I Bought a ROUGH PS3 from Goodwill… let’s Refurbish it!

More untested video games from Goodwill! This time I purchased a PS3 bundle that included a PS3 slim, a couple PS3 controllers, some games, and a headset! As always, since everything came untested from Goodwill, there will probably be some fixing and/or clean up to do. So let's do it!
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[@jrob0021]

Ever purchased a console from Goodwill? In my experience, it’s very hit or miss. Check out my free gaming newsletter: www.jrobgaming.com

[@broncosforlife1]

I’ve had very good luck purchasing consoles labeled as “for parts” as they typically say what’s wrong with them. I order PS3’s with bad disk drives, missing hard drives, or bad HDMI ports. Never ordered any consoles labeled as fully working so can not attest to that

[@cdyjkr]

I got really lucky once when I bought a whole box of random consoles bundled together for 100 bucks. 2 Gamecubes, 2 PSXs, 2 original XBOXs, a phat PS2 and a white slim PS2. They all worked and came with controllers and memory cards. Both XBOXs were modded which was interesting to see.

[@bRicKhOoousE]

Hey I'll buy the headset as is with out the USB dongle

[@RBKing80]

No

[@aidenradu-fw9lk]

Nobody can ever forget how Goodwill never looks and checks items before they are sold, I once got an ipad 5 for $10 because they thought it was an "OLD TABLET"

[@Gatorade69]

Last year I found a brand new package of ram for a computer... It was brand new in the box. 32GB of Corsair Vengeance RGB 3200mhz DDR4 ram. At the time brand new that was like $180-200. It was actually the perfect upgrade for my computer as I only had 16gb. It cost me $5.99. I also found a like new Wii that day too, plus 2 Wiimotes and a Wii zapper. Quite the find that day.

[@superqaxclub]

The perk of reusing old design with newer chips, some people will eventually mistake it to old models and sell for insanely low price

[@Gatorade69]

@J. H. No.

[@darkspartan566]

there is a group that is trying to preserve playstation home data you should research them and hit them up...see if the files help

[@jrob0021]

Well.. unfortunately the console was already reformatted before this video went up lol

[@joemomma5164]

No, that’s gay

[@darkspartan566]

@@jrob0021 oh boy lol

[@shaungreer3350]

they’re mainly looking for server side things i think

[@chriswright8074]

@@jrob0021 you can still downgrade

[@airbornejockey]

the ps3 was ahead of its time

[@dylancalvinisreal]

Happy to say I still own my PS3 Slim from 2009. What a great console. Never had problems with it and a great library of games. I do sometimes give it a good wipe or blow some of the dust out, but overall it doesn't ever overheat (and no, I didn't replace the thermal paste).

[@brunovieira4630]

What about the hdd?

[@dylancalvinisreal]

HDD is working perfectly on my side. It does say it has a 20 year lifespan although I am planning on upgrading the storage to 1TB

[@brunovieira4630]

@@dylancalvinisreal yeah, i've bought an used slim and the only problem was the hdd was corrupted, working fine now. Such a good catalog of games.

[@ChefFandangle]

I think its really really awesome that someone will be able to buy that console,where there is proof you put some TLC into it. All the way down to the thermal paste thats great man, who ever buys this console is getting there moneys worth

[@ParzivalKings]

Big cross all the way! did that to me ps3 slim and got great thermal results aftewards checked some repair shops stats for ps3 slims and gave a average temp of all he's done after doing thermal paste fresh and mine was sitting on the lower end so i stand by the method!

[@PhawnixAndJewel]

Jacob, a man of culture, and a fan of rubber feet.

[@SimpleCrisis]

Me

[@FatalDyZr]

Me

[@kevinwillson341]

Anyone else still use their ps3 daily? I personally enjoy it more than my newer consoles

[@DubberRucks]

I used to until I got my first Xbox One. Now the thing's packed away to make room for it. Good times though with Uncharted etc

[@rcr01111]

Jacob R is getting better as he makes more videos. Kudos my friend.

[@rcr01111]

Also, don't use Arctic Silver 5. Use Arctic Cooling MX4. Non conductive.

[@Green1Chaos]

Bioshock 2 is worth playing...Story mode is epic and sad too

[@therealjigsawjp]

I love the bioshock series. Mad underrated.

[@Steve.Cutler]

The first one isn't bad either

[@Earendil760]

A man chooses, a slave obeys...

