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...

Yes most people had issue with the fat ps3 and bought the slim or super slim.

Yes I understand how they feels. It's really frustrated and i will just add is really depressing. For me that time I'm just a student who hardly can afford a ps3 and especially the original games.

Yeah most people wouldn't care about the issue until that problem happened on them. I don't care about it at first and when I got that issue then only I realize there are so many things which need to take care a ps3.

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

This post has been edited by limyuyang: Oct 17 2014, 09:58 AM

yeah some ps3 are like that, i had a fat ps3 before which it similar like it needed to be "warm up" once it is warmed up, u can play all u want. LOL

then most probably is the ylod issue, since u have changed the power unit as well...

Just to be more specify. It is slim or super slim? yes regarding this issue it is most probably YLOD and I do not think you can fix yourself as this issue has no permanent fix even after reballing the PS3.

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 ?

correct. this is the slim version and sadly yes, there is no permanent fix for this issue.

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......

hmm i not sure about this. This is how a ps3 works if you put 1080p as default settings. When you played any game which only support up to 720p, it will automatically goes from 1080p to 720p. If you have a TV or monitor which will shows the resolution of your current display you will know how it works. This happened on my ps3 or my bro ps3 or my friend's ps3.

I do heard before some users said that maybe game 1 couldn't play at due to the issue you guys mention and then tried game 2 it works fine. You said previously u tried to play God of War collection and that happened right, then you tried with the current settings you had and play God of War Collection and try? It is good if that fix the issue. ^^

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 !

oh okay... that's great... yeah sure no problem i will do my best to help if possible LOL

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....

I do not think is HDMI issue as HDMI is just to transfer video signal from the PS3 itself to the TV as I mention on the first post. YLOD are mostly caused by faulty Graphic Chipset or Processor or Power Supply. Like what u mention when you play GOW it shut downs itself and I think that GOW consume more graphic resources which cause your faulty graphic chipset unable to process that much and just back to YLOD.

Btw I would said that it is not HDMI issue, but I believe that many people outside such as Lowyat(I mean Lowyat Plaza) or PS3 technician would said might cause by HDMI cable. I have do some research on the net and I did not see any people said that HDMI will cause YLOD unless you bought a low quality HDMI which transfer bad current of electricity which will damage the whole PS3 instead causing YLOD.

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 ?

for what I think just play it, as I mention to u before after the fix the problem will still return. It is just matter of time. The best solution to this is to get a new ps3, no point take to fix it as cheapest if is around 100 and most expensive will cost up to 300. I rather u take 100 bucks and add 600 to get a new one or u can try survey around lowyat forum which someone will be selling out used ps3 like around 500, but I could not guarantee you the quality.

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

Btw,