Poll: MW2 YLODed my PS3, need advice.

[hagaya]

For starters; consider PC gaming.

On a serious note, I'd send it in. Back up your files first 'cause you don't want to lose everything if they reformat it. It's much cheaper than buying a new one, and doing a home fix with or without spare parts from another PS3 is dangerous. Better safe than sorry.

Don't troll. He's asking about advice on his PS3, not his PC. Move on.

OT: Can you take it to an electronic repairers in your local area? If they're cheaper than the $150 than Sony are gunna rob you of, go through them. If not, send it in. Don't DIY it because you might do more harm than good. Hope all goes well.

The PC thing was a joke. I love my PS3.

I gave advice on his PS3; mine YLOD, and I sent it in. Don't regret it at all. Actually, sending it to a local shop (where I live) is actually more expensive than sending it in to Sony because it's a freakin' PS3. Not many people in the Midwest US know how to fiddle with one of those things.

 

[Danny Ocean]

Couldn't you get a new PS3, and just move the HDD to the new one, then sign in as your old profile? That seems like a good idea

If you put a hard drive from one PS3 into another, you need to reformat it for it to work with the new PS3, meaning you need to erase the data.

1. Have you tried backing it up over a network?

2. Have you tried removing it from the PS3 and plugging it into an external hard drive dock for your PC? You could then copy all the stuff over, send it off, and copy it back.

 

[Yukinari]

Copy the files i suppose, fix the ps3 by sending it in, put the files back in?
Dont know much about this.