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09-16-2009, 02:40 PM
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#1 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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Has anyone else got the yellow light of death?
Mine died last night. I was wondering if you had success getting it fixed from somewhere and for how much.
I called sony and they want me to pay them $169 plus tax.
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09-16-2009, 03:02 PM
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#2 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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If you are out of warranty, look up on google.
There's a guide that teach you how to fix it. It's not guaranteed to work, but you could at least try.
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09-16-2009, 03:12 PM
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i wouldn't take a risk fixing it yourself, could make the problem worse than it already is
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09-16-2009, 04:19 PM
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from what I have read, you can try fixing it, just use a bit of liquid flux and a heat gun, protect the other components with tin foil. there are tutorials everywhere, a guy just fixed his in the PS3 thread. Sony is also supposed to be fairly lenient when it comes to warranties as well. If all that scares you then I'd say sell it on ebay as a YLOD PS3 or part it out, $169 plus tax plus shipping and you're nearly at a new PS3...
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09-16-2009, 05:30 PM
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#5 | | I have named my kids VIC and VLS
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i think you just bring it to that sony place in coquitlam and they all get fixed there anyways?
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09-16-2009, 05:52 PM
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#6 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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my friend got that on his 1st gen ps3 60gb. some guy on craigslist charges $150 to fix it but my friend just bought a new slim instead.
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09-17-2009, 11:23 PM
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#7 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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hey ill buy it off u for 50 bucks
or ill fix it for u for 100 bucks
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09-18-2009, 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Grandmaster TSE i wouldn't take a risk fixing it yourself, could make the problem worse than it already is | cant get anymore fuck up than tat anyway
besides brand new one is now only $299 lol
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09-18-2009, 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by civicHatch hey ill buy it off u for 50 bucks
or ill fix it for u for 100 bucks | $100 to fix? Or $150 for the guy on CL? seriously? no way the fix is worth that haha.
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Originally Posted by maksimizer half those dudes are hotter than ,my GF. | Quote:
Originally Posted by RevYouUp reading this thread is like waiting for goku to charge up a spirit bomb in dragon ball z | Quote:
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09-18-2009, 12:30 PM
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why? wat did u expect the repair pricing to be?
$35 bux?
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09-18-2009, 12:38 PM
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well it takes like no effort... I was charging $50 to fix 360's, not many people at that price, so I dropped it to $30, lots of hits meow. then again everyone in this town (Thunder Bay) is cheap as fuck.
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Originally Posted by maksimizer half those dudes are hotter than ,my GF. | Quote:
Originally Posted by RevYouUp reading this thread is like waiting for goku to charge up a spirit bomb in dragon ball z | Quote:
Originally Posted by Good_KarMa OH thank god. I thought u had sex with my wife. :cry: | | |
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09-18-2009, 04:50 PM
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#12 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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Originally Posted by Hondaracer i think you just bring it to that sony place in coquitlam and they all get fixed there anyways? | I was talking to a sony store employee and he told me PS3 can only be sent to east for repair. I mentioned the Sony service center in Coquitlam and he told me they don't take PS3 there. not sure if it's true.
Never seen it, but my first 80GB PS (with software backward compatibility) died within a week that the blu-ray drive won't read anything.
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09-18-2009, 05:24 PM
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Ouch $170? might as well buy a new ps3 unless yours has BC or try to fix it urself :/
got 4 ps3s 3- 60gbs (well gave 1 away) and a white 40gb still fine :/
ecsw i think i read somewhere about replacing your bd drive and/or fixing your laser if you still have the ps3 u should give it a shot
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09-18-2009, 05:27 PM
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#14 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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^if it died in a week I would hope he warrantied it
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Originally Posted by maksimizer half those dudes are hotter than ,my GF. | Quote:
Originally Posted by RevYouUp reading this thread is like waiting for goku to charge up a spirit bomb in dragon ball z | Quote:
Originally Posted by Good_KarMa OH thank god. I thought u had sex with my wife. :cry: | | |
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09-22-2009, 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by StylinRed Ouch $170? might as well buy a new ps3 unless yours has BC or try to fix it urself :/
got 4 ps3s 3- 60gbs (well gave 1 away) and a white 40gb still fine :/
ecsw i think i read somewhere about replacing your bd drive and/or fixing your laser if you still have the ps3 u should give it a shot | thanks. but it was within 2 weeks and I simply returned it back to the store. 
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10-09-2009, 11:04 PM
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fuck my 60 gig ps3 just had that yellow light of death......
when trying to turn on console, it wont even boot, it will go green, then yellow then blinking red light.... shit and my uncharted game disc is stuck inside
can anyone refer someone locally who can fix my console?
long weekend is up and damn looking forward to playing more uncharted 2 multiplayer beta
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10-10-2009, 08:47 AM
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wtf happened to the days of leaving an N64 or PS2 on for days/weeks at a time and working the same way it did out of the box up until you tossed it away 
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10-10-2009, 09:04 AM
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man WHY would you throw away an N64? Mario Kart dude! come one!
that said those things really weren't too powerful. they weren't drawing tonnes of power at lightening speed through super thin wires and requiring complex cooling setups. hell does an N64 even have a fan?
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Originally Posted by maksimizer half those dudes are hotter than ,my GF. | Quote:
Originally Posted by RevYouUp reading this thread is like waiting for goku to charge up a spirit bomb in dragon ball z | Quote:
Originally Posted by Good_KarMa OH thank god. I thought u had sex with my wife. :cry: | | |
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10-13-2009, 03:10 PM
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I'm getting my ps3 fixed, I have the YLOD. I just dropped it off and will have it back by friday. I'll update this when I get it back. The guy I'm getting mine repaired from is from surrey (guildford) area and provides a 3 month warranty for $120.
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10-20-2009, 06:54 PM
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#20 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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got my ps3 back today . Its fixed and works perfectly and I have a 3 month warranty. All for $120. Here is the repair guys ad on craigslist. He's located in surrey (guildford area) http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/pm...430277191.html
Theres also a guy on fraser and broadway in vancouver that fixes ps3's for $150 http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/va...430589275.html
Hopefully anyone with a ps3 and ylod will be able to get theirs repaired from either of these 2 guys and not through sony if you dont have warranty.
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10-20-2009, 07:01 PM
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#21 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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sony charges $150...
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Originally Posted by maksimizer half those dudes are hotter than ,my GF. | Quote:
Originally Posted by RevYouUp reading this thread is like waiting for goku to charge up a spirit bomb in dragon ball z | Quote:
Originally Posted by Good_KarMa OH thank god. I thought u had sex with my wife. :cry: | | |
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10-20-2009, 07:37 PM
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Sony charges $150 but you're out of a PS3 for how long? 3 weeks? 4 weeks? Ok.
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10-20-2009, 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted by hotjoint | what a rip.. u know it doesnt last for ever right?
if i were u id sell ur ps3 now and opt for a new one seriously..
save ur money guys and dont let these guys get rich for a 10 min job that only temporarily fixes the problem.
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10-20-2009, 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Preemo Sony charges $150 but you're out of a PS3 for how long? 3 weeks? 4 weeks? Ok. | but they actually fix your shit... and I'm guessing the turn around isnt anywhere near that long.
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Originally Posted by maksimizer half those dudes are hotter than ,my GF. | Quote:
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10-20-2009, 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by hotjoint I'm getting my ps3 fixed, I have the YLOD. I just dropped it off and will have it back by friday. I'll update this when I get it back. The guy I'm getting mine repaired from is from surrey (guildford) area and provides a 3 month warranty for $120. | wtf urs died too?
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