Ps3 yellow light of death?

Beast · #1 06-26-2008, 09:15 AM

AHhh im going crazy my ps3 suddenly encountered the ps3 yellow light of death which is xbox 360's red ring of death is there anyone that had this problem and can help me fix it? Please reply. Thanks.

HIV · #2 06-26-2008, 10:44 AM

Never heard of this before, now I am afraid. I am going to research on it.

Beast · #3 06-26-2008, 10:46 AM

Ya man its scary. i have the ps3 60 gb maybe that? AND MY CALL OF DUTY 4 is stuck in it. cmon the ps3 jus died in front of my eyes.

HIV · #4 06-26-2008, 10:49 AM

I have bad news for you, the only thing to do is to call Sony's tech support so they can tell you hot to get a replacement. Now, if your warranty has expired, you are lost...

Beast · #5 06-26-2008, 10:52 AM

Are you serious, omg man. And my warranty has it is 1 year i've had it for 1 year and 6 months. :[. Hold on i'll call and see waht they say/

HIV · #6 06-26-2008, 10:55 AM

Good luck, there is a warranty extension for 20GB and 60GB models purchased in November and December of 2006, because this particular batch is known to be defective. Otherwise, I don't think they will help you. Once again, good luck.

Beast · #7 06-26-2008, 10:57 AM

Wow and with my luck i bought it in December of 2006. They said there's nothing they can do other than me sending it in and paying 150$ for them to repair or give me a refurbrished one. Is this legal? I mean its there fault why would i have to pay for it?

HIV · #8 06-26-2008, 11:03 AM

Well, it's their fault probably, but unfortunately they give a warranty period, which means the product is meant to work for at least that period. It's like, the warranty covers only what the product is meant to really work fine, time after warranty expires is just an extra.

Beast · #9 06-26-2008, 11:06 AM

Wow so do you think i should go ahead and pay the 150$ or get a xbox 360 elite i dont know what to do

HIV · #10 06-26-2008, 11:19 AM

Well, that depends on you and only you. Which one do you like better? If PS3 then it will only be $150 to get it working. If XBOX 360 Elite, it will be like $450 plus what you spend on games for it.
Now my opinion, if you want it for online playing, get the 360, although you have to pay $60 a year for XBOX Live!, it's way more populated than its competitor by Sony. If you don't aim for the online playing, PS3 is better, plus both systems have nearly same games.
My advice, get your PS3 repaired and get a 360 Pro. If you are lacking money, just repair your PS3 since I am guessing you already have some games for it and you won't have to spend so much on that.