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I didn't even know such thing like the YLoD(unlike the Red Ring of Death for the XBOX) existed for the PS3 but like all technology, I knew electronics come with some flaws.
Unluckily, I stumbled upon this hardware issue on the 1st of December at around 8PM(pst). It happened when my sister's boyfriend tried to play Call of Duty: Black OPs on the PS3 but the system wouldn't turn on(well it did but the LED never got the blue light; it turned yellow, beeped for moment and turned off). Additionally, the game disc was now stuck in the blu-ray drive(wasn't my game so i felt indifferent but it was my PS3
). Anyway, at the time I thought it was just an issue of the PS3 overheating so I unplugged it and pulled it out from it's normal resting place so that it can ventilate more efficiently overnight. The next morning(December 2nd), I tried to turn it back on but to no avail.
Fast-forwarding a couple of hours in which I aimlessly Googled all over hell and gone to find out what in Tarnation was going on; I finally found out about YLoD and figured my PS3 had passed on to the afterlife. As I continued reading, I've seen a few comments about a guy who fixed a PS3 with the same issues as mine(and apparently countless others. Although Sony will dispute this by saying it's a small percentage of consoles with this issue). I was fortunate enough to see that this guy(Gilksy) had a step-by-step tutorial uploaded on YouTube.
Later on that evening at around 8PM, I set out to resurrect my PS3. Took about 2 hours to get it fix because I had to make a quick run to Home Depot and Radioshack since I didn't own a Torx screwdriver nor the thermal paste that needed to be reapplied after I scrubbed the thermal compound off that is causing the overheating problem.
After the last screw was in and the harddrive back in it's proper place, I plugged the console back into the AC adapter and hoped for a miracle. Let's just say Christmas came early and the PS3 started and I was able to free the disc from what was thought to be its prison and final resting place.
Hopefully, this is more than just a temporary fix(even though I've seen lots of people say that it's just that but then again, these are the same group of people who actually attributed Call of Duty: Black OPs as the culprit behind killing their game system even though that's just a matter of association not causation. If anything, it's due to them being first generation consoles that was released earlier than they should have been. With mine being the chunky 60GB model, it was affected) But all in all, thank you to YouTube, random forum posters online, and Gilksy.
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My YLOD problem happened on the first of this month(December) and I fixed it by using the Gilksy method found via YouTube. Let's just say my PS3 has been running smoothly ever since(regardless of whether or not this is a temporary fix).
A couple of nights after that fix, I tried the same method with a different PS3 belonging to a friend of mine. Let's just say the Gilksy method is a bit risky. I was able to get my friend's PS3 to turn back on but I might have fried the graphics card with the heat gun since the imaging/screen would show hazy static. Not really sure if it matters but his PS3 has been sitting around gathering dust(due to the YLOD) for up to a year before i attempted to fix it.