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Screen flashing back and freezing during games

When watching a dvd or playing a game the screen flashes black for a second or two. i have had my ps3 for little over a year but it has just started doing this in the past couple weeks. any idea whats wrong?

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If your PS3 is freezing up then this happens in much the same way as the 3 red lights on the Xbox 360.

The GPU and the CPU heat up and you need to stop the heat to fix it.

You can send it in and pay $130 to get it fixed or you can use the recommended PS3 Repair guide that will have it fixed for you in under an hour!

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