My 60gig launch model had the blu-ray replaced about 2 years ago , and just about 5 months ago the yellow light deal happened , right after my nephews 80 gig yellowed. His parents bought him a new slim. I read and watched videos about how to fix. I cleaned the ps3 many times but never got down to the heat-sink. amazed how much dust collected. Used a heat gun and re-flowed, used the artic frost heatsink paste. it's been three months now and is still working fine. Now my son's 80 gig also yellowed last week , tore it down but haven't had time to re-flow it yet. Looks the same inside , factory white past was dried like white paint.
I know they say this is rare , but I have 3 PS3's in our family that have yellow lighted.
I will try and fix the other (2) 80 gigs and hope to have the luck I had with my 60 gig, but I'm waiting on maybe a price cut to get a slim. I'm torn between getting a bigger hard-drive for my 60 and buying a slim , cause not sure how much longer my fix is going to last.
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