Fixing the Blinking Red Light Problem on Your PS3
If you would like to know how to fix the blinking red light issue on your PS3, then you have come to the right article as this is exactly what you will learn after you have read this piece. The PS3 is more durable than the Xbox 360, but it does have its own inherent set of problems from time to time. Initially, people thought that Call of Duty 4 was the game that was responsible for this issue, but it was later discovered that that wasn’t the case, because several months after, many people without the game developed the same issue.
If you have no idea of where to start, then you should consider contacting Sony to find out what the problem is, however, this issue is usually due to an overheating hard drive. It’s always best to be safe and for this reason, I suggest you don’t open your PS3 on your own. Moreover, if the warranty on your console has expired then you may have to pay up to $160 to have it repaired.
Try not to be disheartened by this issue. Most of the time the problem is due to a connection issue with your hard drive or the actual hard drive itself is damaged.
The quickest way of fixing your PS3 is to carefully re-set the hard drive. In order for you to properly do this, you must first take the hard drive out and then put it back in. This is usually all that is required to fix the blinking red light on your PS3. If the red light persists, even after you’ve used this method, then you may have to purchase a new hard drive and in rare cases a whole new PS3.
But you needn’t worry, because even if you have to purchase a new hard drive, it’d cost you significantly less than $160. The chances that you’ll have to purchase a whole new PS3 on the other hand is very small as this method is known to work 90% of the time.
