Dealing with PS3 YLOD in 2024 (SYSCON) 

Awesome, glad to see other people sharing the info!! Thanks for the video brother, keep it up.

I liked and subbed because you’re the first one who actually diagnosed the ps3 without jumping to a conclusion and randomly fixing it

The name is amateur but your videos are the most professional ps3 repair i ever seen on this platform.

Fantastic work. I didn't know about this diagnosis tool, and your initiative to gather data about the faults will be beneficial to the community.

Excellent video and very informative. Glad your PS3 can live on, great job!

Best video I have seen on console repair. Great job! I had almost given up on my old ps3

YES Thank you for diagnosing it instead of just jumping to the NEC Tokens or a reball. I have subbed and liked this video, good job on the repair too!

That's a lot of amazing information actually. Two or three years ago, I stored my PS3 Slim in a protective box to shield it from moisture and other potential issues, initially thinking that the problem was a faulty PSU. However, while investigating and checking everything yesterday, I discovered that the actual issue was the YLOD. I proceeded to disassemble the console, cleaned it, and applied new thermal paste. Upon powering it on, it failed again, but on the third attempt, it miraculously worked. I was thrilled, but then encountered an OS problem. Today, as I was planning to reinstall the OS, I faced another setback as the console failed to turn on. After watching your video and considering my limited skills in soldering and electronics, I've come to the realization that this is a problem I cannot fix. I will try to search for someone like you in my country that maybe can fix it but it's a job that requires a lot of care and affection, so it will likely stay in the moisture-proof box as a relic. Thanks for making this video and share all that!!!!!!!

Wow, great video! In just 11 minutes, you managed to include all the essential knowledge. Thank you!

Es increíble que a lo largo de los años se siga aprende de la PS3 . Gran vídeo

so detailed buddy, thank you so much.

Great video my brother thank you for continuing to share this info!!!

Subscribing to your channel just because there's not a whole lot of up-to-date PS3 information in the internet, good luck with your reballing attempts!

Very good explanation

Awesome. Very interesting video. Your channel the best

Great video. Subbed, keep it up!

Great video 👍

Wow - great job on this. I personally have two CECHK01 units and a one CECH4201A. The first CECHK01 I recently acquired, which worked at the start, was full of dust - I took it apart carefully all the way to the main board to clean all the dust out. Then put it all back together to my dismay got a GLOD. I then took it apart again to try to figure out if I missed something and now it only YLOD. I have a 3.3V TTL board on order and will connect to the PS3 which is YLODing to figure out what the SYSCON data reports. I don't know how cleaning the CECHK01 carefully caused the end result of GLOD and then now it only YLOD's. Subbing as well

Ylod could be caused by some of the power supply in the motherboard (dc to dc converters) could be caused by cracked gpu joints balls could be caused by nec tokins lost capacitance and much others causes so is good to see you used your syscom to realize what is the problem .

Great video, thanks

I still have the ps3 I managed to get on launch day. Still works. Never been opened although I did upgrade the hdd to 320gb many years ago. Use it weekly. Runs a treat. Fans are no where near as loud as my ps4. I bought a slim ps3 version a few years ago and cfw’d that so now I have the best of both worlds.

i dont have any method thats why im/we are here for the working method you got🤣🤣🤣 we are learning something here mate 👌👌👌

I have 3 ps3 nice and well.. This video is amazing!

Hello! First of all, I've been watching all your videos for the past 2 weeks and everything you say and show on your videos are very helpful and well done, thanks for everything you do to help the community. Me as a "fellow" or trying to be content creator, I would also like to make videos for the Spanish community where I'm from about this process to fix ps3's. To make this concise, thanks for your great videos and keep it up! If you have time I would like to ask a lot of questions on this ps3 fixing hobbie. Thanks for your time :) Greetings from Mexico!

No hablo tu idioma pero traté de mirar muy atentamente lo que hacías en cada paso. Seguro no lo lograré pero de todas maneras ha sido de mucha ayuda tu video, igual pude entender de cosas muy muy relevantes a la hora de interntar reparar estas hermosas consolas PS3, Gracias por el videos, eres un Crack!!!

great vid, also cheers to Felix, his video about the PS3 is really good

Hello I recently bought a junk CECHA00 that YLODs. I live in Europe and have a CECHC04 fully working BC but we never had the full backwards compatibility, it is only partial. I will follow your guide when I have the tools and time and will let you know my progress with the CECHA00 diagnosing :)

3034 error doesn't mean bad RSX. That is data communication error between Cell/RSX/Southbridge which caused by bga defects under Cell and/or RSX. Reball may fix this problem. 3034 error as usual comes with 4xxx error.

subscribed my dude, Nice video

Great video, and I loved that White PS3.

Your guide, is the godsent of all YLOD diagnostics Single handedly the best short and simple guide for power users who knows their way around phython and soldering

I love your methods

Awesome video, but why did you not use flux while replacing the nec tokens?

