Matt Jacobs
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My 320GB PS3 Slim (CECH25XXB) recently stopped booting. I tried two new sets of HDMI cables, thinking it was my TV, but no luck. Next, I tried to access the Safe Mode/recovery menu, but still saw no output on the screen. I also tried Safe Mode on an old, composite input TV to rule out my primary TV—no love there either. But what I noticed was when I removed my Hard Drive, it booted and told me that the Storage Media was missing. So I'm guessing it's something related to my HDD. A controller connected to USB will not register; it just blinks all four LEDs slowly. It shows the same symptoms when connected with component and old-school composite and HDMI cables.
The green light is on, there's no "yellowish" light of death, and the HDD access light will blink once at boot, then stays off. The HDD doesn't have any unusual noises (clicking, voice coil dead, etc.). Since I can't even get into Safe Mode, does this mean it's motherboard or power supply or HDD?
The green light is on, there's no "yellowish" light of death, and the HDD access light will blink once at boot, then stays off. The HDD doesn't have any unusual noises (clicking, voice coil dead, etc.). Since I can't even get into Safe Mode, does this mean it's motherboard or power supply or HDD?
