ZOMFG!!!! RLoD!!!

I just got the flashing red light of death and I was wondering if the best thing to do was to call sony and have them fix it for free (they do that, and they also ship it for free).

My Symptoms: after turning my PS3 on, I can do anything I want for about 3 minutes until it turns off and goes to the rlod.

I've already tried wiping it off and there is nearly no heat where I keep my PS3.

I just got the flashing red light of death and I was wondering if the best thing to do was to call sony and have them fix it for free (they do that, and they also ship it for free).

My Symptoms: after turning my PS3 on, I can do anything I want for about 3 minutes until it turns off and goes to the rlod.

I've already tried wiping it off and there is nearly no heat where I keep my PS3.

is it just after playing games?

Also theres no such thing as RLOD

i thought ps3 had ylod, not rlod?funsohng

yeah wtf???

i think you should give them a call.

Its yellow light of death dude, red blinking light just means your turning off your Ps3 while running a game or program.

i thought ps3 had ylod, not rlod?funsohng

kinda what I thought.

hmmmm

Either

1. He is confusing RLoD for YLoD

2. He is just making it up

3. He just discovered a new light of death and we are all doomed.

Call Sony. If it's in warranty, send it to them and get it fixed for free, if not you'll have to pay $150 for them to either fix it, or they'll send you back and refurbished one. After you get it back you will have an additional 3 month warranty.

Sounds like theres a problem withthe system starting up, then switching back to standby mode.

If its under warranty call Sony. you should have a new (reconditioned) console delivered in 2 working days!

And another thing, why must people insist on comparing these faults to that of the xbox...rrod...ylod...seriously?

I am completely sure its the red (flashing) light of death. It is a 60 gig launch system.

I play for 3 minutes, BAM! red light of death, flashing, mocking me to my face. I can even turn the system on again by switching the power off and on, but I will still get the rlod again.

I am pretty sure it's the RED lod because the light is RED and NOT YELLOW

i took out the hard disk and booted it up again turned it off and put the hard disk back in. ive been playing ever since and it seems to be working fine. just thought that id give u guys a heads up, to help anyone else out there with the same problem.

I ran across this and I'd give it a try, fairly simple.

thanks for being the first person who is'nt thinking that I'm lying

No one said you were lying, but you could have done a search on the interweb

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=ps3 red flashing light

:D

It is definately the RED light of death.

I am not confusing it with the YELLOW light of death because the light that is flashing is RED and NOT YELLOW.

I have seen this stuff on youtube and they say to take it back to sony.

i thought ps3 had ylod, not rlod? funsohng

mine goes: 3 minutes playing, turns off, red light flashes I'm not sure how long (no yellow light in there)

I just checked it again and realised that it flashes yellow for less than a qaurter of a second and then to the flashing red (indefinately)

Might just be overheating if it's actually working and then just shutting off and giving you the flashing red...try giving it more room (especially the back), taking it off the carpet etc....if that doesn't do anything you will pretty much have to call sony.

Either

1. He is confusing RLoD for YLoD

2. He is just making it up

3. He just discovered a new light of death and we are all doomed.

useless thread.. OP could just call sony directly instead of whinning over here.

well there's nothing much I can say

Congratulation! your ps3 is broken!

Thing is the term YLoD is kinda misleading considering it usually shows 3 different colors and yellow only quickly flashes by...suprised it isn't call it the red blinking light of death or something like that.

It means your PS3 is overheating. It happened to a friend of mine a few months ago and that's what Sony told him was wrong.

You can fix it yourself, if you're good at that sort of thing.

First of all, its YLOD and I am sorry to hear that you are having it.david_lck

Really, how can your reading comprehension skills be so bad?

In nearly every post theOPmade he has mentioned that it is IN FACT a RED light and not a YELLOW light that is going buck wild on his system.

[QUOTE="david_lck"]First of all, its YLOD and I am sorry to hear that you are having it.KapG

Really, how can your reading comprehension skills be so bad?

