Where can you get a ps3 reball done?

Briguyatx

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Does anyone have firsthand experience or suggestions of places to get a ps3 reballed to fix the YLOD? I have googled around a bit, and I am a bit leery of all the places that pop up as potentials.
 
I am not sure if you are going to be able to find what you are looking for. I did a little research when mine went YLOD and came to the conclusion that most of the fixes were just short term patches. The biggest thing they are good for is getting your PS3 to work long enough to get some saves off the hard drive if you need them. A few months down the line it seems like it will happen again. I decided to just buy a new one. Good luck.
 
Have you checked Craigslist for local experts? I had my Xbox 360 worked on a couple years ago by a local guy who was very experienced and filled me in on the whole procedure he was doing. The price was comparable to going with a online vendor, but not having to ship the unit added significant piece of mind.
 
Sony replaced my 60GB launch system for $115. I had a new one in only 4 days. Not sure what most places are charging for it, but I didn't think that was all that bad.
 
you may be lucky and Sony will offer to send you a replacement slim for $99. My 60 GB just died and they offered to do this for me.
 
Find a shop local if you can, I used FavGeek in Decatur, Al and they have a re-flow machine and they re-flowed mine and cleaned it out for $55.

I have a fat 60.
 
I am not sure if you are going to be able to find what you are looking for. I did a little research when mine went YLOD and came to the conclusion that most of the fixes were just short term patches. The biggest thing they are good for is getting your PS3 to work long enough to get some saves off the hard drive if you need them. A few months down the line it seems like it will happen again. I decided to just buy a new one. Good luck.

No there is a permanent fix. You were confusing the things you researched or didn't understand it properly and most people make this same mistake.

A reball is the permanent fix. The temporary fix is the reflow. The reflow (using the bake in an oven or heat gun method) simply reflows the old, stock solder to close the gaps and cracks that have formed via expansion and contraction with heat over the time.

Reballing entails desoldering the entire BGA chips off the board. Cleaning off all the original solder, and replacing it with balls of new, modern, and high quality solder that is far superior to the original stuff that was cheap, lead-free, and cracks over time.

I bought new solder balls, the reballing stencil, and used a friend's company's engineering equipment to reball.
 
Find a shop local if you can, I used FavGeek in Decatur, Al and they have a re-flow machine and they re-flowed mine and cleaned it out for $55.

I have a fat 60.

Reflow is just temporary and can be done with a heat gun, oven, towel, or the machine. It will never last like a reball would.
 
No there is a permanent fix. You were confusing the things you researched or didn't understand it properly and most people make this same mistake.

A reball is the permanent fix. The temporary fix is the reflow. The reflow (using the bake in an oven or heat gun method) simply reflows the old, stock solder to close the gaps and cracks that have formed via expansion and contraction with heat over the time.

Reballing entails desoldering the entire BGA chips off the board. Cleaning off all the original solder, and replacing it with balls of new, modern, and high quality solder that is far superior to the original stuff that was cheap, lead-free, and cracks over time.

I bought new solder balls, the reballing stencil, and used a friend's company's engineering equipment to reball.


1. reball isn't forever either

2. for the price you could just get a slim from sony
 
1. reball isn't forever either

2. for the price you could just get a slim from sony

A reball is a good as permanent if you get good soldering and a decent reballing/surface mount equipment.

For me, the cost of reballing was only $15 for the balls and stencil as I have access to industrial equipment.

For others though, the cost of reballing may be worth it if they have an old system on 3.55 firmware and they don't want to buy a new PS3 that can't be jailbroken.
 
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