:
    Yay for user end replacement parts
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    If your graphics card doesn't work with your game then don't blame us for shitty game performance.
  • K3N1 @ K3N1:
    At least @AncientBoi can run games released in his childhood
     +2
  • K3N1 @ K3N1:
    Marbles and pick up sticks 10/10
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    @K3N1, DOOM
    SylverReZ @ SylverReZ: @K3N1, DOOM