3 Effective Ways to Fix Yellow LED of Death on PS3

Putting on your PS3 can quickly become a regrettable incident if you experience the infamous and highly annoying faint yellow light that is preceded by three beeps. The thing with this however, is that it doesn't alert you as to when it will occur, thus you may have some games saved in the HDD or even your disk stuck inside from the previous game that you played.

If you have a PS3 that has this issue and would like to fix yellow led of death on PS3, then there are quite frankly only three effective ways to do this. Any other suggestions are likely to harm your console and worsen the problem.

1. Allow the Manufacturer repair it

In this case, Sony can fix the problem. Sadly, they charge $150 to fix yellow led of death -a problem they caused by cramping so much hardware into that tiny space- will keep your console with them for about 6-12 weeks and are likely to delete all your saved games in the process of repairing the console.

2. Send to Repair Shop

There are PS3 repair shops and expert all over the place. If you don't know one right now, Google for one in your immediate vicinity or one nearest to you. When you find one, call and ask to see if they fix yellow led of death on PS3 -some don't- and ask how long it will take. Usually it takes about 6 weeks plus $60-$140 in consultation fees. And your HDD could be formatted too. So, be ready for that.

3. Fix yellow led of death on PS3 yourself

Is this real? You bet! Sadly, many people don't know, so they send their consoles to Sony or the repair shop. This is by far the cheapest and most effective option. You can get to fix PS3 yellow led of death within 2 hours, save your games -no need for formatting- and is far cheaper.

This is possible by means of instructional videos detailing the step-by-step processes you can follow to get your console back on. No matter how "tech dumb" you are, it is so easy you won't believe it. It's a three step process: you watch and read, do what you saw, turn your console on after everything and it comes back on.