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I need some advice. My friend gave me his ps3 that has the yellow light of death. I wana call Sony to get it fixed. Is there any place besides Sony that will fix it? I wanted to call Sony and see I can BS them with it and see if I can get it fixed for free or cheap. I've had good luck calling Microsoft with issues. What ya Sony guys think? I wana play last of us so bad. Is there a specific angle I should take with talking to them?

This is who did the repair on my PS3. My PS3 works great now.
http://www.gophermods.com/PS3-Repair-s/5.htm

$69.99 for Hard drive replacement.

EDIT

OK, they include the new HDD in that fee. Not so bad then.

How long ago did they do the repair? Did you have the YLOD?

70 bucks to repair a ylod? ouch! Hell, i better look on the "black market" for a ps3. I still know a few folks! lol

If it's just the hard drive you can buy a laptop hard drive at whatever price you want and install it yourself. Not sure what the ylod is though.

I just went on ebay and bought a ps3 and the last of us. Didnt feel like sending it or fixing it. I'm dying to play the last of us pardon the pun

**** me. Just got the YLOD.

I have the older model that plays PS1/PS2/and PS3 games.

I'm afraid of sending it in because I want to be able to play all my old games and not be stuck with PS3 only.

Any recomendations?...

I never realized PS3's get those problems. Nothing lasts forever I guess. Have you guys ridden them hard, or had kids playing constantly?

I'm on my second PS3. I probably wouldn't send it in. With the 4 coming out, you'll probably be able to get a replacement fairly cheap.

Thinking about buying a ps3 so I can get GTA V. Is it better or worse than Xbox?

way better

Better. But I prefer PS3 and am kind of biased.

I don't think there is much difference play wise honestly. Of course I have a 360.

Just save your money and get PS4 for $400 in November IMO.

I just bought a PS3 didn't want to wait til next year to play GTA 5

They say the 4 will be out in the middle of November. But honestly that thing will be expensive for awhile with extra controllers and accessories. I am going to stick with my 360 til it dies. PS3's are nice anyway.

You can get the gta v bundle. You get a 500gb ps3 and gta v for around $260. At $60 for the game it's a $200 ps3 with 500gb of storage. Not a bad deal at all.

That is a good deal. Regular 360's and PS3s will be a steal before long. And they both have a lot of good games now.

With GTA 5 already out, and Dark Souls 2 coming out next year, I'mma stick with my current Gen for at least till next summer.

So you're saying there should be some PS3/2/1 models still out there cheaper than sending them in?...

when my first ps3 YLOD I sold it on Craigslist for $75 and then bought a used one on craigslist for $140 and that was 2 years go

I need to take my motherboard out and stick it in the oven just to see if it works or not. Would love to at least get the old PS3 I replaced booting up again so I could get full trade value for it from Gamestop.

I've had both and the Ps3 is WAY better on longevity..I've had 4 rrod on the 360 and then gave up and have had only 1 Ps3..and it's an old 40gb model i bought from a pawn shop.

Do any of the youtube vid methods work?

I've seen everything from just unplugging the HDD and then plugging it back in to taking a ****ing hair dryer to the board...