No, I meant under the heat spreader, not the heatsink. Changing thermal paste between heat spreader / heat sink had absolutely zero effect. I didn't want to delid my chips, seemed like something that I'd need special equipment for and had a high chance of going awry. The issue is they used a thermal interface material under the chip heat spreader that had poor a lifetime :/drncurry wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2024 7:56 pmAgreed with your assessment. Mine had similar symptoms and I re-pasted it last weekend which fixed it. RSX went from 70C idle to 30-40C idle.ASDR wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2024 5:47 pm Mine still works after all these years but the console will go into server-grade-fan-noise mode just sitting on the XMB. I guess the paste under the heatspreader for RSX/Cell must be bone dry. And the caps will likely die soon as well. Just not worth the effort keeping that thing alive IMHO.
No interest / demand for a PS2 ODE?
Re: No interest / demand for a PS2 ODE?
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Re: No interest / demand for a PS2 ODE?
Oh yeah definitely pay someone to delid, nothing I would ever trust myself to do. Of course it will cost as much as buying a Slim PS3 probably. I know a chip swap would.
PS1 Disc-Based Game ID BIOS patch for MemCard Pro and SD2PSX automatic VMC switching.
Re: No interest / demand for a PS2 ODE?
I just bought a slim and put the PS3 fat in the display shelfbobrocks95 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2024 8:54 pm Oh yeah definitely pay someone to delid, nothing I would ever trust myself to do. Of course it will cost as much as buying a Slim PS3 probably. I know a chip swap would.
PS2 compatibility would've been nice to have, but having a PS2 in an OSSC/HDTV setup and a PS2 in a CRT setup both running FMCB/OPL I don't see why I'd ever need to use it, so it just wouldn't be worth it.