my ps3 died

[Jayse]

Hey Mike,

I had my Launch 60Gb PS3 go through the YLOD (yellow light of death) @ Nov 09 and took it to this guy in Melb. http://www.ausgamestore.com/ps3/ps3%20index.html
Cost me approx $150, got it back the same day and he didn't wipe my hardrive! It's still working a treat 4months on and i keep it on top of my entertainment unit instead of inside one of the shelves.
Another group who tackle this problem are: http://www.beetronix.com.au/gaming-c.../ps3-ylod.html but i think they might wipe your HD.

Seeing as you assemble your own PC's you might be smart enough to save some money and do this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U70SgRDVcBo (he has a further 5 parts to this repair on youtube) ( i wasn't cluey enough to even begin to try this!)

Little grab off wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3
Normal reliability:
According to Ars Technica, the number of PlayStation 3 consoles that have experienced failure is well within the normal failure rates in the consumer electronics industry.[124]

However, the BBC television programme Watchdog aired a report investigating the purported "yellow light of death" issue, which affects about 0.5%[125] of PlayStation 3s. The yellow light indicates a non-specific hardware failure.

The program also noted that the PlayStation 3 has a one-year warranty (typical of most consumer electronics products). Out-of-warranty PlayStation 3 owners can pay Sony a set fee for a refurbished console.[126]

In response to the tone of the program, senior vice president and managing director, Ray Maguire issued a document criticizing the program and citing potential attempt to harm Sony and PlayStation brand, and stating that the numbers of faulty PlayStation 3 systems the program mentioned are not evidence of a manufacturing defect.[127]

Good luck with it all.

Cheers,
Jayse.

[mikepologti]

Hey Mike,

I had my Launch 60Gb PS3 go through the YLOD (yellow light of death) @ Nov 09 and took it to this guy in Melb. http://www.ausgamestore.com/ps3/ps3%20index.html
Cost me approx $150, got it back the same day and he didn't wipe my hardrive! It's still working a treat 4months on and i keep it on top of my entertainment unit instead of inside one of the shelves.
Another group who tackle this problem are: http://www.beetronix.com.au/gaming-c.../ps3-ylod.html but i think they might wipe your HD.

Seeing as you assemble your own PC's you might be smart enough to save some money and do this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U70SgRDVcBo (he has a further 5 parts to this repair on youtube) ( i wasn't cluey enough to even begin to try this!)

Little grab off wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3
Normal reliability:
According to Ars Technica, the number of PlayStation 3 consoles that have experienced failure is well within the normal failure rates in the consumer electronics industry.[124]

However, the BBC television programme Watchdog aired a report investigating the purported "yellow light of death" issue, which affects about 0.5%[125] of PlayStation 3s. The yellow light indicates a non-specific hardware failure.

The program also noted that the PlayStation 3 has a one-year warranty (typical of most consumer electronics products). Out-of-warranty PlayStation 3 owners can pay Sony a set fee for a refurbished console.[126]

In response to the tone of the program, senior vice president and managing director, Ray Maguire issued a document criticizing the program and citing potential attempt to harm Sony and PlayStation brand, and stating that the numbers of faulty PlayStation 3 systems the program mentioned are not evidence of a manufacturing defect.[127]

Good luck with it all.

Cheers,
Jayse.

cheers thanx jayse nice info , i even thaugth of that option (taking her apart , seems pretty straight forward) , and after fixing it i was going to trade it into eb just to get a new ps3 slim (maybe they fixed the cooling issues , who knows) i havnt done anything yet cos ive been flat chat at work and dentist appoinments , so when i get some time ill make a decision to either bring out the heat gun or just send it away.

[ENERG1]

I've got 2 ps3s one for upstairs and one for downstairs.The first ps3 i had has gone into sony twice for overheating issues i got one as soon as they were released and the other one was bought for me because i'm spoilt and just in case the other one sh#ts itself.I was bought up on Atari back in the 80s and just love gaming.Yeah i'm a KIDULT.

Lifes Good

Luke

[mikepologti]

you wouldnt believe it but this afternoon i went into the eb store to ask about a deal with trading in a dead unit. he told me that to remove a stuck game that if you swithch it on at the back without pressing the power button on the front. now press and hold the eject button for like 10 secs , it actually released my cd. but strangly however it also kept the green light on , so i pressed the ps button on the controller and it booted up! , it appears that the orange light of doom doesnt only pertain to a over heating issue its just for a system failure in general. so needless to say its workign now!..........so i quickly traded it in for a slim. so now i have a working ps3 slim with 2 years waranty (hopefully sony have corrected the heating issue, the slim does have a differant cooling solution ) so now i can happily play ff13 and heavy rain wooooot!. thanks again all for the help. and pass on this work around to everyone else that gets the orange light of doom, it may just save a repair bill!

[mikepologti]

sorry for spamming but i have another update for those ps3 owners out there. apparently (after reading quite a few articals) the ps3 slim uses a new 45nm fabrication cell processor as appose to the older 65nm , meaning it runs alot cooler. not only that it uses less power. they have also updated the cooling solution inside the case too (like i thaught they did) k now im sounding like a sony rep , so ill just shut up . just thaught id share some info.

[madglf3]

I just got a Slim Ps3 last week and already it's frozen three times. I cbf'd calling up, going through that crap with a huge company. If it gets more serious I'll take action though.

[Jayse]

Mike,

What a stroke of luck/genius..and damn smart of you to trade it in straight away!!

I've heard the newer slimline PS3 machines cope a bit better under duress.

Cheers,

Jayse.

[Rocket36]

I just got a Slim Ps3 last week and already it's frozen three times. I cbf'd calling up, going through that crap with a huge company. If it gets more serious I'll take action though.

If it's that new, box it up and take it back where you bought it. They'll likely swap it out for a new one.