Jameson Rook
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Whoa! Impressive.
Thanks Jason. I still can't believed it worked!
Whoa! Impressive.
I found a perfectly working Backwards Compatible PS3, which was beat up to hell and missing the memory card door at a flea market for $90 but it worked flawlessly, albeit a bit loud.
The first order of business was to replace Sony's notoriously abysmal thermal paste and I was greeted by the cracking paste that never ceases to horrify me when I see how bad they are in person. You can even see in the photo below that the paste was leaking outside the processor which could have easily short out the unit.
Another issue was the cable ribbon clamp that connects the drive broke because the plastic became brittle, so I had to improvise. Took me about 9 hours to take the thing apart, cleaning and reassembling it but now I can enjoy PS2 games upscaled in HD on a PS3!
I recently picked up a BC PS3 fat and took it apart to clean the dust out. Is there a recommended tutorial for replacing the thermal paste? I probably ought to do that as well with all the work I put into getting the dust out
Congrats on the BC PS3, they're a real gem!
I used this video below, but I differ from the video because I think it's better to just drop a pea sized paste on the middle of chip rather than trying to spread it around. Be mindful of the paste you're using because some requires curing time, I used Artic MX-4 because that doesn't require any time to cure.
It’s not hard but time consuming, My best advice is to be careful with the zero insertion force (ZIF) connector that locks the ribbon cables, since they’re old and might be brittle & keep in mind not to separate the fan unit from the chips once you've replace the paste because they're supposed to gel together. If that happens, some people say it's safer to just reapply the paste again.
Oh, do snap some pics of the original paste for the lols.
Thanks! I went ahead and ordered some paste this morning. Might as well knock out a couple of other consoles while I am at it
So far I like the BC PS3. I haven't fired up games on it yet, but that's mostly because I upgraded it to a 1.5 Tb internal drive and have been working on filling that up with cartoons and TV shows along with re-downloading PSN games. I want to get the new paste on there before I start putting it through its paces
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