PS3 Repair and/or Death Thread

[phant030]

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Almost 2yr old 40gb PS3, died last week. YLOD. I had upgraded it to 250gb HDD. Swapped it back to the 40 in case it was HDD failure. No luck. I'll just put in some holiday hrs at the job and buy a Slim for $299. Maybe in the future i'll try to fix it on my own.

[bkrich83]

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Got the YLOD last month.

going to bite the bullet and get a slim.

[rudyjuly2]

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Got the YLOD last month.

going to bite the bullet and get a slim.

Any thought on having a local guy fix the PS3 rather than Sony? I'm wrestling with this decision IF I get the YLOD. My 60 GB is 2.5 years old and I know it could happen to me. I do like the idea of the Slim just based on the fact it's quieter.

[rspencer86]

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Any thought on having a local guy fix the PS3 rather than Sony? I'm wrestling with this decision IF I get the YLOD. My 60 GB is 2.5 years old and I know it could happen to me. I do like the idea of the Slim just based on the fact it's quieter.

My 40 gig got the YLOD and I went the Sony route. They sent me back an entirely different unit that looked brand new. It is much quieter than the original I had.

I felt like I got my $150 worth.

[rudyjuly2]

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My 40 gig got the YLOD and I went the Sony route. They sent me back an entirely different unit that looked brand new. It is much quieter than the original I had.

I felt like I got my $150 worth.

I will guarantee you that I won't pay $150 to have it fixed. I'd rather buy a new PS3 slim (and sell the old one for anything I could get). A local guy will fix a YLOD for $80 so that would be my debate - $80 for a fix of an old machine vs. $300 for a brand new machine with bigger hard drive and warranty.

[CaptainZombie]

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I will guarantee you that I won't pay $150 to have it fixed. I'd rather buy a new PS3 slim (and sell the old one for anything I could get). A local guy will fix a YLOD for $80 so that would be my debate - $80 for a fix of an old machine vs. $300 for a brand new machine with bigger hard drive and warranty.

The thing is Rudy, I read around that if a YLOD is fixed by a 3rd party that the system could last another 6 months to 1 year. I don't know how true it is, but if you can get another year out of it might be worth it. I would do what you said, try and sell it for what it's worth and try to get a slim.

[bcruise]

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My refurb turns 2 around the start of the new year. No problems, though I'm certainly not leaving this one on as much as I did the first one!

[goh]

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I will guarantee you that I won't pay $150 to have it fixed. I'd rather buy a new PS3 slim (and sell the old one for anything I could get). A local guy will fix a YLOD for $80 so that would be my debate - $80 for a fix of an old machine vs. $300 for a brand new machine with bigger hard drive and warranty.

Yah make sure you ask him how long it'll last. Though you could get it fixed for the $80 and then sell it.

[rudyjuly2]

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Yah make sure you ask him how long it'll last. Though you could get it fixed for the $80 and then sell it.

That's always a good plan. No doubt you can get more than $80 for a working PS3. And a 60 GB with full backwards compatibility (which I never use) is still liked by some people.

[MrJackFlash]

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What is it with these next gen systems? Folks are paying too much money to have these things crap out the way they do.

[PhillyJim76]

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Mine died Christmas Day. I had only gotten it the July before.

Out of warranty.....I think I just might wait until next Black Friday/Price Drop to pick up a new one. This time I am getting an extended warranty!

[Bamafan3723]

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Mine died Christmas Day. I had only gotten it the July before.

Out of warranty.....I think I just might wait until next Black Friday/Price Drop to pick up a new one. This time I am getting an extended warranty!

What specifically happened with it?

[Blzer]

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I think it's officially time that I just send mine into Sony.

It's been seven weeks and I've taken my PS3 apart three times. I don't think I'll be able to fix the problem, though I see the problem right in its face. I think a part broke off of my PS3, which is why I think it stopped working. When I look at it, there's some logic within the system that just isn't making sense in mine. I don't see how my physical PS3 can be repaired, so I fear they'll just be giving me a refurbished one in return.

Oh well, that's life right?

[rspencer86]

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I think it's officially time that I just send mine into Sony.

It's been seven weeks and I've taken my PS3 apart three times. I don't think I'll be able to fix the problem, though I see the problem right in its face. I think a part broke off of my PS3, which is why I think it stopped working. When I look at it, there's some logic within the system that just isn't making sense in mine. I don't see how my physical PS3 can be repaired, so I fear they'll just be giving me a refurbished one in return.

Oh well, that's life right?

Will they even look at a system that has been opened up? Microsoft doesn't.

[Chef Matt]

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Will they even look at a system that has been opened up? Microsoft doesn't.

They will, but only to repair it and send it out to someone else as a refurb. lol
Blz, make sure you reformat/erase/wipe the system clean before sending it out. They say they do it for you but just to be safe...