PS3 power help

[Dozer5274]

So I have a broken PS3. It doesn't turn on at all. No standby light. I assumed it was the power supply. I replaced the Power supply and it still didn't work. So I hoped it was something as trivial as the switch or the cord. Neither were the problem. Does anyone else have any ideas?

 

[patsu]

Try their customer service:

http://playstation.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/playstation.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php?&p_sid=_EduE5qj

 

[deepbrown]

So I have a broken PS3. It doesn't turn on at all. No standby light. I assumed it was the power supply. I replaced the Power supply and it still didn't work. So I hoped it was something as trivial as the switch or the cord. Neither were the problem. Does anyone else have any ideas?

Console has overheated and died. You'll need a new one.

 

[SG79]

I would've guessed the it was the internal adapter, but I assumed that's what you meant by power supply (right?). I'd call your region's Sony customer service before calling it quits.

Overheaing doesn't quite kill a piece of hardware completely, but a power surge does.

 

[Squilliam]

It could be the motherboard, I doubt its the power switch because you would get the standby light if it was.

 

[phat]

This failure mode (no power light) happened to one of my launch 60GB units. Called up Sony, even though it was a few months out of warranty, and they exchanged it for free.

Another failure mode (random and frequent lock-ups very soon after boot up) afflicted my other launch 60's, and Sony extended the warranty to cover all of them. All of them had been folding at home pretty much 24/7, so I suspect a thermal issue in the first batch of PS3's. The fact that Sony so readily extended my warranty suggests they are well aware of an endemic problem.