Author Topic: Our Playstation broke D:  (Read 2531 times)

PS3 thread?
LOL XBOX IS BETTER I TOLL YOU
forget-your-self
Hey. I wasn't trolling. PS3 is better in other aspects. And if Rekuddo is right then I'll admit I'm wrong and they are the same in the crashing aspect. Also if Rekuddo is right Masterlegodude has some hope as well.

And there you go on rambling how Halo famboys are so immature and Halo is stupid.  
For the third time, I don't think Halo is stupid. I just get annoyed when all anybody talks about in my school is Halo.


Also, Master, is the PS3 still under warranty?

Sounds like a general hardware failure, if there's no sign of a component having failed, get a multimeter/voltmeter and check connections. It's tedious but pretty much all consoles are mass-produced in China, and Chinese manufacturing companies are filthy and try to save as much money as possible. The problem in this case is that the console runs a hardware check before turning on, and the check is failing, it's likely due to a hairline fracture on a soldering joint, this is the case with most current-generation consoles because they're made with lead-free solder, which is more prone to invisible hairline fractures after repeated heating/cooling, which happens often inside the case of a high-performance console. If you're handy with a soldering iron and a multimeter, you could spend a few hours checking the connections to the chips and other components.

If it's not a problem there, then it might be a failure of a copper track on one of the circuit boards, in which case you could technically solder a bridging wire over the failed area to fix the machine. I must urge you not to mess with the motherboard if you don't know what you're doing though, you could forget things up further.

You could just send it back if you don't fancy spending hours checking every tiny connection though, as long as you haven't opened it up or used any form of jailbreak, it should be covered by warranty.

Seriously, I don't know why people keep the default cases for their consoles, mounting a couple more fans and heat sinks can prolong console life quite a bit if you can keep everything cool enough.


forget HURRY UP FEBRUARY 13th I WANT GODDAMN GOLDENEYE 007 FOR WII!


forget HURRY UP FEBRUARY 13th I WANT GODDAMN GOLDENEYE 007 FOR WII!


My birthday is Feb 16th. :cookieMonster:

Like how PSN is free.
;-;
Yes. That is a big thing that is better.



Where did all these replies come from?

How long have you had that PS3?
I'm not sure, but i'd say around three years or so

actually all of your LBP levels and costumes and progress are saved to your PS3 account :D
Whoa! Seriously?

forget HURRY UP FEBRUARY 13th I WANT GODDAMN GOLDENEYE 007 FOR WII!
This seemed to have come out of nowhere...

could just be overheating
in which case you just need to re-apply some thermic paste to the CPU and then give your PS3 more space. oh and clean the thing of dust, 3 years of dust builds up.
« Last Edit: January 22, 2011, 03:38:29 PM by blaman »

We've actually had it since the day it came out

We have cleaned it several times when we had to clean the table off and clean the dust off of that, the TV and other stuff on it, we don't clean it often, but we have cleaned it several times

Best blog.

That's pretty sad. You could get a new one and start over again...

Best blog.

That's pretty sad. You could get a new one and start over again...
That's what we're doing, it's just sad to see everything is gone :(

actually all of your LBP levels and costumes and progress are saved to your PS3 account :D
Network saving?


seriously though my pc did this and im still pissed i couldn't get all those game saves

That's what we're doing, it's just sad to see everything is gone :(

I got a new 160gb slim for xmas as an upgrade from my 3 year old 40gb phat model. Lost all of my saves not saved to my PSN account from that because you can't just transfer harddrives without reformatting them. :c
It's stuffty, but you get over it.

Also backup all of your saves regularly to PSN. I've started doing that since I got the slim.

also, yeah my old 60gb PS3 got the yellow light to. we got a 40gb one and a game with our warranty though

we also have a ps slim

Whoa! Seriously?
yeah, i accidently deleted my LBP save before and got super mad, then i replayed it to find everything still there

I got a new 160gb slim for xmas as an upgrade from my 3 year old 40gb phat model. Lost all of my saves not saved to my PSN account from that because you can't just transfer harddrives without reformatting them. :c
It's stuffty, but you get over it.

You know, you can transfer the saves to your computer and then transfer them back to your new PS3.

You know, you can transfer the saves to your computer and then transfer them back to your new PS3.

Still have to reformat to even use it on the computer. Phat and Slim models use some different systems so it won't work no matter what.