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    PS3 dead?

    I bought a PS3 game the other day that I had never played but always wanted too. I plugged in the console which I had not used in a long time. I pressed the power button and it came on then two seconds later it shut off. No standby light, nothing. I unplugged it and tried again and the standby light came back on but it does the same thing. Has anybody here experienced this problem? I did a internet search but it comes up with hundreds of different answers and solutions. I would really hate if it is dead cause I still have some games I like to play on it and you can not have on PS4.

    Edit: My model is CECH-2001A

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    Stupid thing to try, but, if you have a different power cable to try, swap that. A few years back, I had my PS3 Slim (model you have) conk out when watching a DVD, and that's what fixed it. It has worked fine since.

    Otherwise, sounds like the power supply, which isn't especially pricey to get a replacement for. Hard to say for sure though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Isiolia View Post
    Stupid thing to try, but, if you have a different power cable to try, swap that. A few years back, I had my PS3 Slim (model you have) conk out when watching a DVD, and that's what fixed it. It has worked fine since.

    Otherwise, sounds like the power supply, which isn't especially pricey to get a replacement for. Hard to say for sure though.
    While not power, I had similar happen last week with a HDMI cable. When I bought a Steam Link I used one of my own brand new wrapped HDMI cables I bought from either monoprice or newegg. This was months ago that I hooked it up to my TV. Used it a few times and that was it. Last week try to turn it on and it loaded the splash screen and that was it. On a whim I opened a new HDMI cable and boom it's working. Never had that happen.

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