Gaming and Consoles Forum - RE: PS3 YLOD? - Page 2

Thanks for the advice.

It seems that the answers are:-

Yes - its dead. It can be revived by cooking it - but that will only work for a while and will allow me to transfer data. - Shame

I cannot transfer the HDD from the old to the new and retain the data. - Shame
I can download the DLC again - thats okay
I will lose the save files - thats okay as well.


So wheres the best offer to buy a PS3? I can get one with a small HDD as I can just put in the 500GB hd - even if I lose all the data. Is teh HD the same in the old PS3 and the new Slim one?

Hopefully I can sell the PS3 for parts and one of the controllers as I already have two.

Again - thanks for the help

I was talking to a collegue earlier and mentioned the best part of the internet is forums like this where you can list a question/problem and get a great deal of helful advice.

This item was edited on Tuesday, 3rd January 2012, 13:06

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rehan says...
So wheres the best offer to buy a PS3? I can get one with a small HDD as I can just put in the 500GB hd - even if I lose all the data. Is teh HD the same in the old PS3 and the new Slim one?I'm sure someone will post a link from HUKD at some point with a cheap PS3 deal.
I haven't looked at any of the slims yet but I believe the drives are just standard 2.5" SATA laptop drives so yes, you should be able to swap in the drive but will need to swap the caddy/cage for the specific model (ie: remove from the phatty and replace with the slim) and I'd personally store the spare drive as a backup should your 500Gb have an issue.Quote:
rehan says...
Hopefully I can sell the PS3 for parts and one of the controllers as I already have two.You should be able to sell it for spares easy enough but they don't sell for what they used to.
I think one of the 80Gb phatty (complete) I bought around £25 delivered, no controller though but did have an 80 gig drive still in it.

If you have a scout about for the going rate on them drop me a PM or email with what you'd expect to get on it, if it's not too high I might be interested myself cos like I said, I need to get a BD drive or laser to have a go at fixing up my Region 1 unit,
(and wish I had marked the two BD boards as to which was which lol)

Jimbo : oÞ

"There's that word again... is there a problem with the Earth's gravitational pull in the future?"

Jimbo - I have sent you a PM let me know if you get it. Never done a PM before

a 320gb ps3 new is about £200, usually with something thrown in, 160gb £170ish, the supermarkets, game, gamestation and amazon all had good deals over Christmas.

I think the most recent deal for a console no extras was at Currys. As Jimbo says that's from following hotukdeals, which is what prompted me for my 320gb bundle from Amazon.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/sony-playstation-3-slim-console-320gb-189-delivered-currys-1106930

more links to bundles in that thread, may be worth paying a bit more for a bundle and trading in what you don't want if it's convenient/you can be bothered.

Sony PlayStation 3 PS3 Slim Console With 320GB HDD £189 @ Play

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/sony-playstation-3-ps3-slim-console-with-320gb-hdd-189-play-1110292

This item was edited on Thursday, 5th January 2012, 13:15