Need PS3 HELP!!!

[LeftyWright69]

I was playing my 2+ year old 80 GIG backward compatible PS3 last night when it went pop, that’s all she wrote. I smelled a slight twinge of electronic stink about a half hour before it went pop, while I was playing everything was perfect and then it all went blank. I try to start it and it goes from just a green light and a single beep to a blinking red light and a double beep.

My main concern is the hard drive. I thought about either buying a used one and trying to see if the HD would work on the newsd unit or finding a repair place to take it to. Unfortunately I never backed up anything but no big deal, it would be cool if the HD was still functioning though.

Any suggestions would be cool, thankzzzzzzz…….

 

[Ford Driver]

Sounds like yellow light of death (YLOD). Although you did not describe a yellow light, the other symptons all fit into place. The Yellow light should appear for around a second between the green and red lights.
Unfortunately the contents of the hard drive are probably gone. Some say that if you remove the HDD and re-insert it your PS3 can come back to life, however this did not work when mine died last weekend.
Sony will repair out of warranty, but will charge $150, and you may recieve a refurbished replacement.
I dont know if you have amazon in the USA but they are doing a 160GB PS3 for a good price at the moment.
I hope you get it sorted soon anyway mate, also I can provide instructions on how to retreive a disk if there is one stuck in there.

 

[LeftyWright69]

Got her fixed ..... WEEEEEeeee, now i'm in the process of backing it up w/ my newly re-partioned FAT32 USB Drive.

Word to the wise: You can't interchange Disk Drives w/ other PS3z, in other words "Your SOL if you haven't backed up the drive that is chained to the box". NO DRIVE EXCHANGING

 

[RTSolvalou]

Sounds like a capacitor blew.
Hope you didn't pay too much for a 25c part and some soldering (did they tell you what they fixed?)