Playstation 3 Slim Game Console Repair Guide

Not Reading Disc Error	PS3 not working or Not turning on	Yellow Light Of Death Repair
Possible Error Codes Displayed	Blu ray Disc Drive Replacement	Optical Laser Replacement
Firmware Corrupt NAND Repair	Internal Hard Drive Upgrade	Internal Switch Mode Power Supply
No Display Repair	Flashing Red Light	Red Screen Of Death

The Fault Listings Above are the Most common Service Repair Enquiries we get asked for.
All the faults listed are usually fixed same day in Melbourne or 2-3 days via Australia Wide Postal service
The yellow Light Of Death is probably a Service request we get often, sometimes consoles with this problem can be unreliable even after a repair and may fail again. This particular fault is due to excessive heat warping the motherboard resulting in solder joints being fractured on the BGA connections of the RISC Processor chip.
Usually a reflow restarts the console allowing for data backup recovery to be executed via the Playstation menu.
This is the only means of getting back any game saves, video, audio, or picture files stored on the internal hard drive

System Update Screen freezing is another comment problem we repair

Fractured PS3 solder connection on the RISC processor chip

Top View Sony Playstation RISC Processor chip That Fractures its Ball connections to the main motherboard causing Yellow Light Of Death Fault or more commonly known as the YLOD. Symptoms of YLOD is console turns on, then immediately shuts off with 3 audible beeps and front red power light flashing.

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