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HELP... PS3 CRASHED... yellow light of death!

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My ps3 just got the 'YELLOW LIGHT OF DEATH'... and my warrenty has long since expired! AHHHHHH!!!!

i was wondering if anyone knows how to pull the data from my hard drive and put it into a new ps3??? if anyone knows.... pleez pleeeeeez tell meeee!!!

i called sony, but they were not very much help... OMG... customer sevrice alwayz sux!!! they told me they cant tell me how to transfer my hard drive to a new ps3... and if i do figure it out, all my data would be erased when the ps3 formats my old hard drive...

any1 with any info on pulling out my data and transerring it to somewhere else... please tell me!!!! i cant use a usb... cuz the 'yellow light of death syndrome' wont let my ps3 turn on.

GRRRRRRRRRR!!!! im so frustrated! years and years of game data.... GONE! FOREVER! =(

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http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu79/BigDookey/3.jpg		2009-10-19 10:02:00

Author:
mdaj
Posts: 119

You could buy an external hdd enclousure and hook the hdd up to that.2009-10-19 10:03:00

Author:
Rabid-Coot
Posts: 6728

You can't do that as far as I know.2009-10-19 10:04:00

Author:
Syroc
Posts: 3193

Ooh. R.I.P. your PS3.

Now I'm not an expert, but I guess you can remove the hard drive. It's on the side. The big metal box you see after removing the cover.

Put the hard drive in a new PS3.

Hope it helps.		2009-10-19 10:08:00

Author:
CyberSora
Posts: 5551

like rabid-coot said, you could buy an enclosure, put your hard drive in it, hook it up to your computer and then copy the gamesaves from that.
Even if the new ps3 was to format the drive you can just copy them back over		2009-10-19 10:39:00

Author:
Dhawken
Posts: 96

I hope that everybody reading this will back-up their PS3s now...

This is the only thing that would have saved the thread starter. If he had a back-up he could dump it on another PS3 or his current PS3 once repared.

.		2009-10-19 20:19:00

Author:
RangerZero
Posts: 3901

I'm definitely going to back up my data when I finish working on my Halloween level.2009-10-19 20:58:00

Author:
olit123
Posts: 1341

Don't put it off if you can.

So sorry to hear mdaj. Good luck to you - there are other suggestions on YLOD in threads started by Silverleon, Joey, Ungreth, CCubbage and a few others who I can't recall at the moment. Seems like these PS3's are dropping more frequently lately.		2009-10-19 21:01:00

Author:
Morgana25
Posts: 5983

I'm definitely going to back up my data when I finish working on my Halloween level.

Don't delay, the ylod will not wait for you.		2009-10-19 21:02:00

Author:
Rabid-Coot
Posts: 6728

Don't delay, the ylod will not wait for you.
SO true.
it can be right around the corner!		2009-10-19 21:06:00

Author:
Unknown User

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http://img18.yfrog.com/img18/8824/83074095.jpg		2009-10-19 21:24:00

Author:
Syroc
Posts: 3193

there were other threads about ps3's crashing!? LOOOL... sorry for creating a repeat thread... i do that alot but i dont mean to. =P

OMG!!! thanx for the advice about hooking-up the hard drive to the computor! that really helps!!! ill download my data as soon as i get a new ps3.		2009-10-19 23:16:00

Author:
mdaj
Posts: 119

That's terrible, I hope you get it sorted and manage to get all your data back ok.

BTW is it possible to back up the entire PS3 HD to an external hard drive?

I have a Maxtor OneTouch 4Plus which I use for backing up my PC but I have no idea if I could get my PS3 data onto it aswell or not and if so how ?

Any help would be appreciated so I can do it before it's too late if it's possible.		2009-10-19 23:39:00

Author:
mistervista
Posts: 2210

maybe its the latest update thats killing of the ps3s...maybe anyone that was forced to update should get free repairs...wii's 4.2 broke hundreds of wiis so they did that2009-10-20 00:12:00

Author:
theswweet
Posts: 2468

Melting solder is killing PS3's2009-10-20 00:36:00

Author:
Rabid-Coot
Posts: 6728

If you have the tools available you can do a DIY fix.

