YLOD repair question???

So about a week ago my beloved 60gig got the dreaded YLOD...:cry: Now I have seen the repair threads and video's on the web... My question for anyone who has done it is this??? I've heard its only temporary and that you'll most likley get another YLOD in a couple of months, is this true is it better to just by a new slim??? I was going to fix my 60 gig anyways so I can deactivate all my accounts and back up my 250 gig hard drive but Im pretty pissed that the system I've had since 06 is fried.

It'll be a temporary fix because it doesn't really fix the actual problem. The real problem is that A) the PS3 generates a lot of heat and B) the PS3 is being played for extended periods of time. So long as these conditions hold, the thermal paste will dry up again and you'll get yourself another YLOD (Of course this is assuming that your problem is indeed caused by this. There are other causes). If you're willing to play it for only 2 hours at a time after you get it fixed, you might be able to make it last.That depends on your playstyle I suppose. The quality of the thermal paste you use can also help too though.

I play for extend periods so the best thing to do back up all my data and get a new one. Thanks guys...

I fixed my 40GB about 7 months back and its been working perfectly ever since. Fixed a buddies 60GB and his is working fine as well. Ninja_Zombie83

I didn't really do anything different. I took my PS3 into class where we had a heating gun, bought Arctic Silver 5 thermal compound for around 10 bucks at radio shack and we followed the guides found on the internet. The next class day, we turned it on and it worked fine and still does to this day.

I play my PS3 as if I'm getting paid per minute and I havn't had any problems, but I can't say if I was just lucky or that my PS3 eventually won't need the same maintenance it did before.

My reccomendation is to try it if you have the tools and the warranty is out. If not, find a cheap place to fix it and then sell it to buy a new PS3. Just my 2 cents. Fix it if you can, but don't go out of your way.

YLOD is in most cases caused by the CPUs or GPUs connection to the main board due to the soil that gets wet/hard with the heat. The problem is that the are plugged in upside down so they *fall* on the cooling system. At least that's what I understood out of it. Now what you can do is turn your system upside down so that gravity keeps them on the main board, heat up your PS3 for the soil to get wet, let it cool down and the GPU and CPU have a connection again. That's what I did and it worked, but it started to YLOD again. I discovered that running my PS3 upside down stopped YLODs to happen on this system. But since I didn't trust this entire thing I got a slim and transfered the data, about 550GB, too about 2 days, my old PS3 ran perfectly. Now I gave it to a friend and he played several 10s of hours with it upside down and it still runs. I know it sounds silly, but at least in my case it totally helped to use my PS3 upside down :S

[EDIT] there's the possibility of fixing it by opening your PS3 and to fix the issue that the heat can't get off the CPU / GPU fast enough, but you might have problems getting to the GPU / CPU depending on the model of your PS3. I tried it but in my case there was no way to get the cooling system of to reach the CPU/GPU :S