My PS3 Died :(

[Cipher]

No no, i did mean it very literal
Gravity could do it's thing to get connections touching, but no dice i guess

If you make wide circular motions holding the ps3 do you here any rambling of some sort? (don't shake up and down/left and right, not good for your tech)

Cipher

[Ace3000]

In an extremely literal case, yes. I hear the handle for the HDD moving about.

In terms of any crucial hardware that has broken, no.

[Cipher]

Hmmm, not sure what the actual cause of the problem is then, but it does look like you'll have to get inside in order to, perhaps, fix it :/

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[blackwiggle]

If it starts up for a second then shuts down again, well I suspect it is a faulty capacitor on the motherboard that is not holding charge.
About a $5 part and easy to fix in the right hands.
Ring this lot near you to get local advice.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~modking/

[Cipher]

you seen the video posted earlier? same symptons, yet fixed with a push in place kind of thing, makes me think it's not a hardware component, but i honestly don't know

Could just be old soldering that came lose/broke off

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[Ace3000]

There are some people that say to use a Phillips screwdriver on some white thingy, I don't know. It honestly could be one of a large number of things.

I discovered how to do it, and I am able to do the "Fan Test", does that help in diagnosis? I know that doing it did nothing to fix the problem, but hey, less dust in the system to worry about!

[slimjim]

you seen the video posted earlier? same symptons, yet fixed with a push in place kind of thing, makes me think it's not a hardware component, but i honestly don't know

Could just be old soldering that came lose/broke off

Cipher

there were comments on that video saying that instead of pushing that thing in place just try and make sure the screws around that area are all tightened up i guess thats also worth a shot