Hardware PS3 won´t turn on after HDD swap

[fringle]

Hi I'm having the same issue right now. But mine will beeps 3 times then the console will turn off and the LED light just keeps flashing red. Did you experience the same issue when an HDD is inserted in your console? I tried it without the HDD it turns on but it says "Cannot start. The appropiate system storage was not found".

What you are describing is known as the yellow light of death caused by a hardware problem. Could be HDD but could also be something else. Try formatting the hdd in a pc and see if that helps.

 

[Ozzen]

It was a while ago so I don't remember the details, I would advise you to try what I did and see if it solves the issue, if not you may need to ask someone who's knowledgeable in PS3 hardware.

Thank you so much for the fast response. After doing the low level format it is now working again! Thanks!

Post automatically merged: Oct 13, 2022

What you are describing is known as the yellow light of death caused by a hardware problem. Could be HDD but could also be something else. Try formatting the hdd in a pc and see if that helps.

Thank you the fast response however, I got it working now. The low level format resolved the issue.