I have fixed several PS3 and the YT guides make me cringe. the first thing to do is not get it nice and hot but, get a griddle an establish a nice hot pre heat so the board doesn't warp and ruin more BGA connections! I use the griddle just like i would put a graphics card on a baking sheet, by using aluminum foil balls.
The solder is gonna be high temp but, if your using a heat gun you have to be careful because they are way powerful and will fry stuff with shear heat alone. You are also gonna need home made diffusers ( giant tips/end) that are square and are the just tiny bit bigger than the chips (gpu/cpu). [I'll try to post pictures when i can]
You are also wanna make cooling modifications so it doesn't YLOD again, trust me just AS5 alone doesn't work I have had customers come back.
As far as the hard drive, the faster the better. I once saw a news article where they install an SSD and it made a noticeable performance increase
Edited by cdoublejj - 10/15/12 at 1:15am
The solder is gonna be high temp but, if your using a heat gun you have to be careful because they are way powerful and will fry stuff with shear heat alone. You are also gonna need home made diffusers ( giant tips/end) that are square and are the just tiny bit bigger than the chips (gpu/cpu). [I'll try to post pictures when i can]
You are also wanna make cooling modifications so it doesn't YLOD again, trust me just AS5 alone doesn't work I have had customers come back.
As far as the hard drive, the faster the better. I once saw a news article where they install an SSD and it made a noticeable performance increase
Edited by cdoublejj - 10/15/12 at 1:15am
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Chris-PC
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Core 2 Haf
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Acer 5920G
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| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| C2Q Q9550 | ASUS P5E3 Deluxe Wifi-AP | GTX 570 | Samsung Green |
| Hard Drive | Cooling | OS | OS |
| 55gb, 320Gb, 500GB, 1TB | Hyper 212 EVO | Win 7 Ultimate 64bit | Lubuntu 12.10 x64 |
| OS | Power | Case | |
| OS X 10.6.8 | TX750 | Haf 912 | |
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I want to put a hole in the bottom like yours. 
