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2-Ton Twenty-One Imperfects Negative-Feedback 232	Posted - 2013.02.15 08:40:00 - [1] - Quote So I was bored and wanted to give myself a project So I decided to clean out my PS3 slim and replace the thermal heat sink paste. And am I glad I did! My ps3 was chock full of dust and the thermal paste that Sony put in the ps3 was both all dried cracked and worn out but also very poorly applied and of cheap quality! So I followed this guide and now its running like a dream! Great success! Also I think it has helped with performance when the ps3 has been running for a while. Game play does seem a little bit more buttery smooth and the ps3 seems to handle dust and other games better. Highly recommended! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hhx0XNVrD8 Be sure to find a guide that fits your model of ps3, also my ps3 was not that old about 2 years or less so be sure to check yours out especially if you always have it running and use it for everything! So if your ps3 is on the older side I suggest you consider giving it a once over! Edit: I also used this guide for cleaning http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgCI8myCnLI Do it yourself only do it if you feel comfortable doing so after watching the video! There are people you can send it to online to to give it professional maintenance or places in your city that can/will do it. You can try cell phone repair places and the like.
SoTa PoP Internal Error. Negative-Feedback 1772	Posted - 2013.02.15 08:42:00 - [2] - Quote 2-Ton Twenty-One wrote: So I was bored and wanted to give myself a project So I decided to clean out my PS3 slim and replace the thermal heat sink paste. And am I glad I did! My ps3 was chock full of dust and the thermal paste that Sony put in the ps3 was both all dried cracked and worn out but also very poorly applied and of cheap quality! So I followed this guide and now its running like a dream! Great success! Also I think it has helped with performance when the ps3 has been running for a while. Game play does seem a little bit more buttery smooth and the ps3 seems to handle dust and other games better. Highly recommended! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hhx0XNVrD8 Be sure to find a guide that fits your model of ps3, also my ps3 was not that old about 2 years or less so be sure to check yours out especially if you always have it running and use it for everything! So if your ps3 is on the older side I suggest you consider giving it a once over! Thanks for the great advice - mines 3 years old. May need to give it a proper tune up to make sure it doesn't ka-put on me.
dust badger BetaMax. 283	Posted - 2013.02.15 08:47:00 - [3] - Quote ive got one of the original launch ones, maybe i should crack her open
Buzzwords Deadly Blue Dots RISE of LEGION 416	Posted - 2013.02.15 08:47:00 - [4] - Quote mines like 7 years old. original fatty. backward compatible, all kinds of card readers i don't recognize, the works. at this point i'm terrified that it's gonna **** the bed, but equally terrified that if i even TOUCH it it's gonna throw off the delicate alignment of the planets and the stars and my entertainment center that is keeping it alive...

ChribbaX Otherworld Enterprises Dust Control Otherworld Empire Productions 136	Posted - 2013.02.15 08:49:00 - [5] - Quote I removed my HDD the other day and when I put it back in Sony felt I had tampered with it and asked me to format it. Bye content. /c

Necrodermis GunFall Mobilization Covert Intervention 460	Posted - 2013.02.15 08:51:00 - [6] - Quote that's what happens when you buy a cheap product. the new PS3 is just so they can try to turn a profit on their system they been loosing money on ever sense they released it. using cheaper manufacturing methods and cheaper materials. i had my fat PS3 worked on shortly after buying it because the thermal paste. 7 years later and it still going strong.
2-Ton Twenty-One Imperfects Negative-Feedback 232	Posted - 2013.02.15 08:55:00 - [7] - Quote Buzzwords wrote: mines like 7 years old. original fatty. backward compatible, all kinds of card readers i don't recognize, the works. at this point i'm terrified that it's gonna **** the bed, but equally terrified that if i even TOUCH it it's gonna throw off the delicate alignment of the planets and the stars and my entertainment center that is keeping it alive... Well only do it if you feel comfortable doing so! There are people you can send online to to get it professional maintenance or places in your city that do it.
GetShotUp UnReaL. 83	Posted - 2013.02.15 09:15:00 - [8] - Quote My slim was bought when it first came out about 4 years ago? It's sounds like a pc tower, lol. Thanks, I'm definitely going to consider this. I don't see how I can **** it up with a great tutorial like that. Just need to buys the tools!

CCP Eterne C C P C C P Alliance 752	Posted - 2013.02.15 09:25:00 - [9] - Quote Moving from General Discussions to the Locker Room. Also, is it sad that I read "thermal heatsink paste" and was confused for quite a while, wondering when we added nanite paste from EVE Online into DUST 514?

