Tips, Tricks and Fixes - Page 111 - Blu-ray Forum

saprano · 05-08-2010, 02:49 AM

Oh, no.

Moefiz · 05-08-2010, 02:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alan Gordon

Yep!

Still does it!

~Alan

Sorry..my friend

Its doesn't sound good...expect the worst at this stage

Alan Gordon · 05-08-2010, 02:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baritonic21

was the light yellow before turning off? if so u may have to reflow or write a eulogy

The funny green light might have been yellow.

What's reflow?!

~Alan

Baritonic21 · 05-08-2010, 02:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alan Gordon

The funny green light might have been yellow.

What's reflow?!

~Alan

Its explained here https://forum.blu-ray.com/blu-ray-ga...cks-fixes.html

I'm not personally familiar with it (other than having it happen to me as far as the not powering on thing) it involves opening your PS3 (of course this void your warranty if you still have it) Read through and the experiened guys can help you out

ADRiiAN` · 05-08-2010, 03:10 AM

Not another one! R.I.P

You have a YLOD, is it under warranty?

Snake_XRS · 05-08-2010, 03:58 AM

100% Yellow Light of Death

Sorry bro, same thing happened to me a couple months back.

Bodyslide · 05-08-2010, 04:00 AM

Time to get the Slim

master_8ball · 05-08-2010, 02:53 PM

Give the reflow a try if your out of warranty, it was surprisingly easy!

Uxi · 05-09-2010, 04:24 AM

We should keep a roster.

caliblue15 · 05-10-2010, 12:28 AM

So I think my PS3 slim is overheating... It keeps freezing on me. It first started with Modern Warfare 2 after about 2-3 hours of playing, now today started in Assassin's Creed 2 after 3-4 hours of playing.

madlost1 · 05-10-2010, 12:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by caliblue15

So I think my PS3 slim is overheating... It keeps freezing on me. It first started with Modern Warfare 2 after about 2-3 hours of playing, now today started in Assassin's Creed 2 after 3-4 hours of playing.

Modern Warfare 2 is always freezing up on me. Don't know why but I highly doubt it's overheating. (Ps3 Fat)

caliblue15 · 05-10-2010, 12:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by madlost1

Modern Warfare 2 is always freezing up on me. Don't know why but I highly doubt it's overheating. (Ps3 Fat)

doesn't explain the AC2 randomly freezing on me.

Rike255 · 05-10-2010, 02:52 AM

How often is it freezing up? Consistently after 2 hours? My PS3 freezes sometimes (not very often), but not because of any hardware problems.

caliblue15 · 05-10-2010, 02:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rike255

How often is it freezing up? Consistently after 2 hours? My PS3 freezes sometimes (not very often), but not because of any hardware problems.

in that time frame, and if I retry the game it will refreeze within 15 minutes. I turn off the ps3 come back later and its fine...

Rike255 · 05-10-2010, 03:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by caliblue15

in that time frame, and if I retry the game it will refreeze within 15 minutes. I turn off the ps3 come back later and its fine...

Hmm, that doesn't sound too good. Maybe you should ask on a PS3 specific forum to see if anyone else has had slim's overheating?

caliblue15 · 05-10-2010, 03:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rike255

Hmm, that doesn't sound too good. Maybe you should ask on a PS3 specific forum to see if anyone else has had slim's overheating?

Gonna call Sony tomorrow. Doing a backup right now, and will run a PS3 System reboot.

collingwood01 · 05-10-2010, 06:27 AM

Today is a sad day for me. I have encounted the YLOD

. Unfortunately I wasn't able to backup my HDD either so I am about to loose everything. This is the second one I have had in 3 years. Thank goodness I took out an extended warrenty (5 years). Have contacted Sony and sent it in. They quoted a possible 3 weeks before I get one back.

Batman1980 · 05-10-2010, 06:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by collingwood01

Today is a sad day for me. I have encounted the YLOD

. Unfortunately I wasn't able to backup my HDD either so I am about to loose everything. This is the second one I have had in 3 years. Thank goodness I took out an extended warrenty (5 years). Have contacted Sony and sent it in. They quoted a possible 3 weeks before I get one back.

From what I heard it should be more like a week once you put your PS3 into the box and send it off. Here's hoping you get your own system back.

collingwood01 · 05-10-2010, 06:31 AM

They said it would a refurbished one. Here's hoping the 3rd one will last longer than the first 2.

