Welcome to ThePS3YLOD.com
If you've landed here then there's a high chance that you have fallen victim to this growing problem among PS3 owners. At ThePS3YLOD.com, we offer real advice of what the YLOD is, steps you can take to identifying the problem, and offering you a solution to get you back up and running again in the quickest time possible (sometimes as fast as 1 hour). So have a browse around our site and you will come to learn very quickly that this is the ONLY site you will ever need to fix you PS3 YLOD problems.

Overview of the PS3 console and the dreaded YLOD problem

The PS3 encompasses the very best of hardware and software to be a seriously cutting edge console.  But with all this high-tech electronics, comes the higher risk of the console developing problems, and big problems at that.

What is frustrating is that SONY had the upper hand on this problem, and totally dropped the ball.  On release and from a glitch/failure rate point of view, the console from SONY was believed to have the exceptional failure rate of just under 1%.  Unfortunately SONY’s track record for such information can be imaginative at the best of times, and this unfortunately applied to the PS3.

Owners were soon experiencing the damaging and annoying problem of the console overheating.  Specifically the ylod (yellow light of death), the rlod (red light of death), games freezing, the console restarting or dying completely and movies being interrupted.  It was a lesson that SONY should have learned from the XBOX and its RROD problem, but alas it wasn’t to be the case.

But this isn’t about console failures in general, nor is it about the short-sightedness of both M$ and SONY, you’re here for one thing and one thing only, you’re here to fix YLOD on your PS3, so I will stop my rambling, and we can continue.

Sound good? Great!

This is how to detect PS3 YLOD

Upon starting you PS3 console, the green light will illuminate which is shortly followed by the ylod (yellow light of death).  The ylod is easily recognisable when it happens, as the image below shows.

ps3 ylod animation

Why does the YLOD problem happen?

The ylod (yellow light of death) happens when the system overheats, causing damage to some of the components inside your prized console.  It is a general hardware failure, the hardware being the PS3 console, and the failure being, well…it doesn’t work properly (SONY are as good as Microsoft with their failure explanations).

The high-tech wizardry going on inside you PS3 means that the components (motherboard, CPU, RAM, GPU etc) can reach VERY high temperatures when your using the console.  Some factors such as poor ventilation or air quality (smoke for example) can cause it to overheat.  Excessive use of the console can also make it prone to overheating, so even if you can handle extensive game-playing sessions, it’s sensible to take breaks for your poor consoles sake now and then.

The main culprits hardware wise in the console are the motherboard, the CPU (the PS3 brain), and the GPU (drives the graphics you see on screen).  If any of these reach too high a temperature, the solder that holds them altogether simply melts.  This causes a disconnected between the motherboard + CPU or motherboard + GPU and causes…you guessed it! – The YLOD problem. This is  the#1 reason for a ylod issue, it’s as simple as that

How to fix the ylod problem?

Well, you really have two options available to you in order to correct the ylod issue with your console, so here they are.

Super SONY to the rescue…let them fix your PS3 ylod problem!

Well you can certainly give the console back to SONY for repair, and if the console is still under warranty this is the best course of action.

However, if the PS3 is out of warranty and you’re getting ylod problems, sending it to SONY will cost you dear, and yes I’m now talking about the money side of things.

SONY will “charge” you a repair “fee” of around $150, and that does not include your taxes and shipping!

So in real world terms, you’re going to be looking at around $170-$200 to get it repaired.

I don’t care who you are, but that is a LOT of money for what is really a very straightforward fix.

Ok, so you’re not short of some cash, that’s fine.  But that’s not the end of the misery.

You can also expect your console to be away from you for an average of 4 weeks.

That’s 28 days, 672 hours, 40320 minutes (I’m sure you get the point)

shock at ylod repair from sony

And to add insult to injury, SONY will also take all you data/saved games etc off your hard drive.

And if all that wasn’t bad enough, you only get a 3 MONTH warranty on the repair?!?

I know what you’re thinking…you want to know what’s behind door number 2 don’t you?

 

D.I.Y Isn’t just something your Dad does!

You can repair the console yourself, yes you read that right.

You don’t need to be a computer tech, a physics master or repairman.  It’s a very simple process to do!

There advantages of repairing your PS3 yourself are:

  1. You can keep all your precious saved games, downloads – everything on your hard drive will be SAFE
  2. You will save a fortune on the SONY “alternative”
  3. You could be gaming again within around 2 hours from now
  4. You can get access to this information within minutes
  5. It’s only going to cost you $37!

What PS3LightsFix gives you:

 

  • Get rid of Red, yellow or green light and red screen of death permanently.
  • Get rid of ANY PS3 error code.
  • You don’t need to pay $150 to Sony or wait 4 weeks to get your PS3 working again.
  • You will not have to lose you HDD contents
  • You will have your own PS3 and not a refurbished one.
  • Lifetime (yes lifetime) access to members area.
  • Repair all types of PS3′s – 40 GB, 60GB, 80 GB, Slim etc.

Ready to get started?

Then click this link here

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