PS3 YLOD questions ????/

so my ps3 is way out of warranty so i am aware i have no other choice but to pay the 150 to sony for a new one, or go get a new one from the store so do not reccomend that but, a while back my ps3 said cannot find correct hard disk so i went out and i bought myself a 500 gb SATA hdd Seagate MOMENTUS and threw it in thinking it would fix the problem and it did !!! then about a week or two later when i went to turn on my system BAM three beeps and the YELLOW LIGHT:( !!!!!! has anyone else had this happen..im curious was the ps3 broken before i put the new hdd in it or did the 500 gb drive cause the ps3 to take a crash ?

i think the YLOD issue can relate to a range of faults with the PS3 its basically saying there is a serious hardware issue which can range from HDD failure to solder bridging on the M/B

was the replaced HDD a 7200rpm?

Sony sent me out a FREE refurb 60gb to replace my phat 60gb. i $hit you not...

and you can make it happen for your self too, if you want to?

was the replaced HDD a 7200rpm?

Sony sent me out a FREE refurb 60gb to replace my phat 60gb. i $hit you not...

and you can make it happen for your self too, if you want to?

karatemaster

no it was 5400, and i would kill for a working ps3 free of charge...when i called sony they said i would have to pay the 150 though. i wish i could buy a working ps3 w/o the hard drives though, i mean i payed $100 for the 500gb so im going to throw it in my ps3 if i have the ability to do so.

mine was a 40gb, 2usb i got it like a week before COD4 came out so late 2007, FROM CIRCUIT CITY no less haha what luck, but to be honest i treated my ps3 like crap left it on for days on end(on at least 8 hours a day for), powered down while hdd was running or even while it was saving often, picked it up and moved it while playing games, used it in my garage for parties then back inside, was always covered in dust and often felt over heated but to play it like i did and have it just break a few weeks back i dont really think i can complain, it just saddens me i have barely scratched the surface on demon soul's and have lost all modern warfare 2 skills i had(tried playing at a friends the other day and it was ugly) but if their is a way around paying for a new/refurb ps3 with money that i dont really have i am willing to attempt it

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was the replaced HDD a 7200rpm?

Sony sent me out a FREE refurb 60gb to replace my phat 60gb. i $hit you not...

and you can make it happen for your self too, if you want to?

mickerdoo23

no it was 5400, and i would kill for a working ps3 free of charge...when i called sony they said i would have to pay the 150 though. i wish i could buy a working ps3 w/o the hard drives though, i mean i payed $100 for the 500gb so im going to throw it in my ps3 if i have the ability to do so.

Did your refurbished ps3 look like the orginal one? (never had a refurbished piece of hardware before), or did it look like it had patchwork?ULTIMATEZWARRIO

i think the YLOD issue can relate to a range of faults with the PS3 its basically saying there is a serious hardware issue which can range from HDD failure to solder bridging on the M/B

yonnex

see the thing is that the ylod really has to do with a power core in the system. when mine went out i made sony tell me what it had to do with. she rep told me that the power pack has a flaw were it will cause the system to over heat and they have to replace that, of corse they dont do that they just send a new system to you. im sure there is other issues there. untouchables111

i fixed a 40gb ylod recently i was given. hard drive needed to get replaced as well as strip it and clean it and re-heat goop it. have to do it again this weekend coz the conosle died again (ylod)

btw if u decide to take it apart, i havea a pdf tutorial and my own tips ad experience.