Yellow Light of Death

The Volt

The unthinkable has happened to my PS3. Annoyingly, I had to restore it to factory settings because of a hard disk problem only a few weeks ago and while I was playing Skyrim the other day, it turned off and I got the dreaded yellow light of death followed by a blinking red light.

I've read various reports online of what the issue could be and how I should solve it. Am I best just bringing it to a 3rd party to get it fixed and see if I can get another while out of it? The warranty is gone at this stage.

Kills me not be able to play Skyrim

Glico Man

Voltwad wrote: »

The unthinkable has happened to my PS3. Annoyingly, I had to restore it to factory settings because of a hard disk problem only a few weeks ago and while I was playing Skyrim the other day, it turned off and I got the dreaded yellow light of death followed by a blinking red light.

I've read various reports online of what the issue could be and how I should solve it. Am I best just bringing it to a 3rd party to get it fixed and see if I can get another while out of it? The warranty is gone at this stage.

Kills me not be able to play Skyrim

Get it reballed. Should solve the issue. Don't go for a reflow service unless you plan on buying a new ps3 and want to keep all your HD info. Reflow is very short term, while reball should last a good year at least. My mate has one going for 3 years after he got his reballed.

The Volt

I rang a place today, they said that they'd replace the motherboard. Is this the right way to go?