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redreader posted:Time to back up my save games! I've used compressed air on my ps3 a couple of times. I'll try vacuuming the vents anyway. I don't think you have to panic just yet, but don't use compressed air again. As far as I can tell, unless you're working with it open, the air jsut makes the dust fly around in there without actually getting it out. It's off of what you need it to be off of, but still sort of built up in the system.
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| # ? Jul 15, 2011 18:47 |
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So we hear about dead PS3s with the YLOD. What does a flashing red light mean?  I mean besides it being obviously just as dead. Cursory Google search seems to indicate it's far rarer. gently caress. 80 GB PS3 with software PS2 compatibility that I use. Primary gaming/BluRay/Netflix/other streaming system in this home. edit: Looks like there's a reasonably-priced repair place here in Toronto at least, charging "$60-80" for YLOD or red repairs. http://www.videogamerepairtoronto.ca/ps3.php teethgrinder fucked around with this message at Jul 16, 2011 around 18:17 |
| # ? Jul 16, 2011 18:12 |
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Those repairs typically don't last and are only meant so you can sync your trophies/copy your saves before it dies again.
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| # ? Jul 16, 2011 18:42 |
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So I'd be better off sending it to Sony and sucking up whatever they charge? It'll be a kick in the pants, but I have all of my on-hold game saves on PSN+. Just being without this for six weeks would blow. edit: choice would be easier if I didn't care about PS2 compatibility. Stupid Sony. I sure haven't backed up my PS2 saves lately unfortunately.edit2: I think I'll try the local repair, backup obsessively, and just see how long it lasts. Then maybe I'll trade it for a slim if it dies again and try to get my PS2 back from my sister 
teethgrinder fucked around with this message at Jul 16, 2011 around 19:02 |
| # ? Jul 16, 2011 18:48 |
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This discussion is making me glad I used my PS+ discount to get the Playstation Protection Plan a while ago.
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| # ? Jul 16, 2011 19:44 |
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If I let a third-party fix my PS3, will Sony do paid repair/replacement if/when it dies again? (It's long out of warranty.)
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| # ? Jul 16, 2011 22:43 |
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My PS3's disc drive has been sounding like it's working overtime lately but today it started sounding really haggard. It's making a really loud grinding sound, I was thinking about taking it apart and seeing what's up. Will I need any special tools to get to the disc drive or will I just need a screw driver?
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| # ? Jul 17, 2011 01:56 |
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My Playstation got stolen, I called to get my password reset so I don't end up with tons of charges or anything. The service guy told me I should have the officer "working the case" call and they'll do anything they can to help. I told him that, he seemed skeptical and so am I, any chance they can/will do anything to locate it if it goes online or something? I'm more interested in locating it in hopes of finding all the other stuff that was stolen.
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| # ? Jul 17, 2011 02:09 |
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RandolphCarter posted:My PS3's disc drive has been sounding like it's working overtime lately but today it started sounding really haggard. It's making a really loud grinding sound, I was thinking about taking it apart and seeing what's up. Will I need any special tools to get to the disc drive or will I just need a screw driver? Screwdrivers are all you need to take the PS3 all the way down. Mostly Phillips, but there are some Torx in there too.
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| # ? Jul 17, 2011 04:00 |
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tophet posted:My Playstation got stolen, I called to get my password reset so I don't end up with tons of charges or anything. The service guy told me I should have the officer "working the case" call and they'll do anything they can to help. I told him that, he seemed skeptical and so am I, any chance they can/will do anything to locate it if it goes online or something? I'm more interested in locating it in hopes of finding all the other stuff that was stolen. I've heard of this happening before, but it was found because the thief logged into the owner's account and used it from a different IP address. Otherwise, I'm not sure what your chances are. Good luck in this.
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| # ? Jul 17, 2011 17:11 |
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I didn't know where to ask this since there isn't a playstation megathread I don't think? I was trying to play Champions Return To Arms on my old rear end PS2 and when I got to the next level, the floor texture completely didn't load so I was just walking around on nothing. I went out and bought another disc and I was playing a few levels, then the same thing happened on a different level. It can't be the disc because the exact same issue happened on two different discs on two different levels, what I'm curious is it my memory card being hosed, my save being corrupted or my actual PS2 crapping out?
