My PS3 and HDMI don't go well together

Tony Williams · 30 Mar 2007 at 21:31

Chris369 said:
Just phoned Sony up and I have to get it replaced via Amazon first but if they wont/can't then Sony will.

Good luck there mate - please post back once you get the new one if that's working or not.

Chris369 · 30 Mar 2007 at 21:35

I'll try and remember

What do I do about my game saves?

Tony Williams · 30 Mar 2007 at 21:37

If the hard disk is internal you can't do much I don't think (I'll let someone else take this since I don't have a PS3)

If it's external like in the 360 one you might be able to keep it.

monty166 · 30 Mar 2007 at 21:39

Ive had this happen once with mine to

its only happend once so far but it was just as you discribed in your first post

no signal and control pad would not connect

i also had to turn off the machine at the back and turn it back on. its been fine since tho.

Phemo · 30 Mar 2007 at 21:39

Chris369 said:
I'll try and remember

What do I do about my game saves?

You'll have to get some sort of USB drive or a memory card and copy them over.

Chris369 · 30 Mar 2007 at 21:46

Phemo said:
You'll have to get some sort of USB drive or a memory card and copy them over.

I have a USB key and memory stick duo but I'm guessing I need to get the PS3 to load up before I can copy the game saves?

Dutch Guy · 30 Mar 2007 at 22:32

If the PS3 is faulty but the harddrive is working Sony will give you the old harddisk in a new PS3 or copy the contents.

You have to RMA the complete machine, you cannot keep the harddisk and RMA the unit.

Phemo · 30 Mar 2007 at 22:37

Chris369 said:
I have a USB key and memory stick duo but I'm guessing I need to get the PS3 to load up before I can copy the game saves?

Oh obviously, sorry, I was being an idiot

I guess there's not a lot you can do unless you know anyone else with a PS3 - then you can put your hard drive in there and copy the saves off. Otherwise, hope that Sony will do what Dutch Guy said.

Dutch Guy · 31 Mar 2007 at 08:54

Phemo said:
Otherwise, hope that Sony will do what Dutch Guy said.

I was at a retail event from Sony a month ago for retailers and they stated that they would try to save the data on the harddrives if possible and I think that is true.

If you really want to play it safe I guess you could remove the drive, connect it to a PC and copy all the data but this is time consuming.

Chris369 · 31 Mar 2007 at 15:20

Dutch Guy said:
If you really want to play it safe I guess you could remove the drive, connect it to a PC and copy all the data but this is time consuming.

I decided to try this. Took the hard drive out and connected it to my motherboard. Booted from the usual hard disk but I see no way of getting the data off the PS3 one? I was expecting it to be under my computer but it's not.

Phemo · 31 Mar 2007 at 17:54

Chris369 said:
I decided to try this. Took the hard drive out and connected it to my motherboard. Booted from the usual hard disk but I see no way of getting the data off the PS3 one? I was expecting it to be under my computer but it's not.

Yeah I've tried it too. It seems the PS3 hard drive is formatted with a filesystem that Windows can't recognise.

Kreeeee · 31 Mar 2007 at 18:54

Phemo said:
Yeah I've tried it too. It seems the PS3 hard drive is formatted with a filesystem that Windows can't recognise.

So use hard drive cloning software.

Chris369 · 31 Mar 2007 at 21:15

It's working now :confused:

I decided to plug the cable that came with it straight into the TV instead of with the scart connector which I use before (and on the other TV).

Said I had to format my disk though so I must have messed it up somehow with windows earlier :/

Zefan · 31 Mar 2007 at 21:48

Can't believe no one's mantioned the sweary in the opening post

Glad to hear it's all good now.

Tony Williams · 31 Mar 2007 at 22:38

Chris369 said:
It's working now

I decided to plug the cable that came with it straight into the TV instead of with the scart connector which I use before (and on the other TV).

Said I had to format my disk though so I must have messed it up somehow with windows earlier :/

I'd still worry about HDMI, since composite you have now is an aweful connection.

Chris369 · 31 Mar 2007 at 23:03

Yeah it was bad but I changed it back to HDMI and it worked first time. Could have been coincidence so I'll keep testing it tomorrow and if it starts doing it again I'll send it out on Monday (which is when I was going to send it anyway).