So you guys think should i give it a shot and bring my PS3 to repair in Sony Centre or just get the new Super Slim?

Wow that is like sooo expensive. I have PS4, buy I have some ps3 games that I haven't finish. Should I get ps3?  I'm in a dilemma :'(

So far I have had to purchase two Ps3s (some people might consider me lucky) as my old and trusty phat PS3 recently 'died' due to YLOD. All my PSN games,saves and torphies are in there and I still haven't removed the old HDD and imported the data to my new one. :/

I think if the YLOD happens again, I will leave the PS scene for awhile and come back once the PS4 prices have dropped more.

Wow that is impressive. I have heard that the ylod is caused mainly due to excessive heating such as the ps3 being played for long periods of time without proper ventilation (like if the ps3 is in a cupboard and the hot air cant escape) then it is more likely to happen. Good for your friend though

hi,

any forumer here can recommend repair man for YLOD PS3?

appreciate if you can pm me for area around Selangor / seri kembangan

thanks bro, can help to pm me some contacts for area around sunway ?

thanks for your help bro

my ps3 slim caught ylod today. well, i guess.. turn it on, green light, suddenly
yellow > beep 3 times with blinking red. haven't turned it on for few weeks.
decided to play it today but no luck.   

since 2011, seldom play. I eject the hard drive last 2 days, re insert it. Now only showing green light.
no display no sound. need long press to turn it off. I think it might be related with the gpu.
disassemble it and try some tricks on youtube. the penny trick. no luck.  

my phat ps3 YLOD recently.
If I wish to buy another ps3, which should I buy, super slim or pre-owned slim?

I am not sure if mine is YLOD or not, as it still can be turned on.

Basically, turn on, green light come out, BUT no display/video, and no green wifi and orange HDD lights on.

Prior to all that, I had to try at least several times before it can be turned on without sudden shutdown with blinking red light. Most of the time, can't play games installed on the HDD, like RDR. Some games like Dragons Dogma can be played without crashing or shutdown. Games played from BR works well.

Anyone experienced it before? This is the slim version btw.

Well can't play games, in a sense that it would crap out on me. I mean like crashed, it would automatically shut down on its own with blinking red light. I am hoping it would the HDD though, but not sure as I don't have spare HDD to test it with. 

Mine fat ps3 too got ylod issue....ended up buy straight super slim ps3 and enjoying it

Mines ps3 fat YLOD a day before puasa... frustrated... but i blame myself... for not put the ps3 on well ventilated area... and the dust clogs the ps3.. well after reading lots of posting I made up my mind NOT to repair it... eying for the ps4 after watching the graphics...

My Slim PS3 seems to be experiencing YLOD issue.

Having trouble starting it up. Press power button, it will sound twice then turns off and continue blinking.

Try a few times then only finally manage to turn on.

My ps3 got similar symptoms

But not yellow light

It just died, turn off n reboot after a minute or two during game or loading game

Read somewhere it could due to power unit

Replace the power, stil got problem

Open stock power unit n tweak the capasitor, stil got problem

Dear all sifu-sifu & guru-guru, I'm new to ps3, just borrow from my uncle. A few months ago, I still can play the ps3, but yesterday night, when I wanted to play God of War collection, at the beginning scene, right after the game started for 2 minutes, the ps3 will shut down itself and "beeeeeeep". 

So I google about that problem, some says it's YLOD, but I hope it's not. Because I'm still able to turn on the system, still can navigate at the front page, just cannot play games more than 2 minutes. Besides, I observe about it, when it shuts down, "beeep...." then it has yellow light first, then only red light keep blinking. So what problem was that ? I checked the fix for YLOD, it's too complicated for me, have to unscrew everything and take out all the parts, i dont want to risk it as im just a student.

I even try to adjust my screen resolution, from 1080i to 1080p, still cannot play more than 2 minutes. Then i switch to 720p and the 3xx ( don't remember the resolution ), but this time the game works. Weird ! I got no idea what problem was that. At first, i thought it was because my tv can't support 1080, but my tv was a sony bravia, the manual says it supports 1080.....a few months ago, I played uncharted 2 with 1080i resolution also no problem, but this problem just happened since last night. 

Really hope that someone could help me and give me advise as I'm just a newbie. Thank you. Appreciate it. 

edit: I'm using ps3 slim

It's ps3 slim ( i guess ), the model looks like this.



So you mean even if I send to the technician, they still can't 100% fix it ?

Hmm....just now I tried again.

Set up my ps3 vertically, and adjust the display to 720P, played 5 minutes Battlefield Bad Company 2, it works again. 

So I think, the problem is because the game cannot support 1080 as I read the label behind the disc box, it says support 720 only. Do you think the problem is caused by the display ? If yes, I'll stay on 720P then. 

I got same problem like you bro though it only happens when i play open-world games like FF and high graphics game. Tried switching resolution but didn't help :/. Gave up and sold it 

Hmm....seems like most of the ps3 users here have the same problem......    

I see.....

Yup, tried GOW at 720p, it works fine......can play at least more than 10 minutes and no auto shutdown. Well, guess it's my fate that I can't enjoy 1080p. 

Anyway, thanks for your info and helping, if I found any problem about it, will come back again. Thanks ! Appreciate it ! 

Bro, I think my YLOD issue is related to the HDMI cable.

Because today I tried to turn on, ( i haven't play anything yet, nothing boots up, blank screen ), then the YLOD issue came again. So i unplugged the HDMI cable, wait for a while, then turn on PS3, there's no YLOD. Later, I plugged back HDMI cable in. Then, i can play everything again, InFamous, Battlefield......

Does HDMI cable causes the YLOD issue as well ? Furthermore, I think my GOW also got problem. I played Battlefield for an hour, no problem at all, when i changed to GOW, my ps3 shuts down by itself....  

Hmm..........   Okay, I will contact the owner of this ps3 and ask him whether to fix or not because it's not my ps3 

BTW, if I first turn on my ps3, YLOD occurs. The second time I tried, it works again. So do you encourage me to keep on playing the ps3 ? Or wait until it fixed, then only play ? If keep on playing it, will it causes more damage to the hardware ? 

Okayy......will keep on playing since the owner say it's already 5 years.

Btw, 

my PS3 won't turn on but if i run a blow dryer on it (at the back of the unit) it will
so everytime i want  to play i have to do this first for a minute but it's tiring to do so what should i do to fix it permanently?