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Re: Why is my PS3 having problems turning on? It makes...
I think you may be referring to the famed yellow light of death people are talking about. It's basically the 360's 3 red lights of death, except it's happening to a good console, instead of a piece of ****.
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Console has overheated, and caused stress to ccur on the solderjoints underneath the Cell processor.
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PS3 has overheated and the thermal compound between the cpu/gpu and
heat sync need to be replaced. the gpu and cpu may need to be reflowed
as well. Had the same problem and fixed mine. The thermal compound was
pretty much gone when i opened up the system. Also dont keep your ps3
on its side leave it flat this will help keep the compound from moving
as much.
The only thing i can think of is click the switch to turn off the PS3 completely leave it off for about 30 second turn the switch back on and try again. If the doesn't work you may have a problem with your power supply and might need to get your PS3 serviced
this is similar to the red blinking lights on the xbox360...it seems your cell processor has overheated resulting in a cold solder joint or worse bridged solder involving the BGA array...I have had some sucess in fixing these albeit limited. sony charges 150 plus state tax and sends you a refurbished unit.
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