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| # ? Jul 17, 2011 21:13 |
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If it's not the game itself, I would imagine it's most likely the PS2. It wouldn't even be reading your memory card or save file except when you actually save the game, so it can't be those.
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| # ? Jul 17, 2011 22:01 |
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Aphrodite posted:If it's not the game itself, I would imagine it's most likely the PS2. Any idea what I should do about a new one? Just get a refurbed one from EBGames for like 20 bucks ?
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| # ? Jul 17, 2011 23:18 |
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Either that or ask around. With how many its sold, you probably know a few people with an unused one sitting in a closet somewhere.
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| # ? Jul 17, 2011 23:21 |
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Is the PS3 Netflix not working for everyone else? It's fine on my computer.
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| # ? Jul 18, 2011 00:37 |
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actionjackson posted:Is the PS3 Netflix not working for everyone else? It's fine on my computer. Just checked, working fine for me, though that's only temporary as I'm canceling my account at teh end of August because of this new bullshit pricing policy.
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| # ? Jul 18, 2011 00:46 |
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I only use streaming so it doesn't affect me. Still not sure why it doesn't work on my PS3 but it does on my computer just fine.
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| # ? Jul 18, 2011 00:57 |
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actionjackson posted:I only use streaming so it doesn't affect me. Still not sure why it doesn't work on my PS3 but it does on my computer just fine. Having a problem myself. Works fine on computer but not on PS3.
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Fuzz posted:Just checked, working fine for me, though that's only temporary as I'm canceling my account at teh end of August because of this new bullshit pricing policy. Samurai Sanders fucked around with this message at Jul 18, 2011 around 01:46 |
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actionjackson posted:Is the PS3 Netflix not working for everyone else? It's fine on my computer. As of now, it says on the loading screen for a few minutes, then says it couldn't connect.
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| # ? Jul 18, 2011 01:45 |
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I can't get the Stream to work on my 360 either, for what its worth.
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| # ? Jul 18, 2011 02:03 |
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Yeah, PS3 Netflix says it couldn't connect. Works "fine" on the iPad, though the iPad app is a sack of poo poo but that's a derail for another thread. The PS3 app tells me to go to netflix.com/tvhelp which has a link for PS3 guidance, though that goes to http://us.playstation.com/support/ps3+ which is -- surprise surprise -- a broken link 
Martytoof fucked around with this message at Jul 18, 2011 around 02:28 |
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Was probably hacked, in before Sony has to take PSN down. Cya guys in a month, etc, etc.
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| # ? Jul 18, 2011 02:28 |
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teethgrinder posted:If I let a third-party fix my PS3, will Sony do paid repair/replacement if/when it dies again? (It's long out of warranty.)
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| # ? Jul 18, 2011 02:33 |
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teethgrinder posted:Anyone know? I can't imagine it would be a problem. How would Sony even know a third party fixed it beforehand?
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| # ? Jul 18, 2011 02:52 |
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TaurusOxford posted:I can't imagine it would be a problem. How would Sony even know a third party fixed it beforehand? Because they have to remove a Void Sticker that can't be removed without basically self-destructing and leaving evidence. That said, void-warranty repairs are the same (I think?) as out of warranty repairs. Costs the same, same poo poo, etc...
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| # ? Jul 18, 2011 02:55 |
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I said come in! posted:Was probably hacked, in before Sony has to take PSN down. Cya guys in a month, etc, etc. Let's not get too optimistic
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| # ? Jul 18, 2011 03:11 |
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I said come in! posted:Was probably hacked, in before Sony has to take PSN down. Cya guys in a month, etc, etc. The first thing before YLOD is netflix going down.
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| # ? Jul 18, 2011 03:14 |
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I was going to think that they had decided to finally unify the interface on the PS3, but that wouldn't have caused the 360 version to go down too, right?
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| # ? Jul 18, 2011 03:20 |
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I was watching the PC service and there were a few hiccups during Ghostbusters 2. Maybe everyone went nuts with the number of cool movies that went up recently (The Crow, Batman: Under The Red Hood, The Fighter, not to mention seasons 1-5 of X-Men).
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| # ? Jul 18, 2011 03:32 |
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The Canadian one isn't working either, and the only movies we get to watch are Canadian Bacon and some Trailer Park Boys stuff, so I don't think so, Tim 
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| # ? Jul 18, 2011 07:03 |
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Netflix works without problems for me now.
