PS3 classic shut down with Red Blinking Light?
Channel: Grown-Ups who play games
Date: 2014-02-16

UPDATE: Alas this fix was not permanent. It work for a good month.. but i failed to fix it again. http://instagram.com/p/lmRIjdgxsj/ ... Remember to back up your drive quickly if you get it running again.

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Got an old original PS3 which starts green, then goes yellow and suddenly shut down and starts blinking it´s red light? Then you should know that your ps3 is still fixable. 

The reason it´s not working is because its GPU or CPU is overheated. The reason it is overheated is because that the Thermal Paste on the processors is so old that it is no longer effective. Because, believe it or not, the Thermal Paste only has a durability of approximately 8 years.

To fix it you must replace the paste and reset the solder connections by heating the board.

This sounds complicated but its actually not so bad.  But as with anything you open there is always a chance of something going wrong, so proceed at your own risk.

General notes on what you need:
- New Thermal Paste (Radio Shack / Teknikmagasinet for scandinavia or similar)
- Medium and small phillips head screwdriver
- A torque (star) screwdriver - alternatively a right size flat head screwdriver can also work
- Heat gun - alternatively a normal hairdryer can also do the trick

Here is a link to Rob Papallo thorough tutorial on how to disassemble and fix your ps3 (part 1/3): - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbb4G4J6Y4M

If you just want to eject your blueray disk and back up your system, there is a quick fix that don´t require you to disassemble your system. But this will most likely only work for a couple of days/hours.

But if you by chance did not effectively heat up your board the first time, this technique worked for me as a second attempt after replacing the thermal paste.

fatpreacherman - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovt_2Bq2ZdU