Possible PS3 flashing red light fix from MXACE

As the YouTube video from Blak06 shows, it kinda really sucks to get a PS3 that won’t turn on. Nobody wants to get the flashing red light on their PS3. But MXACE got the flashing red light problem – and found a fix. We’re not sure how it works (we’re not even sure it’s a real fix), and we’re not telling you to do the same thing. And please, don’t take matters into your own hands to the point that you’ll ruin your warranty.

We got an email from MXACE explaining the fix (you can read that email after the jump – click on the “Full Article” link below). And just in case we didn’t get the news right the first time, we got another email from MXACE a while later:

hey yesterday i woke up to bad news, i turned on my ps3 by the swich in the back and about 2 seconds later it beeped three times and the red light started flashing. after trying to turn it on for about 1/2 an hour i realized that it wasnt going to turn on…

i did some searching on the web and found nothing but 360 had the same problem. heres the interesting thing i found a ”fix”, all i did was take out the hard disk, and turn it on to get my game out. then i put the HD back in and turned it on. it worked. i booted up a game and the same damn red flashing light came back on.

i repeated the steps and checked to see it the game would work now, and it did! im currently useing my ps3 to write this. i wanted to let you guys over at QJ.net because i couldnt find a fix anywere and maybe if you post this ill end up helping someone else.

 

Finally, can we give two pieces of advice? If you’re PS3’s busted, take care of it right away – ask to get it fixed or replaced NOW. If you wait, then it becomes a question of “why did you wait so long?” It just makes it easier to prove your point if you bring it in as soon as possible.

Second, if you’re getting a launch console, keep the box, packaging, etc. Keep everything! Keep the receipts! Throw nothing away. Take lots of pictures. Because the odds of a launch console being buggy are higher than if you bought a console a year or two after launch.

If you’ve got more advice, be sure to share it with your fellow gamers.

As the YouTube video from Blak06 shows, it kinda really sucks to get a PS3 that won’t turn on. Nobody wants to get the flashing red light on their PS3. But MXACE got the flashing red light problem – and found a fix. We’re not sure how it works (we’re not even sure it’s a real fix), and we’re not telling you to do the same thing. And please, don’t take matters into your own hands to the point that you’ll ruin your warranty.

Anyway, here’s the story from MXACE:

Hey, today a woke up to a red flashing light on my ps3. I wondered wut it meant, searched it on google and found some pretty bad news. DEAD. after about 1/2 an hour of trying to turn it on i search a fix on google, but came up empty handed.

i decided that i would take the matter into my own hands. i took the hard drive out and turned it on, and to my amazement it work i dont know how, but it worked. i then wanted to play resistance fall of man. i booted up the game and boom it turned off beeped 3 times and the light flashed red onece again.

i took out the hard disk and booted it up again turned it off and put the hard disk back in. ive been playing ever since and it seems to be working fine. just thought that id give u guys a heads up, to help anyone else out there with the same problem.

And just in case we didn’t get the news right the first time, we got another email from MXACE a while later:

hey yesterday i woke up to bad news, i turned on my ps3 by the swich in the back and about 2 seconds later it beeped three times and the red light started flashing. after trying to turn it on for about 1/2 an hour i realized that it wasnt going to turn on…

i did some searching on the web and found nothing but 360 had the same problem. heres the interesting thing i found a ”fix”, all i did was take out the hard disk, and turn it on to get my game out. then i put the HD back in and turned it on. it worked. i booted up a game and the same damn red flashing light came back on.

i repeated the steps and checked to see it the game would work now, and it did! im currently useing my ps3 to write this. i wanted to let you guys over at QJ.net because i couldnt find a fix anywere and maybe if you post this ill end up helping someone else.

Finally, can we give two pieces of advice? If you’re PS3’s busted, take care of it right away – ask to get it fixed or replaced NOW. If you wait, then it becomes a question of “why did you wait so long?” It just makes it easier to prove your point if you bring it in as soon as possible.

Second, if you’re getting a launch console, keep the box, packaging, etc. Keep everything! Keep the receipts! Throw nothing away. Take lots of pictures. Because the odds of a launch console being buggy are higher than if you bought a console a year or two after launch.

If you’ve got more advice, be sure to share it with your fellow gamers.