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Uxi · 08-06-2009, 04:40 PM

Crap, wasn't thinking of that. Guess I shouldn't waste my time fixing my YLOD and then sending it in if odds are going to be I'll get a different one that my backup won't work on anyways. Argh.

What a PITA.

Guess I'll definitely wait for a Slim, since doesn't appear to be any chance of getting a decent old school bundle that won't be rapage in a month. Maybe I won't send in my 60 at all and will just try a YLOD repair. Guess I could save the $150 or maybe get the parts I need to make a Blu-ray laser pointer.

partridge · 08-07-2009, 01:15 PM

It's a flaw in the send off and fix programme though, if Sony create a backup option that only works with a specific console, they have to be sure you get that one back OR it is configured to appear to be the same one.

bryan18 · 08-08-2009, 12:30 AM

Pretty helpful thread. good job Mike I will use this for swapin' out my HDD

blitz6speed · 08-08-2009, 10:06 AM

Seriously, the ps3 sucks hardware wise. My brothers 40 gig has been having the fan go into overdrive mode really fast for the past 2 weeks even with the a/c on in the house. So he brought it over today, and i said i'd re-do the thermal paste on it so it wouldnt get hot so fast anymore. I re-did everything, put it back together..... and YLOD. Mind you it was playing blu-ray movies 10 minutes before he brought it over to me. So i took it apart and re-did the process 5 times and it would YLOD each and every time. I was literally blown away at how shoddy this crap is. Once a PS3 breaks, sell it as soon as possible and never look back. I am thinking that sony may end up doing what microsoft did at some point, this YLOD crap is out of control.

AikonEnt · 08-08-2009, 10:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blitz6speed

Seriously, the ps3 sucks hardware wise. My brothers 40 gig has been having the fan go into overdrive mode really fast for the past 2 weeks even with the a/c on in the house. So he brought it over today, and i said i'd re-do the thermal paste on it so it wouldnt get hot so fast anymore. I re-did everything, put it back together..... and YLOD. Mind you it was playing blu-ray movies 10 minutes before he brought it over to me. So i took it apart and re-did the process 5 times and it would YLOD each and every time. I was literally blown away at how shoddy this crap is. Once a PS3 breaks, sell it as soon as possible and never look back. I am thinking that sony may end up doing what microsoft did at some point, this YLOD crap is out of control.

What I read from that is that it didn't have YLOD until you took it apart

Psx0005 · 08-09-2009, 03:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blitz6speed

Seriously, the ps3 sucks hardware wise. My brothers 40 gig has been having the fan go into overdrive mode really fast for the past 2 weeks even with the a/c on in the house. So he brought it over today, and i said i'd re-do the thermal paste on it so it wouldnt get hot so fast anymore. I re-did everything, put it back together..... and YLOD. Mind you it was playing blu-ray movies 10 minutes before he brought it over to me. So i took it apart and re-did the process 5 times and it would YLOD each and every time. I was literally blown away at how shoddy this crap is. Once a PS3 breaks, sell it as soon as possible and never look back. I am thinking that sony may end up doing what microsoft did at some point, this YLOD crap is out of control.

Could be worse. Try having the experience of most RROD Box owners

Shin-Ra · 08-09-2009, 03:43 AM

Any evidence with reliable numbers that hardware failure is out of control or are we just blowing off steam?

Uxi · 08-09-2009, 05:16 AM

It does seem to be an inordinate amount of increases, especially on the official boards. Ironically enough, my Xenon 360 is still running, but that's mostly because I never use it.

blitz6speed · 08-10-2009, 05:53 AM

I am on my 5th or 6th 360 and tell everyone how unreliable they are every chance i get. Its ridiculous that people are just brushing off this YLOD thing as if its no big deal, it IS a big deal. YLOD happens when there is ANYTHING wrong with the system. The problem is the PS3 doesnt tell you what is wrong, it boots, if there is any fault what so ever, YLOD and thats it. FYI, ive taken apart many PS3s and re-did the thermal paste to fix the fan coming on, and ive never had an issue till now just by taking it apart and putting it back together.

Also, ive had my own 80 gig YLOD on me and i couldnt bring it back to life, among a lot of my friends also suffering the same issue. In fact, 3 of my familys (im talking cousins, uncles, etc) PS3s out 6 have had blu-ray laser failures. Thats not really encouraging. I just fixed my buddies laser by getting one off of ebay for him this last week. I had to re-do my own as well, and again, my own replies are in this very thread from earlier.

I know we're all pro-sony, look at my freakin post history. But this is seriously going from bad to worse.

PS3-Playb3yond · 08-10-2009, 01:06 PM

My PS3 just overheated last night.

I turn it on, it blinks this yellow light and beeps a few times and it turns off blinking red light. Tried it again this morning and it's the same.

The warranty is long expired now, it's been 2 years since I've bought it. What do I do?

