PS3 Blinking red light

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I have an old fat 120gig ps3 that started me to do this. I turn it on, get into my games for a couple minutes, then game freezes until the playstation shutdown. I was wondering if anybody had deal the same issue before, and what it could probably be. I opened up the beast, used some air can, and still does it. Could it be the HDD or the hardware, depending on what is to redo, I might rebuy one.
 
Red light of death. I hope you had your saves backed up. You could take it to a repair shop but after about 3 months it will do it again so its better and cheaper in the long run just to buy a slim.
 
Im pretty sure that since you can turn it on, play games and do other things on the PS3, it's not gone. It sounds like you have a heating issue, where the PS3's fan is just not working. After 2-3 minutes, like you said, the PS3 just overheats and it turns itself off to save itself from melting.

I suggest taking it apart again and looking at the fan, maybe buying a new fan to put in, possibly a bigger one. Then turn it on and see how it runs. If it's not that, then yes, it's a HDD or a hardware issue, but that usually ends up with a yellow light, with you being unable to turn the system on.

So, there is hope!
 
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Im pretty sure that since you can turn it on, play games and do other things on the PS3, it's not gone. It sounds like you have a heating issue, where the PS3's fan is just not working. After 2-3 minutes, like you said, the PS3 just overheats and it turns itself off to save itself from melting.

I suggest taking it apart again and looking at the fan, maybe buying a new fan to put in, possibly a bigger one. Then turn it on and see how it runs. If it's not that, then yes, it's a HDD or a hardware issue, but that usually ends up with a yellow light, with you being unable to turn the system on.

So, there is hope!
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I just changed the thermal paste, it's still doing it. But, I've noticed that a capacitor in my power supply is leaking some kind of mineral oil, maybe it could be it ?
 
A leaking capacitor is not good at all. You could try replacing the capacitor and see if anything changes. It will require soldiering experience and working on a power supply can be very dangerous. Might be worth it to get a replacement power supply(based on what prices you can get and make sure you get the exact same model) or better yet get a slim to save troubles.
 
Like Nick said, buy a new slim model, then turn your old PS3 on and save the saves to a flash drive. Then you can plug it in, copy the saves and you're done.
 
'Round the bend
Like Nick said, buy a new slim model, then turn your old PS3 on and save the saves to a flash drive. Then you can plug it in, copy the saves and you're done.
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It's mostly a budget question. I got over 30 games, so I'm getting a new one or this one fixed whatever happens. Just that I like to play gt4 on my ps3, I want the backward compatibility with the ps2 games. I'll send over a mail to sony see if they can testify that it should be my problem or not. I'll give an update about that, if somebody get the same issues.
 
They probably don't want to hear about it and claim you've knocked or dropped it and it's caused damage which caused the leak. They're helpful when something besides the consoles broken. ;)

It's just unfortunate that you're going to lose backwards computability. I honestly thought that they would have put it in the slim, or that they'll eventually re-release most of the Ps2 titles on the Playstation Store. (I doubt it thought)

You could try getting the Ps2 saves onto a USB, plugging that into your Ps2 then copy the data from the USB to the memory card. I could do a test for you with Ps1 Data if you'd like, except i'll be doing that in 8 hours time.
 
I don't think it is possible to copy PS2 data from a PS3 and into a memory card. BC-PS3 have a special filetype so if you copy the save from your old PS2 that means the data on the PS3 will not work on a PS2 again if you wanted to update the memory card. Either way you are biting a bullet unless Sony says something different.
 
'Round the bend
They probably don't want to hear about it and claim you've knocked or dropped it and it's caused damage which caused the leak. They're helpful when something besides the consoles broken. ;)

It's just unfortunate that you're going to lose backwards computability. I honestly thought that they would have put it in the slim, or that they'll eventually re-release most of the Ps2 titles on the Playstation Store. (I doubt it thought)

You could try getting the Ps2 saves onto a USB, plugging that into your Ps2 then copy the data from the USB to the memory card. I could do a test for you with Ps1 Data if you'd like, except i'll be doing that in 8 hours time.
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You're right on the point that they don't want to hear about it. Makes almost a week I've sent my ps3 pictures, explanations and everything to get some insight. Still waiting for an answer 6 days later, even sent a second mail when they didn't answered the first one after 2 ddays
 
Look, Sony/Playstation don't want to hear about it. I suggest:
a) Call them and talk to their tech support, they will most likely get you a straight answer in wether it can be repaired or not.
or
b) Just buy a new console without going through the stress and hassle of getting Sony's attention; cause you'll end up having to pay for repairs and that may not be cheap.
 
Generally speaking, a blinking red light usually indicates a heating issue or a power issue. So it's not totally gone. A yellow light is the same as the RRoD for the 360, a generic hardware fault. So getting a blinking red light is better than a yellow light period. If worst comes to worst, you'd have two PS3s.
 

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