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Marine Mike · 09-22-2009, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by dereksworl

Just got back from Lowe's on my lunch and i just picked up a heat gun. attempting to repair YLoD myself tonight.

Wish me luck you guys

Good luck! Its something that I even hesitate doing myself, lol.

dereksworl · 09-22-2009, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Marine Mike

Good luck! Its something that I even hesitate doing myself, lol.

I know, but im desperate lol. And after watching the Gilksy vids, it doesnt seem that difficult. its just the dismantling and reassembling that has me worried.....

PS3-Playb3yond · 09-22-2009, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by dereksworl

I know, but im desperate lol. And after watching the Gilksy vids, it doesnt seem that difficult. its just the dismantling and reassembling that has me worried.....

I agree lol. That's why I backed out.

dereksworl · 09-23-2009, 04:58 PM

Success! PS3 fully operational.

Mike you would have been proud

caliblue15 · 09-23-2009, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by PS3-Playb3yond

I agree lol. That's why I backed out.

dismantling, wasn't that difficult, did you ever take apart your PS2?

Marine Mike · 09-23-2009, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by dereksworl

Success! PS3 fully operational.

Mike you would have been proud

I am.

PS3-Playb3yond · 09-23-2009, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by dereksworl

Success! PS3 fully operational.

Mike you would have been proud

Congratulations!

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Originally Posted by caliblue15

dismantling, wasn't that difficult, did you ever take apart your PS2?

Nope, my PS2 never broke so I never had reason to. Taking it all apart is easy but putting it back together is not, I haven't tried it, it just looks a little more challenging.

dereksworl · 09-23-2009, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by caliblue15

dismantling, wasn't that difficult, did you ever take apart your PS2?

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Originally Posted by PS3-Playb3yond

Nope, my PS2 never broke so I never had reason to. Taking it all apart is easy but putting it back together is not, I haven't tried it, it just looks a little more challenging.

It was a lot easier than i thought it would be honestly. as long as you keep track of all the screws, its pretty straight forward. saved $125 lol

Marine Mike · 09-23-2009, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by dereksworl

It was a lot easier than i thought it would be honestly. as long as you keep track of all the screws, its pretty straight forward. saved $125 lol

Yeah, I'm guessing if you do it, it requires a large open space to seperate the different parts.

PS3-Playb3yond · 09-23-2009, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by dereksworl

It was a lot easier than i thought it would be honestly. as long as you keep track of all the screws, its pretty straight forward. saved $125 lol

If mine breaks again, hope it doesn't, I will fix it myself.

Azyiu · 09-24-2009, 01:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Warjack Prime

That didn't work. If I plug in the controller and turn the PS3 on the 4 lights begin to blink once the PS3 loads. If I turn the controller on before the PS3 they blink more rapidly but that's it.

So no luck still? I guess your controller's problem is worse than mine.

georgeybanez · 09-24-2009, 07:01 PM

My playstation is only playing blu. When I put a dvd in the console it does not even recognize theres a dvd in it. Can someone please help

doctorD · 09-25-2009, 11:52 PM

Not sure if this is the best place to post. I am finally breaking open my PS3 slim...my second PS3 in the household.

Can I copy my account and content (downloads, etc) from my current PS3 and install it on my slim via external HD?

Or will I need to log into the new Slim with my same credentials and then redownload everything?

Thanks in advance!

Sylin · 09-26-2009, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by doctorD

Not sure if this is the best place to post. I am finally breaking open my PS3 slim...my second PS3 in the household.

Can I copy my account and content (downloads, etc) from my current PS3 and install it on my slim via external HD?

Or will I need to log into the new Slim with my same credentials and then redownload everything?

^^^ That.

Are you just doing an HDD upgrade? Or are you wanting to xfer your data from an older PS3 to your new Slim?

When doing an HDD upgrade, I used an external drive to back up my old unit via USB. Then I installed the new HDD into my PS3 Slim. Finally, I used the backup utility to restore it.

If you now have 2 PS3's and you want to move content over, your best bet is to manually set up the accounts on the Slim and re-download everything from PSN. It's time-consuming, but given that a lot of it won't copy from one machine to another this is a more viable option, IMO.

If you are selling your old PS3, make sure to DEACTIVATE it. There's instructions on how to do this. It essentially unlinks that particular PS3 with your PSN account, since you can only have your account registered to 5 machines for games and 1 machine for video.

