Hi there,

As the title says., our PS3 has shat and won't turn on. It tries to start up but only lasts for 1-2 seconds, beeps and then the yellow light comes on - not even enough time to get the disk to eject ...

I have a lot of computer hardware experience so I've had it apart looking for anything obvious, there wasn't a lot of dust in it and eveything 'looks' normal. When I press the on button I can hear the hard drive try to spin up, the big fan powers ok, but then there is 'click' (which may be the hard drive parking it's self, not sure) and then it powers down and flashes at me pathetically.

So, any one have any ideas please? Is there a good place to take it in Perth? Sending it back to Sony is one option but I believe it costs a packet for them to look at it and they might not be able to fix it anyway. It's well old so warranty isn't an option. I could always buy another one but then I don't get my saved games, and there is still a disk stuck in this one.

Cheers,

Wrxpc

It is a PS3 fat? I'm sure there is a way to get your disc out, even if you have to force it. Just buy a new console if it's a PS3 fat, a new PS3 revision has just come out:

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Hey dude, not sure if you have got your PS3 fixed yet but if not then I have just fixed my PS3 that suddenly died last week with the yellow light of death so if you want a hand fixing yours then send me a PM and I'll be happy to help you out.

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Thanks, I meant to post before but I actually did fix it. After talking to the guys at the Repair Station I decided to have a crack myself. Nothing wrong with what they said (in fact they were pretty cool) but I figured I already had the thing apart and I had little to lose so I went for it.

I found and followed this: PS3 Yellow Light of Death Fix - YLOD Repair Guide - The Gilksy Files!! Great series of youtube videos that lead me through it step by step, very easy.

Did you do something similar to this?

Unfortunately for me it only lasted a couple of weeks and it has died again, so I'm going to try it one more time and then probably throw it.

Cheers,

Wrxpc

bringing the old topic back up, mine has died.

if i buy a new one can i take out the HD from this one and copy the saved games to my new one somehow?

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Jump on youtube and follow a few of the better guides to fix it.
I had this happen the other week to my PS3 and fixed it using a hairdryer (didn't have a heat gun)!!

Regarding your question I'm not sure but I can't see why not?

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