3 Long Beeps All Green No YLOD

[wizdumb]

A friend of mine gave me his defective BC 80gb ps3 because he picked up a slim. The first thing I do is plug it in, flip the switch on the back, and it immediately turns on (green light) without me having to touch the touch sensitive button then flashes green with a beep and finally beeps one more time (light is still green) hangs for about 1 second then turns off to standby mode. When I try to turn it on via the power button or eject it does not respond. However when I unplug the power cable and plug it back in the same thing happens with the 1 green flash and 3 long beeps before shutting down again.

Any idea as to what it may be? I have repaired ps3 consoles before but have never came across this type of error.

The hard drive can be ruled out as the culprit as it was the first thing I swapped after the error.

[sven]

Maybe the power button sensor is stuck. Sounds like what would happen if you hold the power button down when you flick the back switch; On>Video reset>off.

[Dim Mak]

Has this console been tampered with?
Is the warranty sticker on & unmolested?

[wizdumb]

Maybe the power button sensor is stuck. Sounds like what would happen if you hold the power button down when you flick the back switch; On>Video reset>off.

I think you might be right. I removed the top of the console and wiggled the sensor around a little but still no luck. I haven't havn't had too much time to mess with the board yet so I will give it more time today.

Has this console been tampered with?
Is the warranty sticker on & unmolested?

The warranty seale is removed due to a previous YLOD repair.


I appreciate your responses.

[wizdumb]

sven you were right. The power/eject pcb screws were on too tight. I removed them and the ps3 console works. If I put them back on, it does the same as before. I guess ill just have to mess with the board sensors in order to get it to not turn on by itself. Thanks for your insight. I was beginning to think it was a bigger issue.

[sven]

sven you were right. The power/eject pcb screws were on too tight. I removed them and the ps3 console works. If I put them back on, it does the same as before. I guess ill just have to mess with the board sensors in order to get it to not turn on by itself. Thanks for your insight. I was beginning to think it was a bigger issue.

Your welcome. Glad I could help.