How To Fix PS3 Red Light Of Death or Yellow Light Of Death and Any Other Problems

So when your playing your awesome PS3 and all is well but then the game just stops and the PS3 cuts out, Your slightly annoyed depending on the last time you saved your progress. When you come to turn the PS3 back on and it just cuts out leaving you with just a flashing red light, That's when you really get annoyed and then the panic sets in as you know there is a major problem. There are a few solutions to the Red light error but I will discuss them later down this article.

It’s widely believed that the main cause of the Yellow Light of Death is due to the processor getting so hot during heavy use of the console that the tiny solder points on the GPU liquefies, and over time loses its connection with the motherboard.

Older PS3s tend to be more vulnerable to YLOD and it’s believed that this may be due to older less efficient processors that generate more heat than the newer PS3 models. The official line from Sony however is that the yellow indicator warning light can be caused for a variety of reasons, without giving any further explanation.

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