I received a call tonight about an XBOX 360 that had sound but no Video. This is a symptom similar to RROD or sometimes called 3RLOD ( 3 Red lights of Death). The fix for the No Video but with Sound is a XClamp Replacement Mod.
A note on Towel Fix. DO NOT DO IT. It will eventually Destroy the CPU or GPU permenantly.
XBOX 360 Periodic Maintenance to keep from having the RROD. Take your XBOX 360 to an Air Compressor with a noozzle, and blow into the back right beside the Power connection. Then blow air from top of the xbox to the bottom. This will unclog the radiator cooling heatsink and allow ample cooling to continue. The reason the RROD happens is heat and it gets hot enough to melt the SMD Solder paste. Microsofts manufacturing evidently screened too much solder onto some spots. This increased the likelyhood of the solder to bridge. The best way to keep the solder from remelting and bridging, is to maintain cooling. Even if you add external cooling, you could still have RROD. External cooling will actually bring more dust into the Xbox and clog the radiator faster.
We do the XClamp mod for $50 plus shipping. We ship the XBOX in the USPS Priority Flat rate box that is 11 7/8″ x 3 3/8″ x 13 5/8″. The cost of shipping this way is $9.30 in the USA. So your total cost would be $68.60. We have about an 80 percent success rate on repairing RROD. We believe the reason some XBOX’s do not recover is due to the Towel Trick.
We take pride and do professional work here at the Playstation Clinic. We will warrant the repairs we do for 90 days. This is for the parts we exchange and work we do only.
In the rare event we cannot repair your console, we will contact you and offer to Buy the unit for parts, or send it back to you at our expense. We realize this is upsetting if we cannot repair the unit, and will do whatever we can do to help restore your entertainment.
Our goal is to keep the repair price lower than anyone else on the Internet. We damand the best prices on parts. Also, we will communicate with you about the repair so that you control the progress and price. You decide when its totaled. In the event you do not want to replace a parts because it is too expensive, please tell us and we will ship the broken unit back to you free, or pay you for the broken unit to use for parts.
The PSP M33 Custom firmware is doing great. We have run dozens of Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, NES, Sega and PSP games from the memory stick. This is super fun and you do not need a UMD to run games on your PSP. Write us an Email requesting Custom firmware and we will add games to you memory stick and set up your PSP to run these from your Memory stick for just $25. Shipping is included to USA.
I recieve many calls and Emails requesting help on PS3 Problems.
First off We do not repair Playstation 3 and will not accept them.
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Contact Sony for repair at www.Playstation.com It is frustrating to call them.
The word is that Sony is Improving Customer Service and will repair or replace your PS3 for $150 if it is out of warranty. You will need a Receipt to claim Warranty and free repair. Walmart and other can and sometimes can reprint you a receipt. You will need Credit card ledger to show date of purchase at the Merchant like Walmart.
Sony Phone 1 800-345-7669
The PSP Slim model has arrived recently. We are beginning to see this arrive at the Playstation Clinic. The Part prices on the PSP Slim are about double that of the original PSP. For instance, the LCD screen is currently costing us about $65. So if you need this replaced on a Slim PSP, the total cost to do this is $89.60 which includes installation and return shipping. We charge $20 to install a new LCD screen in the PSP Slim. Priority shipping on the PSP slim is $4.60.
The Playstation Clinic does not normally sell parts, as we have to keep them stocked here for repairs. Below is our normal price we add for the parts used in the PSP Slims only.
LCD screen $65
UMD Drive $41
Analog Thumb stick $21
Faceplate $21
To help is keeping us competitive as the best service for the lowest cost, we are setting repair price on the PSP slim at $20 or less plus parts.
The PSP slim can be bricked as well, and we can unbrick it for you. Also, we can load the latest Custom Firmware for you at $20 plus return shipping. ( $4.60 shipping)
Dark Alex has done it again. He has developed a CFW to run along with Sony’s latest Version 3.90. This CFW is called V3.90-M33-2. We are activily converting PSP consoles to this software. $20 plus shipping
The Playstation Clinic is having very good success in reviving XBOX 360 consoles when they do not start up and show 3 blinking lights. Do not confuse the symptom with 4 Blinking lights as that means you have an A/V problem like set to HDMI and hooked up as Composite, or vice versa.
Please contact us if you are experiencing the 3RLOD problem. We solve this for $50 plus shipping. Of course we do not aways have success in reviving, and this is usually due to the customer trying the Towel Trick . Wrapping a towel around the XBOX 360 will damage the XBOX further and can completly destroy the Processors.
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I am sorry to tell you that The Playstation Clinic has decided stop accepting Playstation 3 consoles for repair. Sony will not distribute parts, and the unreliability of the PS3 causes us to not trust used Parts. Also, the parts are so few and far between, the price is rediculously high. Supply and demand economics at work. We refuse to further add to the frustration of the PS3 owners by putting an unreliable part in the PS3 and have to charge over half what a used PS3 costs these days. Again, please realize we have worked on PS3 enough to know that the PS3 is very unreliable due to the Cell Broadband Processor getting too hot. The heat transfer compound that accelerates the transfer of heat from the Processors to the cooling system will dry up. This happens after about 8 months to 1 year of normal use. What will happen is the processor will get hot and trip the PS3 off with 2 beeps and a red light. The heat is so intense and it cannot escape fast enough destroying the Cell broadband Processor or some of its cores. The result is the temperature overload sensor inside the processor will not allow the PS3 to turn on. We are anxiously awaiting Sony to release a Cell Broadband Processor that stays cool. Sony may not report that they have developed a new processor due to liability risk of admitting that the existing Processor gets way too hot. The Cooling system is the most elaborate system I have ever seen and should keep the processors cool, but the transfer compound is common and is not designed to handle the constant high temperatures. I believe the Compound is silicon based and a phnomenon called Silicon migration occurs causing the compound to dry up.
You can call us at 864-275-2762 to ask for assistance with problems and we will do our best to help you find a solution. Sony may repair your PS3 and I believe the latest rate for repair is $150 plus shipping which is about $25. This is the best deal going and hopefully Sony has redesigned the Processor for cooler running. You can get service from Sony by going to www.playstation.com or Calling Sony at 1-800-345-7669
We can also install Custom Firmware on your PSP. This is refered to as CFW. Even if your PSP is not bricked, many adults have approached me wanting CFW loaded on their PSP. This is the same price as unbricking set at $20 plus shipping. Currently we have taken 7 PSP slims and 8 Phat PSP in to the world of CFW. Go to www.psp-hacks.com to read up on CFW.
We got it working folks. We have now unbricked 4 PSP’s and counting. We are loading up Customized Firmware version 3.71-M33-3 at this time. Get your PSP unbricked. We are offering unbricking and installing homebrew capable firmware for just $20 plus return shipping. Version 3.71-M33 is capable of running most Homebrew and downloaded games.