Technical Help

[deadbluray]

good little guide, maybe the mods should make this a sticky

also a good price for your old unit, YLOD ones seem to go for more than dead Bluray ones on Ebay, maybe because they shouldn't need new parts to fix

[Lynchy91_EFC]

do you put the hairdryer on hot or cold???

[bigbrownbear123]

Hot, the hottest setting possible.

[jerrrrrry]

this sounds like a 12 year old came up with this hair dryer idea... but I didn't see any other choice

- had a 20GB that went bad, didn't recognize disks. so I paid $150 USD for a refurb 20gb piece of crap that got the YLOD on 25 Feb.

- Ordered a 120gb Slim on amazon the next week, and then looked for ways to get my data back.

- Tried the hairdryer method earlier, didn't work --- Because I didn't have the console upside down when I blewdry it.

- Tried again upside down, and it worked; (Hottest setting from 2 inches away for 15 minutes. Then cooled it for 30 minutes by window)

- I am now transfering data

if there's anyone else skeptical like me, it IS just crazy enough to work!

[bumfaced]

it didn't work at 15 inches but 15 cm was friggin perfect. thank you for your help, i was devastated at 1st but you've lightened the blow 8) major thumbs up