PS3 Yellow Light of Death Repair in Northampton

If you no longer have a warranty on your Playstation 3 and it has the Yellow Light of Death also known as the YLoD there is still hope. Some of you may know that the YLoD is a sign displayed by the PS3's "Main Light" when there is a general hardware failure. While this can be caused by any part on the PS3, the general cause is from excessive usage and over heating, which stress the solder joints on the CPU and GPU and other BGA components. I Need Technical Support have reflowed over 200 PS3's and have a high success rate with this Yellow Light of Death repair.

Repair Time - 1 hour
Difficulty - 7/10
Cost - £30

Here is the process we use for reflowing your PS3 GPU, CPU or SB:-

* Carefully we dismantle your PS3.
* We then fully clean the PS3 motherboard and all components using specialist materials.
* The motherboard is then preheated and soaked on a thermal bed.
* Using specialist equipment the GPU, CPU or SB solder balls are heated to liquidus.
* The GPU, CPU or SB cold solder joint/s will then rectify best they can.
* The motherboard then cools down for a period of time.
* Carefully we re-assemble your PS3.
* The PS3 is then stability tested.

For a more guaranteed fix take a look at our PS3 Reballing Service.

Yellow Light of Death Reflowing is the most common method of reworking a PS3 GPU or other BGA component. The goal of the yellow light of death repair reflow process is to melt the solder balls and heat the adjoining surfaces, repairing any cold solder joints the lead free solder may have. All without overheating and damaging the component. The PS3 Yellow Light of Death Reflow Service comes with a 168 hour return to workshop repair warranty.

Contact us now on 07730 190826 and get your PS3 back up and running.