4_Ic1_TY-GU

Vr1zyAGwnuU		2009-10-20 10:32:00

Author:
Rabid-Coot
Posts: 6728

That is quite possibly the coolest thing I've seen on YouTube. 2009-10-20 16:33:00

Author:
Morgana25
Posts: 5983

From my experience:

- Send your PS3 in for repair to Sony if possible. If they are able to fix it, your data will be there.

- If you have no backup of your LBP data you will need to go through the story mode again, but using a new PS3 to login to your existing account will allow you to copy your published levels back down to your hard drive again.		2009-10-20 16:45:00

Author:
CCubbage
Posts: 4430

That is quite possibly the coolest thing I've seen on YouTube.

Apart from the fact your console is broken it is quite cool to see irl.		2009-10-20 18:54:00

Author:
Rabid-Coot
Posts: 6728

the yellow ring of death !
i had one time when my ps3 got the red ring of dead! oh wait....		2009-10-20 20:26:00

Author:
Unknown User

If you have the tools available you can do a DIY fix.

4_Ic1_TY-GU

Vr1zyAGwnuU

thanx for tha kool videos!!!! BUUUT... unfortunately i cannot fix my PS3 problem with a heat gun. but thanx!

if u look at the 3rd picture i posted for this thread.... u will see that my mother-board burned itself alive!!! AHHHH! LOL. i know the pic is kinda fuzzy cuz my camera sux... but look at the black bugars on the circuit card. =P those bugars are burned-up micro-chips! i cannot find replacement for those. and if i somehow do... i still have to drill-out the burnt parts of the motherboard, re-run new condoctors though the board, patch-up th holes i made, and borrow some ridiculously expensive equipment to put those micro chips back on. AHHHHHH!!!!

i just got myself a new ps3... but i forgot my password for my mdaj account! OMG!!! maybe i should not have been so lazy and used the "remember my password" option on the ps3. maybe typing it over and over again wouldve made me memorized it. ohhh well. =(

now i have to start EVERYTHING over... i even have to re-purchase all the downloads i bought!!! GREAT!!! >=(		2009-10-21 00:37:00

Author:
mdaj
Posts: 119

Okay, it's official. There is definitely a curse on LBPC that keeps on killing our PS3s. There's no other logical explanation why there seems to be a topic every few days that says "OMG MY PS3 DIED" for the past few months.2009-10-21 00:44:00

Author:
Arkei
Posts: 1432

thanx for tha kool videos!!!! BUUUT... unfortunately i cannot fix my PS3 problem with a heat gun. but thanx!

if u look at the 3rd picture i posted for this thread.... u will see that my mother-board burned itself alive!!! AHHHH! LOL. i know the pic is kinda fuzzy cuz my camera sux... but look at the black bugars on the circuit card. =P those bugars are burned-up micro-chips! i cannot find replacement for those. and if i somehow do... i still have to drill-out the burnt parts of the motherboard, re-run new condoctors though the board, patch-up th holes i made, and borrow some ridiculously expensive equipment to put those micro chips back on. AHHHHHH!!!!

i just got myself a new ps3... but i forgot my password for my mdaj account! OMG!!! maybe i should not have been so lazy and used the "remember my password" option on the ps3. maybe typing it over and over again wouldve made me memorized it. ohhh well. =(

now i have to start EVERYTHING over... i even have to re-purchase all the downloads i bought!!! GREAT!!! >=(

Didn't know pics had beed added.

Can't you do the forgoten password thing to get it reset or did you enter some random date of birth?		2009-10-21 01:08:00

Author:
Rabid-Coot
Posts: 6728

Didn't know pics had beed added.

Can't you do the forgoten password thing to get it reset or did you enter some random date of birth?

i think i entered some random birthdate... cuz i tried mine... my mothers... my fathers.... my sisters... frends.... i tried them all!!! i couldnt get the password reset to work either.

what i am also thinking happened is that the e-mail account i used for my log-on has locked itself out cuz i havent used it for YEARS!

idk..... this is a really really REALLY bad week for me!!! hhmmmmm....

i got my new ps3 and swapped the hard drives... but no luck either....

sux sux sux !!!!		2009-10-21 04:44:00

Author:
mdaj
Posts: 119


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