Post: Ps3 flashing yellow light
08-27-2015, 11:08 AM #1
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Can anyone help me cause, sometimes I don't trust youtube. I have a fat cfw ps3. It's flashing yellow then like 2 or 3 mins it shut off it's self ????
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08-27-2015, 11:12 AM #2
Ethen
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Originally posted by AdmireMods View Post
Can anyone help me cause, sometimes I don't trust youtube. I have a fat cfw ps3. It's flashing yellow then like 2 or 3 mins it shut off it's self ????


I think that is the Ylod, look at some fixes on the Internet

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08-28-2015, 02:35 AM #3
Egzec
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Originally posted by AdmireMods View Post
Can anyone help me cause, sometimes I don't trust youtube. I have a fat cfw ps3. It's flashing yellow then like 2 or 3 mins it shut off it's self ????


It's the YLOD aka the yellow light of death. There are a few tricks to fix it though. Do the hair dryer trick.

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08-28-2015, 10:34 AM #4
x_com
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Ylod buy new cfw ps3
08-28-2015, 10:53 AM #5
ChynkBud
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Its the Yellow Light Of Death Playstations equivilant to Red Ring of Death, there are a few trustworthy video's on how to fix it online, but none are really going to be permanant fix's as this is a serious issue, you do not have to buy a complete new console to fix it, just buy yourself a new hard-drive. I got YLOD a long while ago and what i done was saved anything important 'to the cloud' and bought a new hard-drive(make sure it fits the PS3 case) And i was able to play fine on it after with no issues at all! You're going to lose all your campaign mode progress but its worth it too be able to play again :lol:
08-29-2015, 01:39 AM #6
Egzec
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Originally posted by ChynkBud View Post
Its the Yellow Light Of Death Playstations equivilant to Red Ring of Death, there are a few trustworthy video's on how to fix it online, but none are really going to be permanant fix's as this is a serious issue, you do not have to buy a complete new console to fix it, just buy yourself a new hard-drive. I got YLOD a long while ago and what i done was saved anything important 'to the cloud' and bought a new hard-drive(make sure it fits the PS3 case) And i was able to play fine on it after with no issues at all! You're going to lose all your campaign mode progress but its worth it too be able to play again :lol:


You don't really have to get a new hard drive. You can just use a hair dryer to blow the dust off, clean the PS3 a bit, then install new thermal paste.
08-29-2015, 02:52 AM #7
Dacoco
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Originally posted by AdmireMods View Post
Can anyone help me cause, sometimes I don't trust youtube. I have a fat cfw ps3. It's flashing yellow then like 2 or 3 mins it shut off it's self ????


Thread moved to PS3 Questions and Support.

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08-29-2015, 05:51 PM #8
ChynkBud
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Yeah but is that really a permanant fix? If it is fair enough i'll accept i was wrong!
Replacing the hard-drive to me is the best option though!

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