Picked up a ceche01 at a local thrift shop for $10 bucks, came with a working ds3 and everything.
Upon turning it on, everything seemed fine, fans were quiet, and got audio/video through hdmi. After about 30-45 second of being on xmb, the fans crank up to full blast, it gives a notification that the system is overheating, and shuts off with a blinking red light.
The exhaust air on the back is still cold, and the console came without screws in the case "was package taped together lol". I disassembled the rest of it, and there seemed to be minimal dust. The heat sink screws were somewhat loose, and the plates they hold down seemed off-centered.
I removed them, and checked on the cpu and gpu. They had some white non factory paste, and there was minimal transfer of paste from chips to pads, except a small amount on one corner of each pad. I thought maybe the off-centered pads and loose screws didn't allow a good connection, so I reassembled the console with tighter screws "not too tight", and the same symptoms.
Just wondering if changing the paste to a higher quality paste, would be a plausible fix, or if this is gonna be a reball issue. Would be nice for a cheap fix, and have a near launch console for a steal.
Upon turning it on, everything seemed fine, fans were quiet, and got audio/video through hdmi. After about 30-45 second of being on xmb, the fans crank up to full blast, it gives a notification that the system is overheating, and shuts off with a blinking red light.
The exhaust air on the back is still cold, and the console came without screws in the case "was package taped together lol". I disassembled the rest of it, and there seemed to be minimal dust. The heat sink screws were somewhat loose, and the plates they hold down seemed off-centered.
I removed them, and checked on the cpu and gpu. They had some white non factory paste, and there was minimal transfer of paste from chips to pads, except a small amount on one corner of each pad. I thought maybe the off-centered pads and loose screws didn't allow a good connection, so I reassembled the console with tighter screws "not too tight", and the same symptoms.
Just wondering if changing the paste to a higher quality paste, would be a plausible fix, or if this is gonna be a reball issue. Would be nice for a cheap fix, and have a near launch console for a steal.