YLOD - what is it? The phenomenon has a name: YLOD stands for Yellow Light Of Death. During boot, the PS3 a hardware self-test. The yellow light indicates a malfunction. The most common reason: are thermal stress leads cracks and thus to disruption to the solder joints. Components such as processors are mostly intact. Experts are thinking the same on the Xbox 360 counterpart, which gained under the names Red Ring Of Death (RROD shortly), ROD, or Red Lights Of Death (RLOD) celebrity.