Causes Of The PS3 Yellow Light Of Death

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By Dewey Barlow


Imagine that you're playing your favorite game on your PS3 and then when you are about to earn major points or smash the enemy you have been needing to all through, your screen goes off and a beeping sound comes from the PS3 whose light has turned red. Then you attempt to restart the system nevertheless it will not boot and then the green light turns yellow and immediately turns red and the sound continues beeping. This is sometimes known as the PS3 yellow light of death often shortened as YLoD. This has been a serious concern for most of PS3 owners.

The PS3 yellow light of death is an indication that indicates a hardware failure. The hardware failure can be due to different factors like heating and cooling element that cause hardware malfunction or one of the capacitors or diode in the power supply has failed. The other factors that are believed to cause this include overheating as a consequence of increase of dust, failure of the Blu-ray drive and a fatal error of the drive.

The PS3 yellow light of death occurs when you power the console and it starts up typically for a few seconds and then rather than booting, it starts beeping 3 times while indicating a faint yellow light, which then turns into a red light.

The PS3 yellow light of death is a complicated error to mend and there are only three options that are available to you. You may decide to check your wire connection or the power supply to ensure that they've been correctly inserted in the right slots. You may also choose to take it to Sony for repair. This is a good option for those whose warranty is still valid as those without are required to pay $150 for the repairs. The third choice is to fix the boo boo yourself or watch out for an unrelated party repairer.

It's a less expensive option to be certain that the PS3 yellow light of death doesn't happen. It is very important that you operate the system in cool places as well as to give it sufficient time to cool down between playing sessions to prevent overheating. The other crucial thing you can do is to make certain that the links are correct and the system is dust free at all times.




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