RebelJeeper · 05-10-2010, 05:53 PM

<SIGH>....Well, after 6 RRoDs on my 360, my phat 60GB gave up the ghost on Saturday... I'm in the process of tearing it down to try the re-flow fix for the YLoD. Hopefully tonight I can get it done and smoke check it, and hopefully it'll work. What sux is I ONLY use it for watching movies, so I wouldn't think it would get all that hot. And it's sitting in the open free to breathe. Oh well...what sux is Sony won't fix it on their own dime. One good thing about M$, they manned up and fixed for free (all 8 times - 6 as I said were for RRoD) their poor design. Otherwise, I guess it'll be decision time as to get another one or just get a normal BD player. At least it has lasted about 3 years...though I was hoping it would go longer.

And if it doesn't work, I still gotta figure out how to get my Star Trek TOS Season 2 Disc 6 out...

05-10-2010, 06:27 AM	#2217
collingwood01 Member Member since:Jul 2008 Location:Ballarat, Australia Blu-ray collection:52	PS3 is DEAD Today is a sad day for me. I have encounted the YLOD. Unfortunately I wasn't able to backup my HDD either so I am about to loose everything. This is the second one I have had in 3 years. Thank goodness I took out an extended warrenty (5 years). Have contacted Sony and sent it in. They quoted a possible 3 weeks before I get one back.

05-10-2010, 05:53 PM	#2220
RebelJeeper Active Member Member since:May 2009 Location:Republic of Texas 4K collection:371 Blu-ray collection:1714 DVD collection:2	<SIGH>....Well, after 6 RRoDs on my 360, my phat 60GB gave up the ghost on Saturday... I'm in the process of tearing it down to try the re-flow fix for the YLoD. Hopefully tonight I can get it done and smoke check it, and hopefully it'll work. What sux is I ONLY use it for watching movies, so I wouldn't think it would get all that hot. And it's sitting in the open free to breathe. Oh well...what sux is Sony won't fix it on their own dime. One good thing about M$, they manned up and fixed for free (all 8 times - 6 as I said were for RRoD) their poor design. Otherwise, I guess it'll be decision time as to get another one or just get a normal BD player. At least it has lasted about 3 years...though I was hoping it would go longer. And if it doesn't work, I still gotta figure out how to get my Star Trek TOS Season 2 Disc 6 out... Last edited by RebelJeeper; 05-10-2010 at 05:57 PM.

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05-08-2010, 02:49 AM	#2201
saprano Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Bronx, New York Blu-ray collection:495 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:9	Oh, no.

05-08-2010, 03:10 AM	#2205
ADRiiAN` Special Member Member since:Nov 2007 Location:Toronto Blu-ray collection:113	Not another one! R.I.P You have a YLOD, is it under warranty?

05-08-2010, 03:58 AM	#2206
Snake_XRS Blu-ray Guru Member since:May 2009 Location:Chicago	100% Yellow Light of Death Sorry bro, same thing happened to me a couple months back.

05-08-2010, 04:00 AM	#2207
Bodyslide Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2009 Location:Woodstock Georgia 4K collection:91 Blu-ray collection:819 DVD collection:76 Trading Score:33	Time to get the Slim

05-08-2010, 02:53 PM	#2208
master_8ball Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Ontario, Canada Home Theater Gallery:19 Blu-ray collection:675 Blu-ray reviews: 7 Trading Score:2	Give the reflow a try if your out of warranty, it was surprisingly easy!

05-09-2010, 04:24 AM	#2209
Uxi Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Southern California 4K collection:14 Blu-ray collection:191 Blu-ray reviews:9	We should keep a roster.

05-10-2010, 12:28 AM	#2210
caliblue15 Blu-ray Knight Member since:Dec 2007 Home Theater Gallery:12 Blu-ray collection:85 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:6	So I think my PS3 slim is overheating... It keeps freezing on me. It first started with Modern Warfare 2 after about 2-3 hours of playing, now today started in Assassin's Creed 2 after 3-4 hours of playing.

05-10-2010, 02:52 AM	#2213
Rike255 Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:AB, Canada PSNetwork: Rike255 Home Theater Gallery:44 Blu-ray collection:57	How often is it freezing up? Consistently after 2 hours? My PS3 freezes sometimes (not very often), but not because of any hardware problems.

05-10-2010, 06:31 AM	#2219
collingwood01 Member Member since:Jul 2008 Location:Ballarat, Australia Blu-ray collection:52	They said it would a refurbished one. Here's hoping the 3rd one will last longer than the first 2.

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