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My PS3 died and Im trying to live to tell the story
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LiquidMetal14
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I don't get the yellow before the red but mine just started blinking red. I tried to turn it back on but it blinks red. I heard this may be an HDD issue? Or does anyone else have any insight?
LiquidMetal14
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I can call them on a whim and they will reset my activations so no worries there. I'm just trying to see if it's an HDD issue as I read that some just took the HDD in and out and it worked again. I have not seen anything yellow so my concern level is not high yet.
LiquidMetal14
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I will try this after I try to just take out and put the HDD back in. I put the 60 in an enclosure and am currently using it as a portable HDD but if I must then I can at last try.Speevy said:
domlolz said:
http://cgi.ebay.com/PLAYSTATION-3-R...3ca37a6453&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14#ht_1564wt_940
cheaper than Sony, longer warranty, and you'll get to keep all your stuff because you get the same system back.
Just had a brief power outage...
When the power came back on, my 60GB was blinking red. "Ok, That's new", I thought.
I flipped the switch in the back off/on once and turned her on. I got numerous beeps,a yellow light and flashing red.
After a few minutes of flipping out, I gave her one more try...and she was fine. Back to solid green and blue lights.
Either it was a fluke or a warning.
I've heard of people getting the yellow light once,their PS3 returns to normal,then it bites it shortly after.
Has anyone had this happen?
When the power came back on, my 60GB was blinking red. "Ok, That's new", I thought.
I flipped the switch in the back off/on once and turned her on. I got numerous beeps,a yellow light and flashing red.
After a few minutes of flipping out, I gave her one more try...and she was fine. Back to solid green and blue lights.
Either it was a fluke or a warning.
I've heard of people getting the yellow light once,their PS3 returns to normal,then it bites it shortly after.
Has anyone had this happen?
polyh3dron
Banned
Back your shit up NOW.ShortBus said:
After watching a blu-ray movie (The Wrestler) the ol' 60Gb gave me 3 beeps and shut off with blinking red lights.
I gave it a break, made sure the vents were clean and tried again after 5 mins. It worked for a few mins while I backed up a couple of games then 3 beeps and shuts off again.
Uh oh. Am I screwed or it is not over until the yellow light cometh?
I gave it a break, made sure the vents were clean and tried again after 5 mins. It worked for a few mins while I backed up a couple of games then 3 beeps and shuts off again.
Uh oh. Am I screwed or it is not over until the yellow light cometh?
lastplayed
Member
Not really broke, but my PS3 (80gb) has given me a couple of electric shocks when touching the eject button, has anyone else had this? I was wearing some new slippers so maybe they were causing too much static to build up in me.
But anyway, I'm kinda scared of touching the eject button now. :lol
But anyway, I'm kinda scared of touching the eject button now. :lol
sloppyjoe_gamer
Gold Member
lastplayed said:
Weird, never had that happen before...from now on eject the disk using the controller instead. Highlight the game/disk, hit triangle, then choose 'eject disk', or 'eject'...not sure of the wording.
So what's the deal with the repair? I have a 320Gb Hard drive in the system do I need to take it out? Is there any way of keeping the data I have on there?
Edit: You know what? I blame MAG for this bullshit. I had to leave the system on for like 3 days straight so that it could try to download their 3Gb client. >:/
Edit: You know what? I blame MAG for this bullshit. I had to leave the system on for like 3 days straight so that it could try to download their 3Gb client. >:/
I don't understand why more people don't "reflow" their systems instead of paying half the price of a new console to Sony. It's simple, easy, and take an hour at most. Plus you keep your hard drive and you can back up everything just in case it dies again. The cost of reflowing is about 30-40 bucks. Get a heat gun from a pawn shop, some really good thermal paste, and a Torx screwdriver.
Thomaticus~
Banned
I just sent in my PS3 to get fixed, but I might have done it prematurely. Tell me what you guys think?
First I started having some problems with Prince of Persia, I was getting some graphics errors, where large polygon lines would pop in , and would be protruding from the female character. That was the only game that had a problem. So sometime later, I get Infamous and the pop in is terrible, I was getting large pop in ploygon rectangles that would obstruct my view, it was like a large grey wall that you would walk right through, it would pop up mostly in areas that were under the train rails/station. Also, I started noticing some pop in lines on Farcry 2. Plus every so often my PS3 would freeze.. .but this was pretty rare. Based on the problems I was seeing, I decided to send it in, now and not wait for the system to completely crash.
