PS3 Yellow Light of Death (YLOD)

[leestudd30]

Recently, my PS3 failed due to the above. Sent it off to a repairer on Ebay and got it back yesterday, cost me about £50. Works fine like it did before but the seller has advised I shouldn't use it for more than a couple of hours at a time in case it still overheats. Now, I've bought a cooling stand with fans in it for the PS3 to sit on which I'm hoping should do the trick, but I've also seen fans for the back, front and sides on ebay, anyone on here ever tried any or experienced the YLOD?

[lozz]

My old ps3 ended up with YLOD
ithought it was knackerd, and then one day ichecked it before it was going in the bin,
and it worked its been fine ever since, igive it a re-boot now and again its easy enough to do,
found out how to do it by a youtube video, mines the old chunky 80gig,
ive been told the new slim lines over heat even worse, so never botherd replacing it,

[midsmike]

To start with lee lozz wats ur psn name and ive had a ps3 since they came out never had a problem them i have a limited edition 120 gig (fat 1) and i have a cooling fan that clips on the top of it

[lozz]

To start with lee lozz wats ur psn name and ive had a ps3 since they came out never had a problem them i have a limited edition 120 gig (fat 1) and i have a cooling fan that clips on the top of it

You mean ps3 name for online?
ive not been online with it for ages, got bored with it tbh,
only use it for storing music nowadays lol,

iwill be onlyline with it soon no doubt just waiting for the new theft auto to be released,


sept http://www.rockstargames.com/grandtheftauto/

[midsmike]

Lol cant wait till gta5 cums out been put back tho

[lozz]

Yeah 4mth delay, as they decided to add more stuff to it,

but its s'posed be out on the sept date,
tescos are already taking deposits (5 quid iirc) so ibet itl be sold out in a week

[midsmike]

I go midnight formain games sounds sad but get some extra hours in to catch up with the yanks

[lozz]

Catch up with the Yanks?
you mean give them grief

thats what ido anyway,
there cheating feckers, dont know how they do it but they Mod the game,

[midsmike]

Yeh they get it days sometimes weeks before us so on some games by the time we get the game they have already unlocked most guns and you ent got a chance

[hammerman]

My 1st ps3 40g fat had its hard drive go at 18 mths old,replaced it with a 120g hard drive.Then at 3 or so yrs old i got the ylod.I fixed it my self & it lasted a few months untill it went again.In the end i fixed it 4 or so times,but the last time i fixed it it lasted 1hr till the ylod again.I replaced it with a 160g slim in oct 2011.The slims run a whole lot cooler.Mine has just done 24hrs non stop on gt 5,& it was as cool as ice afterwards.
I brought these fans for my old ps3,after the 1st ylod.Never used them though.You are welcome to them foc.I live in bristol so if you you want to meet half way you can havethem.They fix to the side,3 fans in the unit,varible speed.

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[midsmike]

yeh thats the 1 ive got they work gd

[midsmike]

oh and my brother had a 40gig wen they first came out that lasted bout 18 month then stopped working foned sony up they sent a new 1 out that lasted a week then they replaced it with a 80gig and hes still got that

[leestudd30]

My 1st ps3 40g fat had its hard drive go at 18 mths old,replaced it with a 120g hard drive.Then at 3 or so yrs old i got the ylod.I fixed it my self & it lasted a few months untill it went again.In the end i fixed it 4 or so times,but the last time i fixed it it lasted 1hr till the ylod again.I replaced it with a 160g slim in oct 2011.The slims run a whole lot cooler.Mine has just done 24hrs non stop on gt 5,& it was as cool as ice afterwards.
I brought these fans for my old ps3,after the 1st ylod.Never used them though.You are welcome to them foc.I live in bristol so if you you want to meet half way you can havethem.They fix to the side,3 fans in the unit,varible speed.

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Thanks Hammerman! I can't get down that way at the mo but I'm more than happy to give you some money for them if you can let me know what you'd like. Mike, I'll give you my ps3 name when I remember what it is lol.