I Finally got the YLOD

Yup never knew it would happen. Just a regular day playing GTA IV then BOOM! the ps3 restarts and the ylod appears. Anyone have any tips on making it work again? I say some youtube videos and I might try some of the things they do in them. So if anyone would be nice to send me a link on showing how to fix it it would be apreaciated :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uoKXn-c-rU

its worked for me and my ps3 lasted 1 month. Good luck and

BACKUP your saves

the slim has a less chance of getting the ylod. heres my suggestion get the disc out by using 2 methods 1)dissassambe and get it out manually (hard, would reccomand as the last thing to do ) 2) do the hairdryer trick to get it working for a day or two and get the game out. then get a slim version and keep on playin :P

yah man, welcome to the world of the ylod ps3! Mine has been broken for a couple months and I tried my best to make it work but it doesn't work.

here is some of advices

1- change the thermal paste. if it works well again, then that's cool!

2- if not, then save up you money, but don't buy a heat gun or other things to fix your ps3. Don't make a temporary fix!!

3- instead, used your saved up money to get a new ps3 slim for a new happy life with your console :)

good luck

If I get a new PS3 will that mean I have lost all my saved content and such?G-CITY8

If you can manage to back that up, no. All you need to do is a simple transfer to the new hard drive then.

But yeah, you're better off getting a replacement. I hear PlayStations don't last long no matter how many times you fix them once they get the dreaded Yellow Light of Death.

Yes I have tooken out the disc in my PS3. I am thinking now to buy a new PS3 and transfer my HD even though I barely have any space left. :P

Just out of curiosity, what version of the PS3 do you have?

Just out of curiosity, what version of the PS3 do you have?

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