Ps3...dead!!!!

[Dyewitness]

My ps3 just died on me....got a flashing red light, what the f**k!!!!

 

[treemanx]

Any yellow lights?

 

[Dyewitness]

Just red....found a load of posts on net from people saying same happened after installing 3.60, its nearly 3 years old and sony want £140 for a replacement

 

[Dyewitness]

If i borrow my brothers ps3 and download map packs will i still have my on line game data??

 

[treemanx]

You don't loose your online data, map packs can be downloaded again.

 

[Dyewitness]

Getting my brothers ps3 hopefully tomorrow, now to decide what to do, i have no skills at repairing things, looks like few places can do it for around £50

 

[DrR]

Bet it's the YLOD mine did it

 

[Dyewitness]

I keep missing on dredz vocal talent >.>

Thing of beauty...

Right so update on ps3, i have a royalties account with rbs which if you buy an item gets you an extra two year warranty, person i spoke with couldnt confirm if ps3 covered but if it is going to claim off of that, £25 excess which isnt bad, not sure if they will repair it or replace it

 

[AK]

That's a result.

Shame about the shite bank :rasp:

 

[seb]

next ps3 vs xbox comment gets a ban.

 

[Dyewitness]

Any yellow lights?

Fiestec, just tried it again and there is a yellow light for mili second

 

[treemanx]

PS3s are s**t from my experience between me and the missus we've had like 6 or so, I know about 4 close friends whove had replacements also. Mine were alll under warranty luckily, even one replacement broke after a day lol! If if goes green yellow red it's fucked if it flashes yellow yellow red it's fucked if it doesn't recognise a disc has been inserted it's fucked. As to fixing them I have no idea check YouTube or eBay, didn't richy22 offer a service?

 

[Dyewitness]

PS3s are s**t from my experience between me and the missus we've had like 6 or so, I know about 4 close friends whove had replacements also. Mine were alll under warranty luckily, even one replacement broke after a day lol! If if goes green yellow red it's fucked if it flashes yellow yellow red it's fucked if it doesn't recognise a disc has been inserted it's fucked. As to fixing them I have no idea check YouTube or eBay, didn't richy22 offer a service?

Found this place which seems reasonable

http://www.skprepair.co.uk/index.php/contact/

Thinking going to put it through my warranty cover through my bank, £25 excess is easier to swallow than £130 from sony

 

[Dyewitness]

Emergency airdrop just arrived!

 

[Goodj]

Right, my launch-edition just kicked the bucket mid-COD.
Might just be an overheat, will give it a rest overnight.
Hopefully the extended warranty from PS-Pro's will come good again, but this is the 2nd overheat-death it's suffered (had YLOD about 18 months ago).

EDIT: Thread reboot seems a better idea than kicking off a new one

 

[Heez]

My first gen 80gb went pop the other night, hairdryer done enough to get vital saves and disc outta the drawer but its went again tonight when doing a full back up of the HDD. Its s**t but its had a good innings, Slim is being bought tomorrow

 

[Gouldy]

Mine crashed a few times In the past, I used my dyson to vac all the vents out and let it cool down. The next day it worked fine, it's done this 3 times since I've owned it. For reference it's a launch edition backwards compatible 60gb ps3 ( the oldest of the old )

 

[Goodj]

But a slim wont have all the card points and the full number of USB's.


Although a bigger hard drive wont be a bad thing, I was running short of space for the last 2 years!

launch edition backwards compatible 60gb ps3 ( the oldest of the old )

best version to have. I still like a quick blast on Tony Hawks 2 from time to time.... putting the laps in on Marsailles FTW!

 

[Heez]

Never used the card points on mine, USB ports might get annoying but I have plenty of usb mini hubs!
I've ran out of space a number of times.
You should take it apart, its great fun haha! I had one screw left over once I put it back together.

Currently got it back up and running and doing a full backup (again) hopefully it stays on for an hour to do it!

 

[Gouldy]

I only use mine for old school games or watching on demand TV, seems to be the most reliable of the ps3 models though, I've never had any faults with it apart from the minor ones I mentioned.

 

[Goodj]

This is it, mine had no problem for nearly 4 years, even then it was the drive that went, which even Sony acknowledged was designed badly.

The slims seem to be programmed to detonate as soon as the 1st year is over.

 

[Gouldy]

Hopefully the ps4 will be more reliable.

Hope you get it sorted bud.

 

[Goodj]

It'll be alright, I've got next weekend at a loose end, a trip to Bow is on the cards.

 

[Gavin.]

Im still on my launch day 60gb, although it has had a new laser assembly in the drive.

 

[martynh]

I used these guys when my PS3 got the YLOD...http://ps-pros.co.uk/