Flashing red light

[rabbitface1]

Hi

Last night I was playing bioshock and when I finished I left the PS3 on so the controller could recharge.

Got home from work the next day and noticed the PS3 had a red flashing light. Uh oh.

I tried turning it off and then on again. The light briefly went yellow, then the PS3 beeped a few times, and then the

light flashed red.

I removed the HDD and tried again with the same result.

Also, my Bioshock disc is still in the PS3 and the eject button fails to work.



Any ideas?



I bought this in March 07 at launch so no warranty
My mate has just brought a ps3 for crimbo,is there any chance i can take my ps3 back on his receipt,or does it have a serial number on it or something,,,many thanks guys rabbit

 

[thecoogster]

Hi

Last night I was playing bioshock and when I finished I left the PS3 on so the controller could recharge.

Got home from work the next day and noticed the PS3 had a red flashing light. Uh oh.

I tried turning it off and then on again. The light briefly went yellow, then the PS3 beeped a few times, and then the

light flashed red.

I removed the HDD and tried again with the same result.

Also, my Bioshock disc is still in the PS3 and the eject button fails to work.



Any ideas?





I bought this in March 07 at launch so no warranty
My mate has just brought a ps3 for crimbo,is there any chance i can take my ps3 back on his receipt,or does it have a serial number on it or something,,,many thanks guys rabbit

Dead mate, happend to me and sony wanted £150 so i got a new one on the house insurance, you will need to open it to get the disk out. i very much doubt you would be able to take it back as most shops now keep records of serial numbers to stop this sort of scam from happening.

 

[NL7]

Any ideas?

you've got the YLOD (yellow light of death), very common with the 60GB model and was on Watchdog 3-4 months ago. Return to Sony and get a refurb for £128 or get them to repair that way u keep ur games saves etc and think they charge £99 but this may have come down. You'll also get a 3 month warranty.

Other option is to send it to someone like console doctor n get them to repair it for £69. Think that it comes with 6 month warranty but i'v heard that some machines have broken down few weeks/months down the line.

I bought this in March 07 at launch so no warranty
My mate has just brought a ps3 for crimbo,is there any chance i can take my ps3 back on his receipt,or does it have a serial number on it or something,,,many thanks guys rabbit

dont think its possible to return, im assumin ur m8 got a ps3 slim for xmas so that in itself would be an issue.

if he got the original then its defo an 80gb, 40gb and 60gb left the production line a long time back. his receipt would say ps3 80gb and you'd be takin a 60gb back so they'd know there and then......................................

oh also there is a method of gettin the disc out thru pressin a combo of buttons but i dunno what that is...

 

[Captin]

Sony keep records of serial number and which retailers they are sent to. Most companies do the same.

I recently had my PS3 swapped out because the optical audio died, I didnt deal with the shop at all, I delt directly with Sony. When I gave him my serial number he told me it was Dixons I got it from.

 

[DoomedEarl]

oh also there is a method of gettin the disc out thru pressin a combo of buttons but i dunno what that is...

# Power off the PS3 on the main switch on the back of the console
# Press and hold the Eject button
# Turn on the main power switch
# The PS3 LED will go green and the fan will spin at max speed
# Wait a few seconds and press the eject button a couple of times, the disk should now eject

It didn't work for mine but does for some. Worth a go as its free. I ended up taking it apart to get it out.

 

[thecoogster]

Its sad that this is going on, seems every week there is x amount of launch ps3's giving up. Sony will not give in and admit there is a problem, for a company that i always had the most respect for its customer services its a poor showing imo but a sign of the next 15 years of console making.

 

[deedie]

# Power off the PS3 on the main switch on the back of the console
# Press and hold the Eject button
# Turn on the main power switch
# The PS3 LED will go green and the fan will spin at max speed
# Wait a few seconds and press the eject button a couple of times, the disk should now eject

It didn't work for mine but does for some. Worth a go as its free. I ended up taking it apart to get it out.

im pretty sure that the original 60gb does not have this feature. so it wont work.

try blasting a hairdryer into the back of the ps3 for about 20mins, then leave it cool. it should boot up long enough to allow u to get your disk out, and back up any saved games u want.

i would then take it down to game/gamestation and trade it in, hopefully it will still be working by the time the guy behind the counter checks it out

 

[Firemouth]

give this a read m8

https://www.digitalworldz.co.uk/index.php?threads/216979/

and then give it a go should still be working
]let us know

all the info is there

 

[benjibhoy]

Just d/loaded all the legal stuff and trying it later at game cos the warranty just ran out on my slim 250.