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Playstation 3
« on: 20 July 2013, 15:37:57 »

Son in laws PS3 has packed up. You turn on and light goes green then blinks goes to yellow. So seems to be the so called YLOD. ( yellow light of death).

Have googled around but nothing basic is solving problem and other recommendations are not  inspiring short of needing skills to reflow contacts which we do not have.

Any ideas/ options/ fairly priced repair places?
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Re: Playstation 3
« Reply #1 on: 20 July 2013, 18:34:39 »

Argos, Game, John Lewis, even Tesco. They all sell gayStations now.

You could always tell him its his own fault for by anything Fony.


TBH, and serious for a mo, there's little you can do without the proper equipment. All the bodge repairs will be around artificially overheating it to the point that the solder softens (but likely not melts) just enough for a connection to be made. As you can guess, these solutions are hit and miss, and invariably any improvement is temporary.

Given the way gayStation 3 prices are in freefall, just replace it.
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Re: Playstation 3
« Reply #2 on: 20 July 2013, 18:44:35 »

And get cooling fans--they get hot=YLOD so as much cooling you can get wont hurt
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Re: Playstation 3
« Reply #3 on: 20 July 2013, 20:34:11 »

Or wait for the 4


...or Xbox 1 ;)
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