My first ever YLoD..... :(

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My first ever YLoD..... :(

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Hey, does anyone know about the yellow light of death? Im trying to diagnose my problems but wothout an error code its rather hard. My ps3 blinks red , turns on for about 2 seconds then shuts off. I cannot put any games/discs in so I'm thinking it might be my blu-ray drive. Although I wasnt using it at the time of failure. I am on my phone so I'm keeping it short. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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Re: My first ever YLoD..... :(

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I had a YLoD on my 60 gig. Not fun. Basically the drive is either dead or dying. I had to use the hairdryer trick to get it to work long enough to get my disc out and backup my save games. :/ I imagine at this point your options to be

1) Send to Sony for repair
2) Buy a new one
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Re: My first ever YLoD..... :(

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I did the hair dryer trick and it worked for like 30 seconds before it died again. Luckily I had no disc in there. I just really want my rpg saves back -_-. FF13 was almost done! Bought a new 320gb and I am now using auto backups with my ps+
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