Hey guys,
Recently grabbed a faulty PS3 off of my colleague with the red light of death.
I took it apart, replaced the thermal paste on the RSX under the heat spreader and the thermal paste on the heatspreader itself. After re-flowing the board (without flux) and turning it on it works!
Trouble is, it works for about 5 minutes and then dies.
I used the dot method on the RSX directly with ArcticSilver 5 and the cross method on each heat spreader as the surface is so damn large, I figured a dot might not be enough and everyone else seems to be spreading. Not a fan of spreading as I've heard it can introduce bubbles. Before my in depth repair I simply replaced the thermal compound on the heat spreaders and it worked for a solid 2 or 3 hours no problem.
I have noticed that after I get the "system is hot" message and the Playstation freezes, the fan is doing practically nothing. The fan never kicks up it's RPM, but I can tell it's running. Is this a board issue? Or a fan issue?
If a fan issue? Does anyone have a spare fan?
I know it's probably dead but you never know! :)
Model Number: CECHG02 (Fat version)
Thanks!