[@pvsweetypie]

​@@therealjigsawjp How is a group of games (mainly the 1st and 3rd one) that are considered some of the best single player games ever underrated?

[@therealjigsawjp]

@pvsweetypie you don't hear many people include it in their favorites is all I'm saying. It's an amazing game. Again, mad underrated.

[@APOLLO_FOX_Zzz]

PS3 slim is definitely my favorite console ever made and very reliable. The CECH-2001A with the Nidec cooling set is definitely better with staying cool and quiet.

[@vdochev]

Those IHSs are huge, so you just need to put more thermal paste on than you usually do to cover the whole IHS. The method doesn't matter as long as you have a proper amount of thermal compound and good coverage. If the temperatures look good at the end, should be OK.

[@Omega_Mark]

Instead of an X with thermal paste, try a "snowflake" with extra small lines going between the "X" arms. I still like the old method of thinly coating the whole chip, though. Never had problems with trapped air bubbles. The trick is to use a very thin coat of thermal paste. A small air bubble is still better than no thermal paste in the area anyway.

[@Gatorade69]

Yeah I would always spread it thin, there's some tricks to doing it nicely. Never had any problems. I think that's the method Gamers Nexus (PC buikding channel) uses when they test heatsinks.

[@NiceMilkJugs]

looking at a ps3 controller is so surreal. IDK WHY

[@sorehammer]

I Just got a fat 80gig for $18.77 and all it needed was a good clean and re paste new hdd and blu ray drive.

[@jrob0021]

Very nice

[@DankerTVTimeCapsule]

Pressure also helps with the controller ribbon cable so, you putting a new sponge layer would definitely help it long term. Also both are wrong with thermal past application. You spread it in advance making sure no silver of the chip shows through. You also apply a layer on the heat sink pad too so you know coverage has been achieved. then pressure connects both together.

[@renegadeclown8748]

Please note that using too much thermal paste is not a great idea. While using a small tip paint brush, you can spread a thin layer of paste evenly across the surface of the cpu and gpu. And then a very small bead of additional paste can be applied to the center of the chips/chips and that is usually a no fail application.... Also being sure that no bristles come off the brush, which is usually not a problem with a new brush, as paint brushes withstand thick paints as well as paint thinner and multiple strokes before deteriorating. Just my method 😊

[@eathenalexander2836]

Nice vid. For the controllers, most manufacturers uses alps joysticks. And they’re very cheap. If you wanna desolder them for new ones. It’ll be a genuine part.

[@JoseMedina-hs9st]

The only way to fix a playstation 3 controller behind the controller. There's a little tiny small hole get a Bobby pin and stick it in there. For 5 seconds. And it will restart the controller.

[@chrishansen9102]

We really gotta bring back Play Station All Stars battle Royal. Imagine having Spiderman in there fighting Kratos

[@maples328]

DUST is his favorite word 😂

[@DubberRucks]

That and for phrase I'd say "desert PS3" lol

[@BOWSERJR2014]

You should do a YLOD Fix on Fat PS3

[@epicx9899]

I have bought an xbox one s for $98 on goodwill and I just wanna know if it was a good buy

[@KennyFrierson]

Ive seen some goodwill listing that would show the PS3 working but most of them don't

[@andrewscotti1136]

i always use the x method just shy of corner to corner. everytime i have later disassembled its 100% coverage and not spilling out the sides either.

[@YuriHelps]

Still better than the dk oldies super dirty disaster

[@zakkattack3165]

I recently bought a Xbox 360 with the original box from goodwill for $80. Thing is mint condition and is still on NXE pre Kinect dashboard. Previous owner played it for two years and it sat this whole time until I got it. Zephyr motherboard though. Not sure what I want to do with it yet

[@bryanwages3518]

You can get a replacement dongle for the headset.

[@mikej9449]

i just manually spread thermal paste across the chip... easy and you can rest assured its covered

[@lewisgrant7622]

The controller acting crazy is what my old one used to do

[@LucaBlightOfHighland]

I'm quite relieved that the word "discs" is hard to pronounce even for native speakers 😂

[@DanaTheInsane]

But is it the "perfect amount of thermal paste?"

[@quesochecko]

How does that thing still have PlayStation home on it?

[@lobesmcgee]

Soapy and warm water for me when cleaning the plastic console shell.

[@Gaming-Enthusiast]

Great video 👌👌

[@noahbowyer8832]

How was it rough

[@josephjamison6745]

THE THERMAL PASTE!!!!

