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Is my PS3 bricked?

  • 20-12-2013 6:35pm
    #1
    cloud493
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,835 ✭✭✭✭


    Hey chums, basically my PS3 froze. It wouldn't turn off with the controller, so I pulled the power out. Now I got no display on the screen, no controller connection, and I seemingly can't access recovery mode . Is it bolloxed?


Comments

  • #2
    eddhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,785 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    Read the sticky about repairs and it would be helpful for the light sequence on the unit.

    Ed


  • #3
    cloud493
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,835 ✭✭✭✭cloud493


    Ok think I got it. I left it half an hour, it switched back on. Then it froze again. Then I looked and realized the fans were really really dirty and the fact it wS crazy hot :P


  • #4
    eddhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,785 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    Ok so Hoover out all the vents with the unit switched off.

    Sounds like still an issue TBH.

    What colour lights flash on the unit when this happens?

    Ed


  • #5
    cloud493
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,835 ✭✭✭✭cloud493


    It just goes green. Then it doesn't switch off unless you hold the power button down.


  • #6
    cloud493
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,835 ✭✭✭✭cloud493


    No I think its packed it in to be honest. Had a good few years so.


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  • #7
    eddhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,785 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    So it is RED, then you press the power button, it starts up and stays GREEN?


  • #8
    cloud493
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,835 ✭✭✭✭cloud493


    Turned off it's red. Turn it on it's green. Then it freezes, can't be switched off properly. Have to hold the power button down to turn it off. Goes from green to red .


  • #9
    eddhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,785 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    Doesn't sound like a YLOD, could be anything I'm afraid. Could be the hard drive. The lights normally tell you more.

    Ed


  • #10
    radar_marglar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13 ✭radar_marglar


    Just be careful where you leave it in to be "repaired"


  • #11
    cloud493
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,835 ✭✭✭✭cloud493


    Didn't bother in the end, sold it as faulty./


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