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Problem number 1- Flashing Yellow Light
The "yellow light of death" (YLOD) begins following a major hardware failure. So many people are believing that 9/10 YLODs result from bad solder joints around the motherboard, while 1/10 derive from power supply errors.
Try these.
1. See if there is a loose lead, otherwise, restart your console.
2. Unplug all leads except the power cord, and plug it well in.
3. Update Firmware.
4. correct the Motherbord or Power Supply Unit having a PS3 repair guide.
5. mend Hard disk
Problem Number two - 2 Flashing Red Lights
The "red light of death" happens following a massive Hard Drive failure. This is separate from the YLOD, as the YLOD indicates to a failure with the motherboard
Try these.
1. See if there's a loose cable, if not, restart your console.
2. Unplug all wires except the power cord, and plug them back in.
3. Update Firmware.
4. mend Motherbord or Power Unit having a PS3 repair guide.
5. mend Hard disk
Problem # 3 Red light/Yellow
Red Light Turning Yellow errors might be with either Motherboard or hard disk failure effecting the CPU or GPU.
Fix Needed. PS3 Repair Guides can help here
Problem Number 4 - Ps3 Freezing
Was your Ps3 hot when the freezes happened? Or it could be with dust clogging around the game discs or not enough hard drive space
Attempt to cool it down by putting your ps3 off. This actually might solve the freezing problems.
Check Game Disc, wipe with real soft cloth.
Ensure 50% free hard disk space
Problem Number 5 - Ps3 Hard disk Problems
malfunctions with your PS3 hard drive? you need to remove Hard disk and turn on. Should you still begin to see the yellow light blinking, then your hard drive has no malfunctions
Problem Number 6 - 3 Beeps
3 Beeps and Flashing Red Light Again this happens when PS3 is overheated. Or when you eject when there's no game disc inside, or eject once the game is running, or you switch off the TV before PS3 turns off etc..
Do this
Allow PS3 to cool down, and continue to switch it on
Problem 7 - Stuck Disc Game disc stuck inside
switch off PS3 from back. Place your finger on the eject button and once you do, push the switch behind to change the PS3 on, and then push the eject button. Hold it like this for Just a few seconds, or until the drive is forced open.
Problem 8 - Blue-ray Disc
When the Blu-Ray is not working on your PS3, then it is simply broken Do that first, try washing the lens, and if it doesn't work, then you'll have to fix the whole drive
Problem 9 - Flashing Green Light
Firstly, it could be an problem with the HDD software, or the firmware itself, or maybe it's a standard fix as turning off the PS3 and resetting Do Reset, by switching off after which switch on. Or Update the Firmware 10 Firmware Issues When you turn off the PS3, while the HDD indicator light is flashing, may cause corruption. Or a game may be corrupted. Or your new firmware might be creating a YLOD. Go to the Recovery menu by turning on (frequency higher 2 beeps) and restore default settings.