Sleepy Zan Internal Error. Negative-Feedback 2046	Posted - 2013.02.15 15:04:00 - [10] - Quote Do it! I lost my fatty to YLOD, rest her soul

Baal Omniscient L.O.T.I.S. Legacy Rising 247	Posted - 2013.02.15 17:11:00 - [11] - Quote Sleepy Zan wrote: Do it! I lost my fatty to YLOD, rest her soul Yeah, I remember running some bluedot murder sprees with you where your Ps3 would shut down. I didn't realize it was a fatty though... you have my deepest sympathy. Those fat beauties are too few and far between these days, they're a dying breed.
T E X G I A N T 4	Posted - 2013.02.15 22:41:00 - [12] - Quote Thanks for the inspiration OP. My ps3 thanks you as well. +1
Grenwal Hiesenberg Shadow Company HQ 223	Posted - 2013.02.16 01:28:00 - [13] - Quote Sleepy Zan wrote: Do it! I lost my fatty to YLOD, rest her soul Before you recycle her, watch this video, it sounds gimmicky but it really works. I managed to save all my data, songs, pictures and my daughters Finding Nemo blu ray, that alone made it worth the effort. I only use my fatty for netflix and streaming and less strenuous tasks but I'm reconsidering the thermal paste just to have it safeguarded.
General Tiberius1 ZionTCD Legacy Rising 205	Posted - 2013.02.16 05:05:00 - [14] - Quote have the generation 1, how do i open it, used to screws and afraid to try opening it and breaking it
General Tiberius1 ZionTCD Legacy Rising 205	Posted - 2013.02.16 05:06:00 - [15] - Quote CCP Eterne wrote: Moving from General Discussions to the Locker Room. Also, is it sad that I read "thermal heatsink paste" and was confused for quite a while, wondering when we added nanite paste from EVE Online into DUST 514? yes, yes it is sad
Sigberct Amni ZionTCD Legacy Rising 16	Posted - 2013.02.18 01:31:00 - [16] - Quote Heads up, if you try opening up a Slim model CECH-30xxB, you need a T-8 Torx Tamper Resistant bit. Those are the Torx bits with little holes drilled in the center. OP's video shows opening a 20xx series Slim and they had plain Torx screws above the HDD. I'm buying this set and waiting for it to arrive before I clean out my Slim.
Scheneighnay McBob Bojo's School of the Trades 1058	Posted - 2013.02.18 02:37:00 - [17] - Quote You might want to put the dust back in
2-Ton Twenty-One Imperfects Negative-Feedback 232	Posted - 2013.02.18 05:12:00 - [18] - Quote Sigberct Amni wrote: Heads up, if you try opening up a Slim model CECH-30xxB, you need a T-8 Torx Tamper Resistant bit. Those are the Torx bits with little holes drilled in the center. OP's video shows opening a 20xx series Slim and they had plain Torx screws above the HDD. I'm buying this set and waiting for it to arrive before I clean out my Slim. you can use a tiny flat head screwdriver if you want, its what I used and it worked just fine.
2-Ton Twenty-One Imperfects Negative-Feedback 232	Posted - 2013.02.18 05:13:00 - [19] - Quote General Tiberius1 wrote: have the generation 1, how do i open it, used to screws and afraid to try opening it and breaking it check youtube there are a few videos on there about how to do them.
LrDr Royal Uhlans Amarr Empire 10	Posted - 2013.02.18 11:57:00 - [20] - Quote CCP Eterne wrote: Moving from General Discussions to the Locker Room. Also, is it sad that I read "thermal heatsink paste" and was confused for quite a while, wondering when we added nanite paste from EVE Online into DUST 514? I replaced thermal heatsink paste to nanite paste. PS3 start, say something: "Bzzzzz, 0110101110110001. Freedom to rouge drones!" and crawled through the open window. Seriosly - not just replase paste, aslo i polished radiator to a mirror. Sto-ük radiator bottom - terrible, i can`t belive, that "it`s a sony".

Zat Earthshatter Osmon Surveillance Caldari State 304	Posted - 2013.02.18 12:09:00 - [21] - Quote CCP Eterne wrote: Moving from General Discussions to the Locker Room. Also, is it sad that I read "thermal heatsink paste" and was confused for quite a while, wondering when we added nanite paste from EVE Online into DUST 514? Hold the DUST, I want nanite repair paste IRL! seriously though, if science started at the cellular size level instead of messing with buckyballs and single molecules, maybe we could get a little further along quicker... The 'bots would be simple genetic computers in a metallic housing, fitted with modular tools and sensors. the paste would be engineered for the material, with traces of the substance to repair. The first invention would be a manually applied paste with a magnetic inducer to power the 'bots. The 'bots would weld wherever they found the actual surface. They would use the entirety of the applied paste, welding it together, then remain in the base fluid which would be sticky enough to be mostly recovered for re-use.
2-Ton Twenty-One Imperfects Negative-Feedback 232	Posted - 2013.02.19 19:31:00 - [22] - Quote ^ Stay on topic plz
SIeepy Zan Edimmu Warfighters Gallente Federation 34	Posted - 2013.02.19 19:38:00 - [23] - Quote Grenwal Hiesenberg wrote: Sleepy Zan wrote: Do it! I lost my fatty to YLOD, rest her soul Before you recycle her, watch this video, it sounds gimmicky but it really works. I managed to save all my data, songs, pictures and my daughters Finding Nemo blu ray, that alone made it worth the effort. I only use my fatty for netflix and streaming and less strenuous tasks but I'm reconsidering the thermal paste just to have it safeguarded. This does work for awhile but i pushed my ps3 to limit til she could no longer last.
2-Ton Twenty-One Imperfects Negative-Feedback 489	Posted - 2013.04.18 10:08:00 - [24] - Quote Bump before Uprising


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