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    Is my Playstation 3 dead ?

    When you try to turn it on you get :

    * red light
    * green light
    * yellow light
    * red light

    It doesn't turn on , well does for 2 secs before going red again .

    Is this a repairable fault ?

    It's the old type and it's an 80gb .
    I canny invest in ya and for that reason , I'm oot .

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    Re: Is my Playstation 3 dead ?

    I had this mate I just contacted playstation and they did a straight swap on front door step

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    Re: Is my Playstation 3 dead ?

    have you tried on youtube. all the funky reseting methods and the like ?

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    Re: Is my Playstation 3 dead ?

    Gilsky guide

    Did this on mine and it worked for a few weeks then went again

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    Re: Is my Playstation 3 dead ?

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    Gilsky guide

    Did this on mine and it worked for a few weeks then went again
    some handy tips on there. bookmarked

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    Re: Is my Playstation 3 dead ?

    my mate had the same he asked me for my heat gun not sure what he done but it worked so give it a bash after all it cant get worse
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    It is probably a dry jiont, I think watchdog did something about this last year, go to BBC website and see if it is still there.
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    Re: Is my Playstation 3 dead ?

    thats why matey boy borrowed the heat gun off chrissy06

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    Re: Is my Playstation 3 dead ?

    Is your warranty seal intact? You can send them back to Sony for a fee if it is, but worth bearing in mind that Sainsbury's have slimlines for £195 at the moment...

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    Re: Is my Playstation 3 dead ?

    Just got a slim .
    My game is stuck in it and will try to get it going . Thanks for info .
    I canny invest in ya and for that reason , I'm oot .

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    Re: Is my Playstation 3 dead ?

    sorry to bump a old thread but did anyone sort there's out? mines done it now and am thinking about fixing it with a big hammer lol

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    Re: Is my Playstation 3 dead ?

    you can fix it with a heat gun but it wont last. the best thing is to stick it in the oven at 80-90 deg for 10 min then let cool.
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    Re: Is my Playstation 3 dead ?

    there's a repair kit on ebay, they got so hot in a certain place and the solder liquidses and moves with vibrations, its a pretty easy fix i'm told, comes with all you need and instructions too.

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    Re: Is my Playstation 3 dead ?

    very easy on my second one that im repairing £10 for repair kitt a good one and you need to strip the ps3 down there is a repair step by step on youtube very good that will tell you what to get as the name has gone out my head at the mo

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    Re: Is my Playstation 3 dead ?

    Quote Originally Posted by daddy cav View Post
    Just got a slim
    I did, 18 months later and the blueray drive is playing up

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    Re: Is my Playstation 3 dead ?

    Quote Originally Posted by BazW View Post
    I did, 18 months later and the blueray drive is playing up
    Mine is fine , lets hope that don't jinx it ....
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    Re: Is my Playstation 3 dead ?

    Hope so. Not happy as mine doesn't get that much use...the occasional blueray, streamed stuff on BBC iplayer, Netflix & Lovefilm. Gaming it's usually GT5 (which is on the hard drive) and the odd game of COD

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    Re: Is my Playstation 3 dead ?

    Use mine just for gaming realy , have got a player for films and laptop for going online ,

    Must say , the PS3 was great for going online while the laptop was being fixed .
    I canny invest in ya and for that reason , I'm oot .

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