"yellow light of death" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: yellow lights of death [plural]
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  1. (video games) A general hardware failure in the PlayStation 3 video game console and related to an issue on the motherboard, the power supply, commonly caused by a degraded capacitor. Categories (topical): Video games Related terms: red ring of death
    Sense id: en-yellow_light_of_death-en-noun-oFtxdCuT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: video-games

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