Another Post About Sony Problems....

ive had my ps3 for less than 6 months and now when i turn on the console it shuts right off, beeps 3 times, and the power light flashes red. I've been told Sony will charge me $150 to fix their own f*** up which is a hell of a lot more than i paid for it and i bought it new! I have been fiddling with the console but have yet to determine the exact cause, all i know is the cd drive isnt recieving edequate power. All the forum boards are saying its the yellow light of death which makes absolutly no sense, how red/blinking translates to yellow/solid is beyond me. from time to time i can get the console to work and it will work all day but when i turn it off for the night and wake up the next morning it will go back to its old problems. I never had this problem with Xbox 360, im only on my second console in 6 years, and i never thought i would say this but Sony is officially on the BSer list for me now. doing the math i would have to buy about 14 ps3's in six years at this rate just to outlast my 2 Xboxes. The crappy thing about it is the fact that i HAVE to buy another PS3 just to play a lot of the JRPGs i love (was currently on Tales of Graces f, and Atelier Meruru). Now that i have time to play these games my PS3 is shot. Im not sure if this is a warning, a rage, or me just looking for advice but i feel the need to post this hoping something good will come out of this. I take good care of my games and consoles and this failure to maintain a console is new to me and quite frusturating. if anybody can help please do, and for the people about to bash this post for either being pro-xbox or anti-ps3 ur wasting your time, i dont really care what the console fanboys think.

never buy consoles used...lesson learned.

Majority of the ps3 sellers are selling them because there is something wrong with it. When will people ever learn that they should never ever buy used videogame systems? Used games is one thing but used system is asking for trouble.

nope new, bought it from a friend who originally got it to mod but the new slim models require some saudering inside so he sold it to me cheap so he could go get a used original model. he only had it for 2 hours, i watched him unbox it.

nope new, bought it from a friend who originally got it to mod but the new slim models require some saudering inside so he sold it to me cheap so he could go get a used original model. he only had it for 2 hours, i watched him unbox it.

DarkChocobo9BSC

nope new, bought it from a friend who originally got it to mod but the new slim models require some saudering inside so he sold it to me cheap so he could go get a used original model. he only had it for 2 hours, i watched him unbox it.

DarkChocobo9BSC

Your friend bought it to mod, then within a couple of hours of buying it decids he doesn't want it, so he sells it to you at a loss? Smells like bullsh*t.

i should have asked for the reciept but i dont think it would have done me any good at this point, i was there the whole time he had it. i even went with him to get it from gamestop

So let me guess: your friend took it apart and tried to mod it, but he realized he didn't know what he was doing so he put it back together as best he could and sold it to you for about half what he paid for it, because it was in a pretty questionable condition at that time. Then you took it apart and were screwin' around with it too, and now it's all Sony's fault because you're an electronics genius and know that nothing you or your friend did could have caused the problem.

Is that pretty much the way it played out?

i should have asked for the reciept but i dont think it would have done me any good at this point, i was there the whole time he had it. i even went with him to get it from gamestop

DarkChocobo9BSC

Your "friend" duped you. Your story sounds very fishy. Talking about mods... He bought it and then sold it just 2 hours later? Who does that?

Lesson #1: Don't buy used.

Lesson #2: Don't attempt to MOD and then complain when it breaks.

First off Sony will not charge you anything as your console is still under warranty. I wouldn't "fiddle" too much or your warranty could be void. If I've misunderstood and you've bought it second-hand then you have no idea how the previous owner treated your 'new' machine. And remember, electronics are not fail safe. Lemons happen. It's sad I know, but such is life. The PS3 Slim has a renowned stamina rating. Sadly, maybe you got a dud :( It happens.

Edit: And I should have read down further...sounds to me like your friend miffed it up before he sold it you. Time to find a new friend lol.

i come back after days of being offline and this is the best the bloggers could come up with, my "friend" didnt open it since i had to remove warranty voiding labels. the point of this story has nothing to do with the "friend", if this s*** was that obvious then i would have dealt with the person who sold it to me. im no f***ing idiot; yet, ive come to expect this from the simple minded dumb a**es who have nothing better to do than find someone unrelated to the problem at fault. This is a Sony hardware matter, not a who is to blame for Sony's f*** up other than SONY!

Now to further inform the reasonable bloggers, i can get the console to work when it wants to, when i leave it flashing for a while i can later cut it on and runs perfectly. does this mean anything to anybody?

Supposedly Endless Electronics does ps3 "reball" that is a permanent fix. Look them up, they have a good rating on the BBB.

Supposedly Endless Electronics does ps3 "reball" that is a permanent fix. Look them up, they have a good rating on the BBB.

ristactionjakso

this is useful unlike the other posts, and id like to thank ydnarrewop for the reasurance that the next PS3 i come into posession of is likely to not be a POS instead.

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Supposedly Endless Electronics does ps3 "reball" that is a permanent fix. Look them up, they have a good rating on the BBB.

DarkChocobo9BSC

this is useful unlike the other posts, and id like to thank ydnarrewop for the reasurance that the next PS3 i come into posession of is likely to not be a POS instead.