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JohnHeskin
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This happened to my sons Playstation on Christmas Eve. Ok it wasn't his Santa present but the new game for it was, he was gutted as it was the only thing he asked for and he couldn't use it over christmas. After a lot of searching we found out the hard drive was gone hence the "yellow light of death". It was just out of warranty, 12 months and 2 weeks, typical! I bought it up North so going to exchange it would of been a pain.
I got onto Console repairs ireland : http://www.consolerepairs.ie/ and they are replacing the hard drive for €60. It takes about 7 days. Not bad. The guy says it is caused by continually turning the PS3 off incorrectly, ie you should NOT turn it off at the back, first power down using the button on the front and then turn it off at the back. It seems to be a very common problem but it can be fixed for €60. I'm picking it up at the end of the week.
Hope this can be of help to anyone.
I got onto Console repairs ireland : http://www.consolerepairs.ie/ and they are replacing the hard drive for €60. It takes about 7 days. Not bad. The guy says it is caused by continually turning the PS3 off incorrectly, ie you should NOT turn it off at the back, first power down using the button on the front and then turn it off at the back. It seems to be a very common problem but it can be fixed for €60. I'm picking it up at the end of the week.
Hope this can be of help to anyone.