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PlayStation 3: I have a red flashing light, after a quick green and yellow?

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:02:09 -0700

when i turn my ps3 on i get a quick flash of green then yellow light then it turns red and stays flashing till you touch the on button again and then it turns off any ideas

⟐ Answered March 1, 2012 at 10:02 pm -0700

ps3 60gb model: red light flashing after refill thermal paste

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 07:14:20 -0700

i have fixed my ps3 having had a ylod when i switched it back on it goes from a green light to a red flashing light the yellow light is gone.What could be the problem has anyone had the same problem. What did i do wrong.

⟐ Answer accepted March 28, 2013 at 7:14 am -0700

PlayStation 2: crashes during game.?overheating or over

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:45:22 -0700

I've been looking for similar problems but everything seems to be for the PS3. My kids have the "buzz" games and at first I thought that they were all madly pressing the buttons and the machine had overloaded and crashed. Took the game to in-laws and it played fine. The PS2 works ok for about 30minutes then crashes and goes back to home screen, red power light flashes. Turn machine off and on again and it will play for less time. I am thinking this is some sort of overheating or video problem, fans are working, it was thoroughly cleaned not so long ago (problem started ages after that so I can't see a link)Not a disk prob as it happens with other games. Ideas???

Update

it would seem that the fan I have taken out is not so easy to find similar new, I've a few bids on broken PS2's to try and salvage but there are apparently 12 different releases so fans differ.. am looking for 60mmx15mm fan, output is 24.5cfm. 2 Pin connection. anyone know how much variation I can go? Closest I've found is 21cfm which I'm very tempted to get but it comes from the US so I've time to dither if exactness is the key.

⟐ Commented April 16, 2012 at 1:45 pm -0700