If you're keeping it, there's no need to do this.

doctorD · 09-26-2009, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Sylin

^^^ That.

Are you just doing an HDD upgrade? Or are you wanting to xfer your data from an older PS3 to your new Slim?

When doing an HDD upgrade, I used an external drive to back up my old unit via USB. Then I installed the new HDD into my PS3 Slim. Finally, I used the backup utility to restore it.

If you now have 2 PS3's and you want to move content over, your best bet is to manually set up the accounts on the Slim and re-download everything from PSN. It's time-consuming, but given that a lot of it won't copy from one machine to another this is a more viable option, IMO.

If you are selling your old PS3, make sure to DEACTIVATE it. There's instructions on how to do this. It essentially unlinks that particular PS3 with your PSN account, since you can only have your account registered to 5 machines for games and 1 machine for video.

If you're keeping it, there's no need to do this.

I actually will be keeping my PS3 fatty and both will be setup in the house hold. I was just thinking I could do a complete copy (via backup utility) of my fatty content directly to my PS3 slim and be done with it. Has anyone verified that this would not work?

Thanks Sylin for the helpful info.

Sylin · 09-26-2009, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by doctorD

I actually will be keeping my PS3 fatty and both will be setup in the house hold. I was just thinking I could do a complete copy (via backup utility) of my fatty content directly to my PS3 slim and be done with it. Has anyone verified that this would not work?

Thanks Sylin for the helpful info.

Gotcha.

I did that when I bought my 2nd PS3 about 18 months ago. It didn't copy a lot of the content, which I imagine was due to various copyrights and other protections in place.

I wish Sony had a utility for people with multiple PS3's that would sync the content between them--or even a mass download option. I have over 60 PSN games and a ton of game DLC, themes, etc. I know this is nerdy, but I track it all in a spreadsheet now so I can make sure all of our PS3's have the same content on them. You've never seen disappointment when your 4 year-old daughter comes crying because Daddy forgot to install her favorite Little Big Planet costumes on the bedroom PS3.

doctorD · 09-26-2009, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Sylin

Gotcha.

I did that when I bought my 2nd PS3 about 18 months ago. It didn't copy a lot of the content, which I imagine was due to various copyrights and other protections in place.

I wish Sony had a utility for people with multiple PS3's that would sync the content between them--or even a mass download option. I have over 60 PSN games and a ton of game DLC, themes, etc. I know this is nerdy, but I track it all in a spreadsheet now so I can make sure all of our PS3's have the same content on them. You've never seen disappointment when your 4 year-old daughter comes crying because Daddy forgot to install her favorite Little Big Planet costumes on the bedroom PS3.

I don't think it's nerdy at all...in fact I've been known to do some similar things.

I guess I'll give it a try. I'll back up my slim and then try the transfer and see what happens. Thanks again for the input.

Azyiu · 09-27-2009, 02:56 AM

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Originally Posted by doctorD

I actually will be keeping my PS3 fatty and both will be setup in the house hold. I was just thinking I could do a complete copy (via backup utility) of my fatty content directly to my PS3 slim and be done with it. Has anyone verified that this would not work?

Thanks Sylin for the helpful info.

Not sure if this is helpful or not, but I copied all of my game saves, videos, photos from my lanuch 60Gb to an USB flash drive, and transferred almost everything to my new slim without problem. The only game save that I am unable to copy is the Resident Evil 5 save.

UKTruBlu · 09-27-2009, 07:25 AM

Have posted tis in another thread, but thought it should be here as well.

I appreciate that the report was a bit lob sided against one of the biggest consumer electronic companies on the planet.

I personally love sony, but was somewhat dissapointed when my brothers PS3 experienced YLOD.

However, as the cinsole was out of warranty and my brother does not live in mainland UK sony were asking for £145, but as the launch of the ceaper slim line was around the corner my mum agreed that for an extra £100 an new console would be more worth it as it would have a full year warranty.

Result i decided to bring the console home with me to the UK, that was the end of July, thinking, hmm i now have a spare console console, for spare parts, checking ebay every couple days for a new motherboard, but the correct motherboard for a 60gb is so rare that the cost was escalating and i was getting outbid.

Roll on to September, I watched the watchdog report with great interest, and although i agree that the failure rate of the PS3 is so low it is annoying when to happens to someone so close to you. So when i noticed they were using a 'special oven' i though to myself - its out of warranty, my brother has a new console, and i've got npthing to lose.

