Tips, Tricks and Fixes

[brewp13]

Originally Posted by morgan28

I played the blue ray the unborn and it froze 2 min into play Now all my blue rays will not play and all my games do not play also. to top it off my warrenty up. Why should i have to pay out of my pocket to repair a fault that sony is responsible for they should call it the phoney ps3 .I googled the code and im not the only one ,so if you are in the same sinking boat as me please could you find 5 mins and email BBC Watchdog the more of us complain the more chance Sony will sort this common fault out,and if you are thinking of buying a PS3 I need not say anymore thanks for reading and hope you will support me

I'm having the same problem with the Unborn Blu Ray. Is there any reason why this would happen? Any solutions? I downloaded the latest update 2.80 last night after the Unborn froze the first time. What else can I do?

[AikonEnt]

So, there I was playing Wipeout (for about 2 hours), when the screen froze and the PS3 shut off leaving just a flashing red light. Turned it off at the mains for about 10 minutes and turned it on again. Green light, yellow light, flashing red light, nothing more. Left it off over night to try again and guess what? Green light, yellow light, flashing red light! I believe it's now official, it's dead

Anybody got any bright ideas how I can fix this without it costing an arm and a leg, or involving me taking the PS3 apart (which would basically mean turning one large black monolith into lots of little bits of scrap)?

I'm not in a happy place

[witheygull]

I fear you have met the dreaded Yellow Light of Death. It happened to me four months ago so I know your pain. Unfortunately I don't have any idea how to fix the issue aside from calling Sony and having them repair it (or more likely send you a refurb unit).

[MOONPHASE]

I had this same problem 1 year ago

[devilfan9500]

fallow this sticky and good luck https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...highlight=ylod

[td911]

My launch 60GB went last week.

I was going to send it in to Sony, but I said screw it. I went to Wal-Mart bought a new 80GB with extended warranty and will attempt repair on my YLOD PS3.

[AikonEnt]

There's a shop near me that I think does repairs so may have a look there tomorrow to see what they say. After a little investigation it seems like it could be either a power supply issue or the solder around the CPU/GPU has finally taken too much heat and gone kaput! If repair looks like it's going to be too much I may hold off until the smaller/cooler/cheaper model is released. The thing that pee's me off the most are my potential lost saved games, really don't want to have to play through all of them again just to get back on track with trophies and things (luckily the trophies I have will be safe). I'm guessing if I get a new one and put in the the 250gb HDD that's in the knackered PS3 it will just automatically format it wiping everything off it?

[MOONPHASE]

Originally Posted by AikonEnt

There's a shop near me that I think does repairs so may have a look there tomorrow to see what they say. After a little investigation it seems like it could be either a power supply issue or the solder around the CPU/GPU has finally taken too much heat and gone kaput! If repair looks like it's going to be too much I may hold off until the smaller/cooler/cheaper model is released. The thing that pee's me off the most are my potential lost saved games, really don't want to have to play through all of them again just to get back on track with trophies and things (luckily the trophies I have will be safe). I'm guessing if I get a new one and put in the the 250gb HDD that's in the knackered PS3 it will just automatically format it wiping everything off it?

I always put my memory of my ps3 games on my psp memory stick and then transfer them back over. However it does get annoying on the ones that are copyright protected

[Blu-ray Fanatic]

Well, sorry to hear that. Now go buy another one.

[AikonEnt]

Originally Posted by Blu-ray Fanatic

Well, sorry to hear that. Now go buy another one.

Yessir. If only I hadn't just spent £2500 on my new HT setup

[AikonEnt]

Anybody know if I can put my 250gb HDD from the dead PS3 into a new PS3 without it automatically formatting it? Going to be seriously annoyed if I lose 30 months worth of saved game data

[Rike255]

Nope can't be done. You need to make a backup of your HDD on the system that broke unfortunately.

Try fixing the YLOD like I did, I think there's a link to info on the OP. It may not last you long, but hopefully it'll fix it long enough to make a backup.

By the way, Copy protected saves CANNOT be moved to a new system by any means no matter what. I tried for a long time to get my KZ2 save over, it's just not possible.

