So what would you do if your PS3 YLoD'd on you? O.O

This thought recently creeped into my mind as I have an older model (80GB B/C) and it has been acting up a little bit lately (freezing up, making the 3 beep sound). I don't have a job.. I have nothing to sell.. And I play a lot of ps3.. Please hold up for me buddy, I NEED YOU. Would you guys be as screwed as me?

All I have to say was, thank god nobody I was pissed off at was around or nobody was being an ass around me when mine did. It wasn't so much the fact that it broke, it was the poor customer service and the fact that I had to pay $190 to replace the damn thing.

The plus side? Well, it took a week and I replayed my games again because I lost my saves and you do kinda "miss'em when you can't play'em"

What would I do if my PS3 YLoD'd on you?

It did, and the replacement they sent wouldn't work, then the nexd had the RSOD, then the next had the YLoD again then the last one they sent I'm currently using.

Whilst this 2 month fiasco was going on I played Xbox 360 :) Buy another console dude, they only cost as much as 2 or 3 new titles now and come with 5 games so ... :) Have yourself a backup game system.

Get a replacement free of charge because I've had the presence of mind to purchase extended warranty.

Fixed it twice and bought a Slim. Will never pay crooks to repair a faulty design.

well warranty is still good so id do that, if i didn't have that id probably cry a little then go front another one :(

way too many games ony my shelf to play to lose it now.

I think my BD drive crapped out on me last night so I'm going to buy a new one.

This thought recently creeped into my mind as I have an older model (80GB B/C) and it has been acting up a little bit lately (freezing up, making the 3 beep sound). I don't have a job.. I have nothing to sell.. And I play a lot of ps3.. Please hold up for me buddy, I NEED YOU. Would you guys be as screwed as me?

joshua2424

I would get it on its way to Sony ASAP.

My 60GB already YLOD'd on me, I just bought a new Slim instead. :)

I would probably trawl the internet in search of a DIY approach to fixing as I'm not prepared to shell out for someone else to do it. And failing that, I don't know. I'd be extremely annoyed and probably end up buying another one.

Good job I've still got a few months worth of warranty for now though :lol:

My 60 Gb did get it, before all that PS3ApocalypseBS cam about. But I had a 4 or 5 year warranty on it, so I got an 80 Gb for free, they stopped making 60 Gb when it returned it.

R.I.P. 60Gb ps3

My 60GB already YLOD'd on me, I just bought a new Slim instead. :)

MushroomWig

Mine died last year. I bought the 60 Gig model when it first came out (and paid almost $600 like a jackass)...

The blu-ray laser died and wouldn't read disks. Any disk. The warranty was long since over. I had to pay Sony$190 for them to "fix" it. They sent me a replacement...but thankfully I have an external back-up so I didn't lose any game saves except for the most recently played before the crash.

The first "new" PS3 they sent didn't work out of the box. Had to send it back again. Got a third...it died in a week. I now have the FOURTH system...and it's lasted for a little over a year. I recently upgraded the hard drive to a 500 gig because I wanted the space but I still love the 60 gig model. I love the extra ports, card readers, that backwards compatability...ect...

I have no desire to buy a slim. I love my system and would gladly work my ass off to fix it again, if I had to.

I've had it before, its awful :cry:

I've had it before, its awful :cry:

Venom_Raptor

You seem as bored as I am today! I keep noticing your name, either before or after everything I post! :lol:

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I've had it before, its awful :cry:

MistressZero

You seem as bored as I am today! I keep noticing your name, either before or after everything I post! :lol:

Ahh, young love.......

I have extended warranty on mine.

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[QUOTE="Venom_Raptor"]

I've had it before, its awful :cry:

Love_Lord

You seem as bored as I am today! I keep noticing your name, either before or after everything I post! :lol:

Ahh, young love.......

Hmmm...somehow I doubt that. Last I checked...I was married. :lol: But thanks for playing!

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[QUOTE="MistressZero"]

You seem as bored as I am today! I keep noticing your name, either before or after everything I post! :lol:

MistressZero

Ahh, young love.......

Hmmm...somehow I doubt that. Last I checked...I was married. :lol: But thanks for playing!

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[QUOTE="Love_Lord"]

Ahh, young love.......

starwarsjunky

Hmmm...somehow I doubt that. Last I checked...I was married. :lol: But thanks for playing!

Touché, Monsieur Poosycat!! (they wouldn't let me post the actual spelling! :roll: )

[QUOTE="starwarsjunky"][QUOTE="MistressZero"]

Hmmm...somehow I doubt that. Last I checked...I was married. :lol: But thanks for playing!

MistressZero

Touché, Monsieur Poosycat!! (they wouldn't let me post the actual spelling! :roll: )

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[QUOTE="starwarsjunky"] so was bill clinton ;) lolstarwarsjunky

Touché, Monsieur Poosycat!! (they wouldn't let me post the actual spelling! :roll: )

Apparently not...alas...the feline must have greatly offended Gamespot...perhaps it knifed them in the backduring a rousing game of CODMW2...

Throw it in da gutter, and go buy another. (Thanks to Eazy-E).

A lightning hit my house and killed my fat's HDMI port, plus some other things here. So i used my house insurance, bought a slim and had still leftovers so i got uncharted 2 :D also bought the other things that died too of couse. My fat still works though with a component cable XD.

cry, then go next door to 'borrow' theirs ;D

If it was all I had, at this point I would just get a 360.

If I'm going to be dealing with my hardware going haywire, I may as well get the hardware that actually gets some half decent support.

I have 2 bc 80gbs that have warranties that last until July of next year. So I'm good for awhile longer and haven't had any issues with them yet. Knock on wood.

I haven't α job, as well, but if I got the YLOD, I would buy a new PS3 (slim) for 300 €... It's quite expensive for me, too, but my mother has promised me that she will give me the money...

if ym 60 gig gave me ylod im on the phone with sony and making sure i get another 60 gig ,,

i am not getting a 2nd slim i already got a slim for travel

I would be rather pissed off since I have invested a lot of gaming time into it. It already freezes at least once a day and my PS2 died on me back in the day as well. I purposely avoided the Xbox 360 due to high reliability and durability issues but if the PlayStation 3 fails me as well then I'll just stick with Nintendo and their products. What good are the games with the console breaks?

I would be rather pissed off since I have invested a lot of gaming time into it. It already freezes at least once a day and my PS2 died on me back in the day as well. I purposely avoided the Xbox 360 due to high reliability and durability issues but if the PlayStation 3 fails me as well then I'll just stick with Nintendo and their products. What good are the games with the console breaks?

Hexagon_777

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I purchased a warranty on mine so I'd just return it to Best Buy and get a new one.Senor_Kami

Get it fixed. I don't want any of the new ps3s. I got a first gen 60GB and it's working like new.

I'd send it in to get it fixed and play my PS2 until it came back.

It would allow me to start working on my massive backlog of Wii and DS games :lol:

probably this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgbEbVm9ZQY