Wednesday, October 20, 2010

PS3: YLOD

        Recently, I've had my PlayStation 3 shutdown and flash a yellow light. I looked it up online and it was called the 'yellow light of death', also known as YLOD. This is usually caused by the PS3 being turned on and off so many times. When you do that, the PS3 gets hot and cold. The constant change of temperatures makes the motherboard in the PS3 to somewhat melt and separate the CPU and GPU from the board. When that happens, it just stops working. I noticed a little bit before it got the YLOD, the fan turned on and off quite often and it was really loud. (So to give a little advice, you should turn off your PS3 when you hear that and let it cool down for a few hours).

       I looked up on Google if I could fix it myself. The first thing I found was that I could send the PS3 into Sony and have them look at it. They really don't look at it. They just send you a slightly used one back. The cost of doing this is about $150 plus tax and whatnot. I obviously don't have that kind of money laying around so I looked for a different option. I found a guy that said he knew how to fix them without sending the PS3 in. I contacted him and he told me how to do it. I then fixed my PS3 and it works just fine.

      All you need to fix a PS3 is: A heat gun, some thermal compound, a phillips screwdriver, a hex head screwdriver, and an old credit card of gift card (to apply the compound smoothly).
      To do this, you need to take apart your PS3 until you get to just the motherboard. While you do this, it would be a good idea to clean any dust off of your parts. Then you would take your heat gun and heat up the CPU and GPU and then let them cool. That's to make them reconnect to the board. Then you would apply the compound on the CPU and GPU as smooth as possible. Then put everything back together and it should work as good as new. (I put these instructions in very simplest form. There are a lot of little things you must do in between these steps.)

     I would be glad to do all this for anyone who needs this to be fixed, but for a price. I will charge $50 for each PS3 I would fix. You can Email me at dylan.thompson69@gmail.com if you would want me to do this for you.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

I HATE SCHOOL

I hate school. School is the most boring thing I have to do in my life. I do try sometimes. Mostly I don't because I have no interest in school or any of the subjects that I have to take, except the autos class I have. Pretty much the only reason I go to school is for friends and to at least get a high school education. I most likely wont go to college but if I do have a chance to go, I would go for some auto mechanics classes. That’s pretty much the only class I actually like in school. I also go for friends and a social life. I've made many friends in the past years of school. I hate Mason City high school the most. You can’t do anything in this school. You can't even hug without getting yelled at by some random teacher about PDA. The assemblies are a waste of time. Nobody cares about what other people have done or accomplished. Pep assemblies are dumb because they make you do some stupid game or participate in something nobody wants to do. The teachers are annoying. A lot of the kids that go here are annoying. The lunches are horrible. The school is cheap with everything they buy. I'm not trying to just hate this school. This school just makes me hate school eve more but I hate all schools in general. I absolutely have no interest in school or anything about school. I hate everything about school.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Teenagers

Teenagers today are described as lazy, self-indulgent people but they do work hard and efficient when they see that there is money or something valuable in the end. This is probably true for all teenagers. I myself am just like this. I’m one of the laziest kids there is but when money or something valuable is involved then I’ll work as hard as I can for as long as I need to get it. That’s probably where the self-indulgence comes into play. Teenager’s are lazy and self-indulgent and will do anything to get something worth their while. Most teenagers are very lazy. They won’t do anything unless there’s money or something valuable involved. We teenagers like to lie around and watch TV or play games or hang out with friends. Some teenagers are so lazy that they don’t care about anything or anyone, not even their own education or future. But don’t get me wrong, some teenagers do like to do work or play sports and whatnot but most of them are in the lazy region. Those kinds of teenagers are usually self-indulgent. Those lazy teenagers are usually self-indulgent. The teen’s parents probably do everything for them and get lots of things for them. The way they raise them makes them more self-indulgent. Then the teenager thinks they can get whatever they want and won’t try in life and will become even lazier. Then pretty much the only way you will get them to do anything is to give them money or something valuable for their efforts. Pretty much the only way you can get a teenager to do something is to give them money or something valuable for their hard work. That’s how my parents get me to do things usually. Lazy teenagers hate doing difficult tasks. The easier they are, the more likely a teenager will do it, especially if there’s money involved. Money makes teenagers pretty much do anything. Teenagers are lazy and self-indulgent and will do anything to get something worth their while. Most teenagers are lazy and don’t like to do anything. Those lazy teenagers are usually self-indulgent and won’t really try in life if they get everything they want. The only way you can get a lazy, self-indulgent teenagers to do something is to give them money or something valuable for their hard work. Teenagers today are lazy, self-indulgent people.