You can fix it yourself. The CPU was to hot and the solder has come off. Bad part is the solder is under the CPU and must be heated up. It is lead free so it needs more heat then lead and you need to add flux. I would start by getting the board out. Remove the thermal paste off the CPU. Add flux with a flux pen. You want to get the flux under the CPU so you might want to tip it on its side. After you have a good amount of flux under the CPU you want to start to heat the parts around the CPU. I would use a heat gun with temp. settings. You first want to heat around the CPU to keep solder on the other parts from cracking. You dont want to over heat the parts. After you preheat the board you want to heat the CPU. It needs to be around 400 or 500 degs f. a good 15 or 30 sec. keep moving the heat gun. After heating the CPU you want to start the cool down. Same as warming up the board but you want the board to cool down slow. After all this you want to add New thermal paste to the CPU. This helps transfer from the CPU. This is a must because your PS3 is overheating as it is. After you do all this some people say it only works for 2 to 6 weeks. Its all on how you fix the board and how good of a job you did. I would back up your hard drive. Then hope for the best!! good luck and i hope this helps you out.
You can fix it yourself. The CPU was to hot and the solder has come
off. Bad part is the solder is under the CPU and must be heated up. It
is lead free so it needs more heat then lead and you need to add flux. I
would start by getting the board out. Remove the thermal paste off the
CPU. Add flux with a flux pen. You want to get the flux under the CPU
so you might want to tip it on its side. After you have a good amount
of flux under the CPU you want to start to heat the parts around the
CPU. I would use a heat gun with temp. settings. You first want to
heat around the CPU to keep solder on the other parts from cracking.
You dont want to over heat the parts. After you preheat the board you
want to heat the CPU. It needs to be around 400 or 500 degs f. a good
15 or 30 sec. keep moving the heat gun. After heating the CPU you want
to start the cool down. Same as warming up the board but you want the
board to cool down slow. After all this you want to add New thermal
paste to the CPU. This helps transfer from the CPU. This is a must
because your PS3 is overheating as it is. After you do all this some
people say it only works for 2 to 6 weeks. Its all on how you fix the
board and how good of a job you did. I would back up your hard drive.
Then hope for the best!! good luck and i hope this helps you out.
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