PS3 Freeze
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2023 8:56 am
So I recently picked up a CECHC03 PS3 (broken) for a good price.
It works and reads discs and turns on, but only when cold. As soon as it heats up a little from idling on the xmb, it freezes showing artifacts like this.
I have seen something like this before with faulty 90nm RSXs and I may just be optimistically thinking does it just need a bit of a clean and maybe the rubber (eraser) trick? It works consistently when cold / just turned on and GLOD after a hard reset after the crash. The GPU shows no sign of glitching during its working period, only artefacts upon a sudden freeze.
Of course the only real solution is replacing the 90nm RSX with a 40nm RSX, but thats ££ and time consuming.
I guess the real question is, has this happened to anyone else? And if so what was your fix?
It works and reads discs and turns on, but only when cold. As soon as it heats up a little from idling on the xmb, it freezes showing artifacts like this.
I have seen something like this before with faulty 90nm RSXs and I may just be optimistically thinking does it just need a bit of a clean and maybe the rubber (eraser) trick? It works consistently when cold / just turned on and GLOD after a hard reset after the crash. The GPU shows no sign of glitching during its working period, only artefacts upon a sudden freeze.
Of course the only real solution is replacing the 90nm RSX with a 40nm RSX, but thats ££ and time consuming.
I guess the real question is, has this happened to anyone else? And if so what was your fix?