{"id":2605,"date":"2010-05-16T05:56:03","date_gmt":"2010-05-16T10:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/?p=2605"},"modified":"2010-05-16T05:59:32","modified_gmt":"2010-05-16T10:59:32","slug":"ylod-%e2%80%93-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/05\/16\/ylod-%e2%80%93-options\/","title":{"rendered":"YLoD \u2013 Options"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After doing some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.associatedcontent.com\/article\/1656539\/ps3_wont_turn_on_you_might_be_a_victim.html?cat=19\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.associatedcontent.com\/article\/1656539\/ps3_wont_turn_on_you_might_be_a_victim.html?cat=19', 'YLoD research');\" target=\"_blank\">YLoD research<\/a>, I have pretty much ruled out any sort of self repair.  If I had the tools I would probably give <a href=\"http:\/\/playstationlifestyle.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ylod-fix.pdf\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'download', 'http:\/\/playstationlifestyle.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ylod-fix.pdf');\" target=\"_blank\">this repair<\/a> a go, but I do not, I will have to look at other options.<\/p>\n<p>Sending the PS3 to Sony a second time in 10 months for another $150 (plus tax) is not an option.<\/p>\n<p>I am holding out some hope that my AMEX Gold card is going to provide me with some sort of extended warranty benefit.  I sent in an inquiry to see if this service was just good for new purchases, or if a repair would also be covered.  I am pretty sure AMEX only covers original merchandise purchases, but it is worth a shot to ask.<\/p>\n<p>Another repair option is a company in Utah called <a href=\"http:\/\/knightsgamingrepair.com\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/knightsgamingrepair.com', 'KGR');\" target=\"_blank\">KGR<\/a>; for $100 it sounds like they can fix YLoD, but the only downside is that I am throwing another $100 after this original PS3 60GB system.  Maybe it is just time to let it go?<\/p>\n<p>I could always get a new PS3, but after this experience, that really rubs me the wrong way.<\/p>\n<p>Last but not least, I could just give up all together on the PS3 and Sony, and get a standalone Blu-ray player.  This may seem drastic, but it would probably mean the kids\u2019 Wii goes into the living room, and I more or less give up console gaming in favor of other pursuits (i.e. PC gaming).  Hey, it could happen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After doing some YLoD research, I have pretty much ruled out any sort of self repair. If I had the tools I would probably give this repair a go, but I do not, I will have to look at other options. Sending the PS3 to Sony a second time in 10 months for another $150 &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/05\/16\/ylod-%e2%80%93-options\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">YLoD \u2013 Options<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-2605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-ps3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2605"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2607,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605\/revisions\/2607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}