[@DannyTheEditor]

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@soulmourne2698]

Nice console much better than dk oldies, cheaper and they dont lie to you saying its refurbished. Sony controllers after the first dualshock 2 models are all pretty bad, they made that crap of making the front buttons in a pad with pressure, in 2000, 2001 and 2002 dualshock 2 the front button contacts were a contact assembly soldered directly to the board which dont fail. Good video.

[@fckgooogle1000x]

Yeah, the "H" DS2 controllers are hot garbage

[@thecoolguy549]

If it's an early PS3 slim console with the right firmware cfw jailbreak it to give it PS2 backwards compatibility

[@langolingo]

If you already own a PS5, assuming u also have a controller you can use the controller instead of a PS3 controller. There’s only one flaw and it’s the home button not being functional but everything else from no stick drift or random button inputs are what make it a better option than buying a ps3 controller. Btw use your charger on ur ps5 controller to connect to the PS3 so you can activate it. You can just Bluetooth it to the ps3 afterwards so you can play far away and shii

[@TheViper4Life]

So I can never seem to get an answer elsewhere (such as Reddit), so I'll ask here. I have a PS3 Slim that got YLOD back in 2014, I ended up just buying a Super Slim after that (then soon after that got a PS4), as at the time, I didn't really know what to do. It wasn't until a few years later I realized WHY it got YLOD, and it's because I tore down the whole PS3 to clean it and I separated the heat sink from the thermal paste. Well a few weeks ago I finally got around to buying some Thermal Paste in an attempt to fix it....but it didn't work. I even applied the paste twice just in case I messed it up the first time (didn't look like I did). So it's doing what it did back in 2014...red light comes on, when I click power it turns green for a couple seconds, then turns yellow, then back to red and beeps 3 times. Nothing else seems to be wrong with it though, power supply is fine, none of the capacitors are swollen, the motherboard looks in great shape...but still YLOD. Any idea what might be the issue? I'd love to bring it back to life.

[@NappaDZ]

Some people say that if the hard drive fails it can get the ylod but IDK how true that is.

[@TheViper4Life]

@@NappaDZ HDD was fine. I had it upgraded to 1TB, which I later put in my Super Slim that still uses it today. Only other thing I can think of is there has to be some kind of damage done to the pins of the CPU or something...or it's been dead for so long that I waited too long to bring it back? I don't know.

[@BlakeBickerstaff]

You can pull the error codes off the motherboard, but you have to solder a piece on it to view them

[@Francium215]

i recently got a ps3 slim that had insane amounts of smoker grime in it and a broken disc drive (hopefully fixing soon)

[@Tonythenotobese]

my little brother had a ps3 super slim and he had it for his birthday, it came with not a lot of games so we didn't really play it but now that my brother doesn't care about it, it's mine. I modified it and put a 500 gb hard drive in it and i can put a lot of games in it. but i broke a controller

[@grocerygetaru]

Waiting for that interesting box video tomorrow

[@RobertoNoc95]

Is it bad that I put the thermal paste on and spread it so I know it’s already covered before putting back together?

[@TruxstonJones]

Wow I bought my ps3 slim for $80 but it came with sports games

[@flamenskall2016]

Update 1.80 fucked up the internet connectivity on my ps3 It won't even pass the first test

[@kytim89]

What was the handheld air brush he was using to blow the dust out called?

[@310_Latchkey_kid]

I'll take any goodwill consoles over any DKoldies refurbished" consoles!! 😂

[@cgienthusiast]

This man refurbished a ps3 better than DKOldies ever could. DKOldies should take notes

[@ataahmadi]

Fun fact: *ps3 is just ps1 + ps2*

[@DiMarzio-Tone]

Not at all actually, the PS3 was the only first system out of any manufacturer with an OS, Blu Ray, and the first really good graphics, nothing like the ps2 or the PlayStation.

[@gorillagroddgaming]

@@DiMarzio-Tone Nope. PS3 is a PS1 and PS2 combined.

[@lozifor]

Congratulations Goodwill. You are the new DK oldies

[@DubberRucks]

Goodwill: I'm not sure if that's a compliment. 🤔

[@jrob0021]

Except that goodwill doesn’t claim to test or refurbish consoles haha

[@novafan237]

Is that not a backwards compatible ps3? I wonder where to find those I miss playing my PS2 games

[@My_Old_YT_Account]

It's not, only CECH-A and CECH-B fat PS3s are, some other fat PS3s have software emulation but with a jailbreak you can run it on all of them

[@mobiletransportvideo]

Just curious what the “PlayStation 3” titled game was?