I sent it in to Sony with my 160gb HDD, but the instructions didn't say anything about taking out the hard drive, looking at the instructions It seems that I'll probably be getting the same system back.
I wondering if Sony will fix the system using better 45nm, or 65nm chips.
First I started having some problems with Prince of Persia, I was getting some graphics errors, where large polygon lines would pop in , and would be protruding from the female character. That was the only game that had a problem. So sometime later, I get Infamous and the pop in is terrible, I was getting large pop in ploygon rectangles that would obstruct my view, it was like a large grey wall that you would walk right through, it would pop up mostly in areas that were under the train rails/station. Also, I started noticing some pop in lines on Farcry 2. Plus every so often my PS3 would freeze.. .but this was pretty rare. Based on the problems I was seeing, I decided to send it in, now and not wait for the system to completely crash.
I sent it in to Sony with my 160gb HDD, but the instructions didn't say anything about taking out the hard drive, looking at the instructions It seems that I'll probably be getting the same system back.
I wondering if Sony will fix the system using better 45nm, or 65nm chips.
sloppyjoe_gamer
Gold Member
Thomaticus~ said:
Dont think it works that way...You will either get your exact system back, or a refurb of the exact same model of your system (in other words..if your model has the larger nm chipsets, the one you will get back will also have the larger chipsets).
Thomaticus~
Banned
sloppyjoe_gamer said:
damn... if they could thow in a better chip set, then I wish that they would, because what's the point. If after 2-3 years, same chips probably going to have the same problem.
dreamer3kx
Member
xinoart said:
This, also I didnt even need a heat gun, I just wanted to recover my saves and deactivate it because I was getting a slim, so I went the cheap way and used a hair dryer and replaced the thermal paste.:lol Worked like a charm.
polyh3dron
Banned
You should have taken your drive out. I got a refurb back myself.Thomaticus~ said:
But yeah so much for a console with a 10 year lifespan. :lol
MajorB0ner
Banned
yup, laser has died on my 40g - already placed a replacement order w/gadgetresurrection Hopefully I can repair it before Demons Souls drops. (crosses fingers for quick shipping)
Alright.. my PS3 launch unit has finally died out on me (YLOD), coincidentally only two days after my toshiba/vista laptop stopped working.. awful week.
Lucky for me though, I do semi-routine backups and had just done one about a month or two ago, however I didn't deactivate my system from the many of the accounts I have on my PS3.
So i'm wondering; do any of those 'fix it yourself' tutorials out there actually work? I'd like to jump on and do a more recent backup as well as deactivate my system. Is this possible?
I'm not under warranty anymore anyway, and it'll most likely crap out on me once again but i'll just eventually pick up a slim..
Please respond if you know the answer, since I was using my PS3 for internet since my laptop broke, all I can use now are phones or go to a friends house. :\
Thanks..
Lucky for me though, I do semi-routine backups and had just done one about a month or two ago, however I didn't deactivate my system from the many of the accounts I have on my PS3.
So i'm wondering; do any of those 'fix it yourself' tutorials out there actually work? I'd like to jump on and do a more recent backup as well as deactivate my system. Is this possible?
I'm not under warranty anymore anyway, and it'll most likely crap out on me once again but i'll just eventually pick up a slim..
Please respond if you know the answer, since I was using my PS3 for internet since my laptop broke, all I can use now are phones or go to a friends house. :\
Thanks..
sotodefonk
Member
Sentry said:
If you PS3 is out of warranty I think its worth the shot.
A friend of mine repaired his using this method (or at least he says that). Make sure your heat gun has a low speed or it will blow some things off.
Yeah, the warranty only lasts like a year or two right? Plus that sticker on the side is removed iirc.. Would Sony fix it anyway for the typical $150 price even if it was out of warranty?sotodefonk said:
I'll try following a few different tutorials, though i'm very new at dismantling shit so I hope I don't somehow make things worse...
