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December 22, 2009 at 3:09 pm #53429

Collbreast_23
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i personally believe its everybody replacing their HDD's lol you buy a console to play games, not take it apart and change it people! theyre not meant to be taken apart.. if you want more memory buy an external HDD so you dont f**k your ps3 up.. its not rocket science.. externals are USB and same price, if not less be smart, not sorry

December 22, 2009 at 3:09 pm #53430

parnakas
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BigWoop – that link looks pretty risky.. don't know if i would try that.. But it does sound like it would work.

December 22, 2009 at 4:31 pm #53437

colton10_lfc_torres
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redbren said:

So I was playing MW2 tonight, just unlocked the AK-47, killing some n00bs then my PS3 crashed. At first I thought the electricity flicked on and off so I went to turn it on and it dawned on me. Yellow light of bloody death. MW2 is still in there so should I force eject it, Knoxie what did you do?

Does anybody have any idea is it the HDD or the actual Playstation?

the exact same thing happened to me just force eject it i did and it worked

December 22, 2009 at 5:12 pm #53442

Nodanod
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Collbreast_23 said:

Post edited 3:10 pm – 12/22/2009 by Collbreast_23

i personally believe its everybody replacing their HDD's lol you buy a console to play games, not take it apart and change it people! theyre not meant to be taken apart.. if you want more memory buy an external HDD so you dont f**k your ps3 up.. its not rocket science.. externals are USB and same price, if not less be smart, not sorry

Just 2 say – i got YLOD, with MW2, and live in UK. but i had never opened my console, or replaced my HDD. My theory is that although the Ps3s are more vulnerable to YLOD each time they opened, the most common problem is purely having a 60gb console.

@rebren – How old is your console?

               -wot size HDD is it?

                -have u opened it up in any form?

With those questions u can at least answer some questions, for example if its 60gb, the only way u can get your MW2 out is to open it up, get to the bluray drive and start opening that up (rather dodgy, although if you are resorting to this, make sure u watch this guy on YouTube (”gilksy” i think) as its a lot of help. – he reckons he fixes YLODs, but its a lot of hassle to make an unstable system work again!.Also, i managed to open up my Blu ray drive and take MW2 out without scatching the disk or breaking the drive, although if its in warranty i strongly advise against this 🙂 ) whereas if its 40gb/80gb u can simply use the “emergency eject” function to get the disk out oops, lol, will have 2 stop before i end up writing an essay!

December 22, 2009 at 6:41 pm #53447

BigWoopMagazine
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parnakas said:

BigWoop – that link looks pretty risky.. don't know if i would try that.. But it does sound like it would work.

I've read a few responses from people who have done this and made it work… however, before you ever do such a thing, make sure you know the entirety of what is involved in the process. Having some knowledge in basic electronics is almost necessary. Make sure you ground yourself before touching any components (or you'll short them!), and have an extremely clean work environment. In no way do I actually recommend doing this over sending it in for repairs, but if you absolutely cannot afford a professional repair, it is an alternative solution that you take at your own risk. That said, I'd do it, but I've taken a few electronics courses through college and played with enough computer hardware to know I'm not going to damage things any further.

December 22, 2009 at 6:47 pm #53449

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parnakas said:

What i don't understand, is how a PS3 could crash due to a game.. Interesting.

But in pretty much every case i have seen, it has been MW2 inside the system.

KingOfGames – No one used to ever complain about there PS3 getting the YLOD, but recently, there has been a lot if it going on.

If anyone can find out any info please post it! I'm gonna see if i can find anything.

Some games require too much effort and stress on the cpu of the ps3. MW2 seems to be requiring much more than any other game on the market. So the fact that so many people are playing MW2, would mean much more YLOD. Hence, for trophy hoarders, just play long enough to get plat then sell mw2 before it crashes your ps3 lol. I just got plat on it, and now selling my game.

December 22, 2009 at 8:00 pm #53453

pool96
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Nodanod – I have got my PS3 since EU launch day so around 3 years

             – It was the 60GB model but I did take that out and put a 250GB one in.

My PS3 is dead whatever I did or didn't do to it doesn't matter anymore I just want to get the bloody game out. One thing is to lose a broken PS3 but not a perfectly working game.

