i know there is a lot of threads on this, but can somebody please tell me exactly what happens?

i know there is a lot of threads on this, but can somebody please tell me exactly what happens?

" i know there is a lot of threads on this, but can somebody please tell me exactly what happens?

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That is what happened to mine, turns out my GPU failed :/

were those new PS3s or launch ones.

" @DOUBLESHOCK said:

" were those new PS3s or launch ones. "

Mine was a launch 60 gig. "

I find the title of this topic ironic because I had this happen to my PS3 while playing infamous.

okay well my ps3 shut off, flashed a yellow light then turned red immediately. 

" I find the title of this topic ironic because I had this happen to my PS3 while playing infamous. "

"I find the title of this topic ironic because I had this happen to my PS3 while playing infamous. "

Surprisingly, I hear more about the yellow light than I do about RROD now. I know it's just because RROD is so common it's hardly worth mentioning when you get one, but still, it's really weird.

Oh jeez, once again Sony resorts to copying Microsoft

" The launch 60 GB maybe got discontinued for other reasons we don't know about. I don't think I've ever seen an 80 GB crap out on anyone yet. "

it is a very rare issue and i know PS3 owners get a little annoyed whenever they see something about it. 

yup i got it!! Fucking blows

I didn’t get the yellow light of death But I did get the three beeps and a red light of death, The damn thing swallowed a rental disc.
Sony was good about it though three months off warranty and still gave me a new one I even got my Hdd back.
although I could not be arsed to swap it around and lost all my game saves and Installs.

the yellow light looks more like orange to me btw (and no im not talking about the HDD light)

" @MattyFTM said:

" Surprisingly, I hear more about the yellow light than I do about RROD now. I know it's just because RROD is so common it's hardly worth mentioning when you get one, but still, it's really weird. "

yeah, i mean, everybody gets rrod and probably more than once. 

its just surprising whenever somebody gets ylod so they feel the need to talk about it. 

i think i got it but im still able to turn on my ps3 for about 5 minutes then everything slows down and eventually shuts off. 

the yellow light flashes once and then its a red blinking light. 

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" @JeffGoldblum said:

" @TwoOneFive said:

" @MattyFTM said:

" Surprisingly, I hear more about the yellow light than I do about RROD now. I know it's just because RROD is so common it's hardly worth mentioning when you get one, but still, it's really weird. "

yeah, i mean, everybody gets rrod and probably more than once. 

its just surprising whenever somebody gets ylod so they feel the need to talk about it. 

i think i got it but im still able to turn on my ps3 for about 5 minutes then everything slows down and eventually shuts off. 

the yellow light flashes once and then its a red blinking light. 

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Saying that everyone will get RROD at least once is a blatant overstatement. I have never gotten one and neither has anyone I know. "

oh, please.  "

oh, please.  "

Mine just failed after 13 months. No yellow light.

" @TwoOneFive said:

oh, please.  "

Uhm, I haven't gotten one yet either - you just don't hear the other side of the story because we don't have anything to complain about :p "

" @TwoOneFive: Does this really have to retort to a thread bashing the Xbox 360?I would also like to see a picture of the yellow light, just because :Pand how long is the PS3's warranty? "

Every now and then my PS3 will freeze on me, and when I do a soft shutdown using the button, I get a three-beep, blinking red light thing going on.  But  when I turn the system back on, it's fine.

My ps3 freezes on me a lot, I hope I don't get the YLOD... anytime soon anyway.

"cough"ps2diskreaderror"cough"

Sonys second console constantly got disk read errors.

I remember this happened to me two times last year, the first year I got my PS3. I got it January of 2008, and it broke in June, right after school ended. I remember that I was going to play a COD4 match and I was at the screen where it's loading the map for everyone to play on. I swear my screen froze or something because it was over 5 minutes of waiting so I was like screw it, so I pressed the back button (I call it the "Emergency Switch") and when I started my PS3 back up, I couldn't play disc games.

So I sent it in and urged for a new PS3 but they repaired it anyways, and didn't get it back until mid to late July. One fucking month later, it broke again! Thankfully, Sony has nice customer service so they understood how pissed I was and got a brand new one. One thing I noticed about it is that is doesn't sound like an engine when I turn it on or play online anymore, the other one overheated easily even when I didn't play it for a week. So I'm pretty sure overheating has alot to do with it, just like the RROD.

I once had the "neon pink with splotches of yellow and beige" light of death.  It's hard to explain what happened exactly, but let's just say my PS3, rake, three gerbils, and Frosted Flakes will never be the same again.

" @Nets said:  

I agree. I am pretty sure overheating was the reason for it happening and I blame myself for really slacking lately on keeping the dust and my dogs hair from being anywhere near it and its been pretty hot in hear lately. between me, my 14 year old brother and my dad who loves blu-rays, this thing gets used constantly for extended periods of use. 

i think the ps3 is still a top quality product and no where near as prone to dying as, well not to incite fanboy rage or anything, the 360. 

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I got the yellow light of death last week and have since been looking on the internet and gaint bomb on more details and advance.
What happened? Did you managed to get your PS3 repaired in the end? Did you get to keep your saved data, trophies and whatnot?

Bought an Arcade a  while back, never died, but I traded it towards a slim when Gamestop was running there credit towards a slim thing a year or so ago. I'd say 80% of my friends have had RROD and about 75% of those friends also had YLOD, I just assume it's how you treat your consoles. I haven't had, in my 2 decades of gaming, a single console fail, because I treat them like the investments that they are. Though my fat PS1 tried, oh I played the shit out of that thing, actually put it on a cooling rack used for baking because I feared heat failure so much.

I just got the Yellow Light of Death on my PS3, what can I do about it? Is that it fucked for good?