PS3 got the YLOD, i dont know what to do.

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dharh said:

Sicilian. said:

Well i was playing the mag beta when all of a sudden my ps3 shut off and started blinking. Then a yellow flash and red flashing lighting. Obviously it is dead. It is an original 20gb Ps3 phat. My baby that i got on the first day the ps3 was out and have played nearly every day since.  Will sony still repair this one? is it $150.00? Should i just buy a ps3 slim? I am also thinking i might have to sell my wii to fund my next ps3 purchase. I am just so confused.  

 

Yank the hard drive if you don't back up (unless you don't care about save files). Then get a Slim it will be worth it.

Can't do that.

The harddrive is encrypted and only works on that PS3.

If you insert it in another PS3 the first thing it will do is will reformat it...