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This means you have the yellow light of death (similar to red rings on an xbox) can be fixed.

First Try the power cord in a seperate outlet away from other devises if it doesnt work try this

1.Get a hair dryer and blow the air into the back of the ps3 for 15minutes.

2.Then get a fan and blow that in the back of the ps3 for 20minutes

proplem solved :)

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