FearlessSasuke Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 I have a PS3 Slim model cech 3001a, recently its having a power problem where I turn it on and after a bit it shuts off by itself, no beeps no light just completely powered off, anyone experience a similar situation, anything I can do to fix it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helyx Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 1 hour ago, FearlessSasuke said: anything I can do to fix it? If it's not an issue with the power button itself and there's no error code beeps (like for overheating), I'd say start by troubleshooting the power inlet. Try the PS3 on a different outlet and (if possible) a different power cable; also check the pins on the PSU inlet. Barring those, it may be a bad PSU or a defect with the mainboard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FearlessSasuke Posted January 12, 2021 Author Share Posted January 12, 2021 (edited) Tried different outlet and different power cable, no luck. Edit: Went as far as swapping the power supply from a spare PS3 slim and it still shut off so I'm guessing this is Motherboard related :/ what are my options with this? Edited January 12, 2021 by FearlessSasuke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FearlessSasuke Posted January 13, 2021 Author Share Posted January 13, 2021 Looks like it's a motherboard problem, what are my options, no way to fix it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidou Kuzunoha XIV Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Might be a weird question, but out of curiosity, are you playing PS2 classics on it? I've actually occasionally had this happen on both my slim and super slim models shortly after starting PS2 classic games on them, without warning they just shut down and when I look over, the power light is completely out and needs to be pressed to get it red again. Assuming that's not the case, and you've already tried changing the power cable and PSU as you said, then yeah, it could be motherboard related. Also, are you using an HDMI switcher at all? It's unlikely, but if the PS3 is plugged into something like that, it could be causing the power issues. I've occasionally had issues with this, but it's generally just been things like the SNES mini, which don't draw much power anyway and don't really output enough power to properly power an HDMI switch. Might be worth posting this somewhere like r/consolerepair on reddit, they'd probably be knowledgeable about this kind of thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FearlessSasuke Posted January 13, 2021 Author Share Posted January 13, 2021 Had two digital PS2 games on it, barely touched it, I was playing House of the Dead 3 when it just died out of no where, no splitters were used, it would be a shame to lose my console, had it for a long while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidou Kuzunoha XIV Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Honestly it could be anything, could be a CPU issue, motherboard issue, could even be that a cable somewhere is loose. Could be the graphics card, but I kinda doubt. I actually had a super slim suddenly have its GPU die on me, and it would still turn on like normal, just nothing would ever display. Didn't matter about the cable, TV, or resetting the video options or anything, it just wouldn't work with anything. Took it back to the store since it was only 5 months old and they confirmed it was likely the GPU. So I think the PS3 would likely still "work" rather than just switching itself off if the graphics card was dying, so you can probably rule that out at least, but take that with a pinch of salt, I'm no expert on this. All I can suggest is either taking it to a specialist repair store if that's at all possible, or try fiddling about with other things to see if anything works. Sorry this happened to your PS3, it always really sucks when a console decides to just stop working. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otonio_Bruno Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 Just an amateur speaking but: It's the motherboard and it's dead. Had the same problem about 2 years ago on my Super Slim. It would power on, one second later it would power off. Had to send it to a repair shop, they promptly told it was a motheboard failure. Had to swap for a new one (Don't know if they had CPU/GPU lifted then reballed during the process, it was kinda cheap to be honest, paid about R$200.00 which is about U$35.00 after conversion nowdays, beats buying a new console. Had no problems so far after that (Console-wise) Also I have some bad news...if it's indeed the motherboard, the saves and games downloaded on the HDD are gone if the repairshop can't recover the motherboard =/, happened to me as well, had to redownload almost 500GB of games and lost some game saves I didn't have a backup for. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FearlessSasuke Posted January 14, 2021 Author Share Posted January 14, 2021 (edited) Glad to hear you got your PS3 working again for relatively cheap. Talking about saves I just tried turning it back on to see if I could upload some saves to PSN Plus before it shut down on me again. I actually managed to back up some saves and it was staying on for a bit so I tried creating a backup using a usb thumbstick but the second I connected the thumbstick it shutdown completely again, and when I tried turning it back on it shut down completely after a few seconds. Edited January 14, 2021 by FearlessSasuke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fubuki Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 My PS3 Slim also has a similar problem with other problems as well. Laggy menus, trophies not syncing and not being able to read games. I think it might be a HDD issue or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazkowicz6 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Laggy menu does sound like HDD problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FearlessSasuke Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 I also had laggy menus, doubt a HDD would cause power problems, would it? Also I see Sony still repairs PS3s wonder if I should send it to them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowxSakura Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 35 minutes ago, FearlessSasuke said: I also had laggy menus, doubt a HDD would cause power problems, would it? Also I see Sony still repairs PS3s wonder if I should send it to them? They're only repairing super slims Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FearlessSasuke Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 24 minutes ago, SnowxSakura said: They're only repairing super slims Well that's a bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowxSakura Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 7 minutes ago, FearlessSasuke said: Well that's a bummer. Best bet is a local repair shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazkowicz6 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 (edited) Yeah,HDD issues shouldn't cause power problems. Wow customer services are great in US if you can still send PS3 to Sony to get it fixed. There is no chance of that in second world countries,only chance is local shop . ? My Slim also died recently,first it was 3 beeps and shutdown during gaming followed by not being able to get to xmb at all. So I bought used Super Slim and I gotta say it is silent.Without disc spinning I would barely hear it. Edited January 23, 2021 by blazkowicz6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FearlessSasuke Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 The pain of losing your console. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazkowicz6 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Indeed,sad thing. I bought mine in 2009. It died in september and I didn't wan't to buy new one until december. ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaAlLoAg Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 I've experienced the same issue with my own PS3 Slim: I turn it ON, 3sec later 3 *beeps* sounds while my PS3 turns itself OFF (That was a pain, never gonna buy refurbished items from GameStop ever again ). I started checking every once per month if the console would let me do something, believing that the problem would fix itself, but after 7 months I just give up and keep it somewhere in my home. Years later I remembered the console, plug it and turn it ON just to see, and It worked. I have no idea how, but I'm grateful So yeah, this could be the worst suggestion you could possibly recieve, but maybe waiting 2-3 years will fix it?, It worked for me, somehow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowxSakura Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 16 hours ago, SaAlLoAg said: I've experienced the same issue with my own PS3 Slim: I turn it ON, 3sec later 3 *beeps* sounds while my PS3 turns itself OFF (That was a pain, never gonna buy refurbished items from GameStop ever again ). I started checking every once per month if the console would let me do something, believing that the problem would fix itself, but after 7 months I just give up and keep it somewhere in my home. Years later I remembered the console, plug it and turn it ON just to see, and It worked. I have no idea how, but I'm grateful So yeah, this could be the worst suggestion you could possibly recieve, but maybe waiting 2-3 years will fix it?, It worked for me, somehow 3 beeps can be overheating issues or capacitors failing to send enough voltage to the rsx and cell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazkowicz6 Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 (edited) Yeah,when cleaning the console and new thermal paste don't help it is probably capacitor problem. But looks like they can be replaced. Edited February 26, 2021 by blazkowicz6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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