PS3 CELL CPU and RSX GPU DE-LID (IHS Removal Guide) 

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Thank you so much. This video made so much easier. The cardboard and flat head trick is amazing!!!

my cech03 backward ps3 had the jet engine fan, so even with new thermal paste was the same,so in desperation i decided to de-lid the beast. However upon fumbling with the cpu lid,i knock over 2 very small smd,near the cpu, so tiny i didn't believe i manage to solder back, and with nothing to loose i use the screwdriver method to rsx and worked ,after heating the lid with hot air gun. i did solder back the smd,and amazingly it works!

Nice, that's a very clean RSX delid. I've seen people poking around in there randomly with metal tools and using too much force, causing all sorts of damage. In reality, heat is what does most of the heavy lifting. With enough heat, the cement adhesive will melt and will give out easily, just like in your example. The RSX is the component that benefits the most from a delid because it's the one that heats up the most and that is the most failure-prone. I will be attempting it on my second PS3 very soon.

In my country technician delid ps3 with pallet knife little bit sharpening. Because the angle is perfect for cutting the glue without scratch the chip inside. And dont glued it back after you open it,for easy maintenance. I repaste inside with MX4,outside with cheap thermal paste. You can use 4 gram MX4 for 5 ps3 console.

just finished my first de lid on an a01 using your method. was pretty nervous clipping something with the blade but luck was on my side and everything went well. thanks for the vid.

subscribed, greetings from mexico bro

Would you recommend putting some masking tape along with some thin foam around the cell in order to properly protect it? I feel like prepping the board this way would ensure that the risk involved is minimized as much as possible.

@fasttechvideo Are the main boards you sell on your website refurbished with new thermal past under the IHS?

Love your channel, I inherited a 40 gb PS3 phat. It looked to already have one foot in the grave. It was filthy. I cracked it open and cleaned it. I didn't separate the mother board from the heat sink. I would like to crack it back open and apply thermal paste to the GPU and RSX. My question is when applying the IHS back in its place does adhesive on the mother board need to be removed and new aplied or will the IHS re-adhere back in its place with no additional adhesive.

Используйте ацетон для снятия CELL. Ацетон растворяет силикон, всего пара капель и крышка снимается очень легко.

is it worth risking delidding? or is it safer to just clean and top off thermal paste every other year or so? I'm about to clean it and reapply paste. just wondering if i should risk delidding

should i do the pea drop method or spread under the lid for the thermal paste? and on top for that matter as well

I have a Ps3 from a buddy of mine that I'm helping fix up. A few days ago I opened it up, gave it a good cleaning & replaced the thermal paste on the top of the IHS, but didn't go under. I started it up and its still running extremely loud, and pretty hot, so I'm thinking I may have to do this. My question is, would I be able to place something like a light tape on top of the NEC tokins to protect them? I'm already apprehensive about using the razor blade, but if I can protect everything around it I should be good. Is this a good idea?

I just bought a fully delidded CECHE01 for 199.99. Now I understand why the price was 199.99 lol.

bro I want to use your video to de lid my ps3 , and i have plan to use liquid metal between the die and ihs and normal thermal paste ( maybe grizzly Kryonaut) on the ihs top to pervent damaging aluminum heat sink. Do you recommend this combination and is it more effective you think? Im curious to know your opinion. thank you.

While I love this channel and respect all the work they’ve put into making these videos, I highly recommend thinking twice before doing a de-lid if your PS3 has YLOD. For years its been more of an unsubstantiated rumor that YLOD can be fixed by removing the IHS, when in reality its much more likely YLOD is caused by the RSX and/or cell failing. In other words there’s a good chance that you can try this nerve racking process only to find it did nothing to fix your console.

Can someone tell me what this means? Each of the Nec Capacitors have their own extra 0.5mm Thermal pads and rear side of the Cell CPU has a 1mm thermal pad. Thermal paste was replaced with Corsair XTM50 for best performance And CPU and RSX was also delided with same paste, New thermal Pads were were also added.

Wouldn't it be possible to protect those NEC Tokens with a thin piece of cardboard?

Do you need to Re glue them down and if so what type of glue

I think you could just use a paint knife and a razor blade instead? And avoids excess heat to these chips that have pretty terrible no lead solderballs that get brittle when they get hot and cool down a ton.

Should i try this...i bought all the tools...im trying the heat gun and painters knife; sharpened method....

where is isopropyl alcohol available

What about that 3rd chip is it worth doing? And what is it?

I did a delid on my A01 a few months ago and it worked. It was no longer YLOD and I ran it multiple times even played uncharted on it until one day I came home from work and noticed it was blinking red and I go to power it on and it YLODs again. So it worked for a few months and now it’s YLOD again. Idk know what to do next. I don’t wanna change capacitors

Using a razorblade is a stupid idea i bricked my console thanks to you i scratched the mother board

Can you use dental floss? i heard you can go all the way even thorugh the Chip itself and nothing mostly goes wrong

IS it possible to de-lid and have the possibility to use console after this?

Que version es esa ps3 y otro asunto que pegamento le pongo después de despegar

Did Sony not want people to change the thermal paste by adding silicon glue to the CPU so the console can overheat? I mean what is the purpose of the glue?

Sometimes my cecha ps3 went black screen when starting a ps2 game and stuck there the only option is to turn it off(not always black screen) can someone tell me why this happened? Edit: now it booted a ps2 games no problem after I updated it to 4.90

How do i contact your setvice ?

Deliding seems pointless and the thermal paste being dry is a non issue since the paste is essentially cemented in place. The risk involved is not worth it.

man that looks like such a hassle. you must charge a fortune for these refurbed consoles. and deservedly so.

Bro, your Fingers😱

i did this but it doesn't work

I promise you, Liquid Metal is not a good idea for this application.

1. No need to heat 2. Potentially damage components / warp board. 3. Use a blade round the corners only gently 4. Apply new paste. 👍

DO NOT DO THIS!!!! your ihs is going to come off with the memory chips attached, ask me how i know!

I promise you, Liquid Metal is not a good idea for this application.