YLoD Repair – Part III (Sumbitch Actually Works)

So the tag line pretty much is a dead giveaway that my PS3 has recovered from my “Yellow Light of Death” (YLoD) operation …

I plugged in the power supply, hooked up the HDMI cable, and then powered on the sumbitch. Much to my surprise, after a couple of seconds I was greeted with the date/time setup screen. After putting in the correct date and time, the PS3 presents yours truly with a message along the following lines: “You did not properly turn off your PS3 system. Next time please [blah, blah, jerk off, blah, blah]”. No shit? Thanks Bob. I really thought that having no control over powering off my PS3 due to YLoD was considered part of Sony’s standard educational material for those of us with an original PS3.

The PS3 informed me that a new firmware update was available (maybe required), so I decided to do the needful. After applying the “you cannot use another OS” update, I quickly backed up my saved data.

Everything seems to be working correctly. The one thing I did notice was that the fan seemed to always be engaged on a high setting; loud as pile of monkey nuts. I normally have the PS3 sitting in a horizontal position, but decided to stand it up vertically. After a while I put it back in a horizontal position, and the fan immediately went back to low. I’ll have to experiment some and see if I can figure out a pattern.

I will probably do a full back up today, although I really do not know what the hell for because if something catastrophic happens to this PS3, transferring data to a new PS3 is somewhat of a tempest in a teapot.

I haven’t checked out all possible media yet – PS2, PSX, and DVDs need to be tested. Same for the various media input slots on the front left control panel. I have confirmed that the Blu-ray drive, at least one USB port, and Bluetooh board all work correctly. Color me surprised; I really did not feel confident going into this project that I could get some additional life out of my PS3.

I am not about to quit my day job. JC – PS3 repairman, and all around YLoD fix-it-up-chappie.