[kaisersouse]

Wife managed to get a second disc over the gates and into the blu-ray. The drive got pissed needless to say and I had to rip it apart to get the discs out. Since I was left w/ a pile of springs and clockwork at that point I decided to replace the drive itself.

Got a replacement drive, moved the board from old to new and connected new one. PS3 is still acting like it did when it jammed...powers up for a few seconds, flashes the yellow light and beeps...then sits there flashing the red light.

Think I have a bad replacement drive, or is it possible that jamming the original drive managed to fry something on the mainboard itself?

[tiernantheman]

I had a ps3 years ago, after 1 year I tried to turn it on that morning and got a yellow light and the same things as you, I contacted my brothers friend who is the playstation manager of ireland, and he replaced my ps3 with a brand new one. He didn't give much information about the yellow light, but just said it needed to be replaced, so i'm guessing its not fixable or something.

[Scenario]

Turn the system off. Wait for it to completely power down, and then push and HOLD the power button and wait for it to beep (I think it will beep twice). This will sort of "reset" the system and then it should work fine. Otherwise, you were given a bad replacement drive.

NOTE: If you use HDMI with your PS3, resetting the system will remove your HDMI settings and you will need to turn the console off and back on again for HDMI to begin working.

[kaisersouse]

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Originally Posted by RealCop228 Turn the system off. Wait for it to completely power down, and then push and HOLD the power button and wait for it to beep (I think it will beep twice). This will sort of "reset" the system and then it should work fine. Otherwise, you were given a bad replacement drive. NOTE: If you use HDMI with your PS3, resetting the system will remove your HDMI settings and you will need to turn the console off and back on again for HDMI to begin working.

I think I've tried something like that, but I definitely will again.

It just defies all logic that a perfectly working original PS3 (why i dont want to give it up...plays ps2 games) would be completely dead after a simple jammed disc and blue-ray replacement.

[Scenario]

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Originally Posted by kaisersouse I think I've tried something like that, but I definitely will again. It just defies all logic that a perfectly working original PS3 (why i dont want to give it up...plays ps2 games) would be completely dead after a simple jammed disc and blue-ray replacement.

Makes no sense to me, either. But hey, it's a Sony product!

[Tomboeg]

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Originally Posted by RealCop228 Makes no sense to me, either. But hey, it's a Sony product!

[kaisersouse]

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Originally Posted by tomboeg

Its starting to make me think that it will be my LAST Sony product.

[Kar]

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Originally Posted by RealCop228 Makes no sense to me, either. But hey, it's a Sony product!

Don't be like this. Atleast it isn't as bad as Xbox, have you heard the amount of light deaths xbox has compared to PS3? The latest PS3 model and even the PS3 slim is PRETTY hard to become defective. I have the Slim, maybe you should upgrade..

[Scenario]

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Originally Posted by Schurman That's a good question, but in all honesty, I don't think he's that stupid.

Well of course not, but accidents happen.

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Originally Posted by Kar Don't be like this. Atleast it isn't as bad as Xbox, have you heard the amount of light deaths xbox has compared to PS3? The latest PS3 model and even the PS3 slim is PRETTY hard to become defective. I have the Slim, maybe you should upgrade..

I will still continue to purchase Sony products, but I will say that they have all recently had many different issues. I don't own an Xbox 360 because I'm not a huge Microsoft fan either. Hell, I even own a PS3 and I'm still a PS3 fan.

But like I said, many Sony products have been having some trouble recently.

[V1ceC1ty]

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Originally Posted by Kar Don't be like this. Atleast it isn't as bad as Xbox, have you heard the amount of light deaths xbox has compared to PS3? The latest PS3 model and even the PS3 slim is PRETTY hard to become defective. I have the Slim, maybe you should upgrade..

Xbox did have a horrible start but since the new 360 came out I haven't heard of any major problems with them for years now. All consoles can have their issues.