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PS3 Yellow light of Death Repairs “YLOD” , now has a solutions , previously the Yellow light of Death was an unknown problem , with many gamers opting out to either throw out there consoles or buy a new one.

Yellow Light of Death explain in more details

Symptom of the “Yellow Light of Death”

The Yellow Light of Death occurs when you power up your consoles , the L.E.D which is located below the power button is illuminated RED , once the user switches the console on , a series of blinking and beeps will occurs , generally the console will not power up and will return to the RED light status.

No Picture will be displays, you will also not hear the FAN unit spinning and or feel any exhaust air flowing out.

1. A series of Beeps will occur

2. Blinking of a Orange/ Yellow Light then return status to Red LED

3. No Picture is Displayed either HDMI or RGB

4. Fan is Idle

5. Disc Won't Eject

What Causes the Yellow Light of Death?

The Yellow Light of death is caused by a variety of overheating factor, and dry solder.

The PS3 none the less is a well design machine, machine reaching the 2 year old marks will tend to fail with the Yellow light of Death, after a 2 year period of intense gaming, movie and a variety of actions the machine thermal protection gel has max out its life span. Yes Sony probably didn’t realize that the life spans or the durability of their Heat Sink Compound would expire in 2 years.

The other major factor which causes the Yellow light of Death is Dry Solder, Dry solder is causes by poor soldering during manufacturing , this issues causes a connectivity issues for the main board , with dry solder certain components aren’t able to make 100% connectivity thus therefore causes the machine to go in to sleep mode or protection mode.

How we repair the Yellow light of Death?

We repair the Yellow light of death by a series of Reflux, Re-solder, Reheat and burn-in test, during the process of re-solder, we also replace a series of capacitors and resisters.

How Long Does the Yellow light of Death Repair Takes?

The Yellow light of Death Repairs generally takes approximately 5 working days, why?

Day 1 – Strip, Clean, Reflow

Day 2 – Test & Replace Components

Day 3 – Reflux and Burn In test

Day 4 – Testing – a series of power on and power off test – 4 hour interval between each.

Day 5 – Complete cool down 6 hours and power on for 4 hours

Questions & Answers

Q. What is the price for return shipping?

A. Return shipping cost is $15 for Metropolitan areas and $25 for Country areas. This cost also include insurance for your console

Q. The price quoted on your site does that includes parts and labor?

A. All of our prices quoted include all parts and labor for that specific repair.

Q. When I send/ bring my machine in for repair do I need to also include the cables?

A. No, you do not need to bring your cables, as Repair Central will have all the cables/ accessories necessary for your console.

Q. Can i send my console in if my problem is not listed ?

A. Absolutely we do not charge any consultation fee.