Changing Thermal pads, Thermal Paste and Delidding 60GB Fat PS3!!!

After getting a fat PS3 I wanted to make sure it was cleaned up and kept up so that I wouldn't have to worry about it overheating and yellow lighting. So this is the process of cleaning it up and changing out the thermal pads, thermal paste, and even delidding the CPU and GPU. This isn't the last you will see of this PS3 either I've also added a fan mod and SSHD as well as cleaned and buffed up the top plastic to get out the majority of the scratches! I hope you Enjoy, Don't forget to subscribe!!!

[PepsiManX]

I just replaced the thermal paste and all thermal pads, however I’m too scared to de-lid it, lol.

[hokahn]

I didn’t really watch the tutorial while repasting mine, but the music slapped. This was support enough.

[mateobean]

jfc, I was absolutely CRINGING at that delidding.

[fasttechvideo]

Hold on to your backwards compatible units because they will skyrocket in price very soon :) . Also good job on the de-lid but there are easier methods (I did a video on this if you want to check it out).
Also I would recommend upgrading the power supply to a APS-231 which emits less heat and upgrade to liquid metal (only between the chip die and IHS and NOT on top as the heatsink is aluminum)

[flamespear]

I've heard that the glue around the CPU is silicone based and because of that using heat on it is useless. I'm going to try the slow razor blade method as the painters knives I've seen more people have trouble with. Thank you for making this video!

[GLOCKASAURUSREX]

What I like about this video versus other peoples videos no matter how technical or how long they want to drag the video on what I love about your video is that you turn your PlayStation on after you’re done to make sure that it worked !

[dudemanjones]

Just bought a fat ps3. So excited! I really prefer the look of the fat over my slim ps3.

[nossdog]

Thank you for the video! You covered the basics.

[nequleg]

10:27 i felt my soul leave my body when that IHS popped off

[Tenpete]

Your post-process VO did WONDERS for my anxiety. I didn't even delid my A model, and I was still holding my breath. When I powered it up, I got a storage error code, and I thought, "Cool, I bricked my only model A." Turns out you need to put the hard drive back in... felt embarrassed and relieved all at once. Nice video!

[david_tm]

Cool! I thought about delidding but it might be too much of hassle to do and I'll just do the eraser mod (or thermal pad in this case) behind the CPU. Seems the painter's knife and fishing wire looked harder to cut the glue than others had shown in videos. I think they're too dull/thick or not stiff enough to cut the glue. Maybe one day I'll do it with like NSC's delidding tool which have a sharp edge.

I'm also planning on polishing/wet sanding the PS3 shell to remove the scratches on the PS3 I brought!

[vFxMzModz]

Nice work!
One question about the minus pad 8, are they safe to use under the cpu on the pins? cause they need to be non-electrical conductive as i know or it will frie everything
Thanks!

[JoeMoore]

I just bought the same one, 60 gb backwards compatible, and it wasn’t the best condition but cheap and it worked good for a few weeks now it has trouble spitting out the games and at one point I had to pull it out, like one of the issues I think you said you had! So I’m just praying it’s just needing to be cleaned!

[cssplayer]

I totally watched this video for the tutorial 😎

[mlgleonardo]

Did you install custom firmware or stock? i think controlling the fan speed is essential for these even after delid to keep the temps below 70c

[phoenixxineohp]

Hi
Just bought a PS3 slim and thinking of doing the same as I already have the kryonaut and the time...
You seemed to have left the 'white glue' on what i guess is the GPU dedicated RAM
Just wonder why you did'nt clean all the components of the GPU?
Wouldn't have it better to clean all the 5 components and apply grizzly kryonaut (or even the new extreme) on of all of them ?
Anyway, great video to explain all the steps
Happy to have a slim, not PS1/PS2 compatible, but easier to disassemble/reassemble...
Thx

[TheDODoubleGee]

I'm about to be working on one of these myself. I like ure flossing method. Did u remember to changer ure CMOS battery? I will be doing that also. Thanx for the great video.

[thefifthdoctor]

I changed the thermal paste a couple years ago but omitted to changed thermal pads. Is it worth doing if my temps are good? Conscious of how long it takes to open and risk of damaging.

[blastechee-]

This is my favorite console ever!
I have 9 CECH-A01, 1 CECH-B01, 1 CECH-G01, 2 CECH-P01, 1 Slim and 1 Super Slim.
Those consoles were like your model dusty and needed some PM done to them.

1:11 CECH-B01 is hardware based backwards compatible and also has the Emotion Engine. CECH-B01 has almost an identical board as CECH-A01. CECH-B01 just does not have the memory card readers or WI-FI.
Sony only produced these consoles for six months (Nov 2006-April 2007).

1:17 A few consoles I have done some PM work on, the thermal pads were dry as this disc drive pad was.

7:00 is that Stitch!? Seems you like the Stitch character.

10:00 You actually do not need heat to remove the IHS.
11:20 this board takes a lot of heat that is why Sony made the board so thick.
But yes, applying heat the IHS would eventually transfer the die as well.
Sony really did a disservice by gluing the IHS down on the PS3 models.

The only model I can think of where the IHS is missing is the PS3 Super Slim GPU this is an 40NM die. (Whereas the CECH-A01 has a 90NM GPU die). The heat pipe sits right on the die on the Super Slim. A screw pushes the heat pipe on to the die surface of the PS3 Super Slim.

The CELL IHS to remove I use a number one painter's knife dip the knife blade into 99% Isopropyl Alcohol. This reduces the knife's friction on the adhesive a little.

Everyone has their own method just find one that works for yourself. Never tried or seen the fishing line method before. (I was wondering why you had gloves on) fishing line tough on hands.

12:45 you could also delid on the South Bridge chip it has thermal glue all the way around the die (no open slot) but the adhesive is not as thick as the CPU IHS.
This paste under the IHS on the South Bridge die was dry as well.

The ram chips do get some voltage applied them hence the thermal pads on top and bottom of the board.
These are 1mm to 1 1/2 mm thick, South Bridge is 2mm thick (I measured the thickness of each thermal pad) I am that person.

I have seen the CECH-G01 model have a small pad on the underside of the CPU. The CECH-P01 does as well, CECH-P01 model also has the 65NM CPU and GPU dies.

16:22 tighten the CPU/GPU clamps more in a uniform pattern tightening one side may squeeze the paste to one side. Saw the pattern improve once the clamps were beginning to tighten down.

The thermal pad under the disc drive is 2mm thick I did not see you replace that one (I know you stated did not have enough new thermal pads to replace all the old ones).

You got my sub! Just randomly found your channel!
22:33 I was looking for the PS3 Easy Chill cooling fan mod video.
Is that on another channel?

Plus, I like you as a host to all your videos!
If you see this drop me a line as to my thoughts on your PS3 clean delid video.

Looking forward to watching more of your videos.
I watched one video you stated you had 23 consoles could you direct me to the video (if filmed of course) of what the consoles are.

Thanks for a detailed PS3 video always looking to learn more about the PS3!

[PatSmashYT]

Saying that CECHB and CECHC aren't backwards compatible is a fallacy. CECHB was the cheap launch model and is the exact same as the CECHA internally only without the wifi and memory card slots as well as a 20gb hard drive. CECHC was the PAL launch model and it has the same internals as the CECHE except for the power supply which is the only one that isn't universal voltage. The ones that aren't backwards compatible are CECHG onwards