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So, before I ask the big question, let me get some stuff out of the way.
My roommate has an old (fat, prettier) PS3 which recently have been experiencing a Yellow Light of Death (Similar to 360's Red Ring of Death), due to a tiny fan.
His started doing it after a couple weeks playing Black Ops pretty heavily. (8-10 hrs a day between the two of us.)
He called up Sony and they of course said it's absolutely not the system, it's impossible for it to be the system, it's perfect, blah, blah, blah. Bullshit, basically. They also told him to get the Slim, cause it doesn't have the issue (Contradicting herself was hilarious).
So since his is broke, and i'd been meaning to anyway, I bought one. A Slim. Had it a couple weeks now, and it froze. Playing Black Ops.
Talked to a lady I know, said she bought a fan for hers, and it works fine, so I did so. My roommate got a little over 3 hours out of it before it froze again just a couple minutes ago.
Now, this is really bugging me. I've had my PS2 for years. I left my PS2 on for 2 weeks straight without turning it off once, and it was cool as metal in winter (With less breathing room) upon return. That was, of course an accident, as I went on vacation, and apparently forgot to turn it off. But it was in the middle of a game. It still works fine (Admittedly the laser is beginning to die on it, and it occasionally takes me two attempts to start a game, but it's bound to happen to them eventually).
So I'm curious. I'm going to go get a new one within the next couple days, maybe this one was a lemon or something, I'm not sure, but I'm wondering if anyone else is having a similar issue, regardless of the version? And if so, is there any option that's worked for you other than paying Sony $150 to fix their failure? Cause I refuse to do it. They already got $300 of mine for a faulty piece of machinery, they ain't getting more.
Any idea of what I should do if getting a new one doesn't work?
Only thing I can think of is call up Sony and threaten them, but I doubt that'll get me anywhere.
If anyone reads all that and replies with a legit answer, I'll be amazed.
My roommate has an old (fat, prettier) PS3 which recently have been experiencing a Yellow Light of Death (Similar to 360's Red Ring of Death), due to a tiny fan.
His started doing it after a couple weeks playing Black Ops pretty heavily. (8-10 hrs a day between the two of us.)
He called up Sony and they of course said it's absolutely not the system, it's impossible for it to be the system, it's perfect, blah, blah, blah. Bullshit, basically. They also told him to get the Slim, cause it doesn't have the issue (Contradicting herself was hilarious).
So since his is broke, and i'd been meaning to anyway, I bought one. A Slim. Had it a couple weeks now, and it froze. Playing Black Ops.
Talked to a lady I know, said she bought a fan for hers, and it works fine, so I did so. My roommate got a little over 3 hours out of it before it froze again just a couple minutes ago.
Now, this is really bugging me. I've had my PS2 for years. I left my PS2 on for 2 weeks straight without turning it off once, and it was cool as metal in winter (With less breathing room) upon return. That was, of course an accident, as I went on vacation, and apparently forgot to turn it off. But it was in the middle of a game. It still works fine (Admittedly the laser is beginning to die on it, and it occasionally takes me two attempts to start a game, but it's bound to happen to them eventually).
So I'm curious. I'm going to go get a new one within the next couple days, maybe this one was a lemon or something, I'm not sure, but I'm wondering if anyone else is having a similar issue, regardless of the version? And if so, is there any option that's worked for you other than paying Sony $150 to fix their failure? Cause I refuse to do it. They already got $300 of mine for a faulty piece of machinery, they ain't getting more.
Any idea of what I should do if getting a new one doesn't work?
Only thing I can think of is call up Sony and threaten them, but I doubt that'll get me anywhere.
If anyone reads all that and replies with a legit answer, I'll be amazed.
i suggest a blow fan and place it on a solid base... not on the floor Especially not on the floor...!
