Bloodwake's PS3 YLOD's, eats crow.

[Bloodwake]

Yup, Sony sucks. Everyone happy?

Time to play some Fallout 3 on my 360 

[Rman]

What model?

[Bloodwake]

What model?

60 GB launch

[bork]

I dunno what I'd do if my PS3 ever breaks down; I don't want a newer unit that doesn't have support for PS2 games.  Does Sony USA repair Japanese consoles?  Microsoft does...

Good timing. Now you can get that PS3 slim that isn't real.

 

[Mr. Gundam]

I've heard that Sony will give another BC PS3 if yours dies.

I still have never had any console (Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo) die on me.

[Rman]

What model?

60 GB launch

Ouch.  Hopefully, you'll get the same one back.

[bork]

I've heard that Sony will give another BC PS3 if yours dies.

I still have never had any console (Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo) die on me.

Out of those three, Microsoft's been the worst by far for me.  Went through two OG Xbox systems (although they were both modded) and am on XBox 360 #4, but to be fair #2 was returned immediately and #3 was replaced for the hell of it right before I moved.

I've owned launch model Nintendo and Sony systems and never had any issues.  Even had a launch model Japanese Playstation from '94 that I got from a friend-- it always worked perfectly.

Is there any particular reason for the YLOD?  Like is it an overheating issue or something?  I keep wondering if the people that get them leave their PS3s on for long periods of time, like downloading overnight or doing the folding at home stuff.

[maxy]

I've heard that Sony will give another BC PS3 if yours dies.

I still have never had any console (Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo) die on me.

Out of those three, Microsoft's been the worst by far for me.  Went through two OG Xbox systems (although they were both modded) and am on XBox 360 #4, but to be fair #2 was returned immediately and #3 was replaced for the hell of it right before I moved.

I've owned launch model Nintendo and Sony systems and never had any issues.  Even had a launch model Japanese Playstation from '94 that I got from a friend-- it always worked perfectly.

Is there any particular reason for the YLOD?  Like is it an overheating issue or something?  I keep wondering if the people that get them leave their PS3s on for long periods of time, like downloading overnight or doing the folding at home stuff.

Ironically it appears that reason for YLOD is the same as the one for RROD in large majority of cases,power supply failure is also the reason in some cases.
CPU/GPU desoldering from the board,its not the heat that does that,CPU/GPU temps are to low for that.

It is the heat cycle that kills it,little by little,expanding and shrinking,coupled with low quality solders...

Solution-reflowing the board with heat gun...plenty of tutorials on the net

[AdmiralViscen]

I've heard that Sony will give another BC PS3 if yours dies.

Ask Kosma about that one lol

[tehjaybo]

You could always play RE5.

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[GoofyGoober]

I dunno what I'd do if my PS3 ever breaks down; I don't want a newer unit that doesn't have support for PS2 games.  Does Sony USA repair Japanese consoles?  Microsoft does...

Good timing. Now you can get that PS3 slim that isn't real.

 

Sony US will not repair systems from SCEJ.

[Rman]

The only system that gave me trouble in over 20 years of console gaming was the PS1.  I went through two of those things before getting a model that actually lasted more than a year. 

[Bloodwake]

Basically from what I looked up, the YLOD is not the RROD. People have opened them up trying to find out exactly what's wrong with the system and have failed to do so. It could be anything from a hard drive or Blu-Ray drive failure to the exact problem that the 360 has. The official Sony explanation is an "overheating issue" but I've never had any issues with my PS3 or left it on for long periods of time ever. Basically Sony only has one error code whereas Microsoft has several error codes.

Meaning I won't be able to fix this system like me and tehjaybo fixed my 360. $150 gone. And they better give me a BC enabled 360 because I really don't want to purchase another PS2. And all of my game saves are gone as well as my trophies. Wonderful.

[The Fake Shemp]

PS3 sucks anyway.

[Eel O'Brian]

Basically from what I looked up, the YLOD is not the RROD. People have opened them up trying to find out exactly what's wrong with the system and have failed to do so. It could be anything from a hard drive or Blu-Ray drive failure to the exact problem that the 360 has. The official Sony explanation is an "overheating issue" but I've never had any issues with my PS3 or left it on for long periods of time ever. Basically Sony only has one error code whereas Microsoft has several error codes.

Meaning I won't be able to fix this system like me and tehjaybo fixed my 360. $150 gone. And they better give me a BC enabled 360 because I really don't want to purchase another PS2. And all of my game saves are gone as well as my trophies. Wonderful.

if they won't or can't give you a BC PS3, tell them to send you a PS2 to make up for it

[The Fake Shemp]

If they send you a non-BC PS3, the solution is easy and will make your life much more rewarding.

1. Sell the PS3
2. Buy a $98 Blu-ray player at Wal-Mart
3. Buy superior games to play on your 360

[AdmiralViscen]

Don't just tell them to send you a PS2, make sure it upscales, has infinite storage, and a wireless controller

[Eel O'Brian]

i dunno, if they sell you a BC PS3 and can't make good on repairing or replacing it with an equally BC system, i don't think asking for a PS2 to replace the feature is too much to ask.  they're only $99 now, so you gotta figure it probably runs Sony about $35 to manufacture at this point.

[bork]

i dunno, if they sell you a BC PS3 and can't make good on repairing or replacing it with an equally BC system, i don't think asking for a PS2 to replace the feature is too much to ask.  they're only $99 now, so you gotta figure it probably runs Sony about $35 to manufacture at this point.

This doesn't make up for the upscaling/smoothing and potentially faster load times.

The solution if simple!  Sony should just make a PS2 that is capable of upscaling and has faster read speeds.   

[cool breeze]

if my BC PS3 breaks, I would be pretty angry.  I play a lot of PS2 games on my PS3 still and games look much nicer than playing them on my PS2.

I still find it hilariously stupid that there isn't BC in PS3s anymore.

[Bloodwake]

I'm massively pissed. If I don't get a 60 GB BC back, I'm definitely going to bitch. A lot.

Good thing that usually works with video game companies.

[BlueTsunami]

I wish I got Oblivion GOTY for the 360, apparently the game has a bug that doesn't allow you to finish the "Vampire Quest" so if you become a vampire, you stay a vampire (imagine my face after having played 15 hours as a vampire then finally getting sick of avoiding the sun and drinking blood and trying to do the quest and getting the bloodgrass and all like happy cause the horriblness is over and then the old lady won't take my bloodgrass and then I look it up on Gamefaqs and everyone is like "LOL BETHESDA SAYS NO DLC" so there's no fucking patch).

I'll never disregard you again, 360 :'(

[Bloodwake]

I'm massively pissed. If I don't get a 60 GB BC back, I'm definitely going to bitch. A lot.

Good thing that usually works with video game companies.

Did you call them and ask?

The guy on the phone was pretty much like: fill out the form on the website.

That's about all the detail he went into.

[Bloodwake]

You can bitch all you want, but they dont make BC PS3 anymore 

Then they should fix mine and send it back to me.