I set my KITCHEN oven to 110 dergess Centrigrade - sorry not sure what that is in F. and placed the motherboard to my PS3 on the middle shelf for 20 mins. That was yesterday afternoon.

Roll on this morning and after i had fed my aby girl her morning feed at 6.30am, set about rebuilding my brothers PS3............

Just as i started to watch the Liverpool vs Hull highlights on BBC's match of the day - COME ON LIVERPOOL!!!!! I turned the machine on - it did not at the time have the top cover on it but once its all together you don't need the top cover to turn it on.

HEY PRESTO, NO YELLOW LIGHT OF DEATH!!!!!!!! I now have an extra PS3. will now do the various updates the system needs!!!

So yes the watchdog report made Sony look like a bunch of ********s, but for the time being it has worked. If it does go again i will just go ahead and do the same thing again.

As I said 20 mins @ 110c.

Marine Mike · 09-27-2009, 01:20 PM

^^^^^^

Good thing to know that you can replace the motherboard in the PS3 and all other components will still work, thanks!

09-23-2009, 04:58 PM	#1144
dereksworl Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Around Home Theater Gallery:18 Trading Score:1	YLoD Surgeon!! Success! PS3 fully operational. Mike you would have been proud

09-24-2009, 07:01 PM	#1152
georgeybanez Member Member since:Nov 2008 Location:Phoenix AZ Home Theater Gallery:17 Blu-ray collection:55 Blu-ray reviews:58	ps3 not playing dvd My playstation is only playing blu. When I put a dvd in the console it does not even recognize theres a dvd in it. Can someone please help

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09-25-2009, 11:52 PM	#1153
doctorD Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Redmond, WA Home Theater Gallery:47 4K collection:397 Blu-ray collection:1723 Blu-ray reviews: 12 Trading Score:1	Not sure if this is the best place to post. I am finally breaking open my PS3 slim...my second PS3 in the household. Can I copy my account and content (downloads, etc) from my current PS3 and install it on my slim via external HD? Or will I need to log into the new Slim with my same credentials and then redownload everything? Thanks in advance!

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UKTruBlu Senior Member Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Surrey, England Home Theater Gallery:9 Blu-ray collection:170 Blu-ray reviews:1	Have posted tis in another thread, but thought it should be here as well. I appreciate that the report was a bit lob sided against one of the biggest consumer electronic companies on the planet. I personally love sony, but was somewhat dissapointed when my brothers PS3 experienced YLOD. However, as the cinsole was out of warranty and my brother does not live in mainland UK sony were asking for £145, but as the launch of the ceaper slim line was around the corner my mum agreed that for an extra £100 an new console would be more worth it as it would have a full year warranty. Result i decided to bring the console home with me to the UK, that was the end of July, thinking, hmm i now have a spare console console, for spare parts, checking ebay every couple days for a new motherboard, but the correct motherboard for a 60gb is so rare that the cost was escalating and i was getting outbid. Roll on to September, I watched the watchdog report with great interest, and although i agree that the failure rate of the PS3 is so low it is annoying when to happens to someone so close to you. So when i noticed they were using a 'special oven' i though to myself - its out of warranty, my brother has a new console, and i've got npthing to lose. I set my KITCHEN oven to 110 dergess Centrigrade - sorry not sure what that is in F. and placed the motherboard to my PS3 on the middle shelf for 20 mins. That was yesterday afternoon. Roll on this morning and after i had fed my aby girl her morning feed at 6.30am, set about rebuilding my brothers PS3............ Just as i started to watch the Liverpool vs Hull highlights on BBC's match of the day - COME ON LIVERPOOL!!!!! I turned the machine on - it did not at the time have the top cover on it but once its all together you don't need the top cover to turn it on. HEY PRESTO, NO YELLOW LIGHT OF DEATH!!!!!!!! I now have an extra PS3. will now do the various updates the system needs!!! So yes the watchdog report made Sony look like a bunch of ********s, but for the time being it has worked. If it does go again i will just go ahead and do the same thing again. As I said 20 mins @ 110c.

09-27-2009, 01:20 PM	#1160
Marine Mike The Busey Member since:Apr 2008 Location:Ohio Home Theater Gallery:10 Blu-ray collection:120 Blu-ray reviews:4 Trading Score:4	^^^^^^ Good thing to know that you can replace the motherboard in the PS3 and all other components will still work, thanks!

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