How to Open a PS3 Slim to Replace Thermal Paste, Change Battery, & Clean Dust | disassemble teardown
244This tutorial shows how to tear down a PlayStation 3 CECH-30xxA, in order to get to the CPU and GPU in order to remove and reapply thermal paste to both chips. You can also use this video to change your PRAM CR2032 Battery that's on the motherboard, as well as getting to all the areas to remove any dust that has accumulated.
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Chapters
00:00 What This Video Covers
00:23 Cautions
00:44 Removing Outer Screws
01:56 Remove Hard Drive
02:10 Remove Top and Power Supply
03:30 Disconnect Ribbon Cables
03:51 Disconnect Wi-Fi Wires
04:06 Remove Disc Drive
05:03 Check For Corrections
05:19 Disconnect Button Panel
05:36 Bring Out Metal Casing
05:48 Remove Half of Metal
06:17 Remove Other Half of Metal
07:00 Working With Thermal Paste
07:45 Replacing the Battery and De-dusting
07:56 Reassembling
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