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this is what I am getting I’ve had a PlayStation three slim for a number of years and open till a few weeks ago it worked fine and then all of a sudden it started freezing and I will get these different colored lines through the screen and it would freeze up I’ll have to turn it off and turn it back on and sometimes I wouldn’t get a signal back to the television and I will take me a while to finally get the signal back and then eventually it would freeze and get the colors again so I went on eBay and bought a brand new not a brand new a new used PS3 fact that was backwards compatible and I’m having the same issue with I’ve looked on YouTube and done all the tutorials I don’t know what’s going on how could the same problem be with two different PlayStation’s what’s going on could it be the wiring the television I have no idea
Hi @D Key It seems as that it is in both consoles then, so my only suggestion now are to try to update the firmware (if the console stays on properly for long enough) and see what happens. Maybe try only one first. Other than that it could be a hardware problem (overheating?) so you may have to open them up and check for any obvious component problems e.g. heat stressed components or blown or leaking capacitors etc. Here’s the Ifixit PlayStation 3 Repair guides that will help.
