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Gophermods Review | PS3 Repair Service | PS3 YLOD, PS3 Yellow Light of Death
Gophermods Review | PS3 Repair Service | PS3 YLOD, PS3 Yellow Light of Death
Gophermods Review | PS3 Repair Service | PS3 YLOD, PS3 Yellow Light of Death

Sony PlayStation 3 Blinking Red Light/ Yellow Light Repair

Console Symptoms:

Does your PS3 console only turn on for a brief few seconds? Does it flash a blinking red light at you constantly? View the video to the right:

This repair service is for the:

* Blinking Red Light

* Yellow Light of Death

* Overheating

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Paste Means Cooler Console Temperatures:

With its unique high-density filling of micronized silver and enhanced thermally conductive ceramic particles, Arctic Silver 5 provides a new level of performance and stability.Other thermal pastes just can't compete with the 3 to 12 degrees centigrade lower CPU full load core temperatures than standard thermal compounds or thermal pads when measured with a calibrated thermal diode imbedded in the CPU core.

All our repairs include the use of Arctic Silver 5 products.

Visit Arctic Silver Inc, for more details.

Arctic Silver 5 Products used in all our repairs!

Zephyrtronics ZT-7000 BGA, CSP & SMT Reflow System Guarantees Long Lasting and Effective Repairs:

Hot Air Rework, BGA & SMD Station used by Gophermods.com

The ZT-7 System is the very same one used by NASA and JPL for soldering on the two successful Mars Rovers launched in 2003, and more recently with the Phoenix project. NASA wrote: the Zephyr system makes "mounting/removal of through-hole and surface mount components easier than routine bench top methods" and "minimizes thermal stresses due to temperature differentials during assembly and rework" and "enables the mounting of BGA's and other hidden pin packages on site.”

 

Don't be fooled by other companies using IR systems that might repair the PCB temporarily, but that can actually do more harm than good to the board and chips. You want complete re flow of then entire ball of solder on every connection, not just tangential re flow that can open up again if the board flexes.

 

Visit Zephyrtronics, for more information.

 

24 Hour Turnaround:

Gophermods.com 24 Hour Turn Around Guarantee!

As soon as we receive your console it takes us less than 24 hours to get it repaired and fully functional. UPS, FedEx both deliver in the afternoonat our shop, your console is often shipped back out the following day via Fedex Ground.

We are the fastest repair operation in the states, other companies are just too large and have too many orders to be able to repair quicker than us. With our operation and professional experience, you can be guaranteed you will be back gaming in a few short days.

 

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Tosh Reviewed by Tosh
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I sent out my PS3 out on Dec 10th (Friday) and got it back Dec 20th (Monday). Sent ground both ways via FedEx and during the holidays no less. So impressive shipping time, actually arrived back a day before the estimated arrival time.

I received an email from Gophermods when my PS3 arrived and when it was fixed and sent back. They did receive it, repair it and send it back with 24 hours, pretty impressive. So nice piece of mind there. PS3 is running fine so far. It came with some detailed instructions.

The PS3's they repair for the YLOD, they use a brand new thermal paste that has a curing time of 200 hours. Your console will not be able to cool effectively until the thermal paste is cured completely which requires a full 200 hours of several heating and cooling cycles. So for the 2 months are you expected to follow these rules:

* Do no play for more than 2 hours at a time.
* After 1-2 hours of of use turn the unit completely off and allow to cool for 15-25 minutes
* Then you can turn it back on for another 1 - 2 hours. Rinse and repeat :)
* Do not run other programs that keep your console running 24/7. For example Folding@Home

After 2 months and complete curing of the new Arctic Silver 5 thermal pastes, play as long as you wish.

So I've been keeping track of how many "heating and cooling" cycles. When the thermal paste is fully cured, I would have used it 100 different times.

The cost for the repair is very reasonable, only $69.99 and comes with a free 60 day warranty. I got the 6 month extended warranty for $29.99. It cost me about $14 to ship it to them via FedEx Ground. So not bad.

Another plus is you get your same PS3 back so no lost game saves! If your PS3 got the YLOD when your game is in your console. You can get your game back out. If you where to send your unit to Sony you can get a "repair" which is NOT your same unit or they offer to replace it with a PS3 Slim. This service from Sony was $150 last time I checked.

Even if you backed up your PS3 hard drive beforehand or recently. Your locked game saves will not transfer to a new console straight from the back up USB hard drive. Now you can directly transfer all data from one PS3 to another. But you need both running. For a list of locked game saved check out this list compiled by PS3Blog.net:

http://www.ps3blog.net/2009/08/26/locked-game-saves-on-the-ps3/

I'll update this review after my thermal paste has fully cured.