So, I bought a PS3 Slim for 45€ with 1 controller and 1 game. So, since he said, there was no signal on the TV, I figured it was an easy fix. I was horribly wrong! So, I turned it on with my AV in, TV said No signal, used HDMI, no signal, tried to switch video modes by holding power button. that didn't work, because holding it and hearing a second beep, it went off, I also can't enter safe mode in any way.
I disassembled it and cleaned it, I found a lot of gunk inside and even spiderwebs... creepy, eh? Anyways, I cleaned it all up. Didn't reassemble yet, but tried to turn it on, still no luck. I haven't changed the thermal paste yet(I don't have any at the moment), but will do it later. I also tried a coin trick, by adding a coin between a thermal plate on the GPU, still no luck, tried it on the CPU also, still no luck.
So, I ran out of options, later on, I tried replacing HDD's, no luck, formatted stock HDD at FAT32, still no luck. I also tried a tutorial to force boot safe mode from USB, did that and I was like, WTF?? It semi-worked, because I did it(no safe mode on-screen by the way) and the no signal went away. Turned the system off, black screen but no signal is gone, after a few tried, No signal came back. Then I ran out of options again.
Some extra info, the Blu-Ray drive works, because it spits and eats discs, even starts spinning inside and trying to read aswell, but TV behaves the same way(no signal). Sometimes the fan even goes overdrive. The HDD light never blinks, but HDD turns on and stays on. Controller has no sync also(with or without usb cable).
There is no warranty!!!
In conclusion, what should I do to fix this? Is reflow/reball the option, or flashing or is there an easier way? What is the cheapest way to fix this?
With regard,
Markus.
P.S: Sorry for the long novel.
I disassembled it and cleaned it, I found a lot of gunk inside and even spiderwebs... creepy, eh? Anyways, I cleaned it all up. Didn't reassemble yet, but tried to turn it on, still no luck. I haven't changed the thermal paste yet(I don't have any at the moment), but will do it later. I also tried a coin trick, by adding a coin between a thermal plate on the GPU, still no luck, tried it on the CPU also, still no luck.
So, I ran out of options, later on, I tried replacing HDD's, no luck, formatted stock HDD at FAT32, still no luck. I also tried a tutorial to force boot safe mode from USB, did that and I was like, WTF?? It semi-worked, because I did it(no safe mode on-screen by the way) and the no signal went away. Turned the system off, black screen but no signal is gone, after a few tried, No signal came back. Then I ran out of options again.
Some extra info, the Blu-Ray drive works, because it spits and eats discs, even starts spinning inside and trying to read aswell, but TV behaves the same way(no signal). Sometimes the fan even goes overdrive. The HDD light never blinks, but HDD turns on and stays on. Controller has no sync also(with or without usb cable).
There is no warranty!!!
In conclusion, what should I do to fix this? Is reflow/reball the option, or flashing or is there an easier way? What is the cheapest way to fix this?
With regard,
Markus.
P.S: Sorry for the long novel.