Not Reading Discs:

Your games or movies may be loading slowly, freezing during game play, stuttering or not playing at all.

PS3 Jammed Disc Drive:

Often as a result of children putting too many discs into the drive at once, the drive will not accept or eject discs and may make a loud clicking sound.

PS3 XMB Dashboard Does Not Start Up:

The console will power on but when starting up the dashboard / start menu does not fully load, indicated by waving lines but no icons.

PS3 Cannot Load or Save Games:

You are having difficulty loading or saving you games, sometimes you may see messages regarding corrupt data.

PS3 Not Turning On / No Power:

The playstation 3 will not turn on, it has no signs of life.

PS3 Will Not Connect to Internet:

The console will not connect to the internet, despite checking cables & configuration settings. Wireless & wired connections can be affected.

PS3 Not Turning On – YLOD:

When turning the console on from standby, the light changes to green then to yellow and back to red followed by 3 beeps. This fault is commonly called the yellow light of death, no display is sent to the t.v.

PS3 Freezing Graphics:

The console will freeze randomly, the console may also freeze on the main dashboard. Often caused by a graphics chip defect but also disc reading problems.

PS3 Shutting Down / Over Heating:

The playstation 3 will shut down during use and the standby light will flash, often after about 20 minutes of the console being turned on.