PS3 Borked

@the OP..

The only way I've reliably got the disk out of the 2 PS3's that've failed that way was to dismantle it, and just remove it that way.. The owners then got the refurbs off Sony.. there was never any comeback on opening them up!



NightSt@lk3r said:
What, another bullet proof PS3 failure? *shock*
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Comically, the counter is "Well it's not as bad as a 360"..
As it that makes it somehow OK!!! It's still bloomin terrible!
 
Well, the replacement has just arrived.
Not even opened it yet... out of interest, I asked the courier "do you get many of these?"

"Oh yeah, hundreds, we get them every day"

I suppose in fairness, a courier whos job it is to collect faulty consoles IS going to see a lot of them, but still!

Right, time to get this unpacked, and I hope to God it doesn't have noisy fans!

Vin.

EDIT: Just plugged it in as is. Firmware is version 2.5 something, so doesn't seem to have been used for a while. The top seems new, and the memory card cover, and buttons were covered by thin film. Looks like new for the most part, except for some scratches on the underside. Just updating the firmware, and then I'll swap HDDs over and get on with it properly.

EDIT: OK, as the customer services guy said, when I popped my HDD back in there, it told me I had to format it, so did that, and am now restoring my backup from my USB HDD. Once again, it told me that because the backup was made on a different PS3 system, that some files would not be available. I guess I'll have to wait and find out what those are. Hopefully all my PSN games and save games are intact, but I guess it's those that it's talking about. Anyway, no point in speculating, I'll find out in 18 mins....

EDIT: Bah! Restore complete. Then it rebuilt the file system. Then.... damn, unlike when you restore to your own PS3, there are NO game installs, either from blurays, or PSN Store, so these will all have to be downloaded again, not so much fun when you're on a cap... but never mind I suppose. There ARE definitely some save games missing too, notably, Resident Evil 5, as I'd feared. All it's restored is savegames, music, photos and videos, and themes. Damn, no gamedata at all. Still, not the end of the world, that can be reinstalled and downloaded. Just an inconvenience. A shame, considering it was all backed up. Anyway, just posting all this, so anybody else in the same situation knows what to expect.

(and interestingly, as I go to try to sign into my PSN account, I notice my previously added words are in the predicted text box, after the backup)

So far I seem to have lost RE5 savegame, so no unlimited magnum for me :( and Killzone 2 isn't there, nor either of my NFS games, and possibly more.
 
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I still have 2 original 60Gbs. One bought on release day. Working fine so far but I am particularly meticulous in keeping them clean and dust covered when not in use. Regular blow out with compressed air to get the dust outta the vents etc. Dunno if that's anything to do with it mind you. No one I know with a 60Gb has had it fail....yet...

Funny thing. Got an original PS2 from release day and fired it up a few weeks ago. Still working fine :D
 
Krunchy said:
Turn the rocker switch off so there are no lights on the PS3. Hold the eject button and turn the rocker switch on. The fans will come on high, and the disc should eject.
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I sent it back on Monday, but never mind, this didn't work anyway.
It wouldn't come on for long enough to eject the disk.

I tried turning on the rocker switch, and holding down the power button, the eject button, and anything else I could find.

Nothing worked.
It came on, and just gave a yellow light and red flashing light, and shut down, before any chance of ejecting the disk.

Vin.

I also don't think this works on 60gb units anyway.
 
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REDD555 said:
I still have 2 original 60Gbs. One bought on release day. Working fine so far but I am particularly meticulous in keeping them clean and dust covered when not in use. Regular blow out with compressed air to get the dust outta the vents etc. Dunno if that's anything to do with it mind you. No one I know with a 60Gb has had it fail....yet...

Funny thing. Got an original PS2 from release day and fired it up a few weeks ago. Still working fine :D
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I kept mine clean too.
I have quite a few mates with 60gb units, mine is the only one to fail.
I also used my a lot more than anybody else though. It was on a lot of the day, every day, either just streaming media, PlayTV or games.

I hope the replacement lasts longer.

Vin.
 
bad news mine has also bit the dust , every time i boot up i get a yellow or green light for a split second then red light .

i have no problem swapping it over as i work at gamestation, but my game saves are going to be a problem .

i believe that when you put your old hd into a new ps3 it has to format it , is there anyway round it
 
my own ps3.. has been acting up a bit lately - at times in the middle of games the controller will just disconnect even though its fully recharged. I will also get freeze screen when im on the internet at times and have to switch it off and on to fix it.
 
hm i have a 60gb and over the last couple of days when stressed on COD 5 the bottom quarter of the screen starts to go jerky and the frame/sound start screwing up

if i move the console and blow through it i can begin gaming again after a few minutes so im presuming its heat related.

is that the solder fault or just too much dust etc?
 
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