Weird, well luckily for me it's just a temp fix, will save up or a slim to stay away from all that hassle of having a ghetto semi-functional system.satriales said:
I did the YLOD fix about 6 weeks ago ago and it worked fine afterwards and I had plenty of long sessions playing Uncharted 2 multiplayer without any issues at all. Then a few days ago I turned on the PS3 and started watching a film, when 5 minutes in it shut itself off with a flashing red light. When I tried to turn it back on all I got was the same YLOD that I had got 6 weeks earlier.
I left it overnight and when I tried it again in the morning it was working again. Then I tried to watch a film on it in the evening and it gave me the YLOD again and wouldn't work after that. So I had another go at doing the heat gun fix and now it is working once more. I think I'll stick to games now on and connect my laptop to the TV when I want to watch a film.
I left it overnight and when I tried it again in the morning it was working again. Then I tried to watch a film on it in the evening and it gave me the YLOD again and wouldn't work after that. So I had another go at doing the heat gun fix and now it is working once more. I think I'll stick to games now on and connect my laptop to the TV when I want to watch a film.
My ps3 died a month ago, this week a friend did the ylod fix and it works BUT the fan goes at top speed in under a minute before turning it on and never slows down
Any idea what could it be? Maybe something went wrong during the procedure or ir this normal, the sound makes it impossible for me to play.
Any idea what could it be? Maybe something went wrong during the procedure or ir this normal, the sound makes it impossible for me to play.
alterno69 said:My ps3 died a month ago, this week a friend did the ylod fix and it works BUT the fan goes at top speed in under a minute before turning it on and never slows down
Any idea what could it be? Maybe something went wrong during the procedure or ir this normal, the sound makes it impossible for me to play.
Sounds like there's not enough thermal paste. That's the only major problem most people have after the reflow in my experience. It's a bit difficult to know exactly how much to put on since sometimes it can spread pretty unevenly.
AndresON777
shooting blanks
dralla said:
hmm guess I'll give this a shot I didn't back up any data and I got the godfather 2 bluray stuck inside. At least it wasnt part 1 but still.
Valkyr Junkie
Member
Anyone ever have an HDD go out in their PS3 before? Any symptoms?
I put a Seagate 320GB HDD in my Slim right out of the box, but the last couple of times I've turned my PS3 on I've noticed that it seems to take a little longer for the console to boot. It seems to take longer to get to the XMB wave background, and then it takes almost 10 seconds before the Afrika theme kicks in. It was pretty close to instant before.
I guess I'll poke around for the DB rebuild function and see if that does anything.
edit: I forgot to mention, but game performance seems unchanged. The Uncharted 2 demo loads just as fast as it ever has.
I put a Seagate 320GB HDD in my Slim right out of the box, but the last couple of times I've turned my PS3 on I've noticed that it seems to take a little longer for the console to boot. It seems to take longer to get to the XMB wave background, and then it takes almost 10 seconds before the Afrika theme kicks in. It was pretty close to instant before.
I guess I'll poke around for the DB rebuild function and see if that does anything.
edit: I forgot to mention, but game performance seems unchanged. The Uncharted 2 demo loads just as fast as it ever has.
Dirk Shmiggler
Neo Member
well, my blu ray drive finally bit it for good this time. I took it all apart (out of warranty by a year), cleaned the lens, but, to no avail..
Picked all the little gears back up off the floor after taking it to full tear down, and i'll be damned that i got it able to accept discs again just fine.. seems like new, so, that's a relief.
New KES-400A laser coming in the mail from gadgetresurrection also... haven't searched this thread much to see if others have done it, but, i got a new (not refurb) laser with warranty for ~$50. I've had the drive apart 3 times so far and am well aware of its intracacies.
Hoping the new laser does the trick... will report back..
Picked all the little gears back up off the floor after taking it to full tear down, and i'll be damned that i got it able to accept discs again just fine.. seems like new, so, that's a relief.
New KES-400A laser coming in the mail from gadgetresurrection also... haven't searched this thread much to see if others have done it, but, i got a new (not refurb) laser with warranty for ~$50. I've had the drive apart 3 times so far and am well aware of its intracacies.
Hoping the new laser does the trick... will report back..
pistolpete2940
Member
My PS3 doesn't read any discs. Does that mean the lasers broken?
