my ps3 just broke!!! wtf

[gunmetalr32]

i was playing call of duty and online, and in the middle of a game it just turned off. i tried turning it on again and it turns off right away. i look it up online and its called the ylod (yellow light of death). gay. i found a way to fix it, something about a heat gun... has anyone fixed their ps3 ?

[HyperTek]

what model ps3 do u have? never heard of this

edit: theres fix videos on youtube search fix ps3 ylod

[Kouki_Love]

maybe cuz it was sick of getting owned online !!!!!! lol j/k man,

that sucks.. i would be soo danm pissed, especially if it was while playing COD!!!!

good luck...

[shishcabobers]

Can't you just send it in and have sony fix it?

[FaLKoN240]

I would look to see if Sony offers some sort of warranty, before trying to fix it yourself, which can usually void any warranty that is offered.

[victo.]

maybe it overheated? happened before but just froze =/

[pignose4life]

same thing happened to me i woke up to enjoy some cod to turn on my ps3 and find out that i have the ylod, this happened about 3 months ago. i quickly jumped on craigslist found someone that fixes ps3's and he did it for 75 bucks. I was gonna send it in to sony but my warranty ended so i didnt want to pay 150 bucks to wait 3 months for a referbished system. Since the craigslist fix my system has been working perfectly. I was going to attempt the youtube fix but that was way to gnarly for me, you have to completely tear down the ps3 to the motherboard and i dont trust my self with a $400 system =]

[SimpleS14]

interesting, this is the first time I've heard of this. Seems to be on the launch systems so far.

I watched the vid and that looks very intense. If that happened to me, I would just backup the HDD and wait for the slim PS3 to come out and get that. :keke:

[gunmetalr32]

i have a 60 gig, and my warranty expired last month ... this sucks!

[theronin]

hahhaha, and everyone was hating on the 360 for Red Ring of death. fuck. at least microsoft extended the warranty and fixed them for free.

[I LUV MY S13]

damn it happens on rare occasions...but there are ways to fix it

[blasting_speed]

I thought Sony fixed these for free. They send you a cardboard coffin, and wait 3 months for a rebuild one to show up.

Call Sony up.

[meteorite_flo]

It's really rare for Sony ps3's to mess up. Of course MS extended the warranty, they knew that it was fucked up before it was even released.

[4DOOR_LIFE]

first time ive heard of this and i have the 20gig.lol.i've had the PS3 since it first came out, n i havent had any problems yet....*knock on wood*

[wafflez66]

It only happens to 1% of their systems, so it's pretty rare... still sucks though.

[ZenkiKid]

I would look to see if Sony offers some sort of warranty, before trying to fix it yourself, which can usually void any warranty that is offered.

They wont do jack shit, I had my blue ray diode crap out on me and they didnt care give a shit as long as my warranty ran out, so i had to pay 170 to get it fixed.

[HyperTek]

what model ps3 u got? id trade u my 40gb so i could play ps2 games lol