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Meelapo · 09-27-2010, 06:00 PM

Last night I decided it was a good time to clean out my PS3. I keep all my AV equipment as dust free as possible but for the last year or so my PS3 has been sounding very loud so I thought it might be dusty inside (loud as in while watching a movie or streaming a TV show you could really hear the fan).

Anyways, I took the PS3 apart and while putting it back together I wasn't paying attention and I put a screw into a hole that, apparently, didn't have a screw before. I took it out right away because it was loose and didn't think anything of it. When I went to turn it on the PS3 showed a yellow light and then beeped a few times and showed a blinking red light. I opened 'er up again and noticed that where I tried to put the screw in I managed to scratch the motherboard. I can see on the board a circle where the screw was turning (flat end, not a pointy end). Now, two of the traces on the board have been scratched up which, I assume, is the reason the PS3 won't turn on. Long story short here's my question...

Does scratching traces on a motherboard completely destroy the thing? Is something like this easily repairable or am I better off just buying a new PS3? I've been reading about yellow lights of death and from what I've seen it seems to just be an issue with the CPU or GPU overheating and the fix is applying new thermal paste. I wasn't having any issue (though the PS3 must have been getting hot because the fan was kicking into high gear all the time).

It looks like repair prices are around $100 plus, I'm sure, a charge for a new board since it's broken. If it's going to come in around $150-$200 I might as well get a new one. Any suggestions?

1stLand · 09-27-2010, 06:02 PM

pm me, I know a young lady that repairs Ps3's and might have a reasonable price for you, i know she is hungry for work

sclitheroe · 09-27-2010, 07:38 PM

So was it really dusty inside?

Meelapo · 09-27-2010, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by sclitheroe

So was it really dusty inside?

Not at all. It was very clean.

Hack&Lube · 09-27-2010, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by 1stLand

pm me, I know a young lady that repairs Ps3's and might have a reasonable price for you, i know she is hungry for work

You've got PM

MaDMaN_26 · 11-30-2011, 10:23 AM

I'm bumping this as I have two older PS3 - both are PS2 backwards compatible. One the hard drive failed and within a week the others power supply failed (I think)... like they were on a freakin' timer to break. I PM'ed 1stLand, but just out of curiosity anyone else know someone that repairs PS3's?

Kipper is King · 11-30-2011, 11:18 AM

Check out Killasoft. The guy who runs it has some really good equipment (Not just using a run-oif-the-mill heat gun to fix the YLOD, for instance) and he knows his stuff. I paid $50 for him to fix mine, and my ps3 has been running happily for months now.

MaDMaN_26 · 11-30-2011, 11:29 AM

Thanks... umm whats Killasoft?

DownhillGoat · 11-30-2011, 11:33 AM

Just taking a shot in the dark here:
http://www.killasoft.org/

MaDMaN_26 · 11-30-2011, 11:41 AM

That's likely it... I was searching for a user here named killasoft.

Uggh in the NW eh... blech. lol

Hack&Lube · 11-30-2011, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by kunkstyle

Just taking a shot in the dark here:
http://www.killasoft.org/

Damnit, he doesn't fix PS3 red screen of death

Cluelessboy · 11-30-2011, 02:43 PM

Search kijiji theres a few good repairs on there, last year this time of year my fans went out and took it to a kijiji guy in the NE, left it there for half a day and he cleaned it out and put all new and better fans in it for only $25. What a deal.

Havent had a single problem ever since.

Also sent a friend there who had the YLOD and he repaired it for $30.