YLOD - Need some help

[Nort88]

Got the YLOD yesterday while playing some Skyrim, and I need a little help. It was about time to get a new PS3 anyways (had an 80 gb PHAT for about five years), but the last time I backed it up was awhile ago. I seem to recall that there is a temporary way to fix it by opening up the PS3, and was wondering if anybody could point me in the direction towards a reliable walkthrough. I just need to fix it long enough to back up my system (four to five hours) and get my disc out. I haven't done anything like this is the past, so it would be nice if the walkthrough was dumbed down a little bit! Thanks in advance for all the feedback.

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Chille

[Chille]

If your ps3 is out of warrenty this could help as it shows you step by step in video on how to open up your ps3 and removing the disk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH-V8EgaEr8
But this will complete invalidity any warrenty and you will not be able to trade it in or send it in to sony for a replacement model.

There is also the hairdryer method but when my 60gb ps3 broke down i just used it as an execuse to open it up and have a peek

[Alpha2]

The only thing you'll be able to rescue with the back up option is maybe your game saves, the 3-4 hour process will not get your downloaded games or installed content to transfer over to a new PS3. You;re going to have to redownload all that. I'd concentrate on grabbing the saves you can get onto a USB drive.

The back up option is really only useful for replacing content you may have lost on the same system or when upgrading to a larger harddrive.

[yanksbuddy]

try this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUaCoimoKTk

[ny_amigo]

The same thing happened to me a while back with Skyrim on a five year old 80 Gb PS3 as well. I was able to use the hair dryer trick several times to backup games saves to a external drive and PSN+ cloud saves for locked saves. I already had a drive backup. I don't think it lasted long enough for a full drive backup. I think it only work for several hours.

[irishbluedevil24]

i got the hair dryer thing to work one time lol

[irishbluedevil24]

ifixit.com is good and youtube has a bunch but go with the 10 minute or longer ones

[TDbank24]

Sorry to hear about your PS3 troubles. You should get a slim though, they're bullet proof.

[supersan]

Or you can put a fan on your ps3.

[logic951]

i tried a couple of those youtube videos when my 80 gig went out on me... it worked a few times, but only lasted about a month or so each time... I finally got fed up with it and bought a Slim.

[logic951]

bank24 is right, i dropped my slim once, it fell a good 5 feet and slammed into a night stand, i picked it up and continued playing battlefield lol