[jc89]

Originally Posted by Marine Mike

If the disc isn't spinning make sure your connections to the drive are good.

Is the power plug on the side of the drive firmly plugged in? What about the clip thats on the bottom? If you are confused as to what I"m referring to, its before you take off the enclosure.



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Also check to make sure that the red/black wire that connects the two halves of the drive (after the enclosure is removed) isn't severed.

My red/black wire does not seem to be "severed." There is still a yellow bit connecting them at the end but it is disconnected from... wherever it was connected to. Do you know how to reconnect the wire?

[AikonEnt]

Originally Posted by Rike255

Nope can't be done. You need to make a backup of your HDD on the system that broke unfortunately.

Try fixing the YLOD like I did, I think there's a link to info on the OP. It may not last you long, but hopefully it'll fix it long enough to make a backup.

By the way, Copy protected saves CANNOT be moved to a new system by any means no matter what. I tried for a long time to get my KZ2 save over, it's just not possible.

That's annoying. I've just ordered a 2.5 sata enclosure for the drive that's in the PS3 (and only cost a few quid). Once connected I should be able to move some of the stuff to one of my PCs. Themes, pictures, mp3s and vids should be no problem, and hopefully most of the saves can be moved and then put onto a USB stick, then restored to a new PS3 I'll probably get (though will probably wait for the slim now). Watched a bit of a video on youtube about fixing YLOD myself, and thought better of it. May get it fixed by a third party or may go the Sony route (depending on how much they charge here in the UK, plus they'll want me to put the original HDD back in). Asked at a local Sony Centre yesterday to see if I could leave it there , but they said no , however the person there said that they don't fix your PS3, just swap it for another one when they pick yours up!

[WeApOn]

I believe people have tried that, and it didn't work? I was told there is NO WAY to get your data off you hard drive UNLESS you use the backup data from the PS3 menu.

Also, don't waste your time sending it to any local repair shops, the YLOD cannot be "fixed". You will only temporarily fix the situation, and end up spending more money in the end. The YLOD is unrepairable.

If you want your system fixed, contact Sony.

If you want your data, unfortunately you're going to have to open up your system, do the temporary fix, and then contact Sony. However, be careful not to mess anything up. They can refuse service if you tamper too much inside the system.

[Rike255]

Originally Posted by AikonEnt

That's annoying. I've just ordered a 2.5 sata enclosure for the drive that's in the PS3 (and only cost a few quid). Once connected I should be able to move some of the stuff to one of my PCs. Themes, pictures, mp3s and vids should be no problem, and hopefully most of the saves can be moved and then put onto a USB stick, then restored to a new PS3 I'll probably get (though will probably wait for the slim now). Watched a bit of a video on youtube about fixing YLOD myself, and thought better of it. May get it fixed by a third party or may go the Sony route (depending on how much they charge here in the UK, plus they'll want me to put the original HDD back in). Asked at a local Sony Centre yesterday to see if I could leave it there , but they said no , however the person there said that they don't fix your PS3, just swap it for another one when they pick yours up!

No that won't work. Your PC won't recognize the data on the hard drive. You need to do it using the original PS3 that the HDD is from unfortunately.

[Uxi]

Originally Posted by AikonEnt

Anybody know if I can put my 250gb HDD from the dead PS3 into a new PS3 without it automatically formatting it? Going to be seriously annoyed if I lose 30 months worth of saved game data

I wish there was a way. Sony knows the algorithm so could make a utility for it... It would need to carefully implemented/controlled... but I could see a guy from support on the phone giving us a rather large code to put in. Otherwise mass piracy would be as easy as trading HDD.

[WeApOn]

Sony should at least do something in-house that will transfer the data from one hard drive to a new one. If so, I wouldn't have had to repair the YLOD myself just because I needed to back-up my data. Then I had to send it to Sony in the end anyway.

[AikonEnt]

So basically my only option to get my saves is to either fix it myself, or get someone other than Sony to fix it (as they'll want me to put the original 60gb drive back in which will cause a reformat when I put the 250gb drive back in once I get it back). Nuts!

I know that trophies are linked to my id but will I still keep the ones I have even though the saves won't match the trophies? (assuming I will have to start from scratch on games).

[Mermen79]

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