Monday, January 24, 2011

Causes Of The PS3 Yellow Light Of Death

By Jason Fowler


Imagine you're playing your favourite game on your PS3 and then when you are about to earn major points or smash the enemy you've been wanting to all through, your screen goes off and a beeping sound comes from the PS3 whose light has turned red. Then you try to restart the system however it won't boot and then the green light turns yellow and instantly turns red and the sound continues beeping. This is commonly known as the PS3 yellow light of death frequently abbreviated as YLoD. This has been a major fear for the majority of PS3 owners.

The PS3 yellow light of death is a tell-tale sign that indicates a hardware failure. The hardware failure can be caused by different factors like cooling and heating part that cause hardware malfunction or one of the capacitors or diode in the power supply has failed. The other considerations 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 happens when you power the console and it starts up routinely for one or two seconds and then instead of booting, it starts beeping three times while indicating a faint yellow light, which then turns into a red light.

The PS3 yellow light of death is a complicated blunder to mend and there are only three options that are generally available to you. You can come to a decision to take a look at your cable connection or the power supply to ensure that they've been correctly inserted in the appropriate slots. You can also choose to take it to Sony for repair. This is a good option for those whose guaranty is still valid as those without are required to pay $150 for the repairs. The third possibility is to fix the boo boo yourself or look out for a third party repairer.

It is a cheaper option to ensure that the PS3 yellow light of death doesn't occur. It is vital that you operate the system in cool places as well as to give it enough time to cool between playing sessions to prevent overheating. The other important thing you can do is to make certain that the links are correct and the system is dust free at every point.




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