MOONPHASE · 08-10-2009, 01:08 PM

Either risk fixing it yourself or just send it to Sony and let them handle it. But if you want to do it yourself I won't stop you but Marine Mike was nice enough to post this https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...s+tricks+fixes

MacDaddyOJack · 08-10-2009, 01:13 PM

I think that when it overheats, it just shuts itself off until the temp cools down inside. If you are still having the blinking lights this morning, you probably have something else going on as well

It sucks, but I'd probably just send it to Sony.

Galactus · 08-10-2009, 01:15 PM

If its a 60gig send it in to sony and let them fix it.

AikonEnt · 08-10-2009, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PS3-Playb3yond

My PS3 just overheated last night.

I turn it on, it blinks this yellow light and beeps a few times and it turns off blinking red light. Tried it again this morning and it's the same.

The warranty is long expired now, it's been 2 years since I've bought it. What do I do?

Welcome to my world, the exact same thing happened to me a couple of weeks ago (during Wipeout)

I'm just going to buy a slim when it's released. Then see if I can get someone to fix my 60gb machine so I can rescue my saves. If nobody else can do it I may even try myself. Doesn't work now so I can't make it any worse.

Don't want to pay £150 for a refurb from Sony because I'll still lose my saves (have to put original drive back in).

centauro74 · 08-10-2009, 01:18 PM

Cleane it really good, with a compress air spray in all the vents, disconect it, and then try to reset it. Maybe you can call sony and ask for advise. before send to repear

PS3-Playb3yond · 08-10-2009, 01:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MOONPHASE

Either risk fixing it yourself or just send it to Sony and let them handle it. But if you want to do it yourself I won't stop you but Marine Mike was nice enough to post this https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...s+tricks+fixes

Ok, thanks! I'll give it a look. If it looks too complicated I'll send it in.

Quote:

Originally Posted by MacDaddyOJack

I think that when it overheats, it just shuts itself off until the temp cools down inside. If you are still having the blinking lights this morning, you probably have something else going on as well

It sucks, but I'd probably just send it to Sony.

Yeah, it's still not working. The AC was on in our house the whole night so it was freezing this morning but it's still not working.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blu Blood

If its a 60gig send it in to sony and let them fix it.

Yup, a 60GB.

Quote:

Originally Posted by AikonEnt

Welcome to my world, the exact same thing happened to me a couple of weeks ago (during Wipeout)

I'm just going to buy a slim when it's released. Then see if I can get someone to fix my 60gb machine so I can rescue my saves. If nobody else can do it I may even try myself. Doesn't work now so I can't make it any worse.

Don't want to pay £150 for a refurb from Sony because I'll still lose my saves (have to put original drive back in).

If I send it in they will delete my saves?

Are you sure?

DonRSD · 08-10-2009, 01:27 PM

did you have electricial tape around the vents?

i know someone remembers that thread

MOONPHASE · 08-10-2009, 01:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PS3-Playb3yond

If I send it in they will delete my saves?

Are you sure?

Yeah I believe they reformat the HDD and clean it out or just send you another refurb 60GB(happened to me 13 months ago). But I'm willing to bet you can start playing again in just about a week or maybe not even a week because they are super fast with their shipping. But this is why people always say back up all of your game saves(that's what I did and put them on my PSP memory stick and it works like a charm).

PS3-Playb3yond · 08-10-2009, 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DonRSD

did you have electricial tape around the vents?

i know someone remembers that thread

No, I'm not crazy lol.

Quote:

Originally Posted by MOONPHASE

Yeah I believe they reformat the HDD and clean it out or just send you another refurb 60GB(happened to me 13 months ago). But I'm willing to bet you can start playing again in just about a week or maybe not even a week because they are super fast with their shipping. But this is why people always say back up all of your game saves(that's what I did and put them on my PSP memory stick and it works like a charm).

I would but Ihave nothing to back up my saves to. All I have is a 1GB flash drive and I don't think that's enough.

Fixing this YLOD sounds kind of complicated. I'm going to send Marine Mike a PM.

PS3-Playb3yond · 08-10-2009, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MOONPHASE

Should be since you only need the game saves(you don't need like the stuff you purchased off of the PSN or the updates that your games got) so 1GB is plenty unless you have like over 1,000 games, but since you got the YLOD you won't be able to access those game saves anyways unless you fix it yourself or Marine Mike could possibly help you.

Ah, I should have backed it all up.

Yeah, I'll ask Mike.

08-06-2009, 04:40 PM	#821
Uxi Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Southern California 4K collection:14 Blu-ray collection:191 Blu-ray reviews:9	Crap, wasn't thinking of that. Guess I shouldn't waste my time fixing my YLOD and then sending it in if odds are going to be I'll get a different one that my backup won't work on anyways. Argh. What a PITA. Guess I'll definitely wait for a Slim, since doesn't appear to be any chance of getting a decent old school bundle that won't be rapage in a month. Maybe I won't send in my 60 at all and will just try a YLOD repair. Guess I could save the $150 or maybe get the parts I need to make a Blu-ray laser pointer. Last edited by Uxi; 08-06-2009 at 04:43 PM.

