Monday, March 12, 2012

PS3 Repair Guide - Yellow Light of Death and More!

Problem number 1- Flashing Yellow Light
The "yellow light of death" (YLOD) begins after a major hardware failure. Many people are convinced that 9/10 YLODs result from bad solder joints on the motherboard, while 1/10 result from power supply errors.
Try these.
1. Check if there's a loose lead, if not, restart your console.
2. Unplug all leads except the power cord, and plug them back in.
3. Update Firmware.
4. correct the Motherbord or Power Supply Unit with a PS3 repair guide.
5. mend Hard Drive
Problem Number 2 - 2 Flashing Red Lights
The "red light of death" happens after a massive Hard Drive failure. This is separate from the YLOD, as the YLOD indicates to a failure with the motherboard
Try these.
1. Check if there's a loose cable, if not, restart your console.
2. Unplug all wires except the power cord, and plug them back in.
3. Update Firmware.
4. mend Motherbord or Power Supply Unit with a PS3 repair guide.
5. mend Hard Drive
Problem number 3 Red light/Yellow
Red Light Turning Yellow errors could be with either Motherboard or hard drive failure effecting the CPU or GPU.
Fix Needed. PS3 Repair Guides can help here
Problem Number 4 - Ps3 Freezing
Was your Playstation 3 hot when the freezes happened? Or it could be with dust clogging on the game discs or not enough hard drive space
Try to cool it down by putting your ps3 off. This actually might solve the freezing problems.
Check Game Disc , wipe with real soft cloth.
Ensure 50% free hard drive space
Problem Number 5 - Ps3 Hard Drive Problems
malfunctions with your PS3 hard drive? you need to remove Hard Drive and power on. If you still see the yellow light blinking, then your hard drive has no malfunctions
Problem Number 6 - 3 Beeps
3 Beeps and Flashing Red Light Again this happens when PS3 is overheated. Or when you eject when there's no game disc inside, or eject when the game is running, or you switch off the TV before PS3 shuts off etc..
Try this
Allow PS3 to cool down, and then try to switch it on
Problem 7 - Stuck Disc Game disc stuck inside
switch off PS3 from back. Put your finger on the eject button and once you do, push the switch at the back to switch the PS3 on, and then push the eject button. Hold it like this for 15 seconds, or until the drive is forced open.
Problem 8 - Blue-ray Disc
If the Blu-Ray is not working on your PS3, then it is simply broken Do this first, try cleaning the lens, and if it doesn't work, then you will need to fix the entire drive
Problem 9 - Flashing Green Light
Firstly, it could be an problem with the HDD software, or the firmware itself, or it could be a standard fix as turning off the PS3 and resetting Do Reset, by turning off and then turn on. Or Update the Firmware 10 Firmware Issues When you turn off the PS3, while the HDD indicator light is flashing, might cause corruption. Or a game may be corrupted. Or your new firmware may be causing a YLOD. Go to the Recovery menu by turning on (you can hear 2 beeps) and restore default settings.
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