Repair: PS3 – Yellow Light of Death
PS3 mainboard about to be reflowed due to the yellow light of death
Problem: Yellow light of death
Solution: Reflow of the GPU (The RSX chip)
Fixed? Yes
Posted at 21:02 on November 6, 2009 | leave a comment | Filed Under: Game Consoles, Playstation 3, Repair | Tagged: broadband engine, cell, chip, cpu, gpu, mainboard, ps3, reflow, rsx, sony, yellow light of death | read on
Repair: Iomega Minimax External HDD disassembly
Iomega Minimax External HDD disassembly
Problem: No power. Blue light on the front flickers once when powered up
Solution: Re soldered the DC socket. Re flowed the chips and performed a continuity test on the components.
Fixed? No. I suspect one of the Chips have died but without an Oscilloscope to test the chips I am unable to [...]
Posted at 20:55 on November 6, 2009 | leave a comment | Filed Under: Repair | Tagged: apple, external, hard disc drive, hdd, iomega, mac mini, minimax | read on