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PS3 won't boot
Dingus
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I was watching some movies, switched over to Deus Ex and while my save was loading the screen went black and the red light started flashing and wouldn't turn back on. I let it sit for a while unplugged, when I try and turn it on the light goes green for a second, then yellow then back to flashing red.
I'm assuming that it is dead. If I get a new slim model, can I take the hard-drive from my 40gb fat, put it in the slim, then back up my saves on an external drive and put the new HDD in? Or am I SoL on my save data if the old system won't ever boot?
I'm assuming that it is dead. If I get a new slim model, can I take the hard-drive from my 40gb fat, put it in the slim, then back up my saves on an external drive and put the new HDD in? Or am I SoL on my save data if the old system won't ever boot?
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This "Yellow Light of Death" has happened to me twice (same system), and both times, I was able to get it back with all my saves intact by sending it to a repair shop (I had the extended warranty through Walmart). Once I got it back the second time, I transferred everything to a new slim and gave my old fat to a friend.
Chances are your save data is still ok, but it may not be accessible unless you pay to get it repaired. Then it's just a matter of if it's worth it.
EDIT: If you have a disc stuck in the machine, google "YLoD disc stuck" for a sequence of button presses to possibly retrieve your disc. It didn't work for me with my first YLoD, but it did with my second.