Hey people

Was watching a movie and ps3 decided to turn off and beep and then flash the red light (power indicator) continuesly, reset the ps and started movie again and the after 3 or 4 min has done the same process. HAs anyone had the same problem and any resolutions as i rang sony directly and they advised it would cost $250 to repair and now im thinking maybe save for a new one....

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To each his own

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google "PS3 red light of death" and it comes up with a few solutions

Yea have done it and just comes up with heating gun solutions and taking apart and crap which i would never do as i dont know what to look for and watched some youtube vids which were useless aswell, im thinking a new one could be in the books

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Yep had same problem would flash after turning on then turn off light of death. Warrenty was out so just bought a new one..

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Sorry to hear it. Great something to look forward to....
Just out of interest which PS3 model is it? Old or the newer slim?

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If you're not going to take it apart I don't understand what the purpose of this thread is for.

Your only options re: red ring of death etc are to:

- Open it up;
- Get someone else to open it up; or
- Buy a new one.

There are lots of Xbox/PS3 modders etc in the papers etc that would be able to give this ago, unfortunately I doubt there would be any guarantees.

May as well give it a go before buying a new one?

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happened to my 60 gb launch date model 2 years ago, sent it back to sony and paid $250, never had a problem since...

my mate just got his back from sony. took 6 weeks and there was a wait time for a new 1st gen ps3 so he got a new slimline instead. he was pretty bummed that he had missed gt5 til now

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i have the same problem. mine is a 40gb 1st gen. Turns off at about 20 minutes into a game, so its been sitting there collecting dust until i can decide what to do with it. However it does last quite a while on a cool day with a fan blowing at it. EB games will take it, but only for $50.

Is the fan actually working, or is it logged with dust?

Just go grab an el-cheapo portable fan and angle it across the vents.

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