My PS3 got YLOD'd.

Edit: Caught a shiny Magikarp in Pokémon X to cheer myself up.

Comments

[MoldyShishkabob]

RIP in pieces.

[Dirty Bit]

I don't know what YLOD means, but my condolences

[M Specter]

lucky with that magicarp im doing it the old fashioned way, replaying soul silver so that i get a shiny garydos

[KangTheGuardian]

1515557 Yellow Light of Death. The PS3 version of the 360's Red Light of Death. It's very complicated to fix, and pretty much every solution only makes it work for a short time (like a few weeks or months at best). I'm going to see if my local third-party repair company can do something about it, but I'll most likely need to buy a completely new PS3 in the future.

Most people would argue that I wouldn't need a PS3 soon enough anyway, since the PS4 is out, but I have over 60 games on this thing, and the PS4 isn't backwards compatible. At the very least, I want to get it working just long enough for me to salvage my save files.

[Dirty Bit]

1515656 Now I'm nervous about my own PS3, I've only had it for nearly a year now

[KangTheGuardian]

1515956 Mine worked for over 5 years (bought it in 2008 just so I could play Metal Gear Solid 4), so I don't think you have to worry quite yet.