[Cloudy]

I moved it to a different location yesterday and ever since then it's been beeping randomly every few minutes and it even turned itself off during a movie just now.

Am I screwed?

PS: It's a launch day ps3

UPDATE: Actually it turns out the beeps were coming from my dads prehistoric cellphone which needs to be charged. Is freezing and magic reset still a sign of YLOD?

[sazzy]

Creepy.

[Shikoro]

YLOD...

[GeoramA]

It doesn't have long. It'll eventually not turn on at all or you're going to get the YLoD.

You should probably start backing up your saves.

[Tambini]

Start saying goodbye, and back up your saves. Sounds like it's about to die.

[SJRB]

Overheating, perhaps? Did you place it inside a cabinet or something similar?

[H_Prestige]

Back up everything and take out any disc. It won't be long now.

[Sblargh]

Mine is like that for at least 3 months. I keep waiting until he finally dies, but he's still going strong that old boy.

[HaRyu]

Starting to overheat. Like GeoramA said, back that thing up ASAP.

[Metalmurphy]

Do you see an yellow light when it beeps?

If so say good bye.

[fluffydelusions]

Start saying your goodbyes.

[ViewtifulJC]

Say goodbye to your loved ones, it's about to explode!

[Cloudy]

Overheating, perhaps? Did you place it inside a cabinet or something similar?

Yes it's in a cabinet. I will move it back to the open air cabinet.

Also, I noticed some freezing in Sleeping Dogs last night. Ugh...

[Clockwork]

ITT things stop working correctly when they overheat.

People should know better by now not to place any type of hardware like this in enclosed spaces.

[DonMigs85]

So do you see a yellow light flash? Sounds like it struggles now.
In the short term cleaning the dust inside and reapplying thermal paste may help.

[Mejilan]

Mine did this a few weeks ago.
It quickly led to a YLOD.
Fucking thing ate my Dragon's Dogma disc, too.

Launch US 60GB model as well.
Now I'm waiting for the new model to hit...

:/

[Blue Ninja]

Duck and cover.

[Nuklear]

I moved it to a different location yesterday and ever since then it's been beeping randomly every few minutes and it even turned itself off during a movie just now. Am I screwed? PS: It's a luanch day ps3

Prepare to pay Sony $150 to fix your PS3.

[Samurai_Heart]

Back up everything and take out any disc. It won't be long now.

Do this now, I had my Batman Arkham Aslyum CE disc, eaten up by my launch 60GB PS3 which YLOD on me. And it did the beeping sound before then, unfortunately I did not back up my stuff in time and it died before I had a FAT32 portable hard drive space to spare.

[Cloudy]

There is no yellow light. And is there some reason I can't copy my Sleeping Dogs save to and memory stick? It shows online only :(

[Mejilan]

What the fuck. You put it in a cabinet?
Sorry, but that's flat out idiotic.

Edit - Also, the yellow light of death hit a little later for me.
It started with hard resets, flashing red lights, and beeping, which eventually turned into hard resets, beeping, a quick yellow light flash, and then flashing red lights.
If you can actually manage to boot into XMB, I'd make sure that your trophies are synced, saves are backed up, and if the whims of the gaming gods allow it, a full backup-for-transfer of your HDD is completed. It's only a matter of time now.

[Aguirre]

clearly, it hates the new place which you have put it. it's rebelling. yearning for days of old where it spent its youth.

[shinkansen.3000]

Is it so difficult to disassemble the console to get the disc out?

Mine is about to go too, very loud fan noise, random crashes, very slow HDD read speed.
I hope it gets enough time for me to finish what I'm playing now (Darksiders) and Resident Evil 6 once it's out.

There is no yellow light. And is there some reason I can't copy my Sleeping Dogs save to and memory stick? It shows online only :(

Save is locked to the console, there is no way to back it up if you don't have PS+ unfortunately...

[DonMigs85]

What the fuck. You put it in a cabinet? Sorry, but that's flat out idiotic.

Well we don't know how big it is or how much space it has to breathe, plus the ambient temperature may not be too high. And it is a pretty old console.

[Rivyn]

Prepare to pay Sony $150 to fix your PS3.

Better to buy a new PS3 for $220.

[H_Prestige]

There is no yellow light. And is there some reason I can't copy my Sleeping Dogs save to and memory stick? It shows online only :(

Some ps3 saves are copy protected. Only way to back them is with ps+ cloud.

[Manmademan]

What the fuck. You put it in a cabinet? Sorry, but that's flat out idiotic. Edit - Also, the yellow light of death hit a little later for me. It started with hard resets, flashing red lights, and beeping, which eventually turned into hard resets, beeping, a quick yellow light flash, and then flashing red lights.

yeah, get it out of that cabinet ASAP. That system is what- 6 years old by now? come on...

Better to buy a new PS3 for $220.

new PS3's can't play ps2 games. I have an 80 gig with backwards compatibility, and my ps2 stuff (cards, system, controllers) are LONG gone

[shinkansen.3000]

Prepare to pay Sony $150 to fix your PS3.

The new Ps3 models could cost as low as $140 for what we know, it definitely isn't worth it.

[Cloudy]

Save is locked to the console, there is no way to back it up if you don't have PS+ unfortunately...

This is fucking idiotic. Why would they do this?

[Samurai_Heart]

There is no yellow light. And is there some reason I can't copy my Sleeping Dogs save to and memory stick? It shows online only :(

I'm guessing some games won't let you do it, but use the PS3 back up option to save everything (iirc), it will save all the options and save data etc except game data files. If you have PSN+ I think you can cloud save, I don't have it so can't explain...
But the YLOD appears after you can no longer switch it on, well it appears before switching the entire system off....

