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I think my PS3 just broke.

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My 80GB PS3 just broke today (I think). It turned itself off and flashed a blinking red light. I tried to turn it back on a couple minutes later and it froze at start up, and when I turned it back off a yellow light popped up followed by the same blinking red light. I'm sad.

The bad thing is that I got it last christmas (2007) so it's off its warranty. Anyone know what I should do?
2009-04-28 20:52:00

Author:
qrtda235566
Posts: 3664


The becoming increasingly frequent YLOD. I'm sorry but there's nothing you can do, you'll need to contact Sony and see how much a fix will cost.2009-04-28 20:59:00

Author:
Killian
Posts: 2575


The becoming increasingly frequent YLOD. I'm sorry but there's nothing you can do, you'll need to contact Sony and see how much a fix will cost.

Haha, 360 owners. Instead of our consoles all breaking at random times, ours all break at the same time!
2009-04-28 21:24:00

Author:
qrtda235566
Posts: 3664


Ouch... that sucks. Hopefully mine won't break. I got mine October of 2007, and it has yet to break. It's day is coming. 2009-04-28 21:28:00

Author:
Code1337
Posts: 3476


OOOOOOoooOOOOOf...Man I feel for ya, sorry about the PS3 dude. Can I arrange a funeral for it?2009-04-28 21:30:00

Author:
KoRnDawwg
Posts: 1424


That sucks >.> Try dismantling it, and replacing the Cell with a peanut.

On a more serious note, I hope mine never goes this way, and I hope YLOD never becomes poplar.
2009-04-28 21:32:00

Author:
dawesbr
Posts: 3280


Oh, dude! 2009-04-28 22:13:00

Author:
v0rtex
Posts: 1878


I got my 80GB in September of 07 so I can hear the tic tock starting.... either that or SawronZXZ is hanging around here somewhere.2009-04-28 22:35:00

Author:
Morgana25
Posts: 5983


Actually I don't mind it that much. As long as they repair it for free (or for like 100 dollars or something) it'll be okay, but if they tell me to just buy a new one I'll be ******.

This also gives me more time to play my wii. and Pokemans.
2009-04-29 03:09:00

Author:
qrtda235566
Posts: 3664


I think that the YLOD means harddrive failure, and I wouldn't count on getting it fixed for free, it will probably cost 161$2009-04-29 03:15:00

Author:
sjbluedog24
Posts: 80


I think that the YLOD means harddrive failure, and I wouldn't count on getting it fixed for free, it will probably cost 161$

Wait. So all my data is lost?

Sony better give me a longer warranty because of this. This is ridiculous. A 600 dollar piece of hardware should last way longer than a year. My 200 dollar PS2 has lasted like, 8 years so far.

Oh, and within these long 3 days I realized: the Wii sucks.
2009-05-01 02:26:00

Author:
qrtda235566
Posts: 3664


i paid $125 USD (plus tax) to get my 60gig fixed.2009-05-01 02:43:00

Author:
EvilTikiGod
Posts: 159


This generation of consoles is completely ridiculous.

They've been trying to pack in too much tech this time. This did sacrifice manifacturing quality and we're all losing in the end. God ****ed extreme capitalism for the lose. But at the same, we asked for it (not me though). All crybabies wanting their sweet sweet graphics and never ending freeroaming super duper AAA games...

.
2009-05-01 03:26:00

Author:
RangerZero
Posts: 3901


i paid $125 USD (plus tax) to get my 60gig fixed.

Did you have to start everything over again? Could you still use your old PSN?
2009-05-01 04:01:00

Author:
qrtda235566
Posts: 3664


Did you have to start everything over again? Could you still use your old PSN?

Your PSN isn't in your PS3, its in the PSN server, the data (game saves) are in the PS3, so unless you back it up, you'd have to restart everything again.
Downloads are also saved to the server not the PS3, so you'd be able to re-download everything normally without having to buy everything you had again.
2009-05-01 06:53:00

Author:
Silverleon
Posts: 6707


Well umm.. i got mine when it came out.. The very day..

It seems to be fine.. i hope..

p.s. As much as companies hate it, they HAVE to give a 5 year warranty free of charge, It's law. (Only in uk)
2009-05-01 06:55:00

Author:
CreateNPlay
Posts: 1266


Good news, guys! I'm supposed to get my PS3 back TOMORROW!

YES! LBP, here I come! Too bad I have to start everything over again/ reinstall EVERYTHING! Including Socom which has like, an hour long install anyway.
2009-05-14 00:08:00

Author:
qrtda235566
Posts: 3664


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