Dirk Shmiggler
Neo Member
apparently blue ray diodes were being made by monkeys and stuffed out the door b/c, honestly, from what i've seen, it's the PS3's RROD, more so than YLOD.
pistolpete2940
Member
Is there a chance that dust got in there somehow? Its probably fucked.
Im gonna try to swindle Gamestop. They're giving a $150 credit for a (working) ps3 towards a slim. If they catch it, I'll just sell it on craigslist or something. Its a 60 gb w/ bc.
Thoughts?
Im gonna try to swindle Gamestop. They're giving a $150 credit for a (working) ps3 towards a slim. If they catch it, I'll just sell it on craigslist or something. Its a 60 gb w/ bc.
Thoughts?
I plan on doing the YLOD fix later this week, after I buy a heat gun and that thermal paste compound. I'll be following these two guides, a PDF tutorial & this YouTube video walkthrough.
The thing is from what I can tell the unit he is dismantling (in the PDF & id) isn't an original 60GB launch unit, thus it doesn't have those memory card ports in the front. :\
I'm worried i'll open it up only to find a slightly different setup than what he shows. Is it really that large of a difference (internally)?
The thing is from what I can tell the unit he is dismantling (in the PDF & id) isn't an original 60GB launch unit, thus it doesn't have those memory card ports in the front. :\
I'm worried i'll open it up only to find a slightly different setup than what he shows. Is it really that large of a difference (internally)?
ScrabbleBanshee
Member
pistolpete2940 said:
Fraud, but it's EB so who cares.
My PS3 isn't dead (60GB, purchased June 2007), but a couple times now it's completely shut off in the middle of playing a game. No blinking lights, no beeps, just off as if the power went out. The red light on the front goes off as well. I have to hit the switch on the back and unplug the power cable to get it to turn back on. Doesn't seem to be time or heat related, it's just completely random. I really hope it doesn't die because I just put in a new 500GB hard drive in there.
ScrabbleBanshee
Member
Crisco said:
Sounds like power problem. Rule out the obvious first. Use a new power cable. Use a different power outlet/surge suppressor, check to see if the power port on the back of the PS3 seems loose (does it have a lot of play when you wiggle it with cable in?). Could be that you or somebody unwittingly yanked the power cable one too many times and there is a flaky connection in there causing it to blink out... can you replicate your PS3 problems by jiggling the power cord while the PS3 is on?
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
My current (2nd) 60 gig is starting to get real loud when playing Uncharted 2. I think it might be time to back up all my saves, just in case : /
I do a lot of maintenance to my 60GB PS3 bought in the European launch, march 2007.
I change the thermal paste every half year to a quality one. Clean the heatsink vents (fucking beast). Have a thermometer on the back vent telling me how hot it is. It steps up a level everytime the air reaches 54ºc and only drops when it falls to 45ºc.
As the games really start pushing from the ps3 hardware, it gets noisier.
That is why I only complain about the noise. It goes to level 3 easily in the summer these days.
I change the thermal paste every half year to a quality one. Clean the heatsink vents (fucking beast). Have a thermometer on the back vent telling me how hot it is. It steps up a level everytime the air reaches 54ºc and only drops when it falls to 45ºc.
As the games really start pushing from the ps3 hardware, it gets noisier.
That is why I only complain about the noise. It goes to level 3 easily in the summer these days.
sloppyjoe_gamer
Gold Member
Freedom = $1.05 said:
I remember when i had my 60 GIG that the Uncharted 2 closed beta was the only game that made my fans kick into a louder than normal gear. Many others reported the same thing. You're probably fine, but seeing as more and more 60's are croaking these days you better back your stuff up on a regular basis.
Sentry said:
Nah, the first time it happened was in the middle of playing GTA4, the other time while playing UC2.
ScrabbleBanshee said:
Yeah, I basically did all that after the second time it happened. The cable does have a lot of play when I wiggle it. It's plugged into the same heavy duty Panamax surge protector that my TV, A/V receiver, and DirecTV receiver are plugged into and I've never had a similar issue with them. My cat plays around back there a lot so she might have just loosened the cable somehow lol.
Felix Lighter
Member
Freedom = $1.05 said:
Ugh. Mines not loud but I can hear when the bluray disc being accessed. It was virtually silent before but now it's quite a bit more noticeable. Is this a warning sign? It's a 20GB by the way.
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