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Playstation 3 Rework Procedure

PS3 Motherboard Cleaning YLOD Overheating Repair Thermalpaste Removal Procedure

PS3 motherboard will be stripped and cleaned prior to reflow procedure.

The cause of Yellow Light Of Death is overheating and poor quality thermal paste.

Old thermalpaste is removed and everything is cleaned using professional solvents.

Temperature Controlled Environment PS3 Heatsinks Cleaning

Board goes on rework machine which redoes solder joint in temperature controlled environment.

All PS3 heatsinks and mounting brackets are cleaned to a mirror finish.

The reworking machine takes the solder joints to a 219 degrees celsius.

New Hiqh Quality Thermalpaste Playstation 3 Testing Gaming For Life

Once all solder spheres are redone new high quality thermal paste is applied.

System is thouroughly tested to make sure it is in perfect working order.

Playstation 3 gets reassembled and is ready to fulfill your gaming needs.



What problems can it resolve?

Reballing/Reflowing will help to resolve issued like Yellow Light Of Death, Display Freezes, No Video Issues, Overheating. All of our reflows come with 3 months warranty.

Under a customers request we can increase the fan speed of the system to prevent it overheating.

How much does it cost?

The price for RSX reball is £99.99. Reflow costs £59.99 and comes with 3 months warranty. This includes taking the PS3 to remove the motherboard, professional component and airflow system cleaning, removing Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) chipset, reballing it using high quality solder and soldering it back onto the board, assembling the PS3 with thermal modifications to prevent overheating and testing the console to make sure the repair is successful and efficient.
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How to book a repair
  1. Select the device to repair
  2. Select the repair needed
  3. Print packaging label
  4. Confirmation we have received your device
  5. The repair is carried out
  6. Payment for the repair
  7. We post the device back to you