07-18-2009, 06:10 PM
@Fox and hemp it showed the yellow light of death. i've reserched on it and it is permanently dead if the light shows SOLID yellow(continuous glow) it happened last night. when u turn it on, power lights go on, green,flashes yellow, then blinking red. it wont turn on anymore. a lot of people say over the net that it is either overheating(due to lack of ventilation), hdd borks, or psu borks.
bad news is ,most technicians have only a temporary fix for it. the only perma fix is a (put the motherboard into an oven LITERALLY) and many people have fixed them already. I'm just waiting for a result after a few months.
WARNING: to those who have the launch models, 20gb, 60gb ps3's, this MIGHT happen to your units too. scary is, there have been urban legends about a "sony timer" where after a period of time, sony's more recent products die. me and andrew researched this in pinoyps.com, and a lot of the recent complaints started around march this year, coincidentally, roughly 2-3 years of the release. scary.
so 20/60gb ps3 owners, there you go. please be cautious, place ur ps3's where they can breathe, and just reduce play time. (you can also buy a ps3 fan from cd-r king.)
I feel really shitty about this, as I plan to get this repaired and have a warranty for 2-3 months, then sell it at a low price. il just get another later model(80gb version of the 40gb base model) which is more stable and doesnt have the defect. i can get one for like, 14k.
Nix, I know ul prolly say "save money and dont buy na muna" but it's just my personality that wants to fix something asap-and its getting a replacement that will fix it.
bad news is ,most technicians have only a temporary fix for it. the only perma fix is a (put the motherboard into an oven LITERALLY) and many people have fixed them already. I'm just waiting for a result after a few months.
WARNING: to those who have the launch models, 20gb, 60gb ps3's, this MIGHT happen to your units too. scary is, there have been urban legends about a "sony timer" where after a period of time, sony's more recent products die. me and andrew researched this in pinoyps.com, and a lot of the recent complaints started around march this year, coincidentally, roughly 2-3 years of the release. scary.
so 20/60gb ps3 owners, there you go. please be cautious, place ur ps3's where they can breathe, and just reduce play time. (you can also buy a ps3 fan from cd-r king.)
I feel really shitty about this, as I plan to get this repaired and have a warranty for 2-3 months, then sell it at a low price. il just get another later model(80gb version of the 40gb base model) which is more stable and doesnt have the defect. i can get one for like, 14k.
Nix, I know ul prolly say "save money and dont buy na muna" but it's just my personality that wants to fix something asap-and its getting a replacement that will fix it.
