Or worst still the kids have been playing happily away on the console until something went wrong and they came running to you for help?
Well firstly let me say “DON'T PANIC!” – I have seen almost every error the PS3 can encounter as I run a PS3 Repair service (and Xbox 360) full time and have some good news:
I get asked these questions EVERY day and that in itself shows the extent of these problems with the PS3!
Note: The errors shown here from left to right are the YLOD (or red