That's the name of the problem... as far as Uncle Google told me, lol. My sister's husband brought me his PS3 a couple of days ago, to see if I could figure out what was wrong with it because it suddenly stopped working. It's a launch PS3 60GB bought in January 2007. Worked perfectly fine 'till it stopped sending video signal. There is no video output through composite, component or HDMI. And after the console is turned on, the green light turns to yellow, then green again and finally blinks red lights followed by 3 beeps and then it just stays with the blinking red lights. There is no false signal nor blinking video whatsoever on the screen though. He told me he managed to access the PS3 through his PSP without a problem. I've tried a couple of things but no result, did a search on Google and that's what I found, apparently it's a motherboard issue and has to be sent in for service. Dunno if he still has the warranty papers or even if the warranty still applies. Any ideas/suggestions?
send it to microsoft lol they have experience of "lights of death" ..... no i really dont know just hope he has the warranty and can still repair it!
Thats what a lot of people a referring to as the YLOD (yellow light of death). If you google it you'll find a bunch of threads where the posters are under the the impression that it indicates a specific problem with the machine. The truth is that it's just the machine telling you there is something wrong. It's true that for a large percentage of machines with YLOD, the problem lies with one of the processors. The same as the 360, these problems are generally caused by a combination of heat-stress and crappy lead-free solder, resulting in microcracks in the connection between board and chip. In my experience its about a 65/35 split between CPU/GPU probs and "other hardware" faults. In truth, with the PS3 as expensive as it is, you might be as well just returning it to Sony and having the out-of-warranty repair done (£150 in the UK). However, if you're savvy enough with a multimeter - your first step would be to pop the unit open (plenty of guides via google) and check all the fuses marked there..