08-10-2009, 01:06 PM	#830
PS3-Playb3yond Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Cincinnati, OH Blu-ray collection:19 Blu-ray reviews:5 Trading Score:13	My PS3 Just Overheated My PS3 just overheated last night. I turn it on, it blinks this yellow light and beeps a few times and it turns off blinking red light. Tried it again this morning and it's the same. The warranty is long expired now, it's been 2 years since I've bought it. What do I do?

08-10-2009, 01:08 PM	#831
MOONPHASE Blu-ray Duke Top contributor Member since:Jun 2007 Location:California 4K collection:8 Blu-ray collection:520 DVD collection:820 Blu-ray reviews:18 Trading Score:29	Either risk fixing it yourself or just send it to Sony and let them handle it. But if you want to do it yourself I won't stop you but Marine Mike was nice enough to post this https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...s+tricks+fixes Last edited by MOONPHASE; 08-10-2009 at 01:11 PM.

08-10-2009, 01:18 PM	#835
centauro74 Active Member Member since:Feb 2008 Location:New Jersey Home Theater Gallery:14 Blu-ray collection:218	use a air spray Cleane it really good, with a compress air spray in all the vents, disconect it, and then try to reset it. Maybe you can call sony and ask for advise. before send to repear

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08-07-2009, 01:15 PM	#822
partridge Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Oct 2005 Location:England	It's a flaw in the send off and fix programme though, if Sony create a backup option that only works with a specific console, they have to be sure you get that one back OR it is configured to appear to be the same one.

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blitz6speed Blu-ray Guru Member since:Oct 2006 Location:Anaheim Hills, CA Trading Score:8	Seriously, the ps3 sucks hardware wise. My brothers 40 gig has been having the fan go into overdrive mode really fast for the past 2 weeks even with the a/c on in the house. So he brought it over today, and i said i'd re-do the thermal paste on it so it wouldnt get hot so fast anymore. I re-did everything, put it back together..... and YLOD. Mind you it was playing blu-ray movies 10 minutes before he brought it over to me. So i took it apart and re-did the process 5 times and it would YLOD each and every time. I was literally blown away at how shoddy this crap is. Once a PS3 breaks, sell it as soon as possible and never look back. I am thinking that sony may end up doing what microsoft did at some point, this YLOD crap is out of control.

08-09-2009, 03:43 AM	#827
Shin-Ra Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Feb 2007 Blu-ray collection:5 Trading Score:1	Any evidence with reliable numbers that hardware failure is out of control or are we just blowing off steam?

08-09-2009, 05:16 AM	#828
Uxi Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Southern California 4K collection:14 Blu-ray collection:191 Blu-ray reviews:9	It does seem to be an inordinate amount of increases, especially on the official boards. Ironically enough, my Xenon 360 is still running, but that's mostly because I never use it.

08-10-2009, 05:53 AM	#829
blitz6speed Blu-ray Guru Member since:Oct 2006 Location:Anaheim Hills, CA Trading Score:8	I am on my 5th or 6th 360 and tell everyone how unreliable they are every chance i get. Its ridiculous that people are just brushing off this YLOD thing as if its no big deal, it IS a big deal. YLOD happens when there is ANYTHING wrong with the system. The problem is the PS3 doesnt tell you what is wrong, it boots, if there is any fault what so ever, YLOD and thats it. FYI, ive taken apart many PS3s and re-did the thermal paste to fix the fan coming on, and ive never had an issue till now just by taking it apart and putting it back together. Also, ive had my own 80 gig YLOD on me and i couldnt bring it back to life, among a lot of my friends also suffering the same issue. In fact, 3 of my familys (im talking cousins, uncles, etc) PS3s out 6 have had blu-ray laser failures. Thats not really encouraging. I just fixed my buddies laser by getting one off of ebay for him this last week. I had to re-do my own as well, and again, my own replies are in this very thread from earlier. I know we're all pro-sony, look at my freakin post history. But this is seriously going from bad to worse.

08-10-2009, 01:13 PM	#832
MacDaddyOJack Blu-ray Guru Member since:Sep 2007 Location:Richmond, VA PSNetwork: MacDaddyOJack Trophy Level: 12(4%) Home Theater Gallery:12 Blu-ray collection:71 Blu-ray reviews:23 Trading Score:4	I think that when it overheats, it just shuts itself off until the temp cools down inside. If you are still having the blinking lights this morning, you probably have something else going on as well It sucks, but I'd probably just send it to Sony.

08-10-2009, 01:15 PM	#833
Galactus Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Pillars of Creation Blu-ray collection:60 Trading Score:31	If its a 60gig send it in to sony and let them fix it.

08-10-2009, 01:27 PM	#837
DonRSD Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jan 2009 Location:South Florida Home Theater Gallery:24 Blu-ray collection:254 Blu-ray reviews: 3 Trading Score:129	did you have electricial tape around the vents? i know someone remembers that thread

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