stan2004 posted:Not familiar with that version of PS3. Perhaps obvious, but best bet is to wait for more failures of this particular version to pop up on OGR. Then, the functionality of U20 can be narrowed . Then someone who has a functioning unit could identify the lettering/marking on the part which might get us to the part number. Looks to be a 6-pin device and if I had to guess, probably a dual-power-FET which are $1 or so.
Probably not captured well in the pictures but it is actually a 5-pin device (I'm assuming each metal leg is considered a pin). I put as much light and magnification on it as I could without going cross-eyed and was able to make out what looks like "1 (damage) 9L". Hoping this might help.
Matt Makens posted:Good luck, my experience is once the PS3 boards are dead, they are fully and completely dead and no amount effort can resurrect them. They are up to 8 layered boards and there is most likely damage within the layers. Good luck with your repair but be prepared to pay the $160.00 for the new board.
I know it's a long shot but if the part can be identified and it is only $1 then I've got nothing to lose.
Thanks to both of you for your responses.
