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    Attention PS3 Yellow Light

    Need your help guys, please.

    I have just got well into COD5 and rank 29 and my PS3 now wont come on.

    The light goes green, then yellow for 1 sec then back to red. Turned it off for a few hours and still nothing.

    Its out of warranty. Is there anything I can do? Will sony replace it with a refurb? What if I want to keep the hard drive......... Could I take it to a specialist to fix so hard drive stays.

    In your experience whats the best option.

    Please help.. I need my PS3 to keep me sane.


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    Default Re: PS3 Yellow Light

    It's fucked ring sony and get them to replace it - they did mine even though it was out of warranty. I would take the hard drive out and stick in a mates machine then back it up to an external HD, when you get your replacement console you can load up all your data from that.


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    Default Re: PS3 Yellow Light

    Yep as a above , its crackered..... give Sony a try and you might be ok..... couple of mates have got replacement units outside of warranty
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    Default Re: PS3 Yellow Light

    I've also got a mate that had this and his was a lauch machine and sony replaced it for him foc

    But he did get back a 40gb ps3 rather than his 60gb but he wasn't too bothered as it was free

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    Quote Originally Posted by fanni View Post
    I've also got a mate that had this and his was a lauch machine and sony replaced it for him foc

    But he did get back a 40gb ps3 rather than his 60gb but he wasn't too bothered as it was free
    i would be well pissed at this, the 60 gig model was a lot more cash, do not take a 40 gig model fella, make them replace like for like or repair yours.

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    ok that great guys. I can take the HDD out of mine (presume its SATA) and back it all up on an flash drive and then whack the saved info onto the new one?

    Good news sony will replace with a refurb'd one like for like for free........ But have to wait 2 weeks.

    Thanks for the advice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lithho View Post
    i would be well pissed at this, the 60 gig model was a lot more cash, do not take a 40 gig model fella, make them replace like for like or repair yours.
    I wouldn't, I'd thank my lucky stars that Sony would be prepared to help at all seeing as the warranty had run out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by julesuk View Post
    ok that great guys. I can take the HDD out of mine (presume its SATA) and back it all up on an flash drive and then whack the saved info onto the new one?

    Good news sony will replace with a refurb'd one like for like for free........ But have to wait 2 weeks.

    Thanks for the advice.

    Jules
    You will need to put the hd from your ps3 into another ps3 then go to the system tab and backup to external usb hard drive.

    PC wont read the drive.

    Also I haven't heard of 60gig models getting replaced with 40gig ones they are usually like for like.


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    Quote Originally Posted by chilliman View Post
    I wouldn't, I'd thank my lucky stars that Sony would be prepared to help at all seeing as the warranty had run out.
    not at all, its not old, even if its a launch console, they should replace like for like, simple.

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    Default Re: PS3 Yellow Light

    This is one of the 2 main PS3 failures, referred to YLoD. Sony are very good on the phone, all you need to do is make up a date within the past 12 months for when you got it and say it was argos or something. They usually replace within 5 days.

    If it's a 60GB unit though don't say it was too recently as the bright spark I spoke to said they weren't availiable on the date I stated as they had stopped production months prior.


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    Default Re: PS3 Yellow Light

    Right I put my 60gb hd into a 80gb ps3 and it wont recognise it. It mentioned i needed to have firmware 2.36. How the hell do i get the 60 gb info onto the 80 gb so i can back up to external hd.

    Any ideas chaps......

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    Default Re: PS3 Yellow Light

    Are PS3 Failures becoming more frequent now?

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    Default Re: PS3 Yellow Light

    nope.. they are not frequent.. the odd one here and there

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    Quote Originally Posted by ant3b View Post
    nope.. they are not frequent.. the odd one here and there
    Bloke that picked mine up said they did fucking loads of them so not all that uncomon, three of my mates have had to send them back as well as me. Still nowhere near as bad as the 360 . . .


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    Default Re: PS3 Yellow Light

    Its certainly p.....d me off... I have got a 60gb HDD with loads of stuff on and need to transfer to 80gb put wont let me as firmware not post 2.36. not sure what to do next thou....


    Save you data m8.

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    Quote Originally Posted by julesuk View Post
    Its certainly p.....d me off... I have got a 60gb HDD with loads of stuff on and need to transfer to 80gb put wont let me as firmware not post 2.36. not sure what to do next thou....


    Save you data m8.
    Is it saying that about the firmware when you try and put your hd into another PS3?

    Try downloading the latest firmware from the sony ps3 website put it onto a data stick and stick that in the front of the ps3 you are trying to read it off - that should work.

    You need to save the file on the datastick in the correct folders as well you need: PS3/UPDATE/ and it shouldl pick it up.


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    Default Re: PS3 Yellow Light

    prezzy cheers. Yes when i put the 60gb in it says needs firmware 2.36 or above. although I cant get into the dashboard at all. I am downloading v.2.41 and will put it on the data stick. not convinced it will read from it if i am not in the dashboard.

    I even tried to read the hdd from the pc via SATA but it dont want to know. Will report back. cheers m8

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    Default Re: PS3 Yellow Light

    Right just thought i would share my experience post my "Yellow Light"

    I phone sony and they are exchanging it for a another 60gb this week. Even out of warranty. No questions asked. A suprise really imo as I thought I would have trouble.

    Logged into my exsisting account and all my friends, ranks on COD5 & 4 are as normal. I thought it was all saved on the HD.

    Lesson is back up HDD for game saves etc.....

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    wow so they replace them even out of warranty??

    why would they do this, and question for you guys

    how LONG was it out of warranty, was it a LOT or just a bit??

    fuckin great customer service if they do that man, fair play to them
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    yeah, asked a few questions but booked in a day this week. like for like. Its about 3-4 months outside warranty. I was impressed. Have you seen how much 2nd hand 60gb machines are going for on ebay?

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