Anyone tried these shims on ps3

[darcu5]

Hi, wondered if anyone had tried these shims to fix a ps3 Playstation 3/PS3/Slim Yellow Light of Death/YLOD Complete Shims Fix/Repair Kit | eBay

My nephews ps3 has a problem with the graphics freezing after a few minutes of playing a game, i played a dvd through it the other day and it was still going well after 4 hours, then i started it up again after an hour and it wouldn't even stay on long enough to load a game...
Going to have a go at re-flowing the graphics chip with a heat gun and stick on the shims & new thermal past.
Do you think the shims will make a better fix??? it is the ps3 slim.
Any tips? Before spending a fortune on another ps3 i thought for the sake of ?8 i would give this fix a try.

[andy1weir]

if its still under waranty take it back, or trade it in if you havent already opened it, and get another one with a bigger hdd, that way they dont ask questions,

eventually it will get ylod, and the fixes for it generally dont last long

[darcu5]

warranty is out now, it was bought over 12 month ago.. didn't think about trade in.. don't they check it over to see if it's working ok; or do they just do a straight swap?

[pacUKmak]

DIY fixes usually last a month or two tops....Done mine on friday night so il keep doing it as it only takes around 1hr start to finish, Il buy a new 40gb from play.com for ?150 sell the controller for ?30 and buy a new 500hdd and bobs my new uncle

[andy1weir]

theyll check that it loads up ok and that it reads bluray, they wont play it thye just do a quick check to make sure its reading discs fine etc

[darcu5]

theyll check that it loads up ok and that it reads bluray, they wont play it thye just do a quick check to make sure its reading discs fine etc

It wouldnt stay on long enough to load a game , done the shim fix today, a reflux and reflow, it's up and running again now; for how long i don't know.. will tell him to back all his stuff up off it b4 it goes again

[andy1weir]

Hi, wondered if anyone had tried these shims to fix a ps3 Playstation 3/PS3/Slim Yellow Light of Death/YLOD Complete Shims Fix/Repair Kit | eBay

My nephews ps3 has a problem with the graphics freezing after a few minutes of playing a game,

sorry m8 i just when i read that bit if it lasted long enough just to load games they wouldve took it

[darcu5]

Yeh it just took dikki fits m8, when i got it off him i played a blue ray dvd twice without a problem, then i turned it off.. an hour later i turned it back on and tried a mw2 in it but it went all divvy, so i left it off for 24hrs and tried it, again screen freeze before game could load, so i couldn't really take it shop as nowing my luck they would of tested it and it not work .. thanks for the suggestion tho, i would of preffered to take shop and exhange, will see how long it last for now tho and tell him to start saving up