surrealistic ArtSweet Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 so i was playing assassins creed 2, for about an hour. long story short my PS3 suddenly turned off, and it cannot be turned on again. it shows a yellow light everytime i try to turn it on and it makes a lot of beeping sound before it turns off again does anyone have a problem like this? does PS3 have the same problem as XBOX 360? i need help about this thing, should i fix it anyway or buy a new one instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damjan Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Well yeah, the PS3 has a ring of death as the Xbox 360.Plug it out for a few hours and let it cool down, and plug it back in and turn it on, and see what happens.If it shows the same, if you have a warranty get it returned and they'll give you a new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surrealistic ArtSweet Posted December 29, 2009 Author Share Posted December 29, 2009 so i suppose if i trade it for a new one i can't keep my hard drive memory right? damn that sucks about your other suggestion, how long should i wait? is three to five hours enough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRX22B1998 Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 so i suppose if i trade it for a new one i can't keep my hard drive memory right? damn that sucks about your other suggestion, how long should i wait? is three to five hours enough? if you buy a new one and keep the old one, the hard drive is a 2.5" sata. its removable, so you can swap it to your new playstation or if you wanted to upgrade the size you can do that too. call up sony or email them, if its still under warranty they should repair it for free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mpilk901 Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 The exact same thing happened to my PS3. Unfortunately, it's broken for good and you'll have to get it replaced. You can still keep your data though as the hardrive is replaceable and I'm pretty sure Sony back up your data when you send in your PS3. At least in the UK they do anyway. Good luck getting yours sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletproofboy Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 I wonder if the slim has this problem.. Yep its the YLOD here to get it replaced it costs £128, not sure there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 What's this ring of lights you're referring to? The PS3 has no ring of lights. There's just the power light and the activity light AFAIR. If the activity light gets stuck on yellow that's when you're fucked, and you need to send it off to Sony to get it fixed, hopefully it's still under warranty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRX22B1998 Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 lol yeah its yellow light of death. maybe he just put red ring of death to attract attention Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surrealistic ArtSweet Posted December 30, 2009 Author Share Posted December 30, 2009 What's this ring of lights you're referring to? The PS3 has no ring of lights. There's just the power light and the activity light AFAIR. If the activity light gets stuck on yellow that's when you're fucked, and you need to send it off to Sony to get it fixed, hopefully it's still under warranty. lol yeah its yellow light of death. maybe he just put red ring of death to attract attention yeah that is exactly true , but i also have a 360 so i know. but i never knew that PS3 have this kind of problem too, i thought this thing was only a microsoft screw up yep i'm dead, it wouldn't turn on again and the warranty i found on the box is expired thanks anyway guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveplayer Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 My PS3 has sharted itself. Whenever I turn it on it begins the regular boot up sequence for about 2-3 seconds then I hear 3 beeps and it shuts itself off with the red on/off light blinking. Read about it and I'm pretty sure mines FUBAR'd. Disappointing because it's a launch model and it was having a good run. When I got it in '07 it was under a Sony 12 month warranty but we bought 24 months extended on top of that so it should still be under warranty until August this year. Problem is when I take it to the store I got it from they tell me "You gotta ring this number and they will do it". So, annoyed I go "fair enough" and walk away. Ring the number and they say that "you gotta ring sony", to which I say "it's not under sony's warranty anymore, it's under yours" then I get the "we can't help you right now coz our computers are down, try this arvo or tomorrow morning". So, yeah. I'm getting fucked around in this 'I-don't-wanna-fix-it' circle jerk, when all I wanna do is go back to playing MW2 and pwning n00bs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bossman Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 I hope you get it fixed. And I realise now you're the one who sent me the friend request, I'll accept it today. Was wondering who it was.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveplayer Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 (edited) Yeah it was me. Thought I'd send a request and have a few matches with you (when the beast is fixed) Edited February 10, 2010 by steveplayer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackListedB Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Yellow light of Death, no rings IIRC. Mine was an original 60GB, never failed on me except GTA4, which got progressively worse until I couldn't play the game at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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