[@DrChrisRespect]

Come on Jacob my consoles are in pristine condition complete with boxes…make me an offer 😁😁😁

[@toms.1417]

The X method of thermal paste application is correct, however, you needed to use much more than that tiny little x you made on the chips. Next time, do better!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@brykanst9071]

those processors are too big for a pea sized thing of thermal paste

[@sixe69]

Hey everyone Iam so bad at consoles I found a ps3 slim 2 controllers 4games nba fifa ... every cable for 55eur+shipping.I have to buy it?

[@davidtaylor-iw9kh]

i hope you re re did the paste

[@antoniopugh2176]

I like to c u unbox n review consoles but not take em apart tbh

[@jagergerg9771]

Yeah Danny you tell him, I think the X is a way better message

[@DubberRucks]

Dude was very passionate about his stance lol

[@DannyTheEditor]

@@DubberRucks Gotta defend the X. Can't have Jacob out here making me look bad. 😤

[@chobocoo]

theres not enough thermal paste

[@hmmtaco9739]

All of your ps3s are nothing compared to what I've cleaned I've had systems with huge dust bunnies under the psu socket

[@abell8571]

yes we love danny soooo funny

[@DannyTheEditor]

love you too ❤

[@bryandrobny7690]

It looks better then refurbished DK Oldies consoles

[@RealPhilGames]

Really love these vids man if u do a BC PS3 I hope I’ll have the money to take it off ur hands

[@proondemo]

Whats sad that it looks wayyy better than what you would get from dk oldies

[@candidosilva7755]

I stil love the ps3 but i cant buy the version i love the most the fat couse like the 360s they are time bombs.

[@sunflower7874]

Wdym

[@BlakeBickerstaff]

You can do a frankenconsole, where you retrofit a smaller slim/super slim GPU on a fat motherboard

[@corymerry3399]

Dual shock 3 is one of the worst controllers Playstation made. I have tried to repair so many just to fix a few due to the ribbon cable being flimsy junk.

[@ẞLe55]

When i see this video, i wish i lived at america.

[@Whatupjonny]

Did that headset come with that dongle ?

[@audibell]

The PS4 is better than the ps3

[@BrettJ2010]

Been buying stuff from shopgoodwill here recently to flip myself. I've gotten a few good deals.

[@nashsanadiki3104]

Untested 😂 don’t was company time booting and device someone donates and make sure display is working

[@fjzar]

Danny 😂😂💯

[@srmitch9260]

Make more videos exposing Dkoldies

[@thepixellads1409]

Der PS3 ist sehr gut 👍

[@Corridos_GP4]

I want to buy a ps3

[@almadawarrior]

not broken dont fix

[@lemuelanastacio2071]

cool❤

[@blackphoenixfamily8477]

Ok, so I have run through about 15 videos, and what I don't get is why you don't just present yourselves for what you guys do. You're console flippers, you don't "refurbish" nor do you actually fix anything I have seen. You do maintenance, and y'all def script more then you let on. It's also a bit weird that you check out peoples info if you find it. I am not attacking y'all, there's nothing wrong with moving bulk, or buying bulk doing maintenance and single selling the best units. There's no need to front......¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@jrob0021]

You couldn’t be more wrong with this comment lol

[@Youngestdon]

GTA 5 IS WILD

[@bryandrobny7690]

I like to toss it in the sink of soap bleach and scrub the #@$# out of it i like my stuff clean

[@W-fFl3]

nice

[@ED_62]

Does a better job than dkblowis

[@4N0NYM0U5_Gaming]

That was a lot of thermal paste

[@Pzmaster81]

hi

[@waynekarmzahra1131]

Nise ps3😊😊

[@dobry_graczyk1586]

cool

[@ZackMuffinMan]

:)

[@deeness1972]

Goat vid

[@AlphaZylix]

pea gang!

[@3dsfan2002]

First

[@welfaregod612]

this is my old ps3!

[@welfaregod612]

@@JeffHundo no cap bro.

[@DubberRucks]

Because of course in the YT comments section everybody tells the truth lol

[@gorillagroddgaming]

No it’s mine. Stop lying.

[@welfaregod612]

Guys I'll not kidding this really was mine. My mom took it to goodwill 3 weeks ago

[@johnraisley9754]

You should sell the headset to @tronicsfix since he just got that PS4 special edition

[@Mitch93636]

FIRST!!!