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: , , , , , , , , , , | 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: , , , , , , | read on

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