Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This video is sponsored by JLCPCB. jlcpcb.com/?from=ripfelix

This is a companion video to my original PS3 Documentary. This video updates information presented there with 2 more years of findings and experiments. It is also a bit of a response video to some of the controversy surrounding BumpGate theory as an explanation for YLOD in 90nm PS3s.

In case you're wondering why I spend so much time looking at XBOX 360 GPUs, the reason is because we have more information about their failure modality. I use it as a known bumpgate affected chipset to compare it to the PS3's RSX. If you know what to look for, it's much easier to see another affected chipset. If the RSX were not affected, I should be able to tell a difference between it's materials and the defective ones.

00:00 Intro
3:17 Sponsor
4:38 High-Lead Bumps
6:55 UV/Vis Spectroscopy
12:31 UV Fluorescence
14:09 Tg Poke Test
18:22 Packaging Defects
25:54 BGA or Bumps?
33:06 Pressure Test
35:01 Heat Test
37:14 What BGA Looks Like
41:54 Frankies are More Reliable
43:18 Controversy
43:50 Lead Free Solder Balls?
51:36 Conclusion