In nearly every post theOPmade he has mentioned that it is IN FACT a RED light and not a YELLOW light that is going buck wild on his system.

But then he mentioned it flashed yellow for a second, whatever. Regardless it sounds like it has overheated and the TC didn't know that and kept trying to start it up and just made it worse.

Either

1. He is confusing RLoD for YLoD

2. He is just making it up

3. He just discovered a new light of death and we are all doomed.

Mutt523

This^ I'm scared of all lights now:cry:

It is definately the RED light of death.

I am not confusing it with the YELLOW light of death because the light that is flashing is RED and NOT YELLOW.

I have seen this stuff on youtube and they say to take it back to sony.

limegut

If you've checked on youtube, and been advised to call Sony then do that. There's not much people on here will be able to do, other than speculate at what the problem is then advise you to call Sony

Stop turning it on! The flashing red light means the motherboard is melting!

1. Hard shutdown the PS3

2. Unplug the PS3

3. Set the PS3 in front of a cool fan on a cool surface (not carpet) and let it cool down for a couple hours.

Your PS3 isnt totally destroyed untill you get the yellow light of death; the red light means your ABOUT to die.

[QUOTE="limegut"]

It is definately the RED light of death.

I am not confusing it with the YELLOW light of death because the light that is flashing is RED and NOT YELLOW.

I have seen this stuff on youtube and they say to take it back to sony.

If you've checked on youtube, and been advised to call Sony then do that. There's not much people on here will be able to do, other than speculate at what the problem is then advise you to call Sony

Do you keep it next to the Xbox? It might have infected it.RedruM_I

A little advice dont do this to your Ps3

http://other.toonguru.com/ps3/ps3_003.jpg

I just checked it again and realised that it flashes yellow for less than a qaurter of a second and then to the flashing red (indefinately)

limegut

it prolly got overheated in the hot summer, u shud put a fan on towrds the front vents by the usb holes, or the pelican air flow cooler

at the end of the day, its a red light, so people call it both Red light or Yellow light of death. I got the so called Red Screen of death, i looked it up online and thats what they call it, had it twice after watching 2 dvd's this week. Yet my PS3 is still working. The RSoD as its been called has a red screen with so many different languages, one in english saying a serious error has, or has been occoured, please contact your tech support etc. I thought my PS3 was dead, but all i did was turn off, on and thats it. 3-4 days have past, still used it and its purrrrrrring like a good girl =], for now that is. If it dies, it dies, im outta space and have reset the PS3 back to its origional state many times, so losing game data isnt really going to affect me. Ill just replay the game again, just with a new, bigger hard drive. Sorry to hear about the death of your PS3, i wouldnt advise you call sony, ive heard many problems with them. Send it off, get it back only for it to break down, again and again, before you know it, you be on your 6th PS3 in 4months. =[

lol

they got the turm YLoD from the Xbox 360, it had it all the time, then the PS3 caught it. I call it both ways, ive only got hit by the Red Screen of Death, this one is NOT got anything to do with the tv screen blinking yellow lol. Its just plain red, with to much different language saying Serious Error!!!!! Either way, technology is just not working :(

40gigs dont seem to be affected by these problems, the higher one's mainly 60gigs do, so ive been reading on the forms so many months ago ^o)

Another YLOD for someone? :shock: It seems like I see at least 2 threads per day here about someone getting the YLOD. Oh, and too bad for you, TC. :( Doolz2024

i bought 1 of those small fans that connect to the PS3, it has 4 fans to it to help cool the PS3 down, i only use it if im playing it for ages. I mainly watch dvd's at the moe, got no space for any new games. So i dont really need to use it that much =[

[QUOTE="Doolz2024"]Another YLOD for someone? :shock: It seems like I see at least 2 threads per day here about someone getting the YLOD. Oh, and too bad for you, TC. :( mep69

Maybe this is why my PS3 has lasted well over 2 years without a problem? :D

OK so my ps3 froze today and I switched it off from the back but I saw the yellow light stare at me for a second but now everythings ok. should i be worried? also my ps3 freezes like everyday