MarketTantrik Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 ^^ There's another one now The Yellow Light of Death Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reaper Posted December 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 :) wtf.....I came back to Gi site after 2 days and read about the yellow lights of death....man whats going on with these companies ....I've just had a RRoD Xbox...somehow I managed to arrange some money and ordered a 40 GB PS3 from US...and now this problem. Sh****t. Plz can ne1 tell me that is thiss a hardware failure or just because of F/W update problem. Also I've ordered CoD4....should I play it or not????? chances are that ur US console is not having the latest 2.00 or 2.01 update ... since the problem seems to be happening only after the update .... u can play COD 4 ...... withour updating the firmware .... at your own risk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reaper Posted December 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 hoping that sony would've built in a failsafe mechanism for turning off the motor incase it exceeded the threshold rpm value. amen to that ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarketTantrik Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 chances are that ur US console is not having the latest 2.00 or 2.01 update ... since the problem seems to be happening only after the update .... u can play COD 4 ...... withour updating the firmware .... at your own risk You wont be able to play CoD4 online without the update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverik Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 chances are that ur US console is not having the latest 2.00 or 2.01 update ... since the problem seems to be happening only after the update .... u can play COD 4 ...... withour updating the firmware .... at your own risk You wont be able to play CoD4 online without the update. :cry5: :cry5: :cry5: :cry5: what should I do know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverik Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 Can I play my AC atleast... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarketTantrik Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 chances are that ur US console is not having the latest 2.00 or 2.01 update ... since the problem seems to be happening only after the update .... u can play COD 4 ...... withour updating the firmware .... at your own risk You wont be able to play CoD4 online without the update. :cry5: :cry5: :cry5: :cry5: what should I do know Crying is a good start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reaper Posted December 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 chances are that ur US console is not having the latest 2.00 or 2.01 update ... since the problem seems to be happening only after the update .... u can play COD 4 ...... withour updating the firmware .... at your own risk You wont be able to play CoD4 online without the update. Yeah!!! no on line ... only SP .. AC can be played . ... no probs .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinitwins Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 sony should release a new firmware SOON, if this problem is as widespread as it's being made out to be... V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverik Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 chances are that ur US console is not having the latest 2.00 or 2.01 update ... since the problem seems to be happening only after the update .... u can play COD 4 ...... withour updating the firmware .... at your own risk You wont be able to play CoD4 online without the update. Yeah!!! no on line ... only SP .. AC can be played . ... no probs .. Yeah!!! no on line ... only SP .. G8 SP is sufficient enuf to keep me happy for a while...no online for me till this problem is resolved AC can be played . ... no probs .. G8...atleast will have something to do on my PS3. Thanx Reaper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverik Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 chances are that ur US console is not having the latest 2.00 or 2.01 update ... since the problem seems to be happening only after the update .... u can play COD 4 ...... withour updating the firmware .... at your own risk You wont be able to play CoD4 online without the update. :cry5: :cry5: :cry5: :cry5: what should I do know Crying is a good start. Hey MT, Thanx for offerin ur shoulder.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarketTantrik Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 ^^ You can play AC and keep yourself entertained with the framerate issues and bugs on the PS3 version. They are releasing a patch for the game, but it will most likely entail a firmware update as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reaper Posted December 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 Hey MT, Thanx for offerin ur shoulder.... @ maverik .... dont try to read in between the lines .... MT has not offered u his shoulder .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnackChap Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 assasins creed patch is already out btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarketTantrik Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 ^^ Does it force you to update the firmware as well ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverik Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 assasins creed patch is already out btw Ya does it requires you to download the latest F/W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reaper Posted December 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 well from what i can make out the drive is fine actually.the drive is split into 4 main parts 1)optical unit 2)slot loading mechanism 3)logic board 4)drive/spindle motor the 1st 3 work just fine. the whole drive kinda works like this. when you load a disc, the slot loading mechanism sucks in the disc, mounts it onto the spindle and the optical unit resets its position under the inner side of the disc and then the spindle which is nothing but a brushless DC motor with stepper charcteristics rotates the disc in four steps to detect type and content of the loaded disc media. i can hear the motor trying to rotate the spindle due to 4 clicking sounds but it doesn't spin. and thats why the activity/reading/busy icon appears on the top righthand screen. well i'd suggest that everyone who is facing this problem wait until sony releases the next f/w that probably resets this motor. and when i say reset the motor i mean that i'm hoping sony built a failsafe mechanism into the drive to disable the motor, incase it was on the verge of exceeding a threshold rpm limit. sounds a bit farfetched but you never know. if not, then the only option left is to either replace the drive or the motor, both of which are tough. the motor is a nidec brushless dc motor and i haven't been able to find any spare parts on the internet. replacing a drive will be as big a headache as trying to replace the motor since we're located in india and it's tough talking down to those techies at the sony service center let alone doing our best to explain the situation to them. since the drive keys are located on the logic board(which i'm assuming), one can just swap logic boards between the faulty and spare drive. again i'm saying this because i read somewhere, someone had the same problem and replaced his 60gb BR drive with that from a 80gb model and it wouldn't work. it would read and detect but would just display a blank screen upon trying to load. plus the problem i guess is not just due to COD4 or just the f/w, but i have a feeling it's interelated between the two. people face the same problem in this descending order of games a)COD4 b)RFOM c) AC d)NFS PS. so it could be a problem with the media-ROM quality itself. maybe the initial batches were bad in terms of quality. also people with HK ps3 models are complaining the most. all of this adds up to a very confusing pic finally. @ pixeljunkie ... thanks ..... do keep us posted reagrding any updates ... . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixeljunkie Posted December 4, 2007 Report Share Posted December 4, 2007 found the replacement part. the entire mechanism needs to be replaced since the drive motor isn't sold seperate. the link is here. now i need to test the logic board for any burnt out IC's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinitwins Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 what parts are these - looks like the laser, motor and logic board are all here...? so you will now attempt to swap the logic board from this unit with your original logic board and then attach these parts to your PS3?? if it works out, please post a step by step pictorial guide for all us n00bs... V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reaper Posted December 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 ^^ gr8 job PJ.... keep us posted ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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