PS3 YLOD Question
PS3 YLOD Question
My PS3 died in the middle of a play session. I believe it is the YLOD. I do not care to try to fix it. I am going to give it to goodwill or something. I obviously want my personal info to be secure. Is taking the harddrive out enough to ensure no one is able to access my PSN info, credit card, etc?
Re: PS3 YLOD Question
Yeah, it should be completely safe. I imagine it would be impossible for your account info to be stored anywhere else other than the hard drive.
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Re: PS3 YLOD Question
I concur, removing the HDD should make it user-information free.
There is a PS3 model that has internal storage, though. The Super Slim 12GB model. Though I doubt that's what you have if it's suffering YLOD.
Just curious, how much would you let the unit go for if you weren't donating it?
There is a PS3 model that has internal storage, though. The Super Slim 12GB model. Though I doubt that's what you have if it's suffering YLOD.
Just curious, how much would you let the unit go for if you weren't donating it?