Liam-Wilko
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my ps3 give in last night anyone know of any way fo fixing them when they get the yellow light of death its the old ps3 60 gb
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Dom
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Strip it down and reflow the CPU/GPU/RAM; plenty of tutorials on Youtube.
A few people on here have had success but i did one using both a heat gun and reflowing machine, and it failed.
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Liam-Wilko
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i am defo not going to try if i know people have faild im not good at stripping anything electronical
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Dom
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Which case either purchase another or send it off to someone, the latter being pretty expensive (when i looked at it, it was around £100 + del).
[Edited on 16-06-2012 by Dom]
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Liam-Wilko
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to get it fixed holy shit i only paid £130 for the dam thing in the first place they do have a HDD i can take out dosnt it?
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Cavey
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Yeah, you can take out the hard drive
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Mattb
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I fixed mine 5 (iirc) times i got pissed in the end an bought a 320 slim - did a quick repair and ported all the data between the two.
They do have a removable HDD but they are non transferable between ps3's from what i hear.
To top that off the whole data transfer was a pain.
Youtube and google are your friends in this instance 
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Liam-Wilko
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thanks lads i recon im gonna buy a new one and do a temp repair so i can do a data transfer
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by Mattb
They do have a removable HDD but they are non transferable between ps3's from what i hear.
It's potentially possible with working consoles but simply pulling the drive out of one and sticking it in another won't work as the drives are encrypted to the console (had this issue when my brothers original 60GB went belly up).
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Jamie-C
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Put it in the oven.
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Munchie
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I paid £50 for repair
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Sam
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The affected chips need to be properly BGA reballed - not with a hot air gun/hairdryer/oven or whatever the Internet thinks is a good (cheap) idea...
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Nic Barnes
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i had mine fixed 3 times then gave up as it clearly wasn't going to work ever again. lasted about 2 weeks each time. its been sat gathering dust now for close to 2 years.
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Liam-Wilko
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im just going to buy a new one whne i have the cash my only problem is how do i get the HHD out and how on earth am i going to get my game out
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Sunz
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The HDD is dead !
1. The hard drive would be reformatted, which means all data is gone.
2. The downloaded content from the playstation store is copyright protected. It can't be copied over no matter what. You can however redownload them onto your slim with your account. just go to your downloads list of your account and you'll see everything you've downloaded before and then redownload it from there.
Found that on Playstation US forum.
Might be better to get a 360, console will be cheaper and Microsoft seem to have a very good custom support team if anything goes wrong.
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Cavey
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Yeah, forget all the ps3 games and blu-rays you've got and get a different brand console 
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by Liam-Wilko
im just going to buy a new one whne i have the cash my only problem is how do i get the HHD out and how on earth am i going to get my game out
Hard drive is of no real use in another PS3 (as said, due to the encryption) but it could be useful as an external drive if you get a 2.5" caddy for it. As for removing it, there is a 'door' on the side that you remove which reveals the hard drive cage (unscrew and slide out).
As for the disc - switch the PS3 off (on the back of the unit), hold the eject button and switch the PS3 back on; it'll power on/fans will be spin up and eject the disc.
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Liam-Wilko
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cheers lads and no thanks on the 360 im quite traditional so i will stick with sony no matter what the problem is i could hold out for the PS orbus (ps4) but not sure on the release date :s so gonna go for a slim line
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Liam-Wilko
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cheers dom i will try that when i get home
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Liam-Wilko
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well that way that dom told me didnt work anyone ells know how i can get the game out without opeining the ps3
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Dom
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It is a PS3 'fat'? You sure you held the button long enough (like in this video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKGU35FKSpY)?
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Liam-Wilko
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ill use that video when i get in mate ya its a old ps3 60 gb fat thing
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Liam-Wilko
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followed the above video and nop nothing dam PS3 still telling me to fuck off :@
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Dom
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I'd get doing a Google-fu on it and seeing if there is another way of ejecting the disc, as i'm all out of ideas unfortunately.
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Liam-Wilko
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thanks mate i will look when i get home if not the screwdriver is coming out and gonna dismantle the thing
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