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bobdole968 wrote: »

Not being smart but what would have been way more effective and alot tidier looking would to have just 12v modded the internal fans.
The stock fan can cool the gpu and cpu directly which is way more effective than case fans

bobdole968

look at the failure rate of ps3s the stock internal fans are poor at best
truth be told the 2 side fans were not necessary but the back fan was.
like a pc the idea is just to suck the hot air out faster even though the cpu/gpu are already cooled.
i also think adding ps3 usb fans are a bad idea aswell for the motherboard.
bottom line is i shouldn't have had to do any of this crap Sony did a poor job on the cooling systems of the ps3. and the xbox aint much better.
theres no way i can justify spending 100s of euros on a water cooling system or whatever thats sonys job.

The stock fans are poor because sony dont run them even a third as fast as they can run.
Its the same principal as the 360 12v fan mod.
Both systems stock fans can run twice as fast if not three times as fast as they already run.
The faster the fans run the better cooled the system is.
The stock fans run on full speed will outperform any case fan you can stick on it
The only downside is its a bit loud.
If both company's ran there fans a bit faster they wouldn't have have as high a failure rate as they do have

Finally modded my Xbox controller with a USB port, now I just need Splinter Cell and that Memory Card I ordered

Painting fun with an original xbox

Nice color is a change from the boring black or crystal I like it!

Not quite done yet, need to pick up some green pearlescent or metallic for the non-X bits too. Having fun with it, but it eats paint. Going to look at better options for painting like a hobbyist HVLP setup

bluestripe93

Jimbobjoeyman wrote: »

The stock fans are poor because sony dont run them even a third as fast as they can run.
Its the same principal as the 360 12v fan mod.
Both systems stock fans can run twice as fast if not three times as fast as they already run.
The faster the fans run the better cooled the system is.
The stock fans run on full speed will outperform any case fan you can stick on it
The only downside is its a bit loud.
If both company's ran there fans a bit faster they wouldn't have have as high a failure rate as they do have

Is that a hardware or software mod on the PS3?,
And how can it be done?

the fan mod is a hardware mod
I dont know too much about the ps3 but google should turn up some good results.
From what I can gather you splice the ps3 fan power to a 12v wire on the power supply

It's always going to be a tradeoff between temperatures, noise and aesthetics. You either mod your console with a hackjob like that picture with large fans, ruining the aesthetics but keep temps and noise down because the large fans push through a lot of air at low RPM. Or you can keep your aesthetics and do a 12v mod, lowering temps but significantly increasing noise output because the small fans need to run ridiculously fast to achieve the airflow of the big ones.

Had a spare PC PSU lying around so took the 80mm fan from it and mounted in my Jasper jtag, it runs at 12v and with the DVD drive removed Freestyle Dash now shows idle temps of about 40c on GPU and 50c on the CPU. I will add some LEDs and sort the gaping hole in the front soon

justryan wrote: »

Very nice ..what make... model... how much it set you back ?
I thought you had a achi is this for melting solderballs ?
I got a new toy too
My t-8280 arrived yesterday aswell

Have a profile put together but the stock clamping system is a POS so Im off to b&q tommorow to put some type of clamping system together

It's called BK6000 got it off circuitspecialistseurope on eBay it's a great all in one machine, with suction tube close to the soldering iron to absorb harmful fumes heats up quick and comes with hot air and desoldering gun too. Cost me €260 shipped with DPD. I've got a decent profile on the achi I never let it finish to 230c in the final step, I just prod the chip very slightly to see if it's floating in step 4 then I can either leave it to cool for reflow, or lift the chip for reballing. What flux you use and thermocouple placement play an important roll, make sure your thermocouples touch both the bottom and top of the board for accurate readings.

I use the achi to extract the chip/reflow then use the soldering iron on the bk6000 to run a glob of lead solder where the bga sits then I mop up the excess with desoldering braid, I do the same with the bga the tricky part is getting solder balls to sit properly on the bga.

Ever since I got my t-8280 im finding the chip lifts at 225 whereas my setup with the griddle would only lift at 235.
I've found if I go above 228 with the t-8280 I get solder bridging and end up with 0020 errors.
225 is perfect for reflowing though.
The achi uses the same preheater with just one extra plate so I'd like to know what your peak temp is

Peak temperature on top or bottom? What flux are you using if any? You should always use flux

justryan wrote: »

Peak temperature on top or bottom? What flux are you using if any? You should always use flux

Top temp just curious since the prehaters are the same just yours has an extra plate.
ATM I'm using kester 979 its really good the solder joints are really shiny afterwards.
If your not using flux your only going to have dry brittle joints that don't last

I bring it to 240c get amtech tacky flux you will be amazed at the results and how easy it is to lift a chip or reflow just prod the chip like I said near the end of the profile if it gives a little bit shut off your machine and allow to cool if reflowing.

justryan wrote: »

I bring it to 240c get amtech tacky flux you will be amazed at the results and how easy it is to lift a chip or reflow just prod the chip like I said near the end of the profile if it gives a little bit shut off your machine and allow to cool if reflowing.

Where do you get your amtech ?
I was going to get some but since there are so many fakes I didn't think it was worth buying

Give this a try http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Amtech-NC-559-AS-TF-BGA-Reflow-Reball-Tacky-Flux-10cc-/230624150542?pt=UK_Home_Garden_PowerTools_SM&hash=item35b245440e

TouchingVirus wrote: »

May take one of those off you if your willing to accept cash in exchange?

But of course, they're not flashed at the minute - I've to hook something up for that over the weekend.

Drop me a PM

docentore

TouchingVirus wrote: »

nice, I started to glitch my jasper, but never had chance to finish it, have most of the wires soldered in, just need to flash olimex board and the CoolrunnerII board.

Do you might me asking were those expensive?