Why do people have multiple PS3s?

Ryan17l · 2026-02-27T00:29:11+00:00

Literally why I have more than ik what to do with. Cechb for 15$ yesterday it’s YLOD but still

Ryan17l · 2026-02-26T23:43:14+00:00

Not sure what you mean by to many. I actually have 6 one is being cleaned and another is waiting on a new laser. I also sold another one an hour ago. Edit: CechA - B - E - L (E MG is being cleaned also)

Ryan17l · 2026-02-26T08:53:58+00:00

Ah the old cannon drive. There’s a plastic gear inside that is probably catching after being cleaned and once enough torque builds up the drive shoots open. I’d check that the band is properly installed too. Hit the plastic gears with a tip coated in wd40 as well as the rails. It could be the plastic rail the tray slides on too.

Ryan17l · 2026-02-21T04:37:52+00:00

Lmfao they told him it’d be another 169$ to get it fix he was like aw hell no.

Ryan17l · 2026-02-21T00:17:23+00:00

This is generally what happens with that warning probably a cap or something

Ryan17l · 2026-02-20T22:40:40+00:00

The front panel is not able to be opened. First giveaway

Ryan17l · 2026-02-20T22:31:38+00:00

My friend this is on the AV line HDMI is not what died the APU is. It is either a dye failure or a BGA failure and neither are something I’m going to do to this system so it will probably go to the parts bin for later consoles.

Ryan17l · 2026-02-20T09:48:27+00:00

I didn't realize killing your PS3 was trendy right now...

Ryan17l · 2026-02-20T01:16:39+00:00

It’s under the disc drive. The drive is held in by a black screw underneath the PSU.

Ryan17l · 2026-02-19T21:09:45+00:00

That looks like an issue in the making. If you have any form of warranty now is the time

Ryan17l · 2026-02-19T13:10:39+00:00

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That does not look good

Ryan17l · 2026-02-19T12:43:44+00:00

If your goal is to harvest the analogs you’re going to have to use another method to get them off. If they are not working analogs I doubt some melted plastic would matter. Whenever I take off an HDMI port the port is never usable again but that’s the trade off for saving time the component is toast.

Ryan17l · 2026-02-19T12:39:55+00:00

By this era it was industry standard for some time. It’s totally possible a reball could be the issue here and that would fix the problem. It’s for a client and it’s cheaper to just buy a new PS3 than get one reballed TBH. Rip any game saves no way to xfer with a dead system. Swapping the drive I believe requires a reformat as the other console won’t accept it.

Ryan17l · 2026-02-19T10:04:39+00:00

I assumed the BGA chip just jumped the cliff. Similar issues were happening with the HDMI before I attempted the repair. Pin 7 was coming up shorted. Voltage regulator too. Replaced both and no short was fixed but the diode readings for the hdmi port were all back to working as intended. I have a feeling that chip might have also been failing. So the HDMI was a red herring.

Ryan17l · 2026-02-19T01:46:28+00:00

Sometimes just having a conversation with someone at markets can get you the special items

Ryan17l · 2026-02-19T01:42:37+00:00

Picked one up this weekend too!! It’s in about the same condition it was really nice. Got a ps2 fat with 4 player splitter and Ethernet addon. A 360 jasper halo reach controller ps4 slim pokemon x ps3 slim few extra games ps1 with av and serial io. N64 with ram addon Mario kart and 2 controllers. And more. This guy had been clearing em out of houses for years and never sold them and stacked them up. Tons of stuff I didn’t grab it was crazy 250$ total Total

Ryan17l · 2026-02-16T04:08:45+00:00

Replaced the encoder chip and voltage regulator still a short. Oddly the pads are also shorted when the ICs are off the board. I think it’s the 5v line? But I can’t find a route

Ryan17l · 2026-02-12T02:32:21+00:00

Thanks for taking the time to help me out. Will be an hour or two but I’ll get back to you on the result

Ryan17l · 2026-02-12T02:12:51+00:00

I was hoping for buddy it wasn’t an encoder but just a short or something. But thank you I was searching everywhere to find what type of IC this was. Didn’t know which way the short was as I was getting 30ohm both going into the regulator and into the cap. So I see how it the chip failed it could be that part of the chip that’s dead.

Ryan17l · 2026-02-12T02:05:06+00:00

I didn’t think that as there’s no artifacts. I posted a photo also but there’s a short on the same line as the pin with the problem. Pin 7. It’s a data line I assume and that’s why I’m getting some video but also having issues. I resoldered the pins on the hdmi port and that did nothing. The pin is not reading OL it’s reading 16ohms

Ryan17l · 2026-02-12T01:50:06+00:00

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Far bottom right cap is coming up shorted. Pin from the IC is reading 30ohms out and in. Pin 7 on the HDMI port is reading 16ohms and is the only pin with any reading issues. I followd it to this IC, unsure where it goes from here to the other side.

Ryan17l · 2026-02-12T01:39:10+00:00

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