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PC Savants has been reballing PS3, Xbox, Laptops, and other game consoles since 2011.

This service includes a delid of both processors, replacement of thermal pads, and cleaning of your PS3 console. Can be performed on any model PS3.

Console will be completed as soon as humanly possible, usually within 5 Days, but could take longer depending on how many consoles we are working on at the time. If you console has other issues this will also cause a delay. We had to put a 40 day handling time because we've had customers wait 2-3 weeks after purchase to send us their console and eBay starts counting our return date as soon as you buy the listing.

Your PS3 will ALWAYS be worked on while on a board jig to prevent mainboard flex, ESPECIALLY when Delidding a processor. We NEVER delid a processor with the board on our laps or on a table where the mainboard can flex and break solder connections. This is how you get an intermittent problem that nobody can fix.

WE SERVICE ALL CONSOLES. OPENED AND SEALED. WE CAN FIX ANY MODEL PS3 REGARDLESS OF ITS CONDITION.

DO I NEED THIS SERVICE:

If your PS3 is very loud or the console works for a few minutes then gets YLOD it probably needs this service. If your console hasnt been serviced within the past 5 years it could also use this service.

SERVICE INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING:

CELL/RSX

CELL Delid. Serviced with high quality Thermal Paste.

RSX Delid. Serviced with high quality Thermal Paste.

THERMALS

All thermal pads replaced with new 12.8 w/mk pads. We use pads the same size and thickness and only in the same places Sony put them. We never put them on the CELL, RSX or TOKINs.

Internal Heat Spreaders (IHS) on each chip and heat sink surfaces will be cleaned of residual adhesives, fluxes, and other residue.

CLEANING

Clean residual fluxes on board. Plastic shell and internal components brushed clean and sprayed with compressed air to remove dust. Exterior wiped down.

POWER SUPPLY

Inspect and replace leaking Power Supply capacitors. Verify proper output voltages. We will inform you if you have a ZSSR power supply that should be replaced.

NEC TOKINs

NEC TOKINS replaced at user request, or if power related errors are present, for an additional fee. We will inspect them with an Oscilloscope to verify proper operation.

UNDERVOLTING

Undervolting requires a considerable amount of time for stability testing so this is now optional but highly recommended.

BURN-IN / TESTING

We have switched to mainly testing in GTA V as it has the best combination of CELL/RSX usage for testing. We run multiple, 3-5 hours long, burn in sessions over 2-3 days. We allow our systems to go through multiple heat soak cycles of running for a few hours, then letting it sit, and doing it again.

ADDITIONAL SERVICES:

If you require other services not listed here we can probably do those as well. Please contact us for more info.

UNDERVOLTING

Undervolting is a safe way to lower temperatures and extend the life of the CELL/RSX processor. We undervolt the console to target a maximum in game temperature of 66C at 28% max fan speed. Some will beat this range and others will not but the majority hits these targets.

OVERCLOCKING

Overclock the PS3 RSX processor to increase the frame rate by around 10-15%. May slightly decrease the life of the processor but thats subjective. Running the chips with a higher than needed voltage will decrease the life of the chip more than a small overclock. The addition of the undervolt makes this argument moot in our opinion. We've seen 40nm chips set as high as 1.1V while weve never seen one that will not run perfectly fine at 0.900V. 200mV might not seem like much to a processor that is a lot. The overclock only applies while in game and can be easily disabled if you experience any problems.

TOKIN REPLACEMENT

We use BRAND NEW high quality, Low ESR KEMET or PANASONIC Tantalum capacitors, bought directly for authorized US resellers, and phat consoles receive an additional set of MLCC capacitors for additional signal filtering. We've repaired plenty of Frankenstein consoles and more than half of them had +15 year old tantalum capacitors from a slim console. You're buying used parts that have already surpassed their finite lifespan of 1000 hours.

$80 per 4 TOKINs, $150 for all 8. Includes RIP-Felix designed Tantalizer boards.

BLURAY

Clean and service BluRay drive. Remove all dirt and dust, clean laser, lubricate laser drive rails, and gears. Drive tested to confirm that PS1 PS2 PS3 and BluRay discs operate correctly.

$15

CLEANING

Exterior plastic pieces washed with detergent, including the metal shell around the motherboard and heatsink assembly, plastic lightly polished. All of the dirt in the vents will be cleaned. This helps to remove residual cigarette smoke smell.

$15

HEATSINK POLISHING

Heatsinks sanded with polished to a mirror finish. This process takes nearly an hour to do complete.

$30

TOP COVER POLISH

Top cover sanded with 600-3000 grit sandpaper, polished and waxed. This process takes more than an hour to complete.

$45

HARD DRIVE UPGRADES

Up to 1TB mechanical drives or SSD hard drives available. We have new and used drives available.

EXTENDED WARRANTY

Increase warranty from 1 to 2 years.

$100

INSTRUCTIONS:

Purchase auction and send us a message and we will give you the shipping address.

Properly package your item and ship to the provided address. You should wrap the edge of your console in bubble wrap to protect the edges. Loose items always come in damaged. If you shake the box and can feel the console moving around you packed it wrong.

YOU MUST INCLUDE A SHEET OF PAPER WITH: Your FULL NAME, EBAY USERNAME, CONSOLE SERIAL, MODEL NUMBER, and a brief description of the problem.

FAILURE TO INCLUDE THIS INFORMATION COULD RESULT IN YOUR CONSOLE BEING LOST. We have a dozen consoles delivered to us each week and have no way of telling if your console is one that needs to be worked on or disassembled for parts.

DO NOT SEND CABLES OR CONTROLLERS UNLESS INSTRUCTED. IT WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL SHIPPING CHARGES

Please remember your console will need 2-3 additional days for testing, if problems arise your console will be delayed.