Thanks for a good video. If rsx is problem and need a reflow i find it best to delid them and use tin foil and when you delid use a very small amount of cooking oil to lubricate the tool and it will slide under the heat sink to cut adhesive and make sure to wash out gpu with ipa before heating as gpu can be contaminated underneath. The balls need to be clean to spread when you heat up to reflow or remove. I noticed my gpu was stuck down with old contaminates and when I cleaned with ipa the other gpu came off easier. Good luck with your rework station.

Nice. I should point out though that the original backwards compatible PS3 do have a design flaw with the solder balls and binding agent inside the chip which eventually cracks. Hence the request of many to replace the RSX as a preventative measure going forward.

My 65nm Slim model also had this. It wouldn't turn on at all but I re-applied thermal paste and it came back to life partially because if I try to play any intensive game such as Red Dead Redemption or GoW 3, it would YLoD. I feel bad for putting it out of order because it was the first console I bought with my own money and gave me thousands of hours of playtime, but now I bought a super slim that works great.

Love your accent, man. ❤

This video was pretty good and yeah, it’s never just one problem. You always diagnosing the system before you try repairing it.

Bumgate, very accurate description.

Great guide

When i heard that you said that it wasnt about the TOKINs, i was glad that you didnt slip in too

My 65nm Cech-2001a Slim died from a BGA issue and I figured it was BGA since I could apply manual pressure to the chip without the heatsink on, and it would come back to life. It died a month ago after 14 years of service, and 10k hours of run time. I didn't get a Syscon codes from it cause it wasn't worth saving it from it's death.

very interesting thank you

BGA = Ball Grid Array. Referring to the solder under the chips that connect them to the boards. Not “Bump Gate…..”.

I have tested some Tokins recently on a 1002 error ps3 and the Tokins were 100% fine. Capacitance and ESR of them was within spec. What it means? I dont know but it seemed like an interesting test on a spares board.

Excelent!

Mine PS3 E01 MG still humming like a Champ!! i dont play longer than 3hrs a day and keep in a cool airflow area.

Hi, I'm trying to fix my old PS3 and I have a question. To connect the TTL to the PC, do you use a cable with two USB inputs?

I like to repair and sell consoles, but one day I was at a yard sale and saw idk how the shiny glossy plastic of a ps3 I then look better and it was a backyards compatible ps3 the model is the cecha01 and it uses hardware to play ps2 games, I then asked how much he would sold it for and he was like 5 bucks and I was shocked, well it didn't have any controllers or cables but still. I rushed home and plugged it in, and it turned on I looked on the back and it was an ntsc model not pal because I'm from Italy so. This ps3 didn't have any dust and the seal was still on. So I had 2 questions how the hell did this American ps3 got here and 2 it was mint, I think it never got used. I'm still asking myself how did it get here. Btw good video

Thank you for the clip. I have a ceche cok-002 . Thats the second board revision and it turns on for brief seconds and then beeps and turns flashing red... I don't see it making a yellow light at all. Is there any information about that error? Everyone call it YLOD but I just don't see it.

Damn, I'm a little savvy with soldering, not great, but I'm dying to get my original launch model fixed.

I'm glad people are realising that the YLOD indicates a _general_ failure instead of something easily diagnosable (like jumping to conclusions and saying it's the capacitors or the ball grid array). It's a lot like the Xbox 360's red ring - that's also a _general hardware failure_ which has been known for a long time.

Very logical approach , syscon must be used for diagnosis or you can just guess and throw parts at it? I don’t have the soldering tools or skills to do what he did, I wonder if anyone diligently fixes these ?

thats great thx

Just followed this guide to diagnose mine! Thank you so much!! Left feedback on your google form as well but figured I'd also write a comment to ask for guidance. Model: CECHL01 Errors: A0403034 = CELL/RSX Communication Error, A0404002 = RSX Data Error, A0404421 = CELL or RSX Data Error I'm assuming this means I need to reflow RSX and/or replace the capacitors considering I have the 65 nanometer RSX chip. Any opinions? All help is greatly appreciated!

I'm holding onto my OG 60GB for the day someone can figure this out and repair it. Seeing this gives me hope.

Question about that circuit board you have in 2:13 Do you have a link to that exact one? I live in the UK, I don't know if I can find an exact copy as that one. Do these boards generally work the same? The SYSCON uses what appears to be a USB cable with the inside cables exposed, is that the same thing? I'm interested to try this out and see if I can resurrect my dead PS3 40GB model

The RIP Ps3 story is long but mostly conjectures... this guy is on point as I did the tokin repair and my ps3 is still working fine

Yup I agree, I just got a CECHE and it YLOD's immediately in any "heavy" game, but it runs GoW 2 HD without any problems, most likely capacitor failure, I'll try to find someone that can syscon it in my country before any repair.

reflow the gpu and cpu witch also has a problem with the yellow light of death

is there something similar for the xbox 360? i know u can get the secondary error code, but i trust more in a error log or something like that

Not sure I have the capability yet of making a full Frankenstein board but I am able to just swap my Rsx with a new one not sure if it is worth my time

ceramic white ps3 is so beautiful

More tutoriala plass… im very hapoy to wqtch even though i dont know how to do it real life :)

Felix did say that Tokins do go bad, just not every time, I wish I could diagnose the problem of my ps3 YLOD at least.

