PS3 Repair and/or Death Thread

[bevo24]

Re: PS3 Repair and/or Death Thread

well i got my ps3 back today from being repaired for YLOD.

now i cant connect to the internet and my controllers wont sync. they only stay on when connected with the USB cable. i have reset them lke 50 times already. at first i thought it was because they were synced to my friends ps3 that he brung over but i have reset it too many times for it to matter now.


always something............im pissed off

Sounds like the bluetooth ribbon cable isn't all the way in (affects the controllers and wireless capability). Had mine repaired locally last month after ylod and brought it home with the same exact issue. Went back to the store (30 min drive), took the guy a couple seconds to fix it after removing the cover (unclip ribbon, push it in all the way into connection, clip it back). Guess I could have done the same thing at home after researching online.

Bad news is, ylod happened again, been less than a month. Have a 6 month warranty though. Seems like selling it is the best option if reflowing is just a temporary fix. Have the launch 60gb and don't ever use the BC. Heard the slims use less power and there's less heat due to a better design.

[Skyboxer]

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I have no idea what to do. EB says 80.00 trade in. They can kiss my a$$.

[Rawdeal28]

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Sounds like the bluetooth ribbon cable isn't all the way in (affects the controllers and wireless capability). Had mine repaired locally last month after ylod and brought it home with the same exact issue. Went back to the store (30 min drive), took the guy a couple seconds to fix it after removing the cover (unclip ribbon, push it in all the way into connection, clip it back). Guess I could have done the same thing at home after researching online.

Bad news is, ylod happened again, been less than a month. Have a 6 month warranty though. Seems like selling it is the best option if reflowing is just a temporary fix. Have the launch 60gb and don't ever use the BC. Heard the slims use less power and there's less heat due to a better design.

my google search shows your exactly right.

i opened it up and the ribbon is in place but i dont know how to unhook it without feeling im gonna break it. plus the other end of it is under the bluetooth/wifi board so i would have to unscrew that too. i moved that little wire around too but the controllers still wont sync up.

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/4296/02ps3.jpg

i just feel like im gonna mess it up more. everything goes wrong for me.

[Rawdeal28]

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I have no idea what to do. EB says 80.00 trade in. They can kiss my a$$.

that sucks, gamestop?

ebay might be your best chance to get good money for it. or craigslist.

[CaptainZombie]

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I have no idea what to do. EB says 80.00 trade in. They can kiss my a$$.

That is why I ditched mine several months ago when I was worried about the fans getting louder.

[Skyboxer]

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I re-did the fix and used silver thermal paste this time as the paste I used before was pretty much gone.?.?.?

Anyways it worked so far and I right away copied my saves to jump drive. At least that problem is solved...

[Rawdeal28]

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I re-did the fix and used silver thermal paste this time as the paste I used before was pretty much gone.?.?.?

Anyways it worked so far and I right away copied my saves to jump drive. At least that problem is solved...

excellent!

now i think u realize that its time to get a new ps3 right? i love my 60gb as well but sometimes we have to let things go that we love.........

[TheShizNo1]

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YLOD only weeks after getting it fixed. might be taking a trip to gamestop today

[Skyboxer]

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excellent!

now i think u realize that its time to get a new ps3 right? i love my 60gb as well but sometimes we have to let things go that we love.........

Yeah I know
Oh well I can always just get a PS2 eventually..

[Artman22]

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YLOD only weeks after getting it fixed. might be taking a trip to gamestop today

That's the thing with the ps3. Once it goes bad it's only a matter of time before it goes again.

[babythug23]

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I did the fix from the video on youtube for the ylod and so far it works. How long will it last anyone know? I have a slim that is only 6 months old. But i had the 40gig that went out 6 months ago. So i said what the hell its already broke so i tried it. It was easier then i thought. So i got 2 working ones for now

[TheShizNo1]

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That's the thing with the ps3. Once it goes bad it's only a matter of time before it goes again.

Yea, I bought it used and it YLOD'd on me about 2-3 weeks after getting it. Went and got it repaired and 2 weeks later, YLOD. Gamestop said they don't take them if their YLOD defected. I still had a warranty w/ it from the place where I got it, and dropped it off today. I think I'm going to just trade it into Gamestop when it gets repaired and just put that towards a new slim PS3.

[K_GUN]

Re: PS3 Repair and/or Death Thread

40 GB original

purchased jan 2008

won't read anything blu-ray

not sure what to do next...refurb for 150 or just go slim....can i take my original HDD & drop that into a new system?

[Burns11]

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PS3 HDDs are encrypted and tied to the system, so another system can't read it.

[K_GUN]

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PS3 HDDs are encrypted and tied to the system, so another system can't read it.

so all my movies/photo's/ mp3s will have to be put on a jump then transferred to the new HDD?