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MasterVG71782 on 02 August 2011
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KylieDog said:
MasterVG71782 said:

 

EDIT -- Yep, it's the damn YLOD! I'm going to keep trying various methods of trying to get my disc out, but until then, I'm stuck with no PS3.

EDIT#2 -- I managed to get the disc out by employing the "hair dryer" method, since I couldn't do anything else besides taking it apart. It works, but I'm not going to push it and then have it die on me continuously, so I'll probably play my cousin's PS3 until I get a new one.


Welcome to the club.  By hair dryer do you mean the fan test where you hold eject while you turn it on from the back?  Is how I had to get my disc out.

Nah, no matter how many times I tried to do the fan test method, it wouldn't work on my PS3, so I couldn't get the disc out that way.

The hair dryer method involves putting your PS3 upside down in a closed box, with the back vents exposed. You basically hold a hair dryer on its highest settings, like 2-3 inches from the back vents for around 15 minutes. After you do that, you take it out (it's going to be hot) and put it someplace cool for around 30-40 minutes (I think I left mine idle for around 90 minutes just to be safe), and voila! It turned out and I was able to get on it to get the disc out and go on the PSN store to sign up for a 3 month PS+ package (I had a few new saves that I needed to get to my cousin's PS3 since my free PS+ ran out). It still works for now and I hope it works long enough to do a data transfer whenever I get a new PS3. Until then, I got my cousin's PS3 (60GB model, but he barely ever plays it) to play on until I get a new one).

The hair dryer method probably isn't safe, but it's relatively cheap (who doesn't have a hair dryer laying around) and it doesn't involve taking the damn machine apart. If it works long enough to transfer stuff from my old PS3 to the new one I will get (which I've heard takes around 2 hours with a full 80GB HDD), then I'll be happy. I won't be happy about losing the PS2 BC ability, but I rarely play PS2 games anymore.