PS3 Yellow light of Death - Page 2

**crainger** · 02-21-10, 04:36 PM

250AUD to send it back. HDD goes with it as they usually replace it too. Not sure if I wanna send it back or just buy a new one.

Prob buy a new one and repair the old one and sell see how much I can make up. Will see how much they go for on ebay.

Interestingly, if the warranty sticker has been tampered with, they wont repair even outside of warranty...

02-21-10, 05:03 PM

You got a confirm that they have to take back the HD? It would be weird considering that its allowed to swap drives... I don't even know where my original drive is.

**crainger** · 02-21-10, 09:09 PM

Yeah I got a confirm. Even the print out postage form say the HDD must go back and they WILL format it. :

: There go my saves...

Albo · 02-21-10, 09:14 PM

That sucks. Can you just buy a cheap 2.5mm HD, and put that in for now?

ViN86 · 02-21-10, 09:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crainger

Yeah I got a confirm. Even the print out postage form say the HDD must go back and they WILL format it. :

: There go my saves...

Buy a new PS3 and a hard drive. Put your current drive into the new PS3, backup the saved games to the new hard drive (or a USB flash drive), replace the hard drive with the original one, return it to the store.

Remove the original drive before doing your backup, then replace it and tell the store you never powered it on. They won't know the difference since the drive will have never booted.

abcgamer · 02-24-10, 11:45 AM

Oh no that is not good

Hope you can get it soon or a new one may be GOW3 edition if there is some offer or something like that

LurkerLito · 02-24-10, 12:28 PM

Has anyone actually tried putting a PS3 HD into a different PS3? I always wondered if that was even possible or if the PS3 would notice that the HD was for another PS3 and auto format it or be unable to access the data.

02-24-10, 12:33 PM

It should just work, just none of the data would work without the profiles since they aren't saved to the HD.

**nekrosoft13** · 02-24-10, 12:49 PM

at least YLOD is not as common as RROD

**HiCZoK4** · 02-24-10, 02:24 PM

Everything have it pros and cons. Even ps3 is not perfect

Lyme · 02-26-10, 12:34 AM

All hardware fails eventually.

**crainger** · 02-26-10, 03:11 AM

Yeah, but it's nicer when it fails well beyond it's product life cycle. I think everyone has learned some lessons with hardware this generation.

02-21-10, 04:36 PM	#13
crainger Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia Posts: 29,535	Re: PS3 Yellow light of Death 250AUD to send it back. HDD goes with it as they usually replace it too. Not sure if I wanna send it back or just buy a new one. Prob buy a new one and repair the old one and sell see how much I can make up. Will see how much they go for on ebay. Interestingly, if the warranty sticker has been tampered with, they wont repair even outside of warranty...

02-21-10, 05:03 PM	#14
\|MaguS\| Guest Posts: n/a	Re: PS3 Yellow light of Death You got a confirm that they have to take back the HD? It would be weird considering that its allowed to swap drives... I don't even know where my original drive is.

02-21-10, 09:09 PM	#15
crainger Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia Posts: 29,535	Re: PS3 Yellow light of Death Yeah I got a confirm. Even the print out postage form say the HDD must go back and they WILL format it. :: There go my saves...

02-21-10, 09:14 PM	#16
Albo Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: MA, USA Posts: 3,633	Re: PS3 Yellow light of Death That sucks. Can you just buy a cheap 2.5mm HD, and put that in for now?

02-24-10, 11:45 AM	#18
abcgamer Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 105	Re: PS3 Yellow light of Death Oh no that is not good Hope you can get it soon or a new one may be GOW3 edition if there is some offer or something like that

02-24-10, 12:28 PM	#19
LurkerLito Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,550	Re: PS3 Yellow light of Death Has anyone actually tried putting a PS3 HD into a different PS3? I always wondered if that was even possible or if the PS3 would notice that the HD was for another PS3 and auto format it or be unable to access the data. __________________ Main PC: Asus P8Z77-V Deluxe ; Intel i7-3770k ; GSkill Ripjaws X Series 16GB DDR3 2133 (2x8GB) ; Seasonic X Series X-1050 PSU ; Corsair H100 ; EVGA GTX-670 ; Mushkin 240GB SSD system drive Old PC: ABIT IP35 Pro ; Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 ; Patriot 6GB (3x2GB) DDR2 800 RAM ; EVGA GTX480 SC ; Antec P190 Case ; EnzoTech Ultra120 CPU Cooler

02-24-10, 12:33 PM	#20
\|MaguS\| Guest Posts: n/a	Re: PS3 Yellow light of Death It should just work, just none of the data would work without the profiles since they aren't saved to the HD.

02-24-10, 12:49 PM	#21
nekrosoft13 I'm Geralt Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chicagoland, once a year in Poland Posts: 24,364	Re: PS3 Yellow light of Death at least YLOD is not as common as RROD __________________ Windows 8 the next big failure, right after Windows ME

02-24-10, 02:24 PM	#22
HiCZoK4 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Poland Posts: 3,467	Re: PS3 Yellow light of Death Everything have it pros and cons. Even ps3 is not perfect

02-26-10, 12:34 AM	#23
Lyme Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,682	Re: PS3 Yellow light of Death All hardware fails eventually.

02-26-10, 03:11 AM	#24
crainger Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia Posts: 29,535	Re: PS3 Yellow light of Death Yeah, but it's nicer when it fails well beyond it's product life cycle. I think everyone has learned some lessons with hardware this generation.