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General Discussion => VIDYA GAMES => Topic started by: matt. on January 11, 2011, 03:20:25 PM
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got the yellow light while playing cod last night...
anyone else had this?
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Yeah mine died about 8 months ago, one of the original 60 GBs, had so many more features than the slim ones, notably, PS2 backwards compatibility
You can buy this heat gun and try to fix the part where the laser reads but in my opinion its a huge hassle and most of the time doesnt even work, or works for a short time
Guile and PsychedelicLife both tried it im pretty sure when theirs broke
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Yeah mine died about 8 months ago, one of the original 60 GBs, had so many more features than the slim ones, notably, PS2 backwards compatibility
You can buy this heat gun and try to fix the part where the laser reads but in my opinion its a huge hassle and most of the time doesnt even work, or works for a short time
Guile and PsychedelicLife both tried it im pretty sure when theirs broke
yep mine was an og 60 gb.
That's pretty much what i've read about the repairs. Looks like im getting a new one today.
Do you know if there's anyway to transfer the shit on the HDD to the new one?
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I doubt it
I had to start all my games again, redownload all my purchased DLC, maps packs and the like
Do some searching though who knows you might be able to
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thought so.
thanks for the help.
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You can transfer anything. You have to back up your data. Im pretty sure its an option under settings, but you have to store it somewhere that has enough space like an external harddrive or a computer. And if you didn't buy a new one yet, just search around for somebody who can fix it. I have friends who have bought broken PS3's off Ebay and fixed them up
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yeah the problem was i didnt do a backup for quite a while so i lost everything..
i bought a new one today anyway. Couldn't be fucked sending it to sony for $250.00 + postage and then having it fuck up again.
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i bought a new one today anyway. Couldn't be fucked sending it to sony for $250.00 + postage and then having it fuck up again.
Thats what I did when my old 60gb yellow lighted
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When I went to buy a ps3, I wanted the ps2 comptability to play GOW I & II and stuff, but the salesman discouraged me to do so, because a lot of people had brought back theirs because of the yellow light of death
they try to repair them, but most of the times it's a hopeless case and they can't do anything about it. I played it safe and bought the 80gb one and kept my old ps2 too
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When I went to buy a ps3, I wanted the ps2 comptability to play GOW I & II and stuff, but the salesman discouraged me to do so, because a lot of people had brought back theirs because of the yellow light of death
they try to repair them, but most of the times it's a hopeless case and they can't do anything about it. I played it safe and bought the 80gb one and kept my old ps2 too
When i spoke to sonny they said that it would be the same ps3 would be repaired and sent back, but i've read that most of the time they send a refurb of someone else's and that usually breaks after a few months. They get you by only giving another 90 days warranty. Fuck that.
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yeah thayt blows, I was glad the salesman was being honest though, for all he cared I could be having the same problem as well
hope you get yours fixed soon in one way or another
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nah it's all good now. Bought a new one other day.
I wasn't to pissed though, it lasted almost 5 years.
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ps3's got a safe mode which can be used to make back ups, most YLOD's dont cause safe mode to stop functioning, google that shit.
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pretty sure you can only safe mode with the new slim models, I tried to safe mode my old 60GB to get my disc back but ended up smashing the fucking thing
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs515.snc3/27017_596981673006_122503481_35454193_942406_n.jpg)
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pretty sure you can only safe mode with the new slim models, I tried to safe mode my old 60GB to get my disc back but ended up smashing the fucking thing
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs515.snc3/27017_596981673006_122503481_35454193_942406_n.jpg)
yeah I can't go into safe mode either with my 80gb one
were any of those parts still useable, or did you smash the whole thing?
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I got the hammer out on mine aswell :D
(http://i56.tinypic.com/3448s9y.jpg)
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did you guys actually use the card reader and stuff much? they left that out of the newer version
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I never used it once.
I haven't missed the four USB ports aswell.
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I used the CF card reader for my DSLR, but it was rare
I miss the PS2 compatibility so fucking much
Especially for these titles
(http://pwned.com/gamecovers/playstation2/bd81c9528bdb793c8503f5e1e0a8a0a1-Star_Wars_Battlefront_II.jpg)
(http://firsthour.net/screenshots/xiii/xiii-cover.jpg)
(http://www.geekshow.us/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/shadow-of-the-colossus-cover.jpg)
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Haha nice work with the hammers.
I ended up unscrewing mine so I could get cod out, but I couldn't get safe mode to work either.
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I used the CF card reader for my DSLR, but it was rare
I miss the PS2 compatibility so fucking much
Especially for these titles
(http://pwned.com/gamecovers/playstation2/bd81c9528bdb793c8503f5e1e0a8a0a1-Star_Wars_Battlefront_II.jpg)
(http://firsthour.net/screenshots/xiii/xiii-cover.jpg)
(http://www.geekshow.us/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/shadow-of-the-colossus-cover.jpg)
ICO and Shadow of the Colosus HD pack for ps3 this summer. hyped.
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^ wow im so hyped to hear that, although not at the same time, means I have to wait that many months for it