How can I repair the YLOD problem ( yellow light of death )

"Hey, if you are still having this problem, iFixit now offers free guides to fix the YLOD, and also sells complete YLOD repair kits.

Good luck and let us know how it works out."

"I got the YLOD last night while playing MW2 and was frantically looking for help online. I read that this occurs when the heatsink and the GPU/CPU separates when the thermal adhesive melts from over heating. I found this link that might help. I'm going to give this a try and let you know how it goes. Hope this helps...

http://playstationlifestyle.net/forums/s..."

"What I am to suggest is a risky way, and most likely not recommended!

I researched several things online to find out how I could fix this issue. From what I read, the most common solution was to ""reflow"" the motherboard. Since I am in Africa, with no warranty and any other options, I decided to go with the most extreme suggestion. To cook my motherboard.

Once again, do this as a desperate measure and assume that it will not work.

Striping your PS3 all the way down to the motherboard, you need to make sure you remove everything that is not completely built into the motherboard, to include the battery and extra thermal paste. After that, place it on a tinfoil pan into a preheated oven at 425 Degrees Fahrenheit for 10 minutes. After the 10 minutes, remove it and let it cool for 30 minutes. Reassemble the entire console and ensure you place new thermal paste on it. Then cross your fingers and try it out.

I was successful, as well as many others. But there have also been some with horror stories from others that melted some items. Before doing this jump on youtube and check out some videos like this.

It is VERY risky, but it worked for me."

"or use a heat gun. they sell them quite cheap...

cooking a MB... never heard of that, but might be worth risking. especially, when no warranty, or no other option..."

"Reflowing the mobo in the oven would not be advised in my opinion due to the fact that the parts on the bottom can drop of since it is a double sided board.

I would use the heat gun reflow method. There are many videos on Youtube. Much easier, be sure not to overheat or bump the board while it is hot. Otherwise, you are pretty much doing the same thing that is done during manufacturing.

From what I have researched it seems to be issues with the BGA (Ball Grid Array) under some of the chips as well as poor heatsink compound.

Some people have had good luck with the reflow and new heatsink compound (artic silver is best)."

the only permanent fix is to reball the rsx bga chip. you might have to take it to a professional with a bga rework machine.