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| # ? Jul 18, 2011 07:05 |
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Netflix stops working for me every Sunday or Monday for about 15-30 minutes in the evening so I figured it was just that.
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| # ? Jul 18, 2011 14:22 |
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Brace posted:I didn't know where to ask this since there isn't a playstation megathread I don't think? I was trying to play Champions Return To Arms on my old rear end PS2 and when I got to the next level, the floor texture completely didn't load so I was just walking around on nothing. I went out and bought another disc and I was playing a few levels, then the same thing happened on a different level. It can't be the disc because the exact same issue happened on two different discs on two different levels, what I'm curious is it my memory card being hosed, my save being corrupted or my actual PS2 crapping out? Champions is awesome  I bought a used PS2 a few months pretty much just for those games.
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| # ? Jul 18, 2011 15:15 |
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I've owned a PS3 for about a year now but really convinced it was worth the money yet.. it just seems so.. poor quality I guess. I have a slim model which creaks and groans when it's turned on and from what I've heard this is normal.. The user interface seems to be past its time and unpolished.. I never really liked it before but it hasn't undergone any usability changes or enhancements since I got my PS3 The wireless built in to the PS3 is utter poo poo and runs so much slower than my laptop's wireless connections.. Connecting to my laptop to view videos and music works but always throws up stupid meaningless errors that don't seem to affect anything. Other times I'll be scanning through my list of movies and it the connection seems to "stop" for no reason.. but going back to the main menu and trying again makes it work fine. Sometimes watching videos they will stop halfway through for no reason. Feels so unprofessional and poorly made, like it's designed to only work only 'most' of the time. I can't watch videos from a USB unless its in FAT32 format and specifically in a folder called VIDEO? What the hell? The PlayStation Store interface is really slow and unintuitive. I guess the PS3 as a whole feels slow and unintuitive, poorly made and poorly supported. This doesn't feel like a well-made system like my PS2. Every time there's a firmware update I look for something like improving the user interface, adding cool new features etc. But it's always useless poo poo like a PlayStation Plus I don't care about, "stability" fixes that nobody knows what the hell means, some new HDMI setting that I have no idea what it does, disabling people's third party controllers etc. I've never used an Xbox but really wondering if it's any better, certainly seems more secure and better supported.
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| # ? Jul 19, 2011 10:06 |
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Don Enterprises posted:I've owned a PS3 for about a year now but really convinced it was worth the money yet.. it just seems so.. poor quality I guess. I personally really like the PS3 interface, but I can help you with playing videos. Click on the USB drive and press triangle. Select show all. I own a fat PS3, but my machine is mostly silent. Maybe your machine isn't working correctly.
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| # ? Jul 19, 2011 11:20 |
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Don Enterprises posted:The PlayStation Store interface is really slow and unintuitive. The X360 uses a very similar system except they shrinkwrap it in so much Web2.0ey crap like huge graphics and rounded corners that you can only see five options on the screen at once. I've always found it very easy to find things in the general XMB; what are you having trouble with? I will fully concede that the slims crack like gently caress, though, it still bugs the hell out of me.
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| # ? Jul 19, 2011 11:37 |
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Don Enterprises posted:Connecting to my laptop to view videos and music works but always throws up stupid meaningless errors that don't seem to affect anything. Other times I'll be scanning through my list of movies and it the connection seems to "stop" for no reason.. but going back to the main menu and trying again makes it work fine. Sometimes watching videos they will stop halfway through for no reason. Feels so unprofessional and poorly made, like it's designed to only work only 'most' of the time. What media server are you using? I found that the PS3 Media Server was really sensitive to some of the codec settings for certain files.
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| # ? Jul 19, 2011 11:57 |
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The XMB is the one thing I really like about the PS3 over Xbox, and it's apparently good enough that the next Xbox update for the UI is very similar.
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| # ? Jul 19, 2011 12:10 |
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big mean giraffe posted:The XMB is the one thing I really like about the PS3 over Xbox, and it's apparently good enough that the next Xbox update for the UI is very similar. I hope not. The Xbox ui is designed to make you feel like part of a community. The XMB feels so lonely.
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