Recommended Thermal Paste for PS3 (Issue resolved)

[RACECAR]

So my PS3 has YLOD on me again. Because I don't want to spend anymore money on repair, I'm attempting to repair it myself. Now before I did anything, I've done a lot of research on how to open up the PS3, how to disconnect certain parts like the Blu-ray drive and the Power supply and even found out about the heat sinks. Thanks to several videos, I have been able to open my PS3 and put everything back where it was so I've already got an idea as to where everything is.

Now I'm going about trying to get thermal paste for my PS3 and would like to ask what would be the best quality one for it that'll last much longer and will take not a lot of time to cure.

 

[TB]

I assume that you can use the same as a PC so get a small tube of Arctic Silver 5. 👍

 

[sesselpupser]

I've used AS5 in the past, works fine.

 

[nick09]

I personally use Gelid Extreme thermal paste. With this type of thermal paste it's best to use the included applicator to spread the paste over the entire CPU and GPU chips. Also they are large chips so you should use amounts in the size of a pea or slightly larger to cover the whole thing. The paste is also non-conductive so you have no worry of the paste touching the motherboard and frying the PS3.

 

[trackripper123]

I used AS5 to fix mine, worked well for about 4-5 months before it YLOD'ed again, I suspect that's about as good as it gets though, as it's not a permanent fix as such.

 

[sesselpupser]

I used AS5 to fix mine, worked well for about 4-5 months before it YLOD'ed again, I suspect that's about as good as it gets though, as it's not a permanent fix as such.

Oh, yeah, I should add that my PS3 (actually my brother's, mine was replaced immediately because I just wanted to play GT5 - my fat PS3 YLOD'd on GT5's release day...) also YLOD'd again a few months after I used AS5 but that's about what you'd expect if you don't get the BGA reballed. The thermal paste doesn't really do much to prevent another YLOD after the first one.

 

[Grayfox]

I use Arctic Cooling MX-4 on everything that needs thermal paste.

 

[Ridox2JZGTE]

I use Arctic Cooling MX-4 on everything that needs thermal paste.

Same, MX4 - but it didn't fix my YLOD, now I am going to try hair dryer trick, read it on Youtube that it works.

 

[cueball]

Same, MX4 - but it didn't fix my YLOD, now I am going to try hair dryer trick, read it on Youtube that it works.

It does work, but I highly recommend a regular heat gun instead of a hair dryer. I nursed my old Fatty through a few months using the fix. It's not permanent, so expect to redo it now and then.

 

[RACECAR]

Update: Forgot to mention this weeks ago, but I got a new PS3 and my original reason to get thermal paste is now gone because I got the GT5 disc out myself

I had already taken the PS3 apart before to see where the heat sinks are (in preparation for said Thermal paste), but I never got so far as to disassemble the Blu-ray player. So I started by taking off the cover and taking the top off:

And then I unplugged and removed the Blu-ray Player:

Then I took off the metal cover around it as well as disconnected the little circuit board:

And I got to the drive itself

Took off the top part and voila, the disc came out.


So I got my GT5 disc out of my dead PS3 without paying a single dollar for it, or for the paste

I've since then put the whole thing back together with all the parts exactly where they were before and have been enjoying GT5 in my Super Slim PS3.

With that done, problem has now been solved 👍