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The overheating Yellow light of death problem is mainly the older Fat PS3 models with the higher power usage. The "Yellow Light of Death" or YLOD is a general hardware fault that can mean a lot of things. However, one of the problems is cracked solder that leads the PS3 to think one of its internal chips is not connected or is broken somehow. Cracked solder can happen when the chips get too hot (RSX most likely) and leads the motherboard to start bending, which may crack the solder. Changing the power supply (lower the average wattage going to the chips to lower the heat) and better thermal compound (heat dissipates faster to the heatsink) may prevent this error from occurring. However, if your PS3 has already had the YLOD, then you can reflow your motherboard every few months to keep it working (but it is not a permanent fix as the YLOD usually comes back).see related link

The above is an excellent reason to stick with the newest 320 GB PS3s with much lower power consumption and also a reason not to trust that a 60 or 80 GB PS2 compatible PS3 will continue to work and has not had one of the temporary fixes. They are all 4 years or more old and none are sold with the PS3 one year warranty

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