Why is there ylod

Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Yellow Light of Death. Edit source History Talk 0. The yellow light of death. The light is only yellow for a brief moment. Description [ ] For a typical case of a YLoD, is caused by a motherboard failure, the following happens when you touch the power button: 1.

Not to take apart the power supply even though it's not been connected to mains for 24 hours It can still give you a right shock! I had the same problem with my old fat ps3 you know, thee heavy one. I love ps to death but they need to step of their game because as much as I hate to say it, xbox is probably better.

You need to make it out so the playstation doesn't overheat so easily. The RSX chip is what generates your graphics. BGA processors basically have a bunch of solder beads that are non-lead and due to extensive heat, bridge together causing the Yellow Light of Death or general hardware failure. It also can be caused by the power supply failing as well. Probably 1 out of every 10 we do, it's the power supply that causes the issue. Thank you, thats the clearest explanation so far into my problem.

I will definitely check out your website! Is there any way to fix it without taking it somewhere to get it fixed? I've had 2 PS3'S die cause of it. Thank you. Fallen , Jul 16, Fin9ersMcGee , Jul 16, Fallen , Jul 17, At which model did Sony completely stop using Necs? SeanRanklin , Jul 17, Fallen , Jul 18, You must log in or sign up to reply here. Don't try to remove the front panel of your PS3 now, it's still attached by other brackets.

Step 29 Turn over your PlayStation 3. Step 30 Unclip the final bracket on the left holding the rear panel to your PS3. Step 31 Now, very delicately, lift off the rear panel. You shouldn't feel any resistance. Step 32 With the nylon spudger move the fan cable delicately out from under the black plastic clip.

Step 33 Unplug the fan from the power supply. Step 34 Unscrew the 4 cross headed screws circled in red in the photo. Step 35 Remove the first support bracket using the nylon spudger.

Step 36 Do the same for the second bracket. Step 37 Now lift the radiator heat sink up to delicately remove it from its placement. Step 38 Using a nylon spudger, delicately lever up the antenna connector in order to disconnect it. Step 39 Move the antenna cable aside to prevent it interfering with future steps. Step 40 Now use the cross headed screwdriver to unscrew the 4 screws circled in red in the photo.

Step 42 Using the nylon spudger, lift the latch for the connector carefully, releasing the cable. Step 43 Then disconnect the cable carefully, no resistance should be felt during this step. Step 45 Now lift the mother board in order to remove it completely. Step 47 With a clean cloth, now clean off the thermal paste residue.

Step 48 Do step 46 again, applying a few drops of ArctiClean 1 solution on the second processor graphics. Step 49 Still using the cloth, clean the residue dissolved by the ArctiClean 1 solution. Step 50 Now, using a nylon spudger, unfix the first thermal pad. Step 51 Repeat the previous step, unfixing the second thermal pad from the other chip. Then, again with a clean cloth, clean the dirty areas until all thermal paste has been removed.

Step 53 Now restart this operation on the other processor. Step 54 Heat the chips for seconds each with a heat gun on low power, or a hair dryer for around 1 minute. Step 56 Do the same thing again with the second chip. Step 58 Do the same thing again but on the graphics processor.

Step 59 Using a clean cloth, spread the ArctiClean 2 across the entire surface of both processors.