[Mejilan]

Well we don't know how big it is or how much space it has to breathe, plus the ambient temperature may not be too high. And it is a pretty old console.

It doesn't even matter.
It's a launch US 60GB PS3 fatty.
You're playing with fire just by using it, 6 years in.
I burned through two of 'em. At least the first had the decency to die on me 6 months post-launch; so Sony replaced it for free.

[shinkansen.3000]

This is fucking idiotic. Why would they do this?

Mainly to avoid cheating in games with online features... but yes, it is completely idiotic...

[SJRB]

This is fucking idiotic. Why would they do this?

To strongarm you into taking PS+.

[Cloudy]

yeah, get it out of that cabinet ASAP.

It was just a temporary thing so my parents could watch blu ray movies while they're here :\

[Rivyn]

yeah, get it out of that cabinet ASAP. That system is what- 6 years old by now? come on... new PS3's can't play ps2 games. I have an 80 gig with backwards compatibility, and my ps2 stuff (cards, system, controllers) are LONG gone

We do not know if he cares for BC. I know you do but this thread is not about you.

[Cloudy]

We do not know if he cares for BC. I know you do but this thread is not about you.

I actually do. That's why I haven't switched to the sexier, sleeker version like with 360

[H_Prestige]

If you want to replace it with a new slim, make sure to delete all personal info and restore to factory settings. You can sell a YLOD 60gb for a decent amount.

My 60gb kicked the bucket a few months ago and I just bought a new slim instead of repairing or getting a refurb. Couldn't be happier. It's great being able to play without worrying about your system dying when the fans kick into hyper mode.

There's also that new cheaper slim that's coming soon.

[Mejilan]

new PS3's can't play ps2 games. I have an 80 gig with backwards compatibility, and my ps2 stuff (cards, system, controllers) are LONG gone

Of course the new PS3s can play PS2 games.
But only those you pay Sony another $10 for, from a very meager digital library.
Of course.

But yeah, vote's to wait for a cheapie new model Slim as well.

[Gilgamesh]

#ylod #yolo

[shinkansen.3000]

I'm guessing some games won't let you do it, but use the PS3 back up option to save everything (iirc), it will save all the options and save data etc except game data files. If you have PSN+ I think you can cloud save, I don't have it so can't explain... But the YLOD appears after you can no longer switch it on, well it appears before switching the entire system off....

If you do the complete backup you can only restore the locked saves on that same console, if you restore on another one because the previous is broken files are inaccessible anyway.

Maybe they can be transferred with system transfer. That should enable them on the new console, but both systems must be working to do this.

Now that I think about it, I'm afraid that even if you back up to PS+ you still can't restore the locked saves on any other console.

[H_Prestige]

If you do the complete backup you can only restore the locked saves on that same console, if you restore on another one because the previous is broken files are inaccessible anyway. Maybe they can be transferred with system transfer. That should enable them on the new console, but both systems must be working to do this. Now that I think about it, I'm afraid that even if you back up to PS+ you still can't restore the locked saves on any other console.

You can. I downloaded my dark souls and demons souls saves onto a new ps3.

[Razek]

Get your discs out now before it's too late! You do not want to have to take that drive apart.

[Rivyn]

Why in the world is the repair for a PS3 still $150 while the price for the PS3 has significantly dropped over the years?

[Takuan]

My 40GB has been doing this since I bought it ~4 years ago. If I leave it on a while, just idling, it'll beep every now and then. It's still working fine, but I haven't really put it to the test over the years since I game sporadically.

[snap0212]

My system gets pretty hot after playing for just 20 minutes. It's been like that for at least a year and I'm always waiting for it to finally kick the bucket. Already have another slim to take its place but I also wish that we get some good cooling next generation. I don't care if it's loud, I just want to be sure that my system won't die. :(

[shinkansen.3000]

You can. I downloaded my dark souls and demons souls saves onto a new ps3.

Ah I see, good thing there's that way at least.

I personally prefer to wait and see, if my Ps3 survives Resi6 I'll stop using it and buy a new one next year to do a system transfer.
If not, goodbye Demon's Souls save... in the end it's the only locked one I'm sorry to leave behind.

[Samurai_Heart]

If you do the complete backup you can only restore the locked saves on that same console, if you restore on another one because the previous is broken files are inaccessible anyway. Maybe they can be transferred with system transfer. That should enable them on the new console, but both systems must be working to do this. Now that I think about it, I'm afraid that even if you back up to PS+ you still can't restore the locked saves on any other console.

Ah forgot about that option I had my PS3 fat repaired but it still died again = had to buy a slim, as quoted if you have the money buy a PS3 slim and transfer over. Consoles are a real mess in these back-up matters =

[Cloudy]

So are you guys telling me I can't play the GOTY (Sleeping Dogs) anymore because my system might eat it even if I move back to the open cabinet?

[DC R1D3R]

This is dying.

[Psycho Powaa]

This happened to me just earlier while I was playing The Walking Dead. My PS3 died last year, got it repaired it at a third party place, and it YLoD on me just yesterday. After giving it some time to cool down, it managed to come back to life.

I managed to back up all my recent saves that hadn't been backed up yet and sync trophies. It's alive at the moment, but anymore use and I know it will die on me again. It sucks, cause I haven't been on my PS3 much lately. (mostly turned it on to download stuff or a bit of Netflix). Only game I was really playing was FFXII via BC and it was usually less than 2 hours of game time.