Excellent video. Can I send you my PS3?

I have a first model 60gb that got YLOD after 7 years of heavy usage so I watched a video with a technique where you cover the motherboard in baking aluminum foil and bake it in the oven on the highest temperature for 15 minutes and it worked, but for a few hours then died again. no joke. I tried it 3 times, it always worked, but I gave up and bought myself a Slim that still works today. I wonder what kind of problem it had...

Should i worry with my 65nm first release slim? Are these models faulty?

So there actually has been consoles with the nec/tokin issues

8:36 "Bumgate" hahah nice video though (:

I'm glad I held on to the dead launch model PS3 I bought at a flea market.

Title: in 2024. Video: uploaded a YEAR AGO

What is that red model which you called ttl..

The custom PCB is very nice to use because once you get it on the board you don't need as much heat to replace the capacitors if you ever need to. Personally I like to install pcb and then install the components afterward.

I personally would not go into that much effort to fix a phat ps3 if it wasn't a backwards compatible model. The one you have in this video isn't backwards compatible, so I would just keep it around for spare parts. Provably even swap a bwc mobo into that nice white case though

hi could you help me i was trying to region unlock my ps2 and went into launch elf but coulnt get out so i just restarted my ps2 but now when i put any type of free mcboot memory cards into it just stays frozen on the free mcboot screen can you please help me

4:42 whats the name of all the tools you use here during the process

This isn't a "TTL chip" TTL means "transistor-transistor level" it's a voltage standard (+5V), the chip itself is a common UART to USB transceiver. It using serial communication.

Hi is it expensive to fix or not ?

After fixing ps3, does it work correctly and continuously?

I have buy 10 ps3 with ylod problem and 9/10 has have Nec tokin problems, only 1 have bga cpu CELL problem with ylod, IS NOT THE DEFFINITIVE SOLUTION BUT CAN WORKS ON ANY TIME

Hello, ive got an backwards compatible ps3 in working state, ive got the syscon error log from ps3toolset, it has multiple 1001 errros, after cleaning the console (not deliding) and speding some time on power on, the console suddenly after normal shut off, didnt even goes to stand by mode (red light). after changing 2 power cords, the light pop in! Booting the console and got YLOD! after several times of turning off and on, i dissebly it again, and reassebly, the console boot up!!! Ive check again the syson and i got 3003 error! The console working normally without ylod (again). till i get it to local electronic store to change the NEC TOKIN Capacitors. Could the problem be those NEC TOKIN?

10% dos aparelhos são concertados com essa técnica... porem muito o problema é na bga dos processadores ou ate mesmo curto circuito ns linha do 12v.

if i have ylod on slim ps3 can it be reduce by take care them (sorry for my bad english) but i want the answer so bad

Good to know that my donk can fix my old ps3!

Yo bro could you please try to fix my PS3? It doesn't work: I turn it on, then it gives a flashing red light, beeps 3 times and then dies

Unfortunately this is way to complex for me to fix mine.

Hi. I have phat model CECHL with ver-001 board. My case is: no image (both channels), no entry to recovery mode, but indicator lights green. And no power on usb ports. Is it nor issue, and what can i do to fix it? PS: i don't know console history from previous owner. Does Rs232rl and syscon errors check helps me ?

I refuse to let my fat ps3 go, and I was sure there was a solution for YLOD by now. Breaks my heart that I probably won’t ever get it to run again :(

i still have an origonal 60gb backward compatible fat ps3, i re paste and clean every year fully working😄😄😄😄😄

Great video. Instasub.

I bought a non-working CECHA01 online hoping to fix it and I’m over my head. It has the GLOD. It turns on and runs fine, but there is no video output view HDMI or composite, just a black screen on the tv. I wish I knew of a place in the Silicon Valley to take it for repair. 😢

Do you offer a repair service? You seem to have a lot of knowledge, I just got a CECHA01 with original box so I may open it up to try to fix it. But I want to diagnose its problems, if I can’t I may try to find a repair service.

My CECHC04 works absolutely fine. Never opened it.

i just went with a 2101B to replace my dying CECHL01

My PS3 has showing the error A0003001 I didn't find much information about, someone has some tips?

Connecting GND in such loose way especially after power on is gonna bite you sooner or later.

Can you help me to get syscon and uart

I noticed this yellow light of death immediately happens on bootup. My yellow light of death happens after the console runs for a fair amount of minutes and then kicks off.

I have A FAT 60gb 03 ps3 . It asks for wired connection. Says there isn't one even when connected. There is no option for wireless selection! What is going on?