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PS3 Yellow Light of Death - Fixable?

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  1. BlackBird007

    BlackBird007 F1 Rookie

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    #1 BlackBird007, Jan 8, 2012
    I have a PS3 that I recieved as a Christmas gift in 2007, I believe it was an 80 gig. Got the first YLoD tonight.

    I was playing Modern Warfare 3, then all of a sudden, it beeps 3 times and shuts off.

    Question is, is it fixable, or is it pretty much dead?
     
  2. EnzymaticRacer

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    #2 EnzymaticRacer, Jan 8, 2012
    AFAIK... nothing you can do.

    You may be able to send it back to Sony... but you are probably better just getting a new PS3.
     
  3. BlackBird007

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    #3 BlackBird007, Jan 8, 2012
    What I ended up doing. I did take it to a shop to have them look at it, and they said it's dead. So they got MW3 and the HDD out. Now the question is, can I use the HDD to transfer data to my new PS3?
     
  4. nthfinity

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    #4 nthfinity, Jan 8, 2012
    not true. suggett48116 has repaired his numerous times.
     
  5. Eric W

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    #5 Eric W, Jan 9, 2012
    Just Google YLOD and you'll see that it can be fixed even by yourself if you feel adventurous.
     
  6. EnzymaticRacer

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    #6 EnzymaticRacer, Jan 9, 2012
    Ah ok. I just googled and you are right... does seem some people have fixed theirs. I had not heard of those problems before.


    If my first PS3 ever dies (i just bought a new one pre-emptively because the fan was sounding like a jet engine... my old one is only a 20 gig... now I've got a 320 slim! :)) I may give this a shot.
     
  7. suggett48116

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    #7 suggett48116, Jan 9, 2012
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    Yes fixing the YLOD takes about an hour. To be safe I no longer leave my case on it runs so much cooler without it. I also installed a potentiometer to control my fan speed and also use a old computer heat sink with fan to pull heat from the power supply which gets very hot. I included a few pictures. first picture is the PS3 in repair the second is how mine looks everyday.
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