R.I.P My PS3

I was just playing Fallout 3 and reached lvl 20. I was at some school and a bunch of raiders attacked me but luckily I had Cheron(sp?) with me and we wasted them...I walked outside and my ps3 shuts off. I tried to turn it on but a got a yellow flashing light.

Fallout usually makes my Ps3 freeze up but you guys think it killed it?

is it me or a lot of the 60gbs breaking all of a sudden? mine broke in december. same problem as the topic creator only i was playing nhl 09.darkghost75

i never had a problem with my 60gb ps3 and i have it for 2 years

Fallout didn't kill your PS3 - however it does sound like you may be a victim of the dreaded Yellow Light of Death that so many PS3's have succombed to. You should call tech support as it sounds like you may need service on your console.

Sorry dude.

I think a lot of people just don't treat their PS3 right. You got to let it breath like a PC does. Or it will die. And mostly because the dust will build up and kill it just like in a PC.duane27

What he said.

[QUOTE="duane27"]I think a lot of people just don't treat their PS3 right. You got to let it breath like a PC does. Or it will die. And mostly because the dust will build up and kill it just like in a PC.mvlbr

What he said.

exactly... My computer is f***ed right now because I had it against the wall for so many years... I will turn off when ever it wants. The main cooling fan in the back doesn't blow as fast as it used too. Now I have to pull her apart and fix my sound card (which went out) and now the fans.

I have a small fan that blows 24/7 in front of my PS3 at ALL TIMES!!! It's a 60GB that means the world to me. So yeah good air flow and a open area is very important.

It has nothing to do with not taking care of ps3. I babied mine and it just died. I'm waiting for the box from sony to ship it to them. However, what the issue exactly I don't know. But those of us with YLOD(yellow light of death) might have fallen victim to fried power supplys. Some PS3's don't have a way to keep the power supply from overheating and burning up. Anyways, thats just what I heard from people over at the forums on playstation.com.

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[QUOTE="duane27"]I think a lot of people just don't treat their PS3 right. You got to let it breath like a PC does. Or it will die. And mostly because the dust will build up and kill it just like in a PC.Nocturnal_Speed

What he said.

exactly... My computer is f***ed right now because I had it against the wall for so many years... I will turn off when ever it wants. The main cooling fan in the back doesn't blow as fast as it used too. Now I have to pull her apart and fix my sound card (which went out) and now the fans.

I have a small fan that blows 24/7 in front of my PS3 at ALL TIMES!!! It's a 60GB that means the world to me. So yeah good air flow and a open area is very important.

yeah my 60 gb means the world to me too, which is why I'm heart-broken by what my older brother has done to it. He's a jerk!

I got my 60gb model December of 2006 and have never had any problems. Now you guys have me worried.caseystryker

My ps3's symptons are the same as the guy on youtube. His problem is the power supply. The lights come on still due to the battery within the PS3. But it doesn't matter, I'm just going to ship it to them, get my refurb. If it happens again, I'll try to fix it myself, since I won't pay around 150 to fix it again.

btw, I did clean out the ducts and what not. Dust isn't the problem.

I have a launch 60bg PS3 and so far i have had no problems with it, works like a charm just like the first day i bought it.. but now u guys are scaring me =(

I hope my PS3 can survive just as long as my PS2 did (not breaking down at all).

the same thing happened to my cousin's 60gb so i hope for u they'll look deep into their storage and find a 60gb because i have a 80gb and i'm p o about what it doesn't have ( not chrome trim wtf)da_illest101

[QUOTE="duane27"]I think a lot of people just don't treat their PS3 right. You got to let it breath like a PC does. Or it will die. And mostly because the dust will build up and kill it just like in a PC.mvlbr

What he said.

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[QUOTE="duane27"]I think a lot of people just don't treat their PS3 right. You got to let it breath like a PC does. Or it will die. And mostly because the dust will build up and kill it just like in a PC.JKnaperek

What he said.

well my 2 year old 20gb ps3 got a yellow light in december. I took care of it petty wel. It happend right after I updated it to firmware 2.53 and popped in farcry 2 so I think the firmware bricked it or something.