December 22, 2009 at 9:00 pm #53463
Nodanod
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yeah, lol, well its well out ov warranty then, and cos its a 60gb there is no emergency release disk function, pretty much the same position as i was in

The way i saw it, there were only 2 options :
- Ring up sony, and pay £128 to part exchange your broken console for another refurbished console (i saw this as pretty pointless, as although sony will send ur disc back, you only get 3 months warranty on the new refurb. 1, meaning it could well YLOD again.)
OR……..
- Take the console open, try to get the disc out by following youtube vid. and start afresh with a new console. Its very annoying, as you've lost the console, but if ur careful u can get the disk out, took me about an hour 2 get the console stripped down to the board, then only to find out this attempted fix Ylod method requires a heat gun 😛 lol, but the bluray drive is easyish 2 get 2, and not that hard to open.
The way i saw it was i had nothing 2 lose, so i might aswell try 2 save my disc. But obv. this is your judgement, if u want 2 defo save ur disc and get a refurb console, or DIY and get disc out…

Let me know if u have any questions….
December 22, 2009 at 9:02 pm #53464

Nodanod
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edge4eva32 said:

parnakas said:

What i don't understand, is how a PS3 could crash due to a game.. Interesting.

But in pretty much every case i have seen, it has been MW2 inside the system.

KingOfGames – No one used to ever complain about there PS3 getting the YLOD, but recently, there has been a lot if it going on.

If anyone can find out any info please post it! I'm gonna see if i can find anything.

Some games require too much effort and stress on the cpu of the ps3. MW2 seems to be requiring much more than any other game on the market. So the fact that so many people are playing MW2, would mean much more YLOD. Hence, for trophy hoarders, just play long enough to get plat then sell mw2 before it crashes your ps3 lol. I just got plat on it, and now selling my game.

its defo weird… if any game were to enhance the probability of Ylod, i'd have thought a game like GTA would be, or another very heavily detailed game, not MW2.

December 22, 2009 at 9:45 pm #53475

pool96
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Nodanod can you give me a link on how to strip the console to get my disc out?

December 22, 2009 at 10:30 pm #53476

Knoxie
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sorry to hear it.

what i did was got it fixed at grainger games for £100 as i didnt want lose any of my saves but then it broke again 1 month out of warranty (you only get 1 month warranty with grainger games) but they still fixed it for free. it looks like if your ps3 has broke dont get it repaired as it is prone to break again. stupid 60gb. ironically the 60gb ps3 that i got fixed again is working fine, its not as loud as it was after 1st repair but once i can be arsed to get a memory stick i'll be transferring all the data to my slim.

i dont think its MW2 as really it could be any disc inside and still brake, its just that loads of people are playing MW2 is why its mostly MW2 stuck in.

December 23, 2009 at 2:20 am #53505

Finch_92
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i was playing tekken 6 when mine decided to die so i think its mear coincidence most people are playing mw2 at the time

December 23, 2009 at 2:54 am #53506

edge4eva32
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I had my blu ray drive die on me twice on my old 40gb ps3. After I paid Sony (the first repair was free due to warranty) and it died again….i got it fixed, then sold it and a few of stupid games on ebay for a nice penny got over $418 for my old 40gb ps3 with cod:waw and some other stupid game….then bought a new 80gb ps3. When I bought my new ps3, squaretrade.com was having a special on 4 year warranties. So I got a 4 year warranty through them for $105, which is well worth it in the end. So now I have no more worries about mine crashing.

December 23, 2009 at 8:14 pm #53550

Nodanod
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redbren said:

Nodanod can you give me a link on how to strip the console to get my disc out?

This is the 6 – part “YLOD fix vid” – altho it did give me a very gd understanding of where the components and cables are fitted.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U70SgRDVcBo

Although this is a pretty poor vid. it does show parts of how to open the blu-ray drive

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNcJR1mi37E  

Those were the two vids i used, but if u want2, search around a bit on youtube. There are loads of videos on taking consoles apart etc.

December 24, 2009 at 12:04 am #53592

pool96
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Well what I am going to do is break into my blu-ray drive to salvage my disc, then in a few weeks I shall have a new PS3 slim (saving for a rainy day has finally paid off :D). Although I want to put my 250GB HDD into my new PS3 slim when I get it so does anybody know how to remove the hardrive in a slim?
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