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so i got home from class today like everyday went to go turn on the playstation and guess what? a the blinking yellow light... ugh. its gonna be hard for me to replace it right now because im a college student and my job just about enough to pay for it and a few other things once in while. so i apologize because i know this is gonna cause more problems but there really isnt anything i can do at this time.

damn dude...you and dodger both got em. i had one last year, went through a 2 month battle of sony sending me DOA refurbs that worked for about an hour before they either died, started smoking (no gpu compound), or just stopped reading discs after a couple days.

the cheapest solution is to send it into sony for repair (100.00) which is free under warranty OR you can watch a youtube tutorial on taking the ps3 apart and resealing the gpu with a heat source...this is usually the problem, after so much use the compound used to seal the gpu eventually deteriorates since sony half asses everything they make.

in the meantime i rented a ps3 from rent-a-center for 20 a week. i know its not easy being in college and working, i did it all through college as well since i had to pay my own way...but there are cheaper fixes if your even slightly mechanically inclined.

Yeah Nick...let me know what you want me to do. I can boot you temporarily and hold your squad for you. Let me know.

*Knock on wood* I've never had the yellow light...but I have had my PS3 totally crash and not read any discs...I guess that is the same difference. LOL!

i yellow lighted twice....it was a painful experience...i took my anger out on women, i literal fucked as many girls as i could and played them out during that 5 month span without a PS3....it was a good time though...i yellow lighted in my junior year in college and my senior year....yellow light sucks bro, did your game get stuck inside?

yea you guys should just boot me. i haven't decided on what to do yet. it had also never happened to me before. honestly i hope i can get a new one or get it refurbished but i find it funny because my grades have been slipping lately and ive been spending too much time on it. maybe this is a chance for me to focus on school but man it sucks.

dont get it refurbished...it will crash on you in like 6 months...it happened to me bro..better just to spend the 300 bucks...i spent the 150 on the refurbished and it yellow lighted me, as a result, i had to buy a new one...

sounds crazy but a friend of mine fixed his yellow light by some method involving put his ps3 in the oven that was 3 months ago and his ps3 is still working i could get the info from him and im sure there is a tutorial online

jmojsoski wrote:i yellow lighted twice....it was a painful experience...i took my anger out on women, i literal fucked as many girls as i could and played them out during that 5 month span without a PS3....it was a good time though...i yellow lighted in my junior year in college and my senior year....yellow light sucks bro, did your game get stuck inside?

lol this made me laugh. and yea i have the game which is good cause sometimes i just shut off the system and leave the disc in. atleast now i wont have to pay 60 bucks to re-buy the game.

jmojsoski wrote:i yellow lighted twice....it was a painful experience...i took my anger out on women, i literal fucked as many girls as i could and played them out during that 5 month span without a PS3....it was a good time though...i yellow lighted in my junior year in college and my senior year....yellow light sucks bro, did your game get stuck inside?

Yeah Nick, i strongly suggest handling your yellow light problem in the same way JMO did. LMAO! *I'm all like...TURN ON YELLOW LIGHT!!!! TURN ON YELLOW LIGHT!!!!* That would be f&cking awesome!! Don't think my girlfriend would appreciate it too much though...or my kids. LOL!.

please don't put the ps3 in the oven...thats like giving it a bath cause its dusty.

the only reason why the oven might have worked, its cause the solder on the GPU needs reheated (as i described above)...so the logical solution is taking it apart and using a heat gun.

or, you could just bake it in the oven lol.

that would be so dangerous tho lol. what happens if the system catches on fire???

you will set the fire alarm on obviously and probably receive some penalty from your university..lol

ugh...just don't put it in the oven unless you don't care about destroying it. odds are you're going to melt the lens and then its REALLY worthless. look, fixing the problem really isn't that hard.

you need a screwdrivers, some cpu compounds (about 2.00 at staples) and a heatgun...or an oven

i have a youtube video of the step by step instructions to fix it...i'll be honest though it only worked for about 5 months before it needed fixed again...but if your hard up for cash its a good temp fix.

jmojsoski wrote:you will set the fire alarm on obviously and probably receive some penalty from your university..lol

lmao, image the news article...student burns down school by leaving his sony playstation in the oven.

its all child pleases fault!! lol.

im sure it would work...but it'd have to be like, JUST the perfect temperature for JUST the right amount of time...its risky but since its moreless junk now anyways might as well.

i would deff read that article...lmao...nick has a picture in the front page with his head down...lmao...and they show is PS3 in the oven..lmao

jmojsoski wrote:i would deff read that article...lmao...nick has a picture in the front page with his head down...lmao...and they show is PS3 in the oven..lmao

HAHAHA

LMAO

The towel trick worked on my sisters Xbox for a couple days. For Xbox, they are so easy to fix. Ps3, is more difficult but still possible with a glue gun and current instructions. I took my backwards compatible first-generation PS3 apart and accidentally broke the clamp on the mother board. Wasnt that big of a deal. clear scotch tape held it in place lol I still couldnt diagnose what is wrong with mine. lol Mine was a different case. Its in my closet hanging out. Probably figure out how to fix it someday and sell it since its the first gen of the new gen products.

Looking at that picture above, I think the oven thing will work!