So how do you 'fix' the cooling?
I have one i repaired about 2 months ago and its still working fine but fan ramps up a fair bit after around half an hour, not too loud but almost on par with my pc!
Also my fan doesnt ramp back down it just stays at the same level until you shut it down. Don't know if thats normal or not.
I found the heatsink doesnt make very good contact with the RSX / CPU and it needed a bit more thermal paste and clamp bending to make it sit flush. Im thinking of taking it apart again, adding IC Diamond TIM, Copper Shims and new clamps and maybe an extra fan on the back but i dont want to spend much on it incase the YLOD reappears which i expect it will!
The design is rubbish, the heatsink and fan sit right at the bottom of the consol with no holes for airflow on the base and no fans drawing cold air in. The model i have is a 60GB launch day model also bought it 2006. It only YLOD 2 months ago, i used a heatgun, liquid flux and AS5 and has been working ever since
Its such a bummer yours has YLOD after watercooling it....something must be wrong....are you sure water was actually being pumped around the system correctly?
I have one i repaired about 2 months ago and its still working fine but fan ramps up a fair bit after around half an hour, not too loud but almost on par with my pc!
Also my fan doesnt ramp back down it just stays at the same level until you shut it down. Don't know if thats normal or not.
I found the heatsink doesnt make very good contact with the RSX / CPU and it needed a bit more thermal paste and clamp bending to make it sit flush. Im thinking of taking it apart again, adding IC Diamond TIM, Copper Shims and new clamps and maybe an extra fan on the back but i dont want to spend much on it incase the YLOD reappears which i expect it will!
The design is rubbish, the heatsink and fan sit right at the bottom of the consol with no holes for airflow on the base and no fans drawing cold air in. The model i have is a 60GB launch day model also bought it 2006. It only YLOD 2 months ago, i used a heatgun, liquid flux and AS5 and has been working ever since
Its such a bummer yours has YLOD after watercooling it....something must be wrong....are you sure water was actually being pumped around the system correctly?
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either that or someone was lying. I have never tried anything like that with a console 
