PS3 yellow light of death – Tips to avoid
Are you the owner of a PS3 is likely to have heard of the dreaded PS3 Yellow light of death. If you're lucky you have not yet had the problem, but unfortunately it is becoming increasingly popular among PS3 owners. With this article I hope to share with you some simple tips to help you (hopefully) avoid succumbing to a bug light yellow.
Now the most common cause of the problem is simply the overheating of the console. This is the samesame problem happened to thousands of Xbox 360 owners with their red rings of death problem.
So the first thing I want to do is be absolutely sure that there is adequate ventilation around the console at any time. Try to have at least 4 inches of space around all 4 sides so that the console will remain fresh. Some people suggest standing your PS3 vertically using a vertical support like this means that there will be more air flow on all sides of theconsole.
Another suggestion is to buy a cooling stand. These are custom made for the PS3 stand up to them and to provide fresh air through the use of a fan that is directed to the console in order to keep it cooler. Remember , overheating is the main enemy of your PS3 console and lead to the dreaded yellow light of death so that the cooler is the best console for you the result.
As an incentive to keep your console cool, unlessare still under warranty will cost you a cool $ 150 to send it back to Sony for them to solve the problem.
Try these tips and hopefully will never have the PS3 yellow light of death.
