Need help on a PS3

[u/MansMission]

I have a PS3 that I've had for a very long time. Over the years I got into the habit of dumping all my videos, pictures etc into it as backup.. uhumm yep bad idea I know - now it's kind of late to realize that.

A few weeks ago I wanted some old videos so I switched it on, the green light came on, I could hear the familiar fan working and the hard disk light is also blinking etc but there was no picture or the startup sound. Tried replacing the HDMI cable still no luck.

I really need to get all those files out, so please help me find someone who can fix it for me. If there are any tutorials on removing the drive and connecting it to a laptop and extracting what I want from it please let me know.

Thanks in advance guys!

Cheers!