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PS3 Console \ PS3 Hardware Failured

adbub
Kudos: 49
Mates: 7
Just would like to hear from anyone that has heard or seen a PS3 hardware failure FIRST HAND. Just that my mates crapped itself and im worried this could happen to more of us.
10 hours ago
Australia
billz1508
Kudos: 1,297
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i kno my mate who is on this site did, the laser had it within like 2 days. mark1308 is his name.
10 hours ago
Melbourne, Victoria
Guyver
Kudos: 1,552
Mates: 37
When you mass produce any thing your bound to run into some dodgey ones that have some how managed to slip past QC. The PS3 has a very low failure rate compared to the Xbox.
10 hours ago
Melbourne, Victoria PSN: Guyv3R_3
adbub
Kudos: 49
Mates: 7
I should have posted this before, but his hard drive crapped itself.
His machine was making a winding noise.

Lost all of his saved games as well.

Note to everyone : BACKUP SAVED GAME DATA!!!!!!
10 hours ago
Australia
crazynites
Kudos: 1,835
Mates: 39
The failure rate is so low I wouldnt worry too much. You have a warranty to cover you anyways.
10 hours ago
Melbourne, Victoria
adbub
Kudos: 49
Mates: 7
He was lucky, bought it on release day. I think they only have a 12 months warranty on the which suck.
10 hours ago
Australia
1up
Kudos: 555
Mates: 15
Mines fine, out of curiosity was it vertical or horizontal?
Thanks for the heads up though, PS3 has like a 1% Failure iirc
10 hours ago
Cardboard box.
adbub
Kudos: 49
Mates: 7
Vertical, he also had a fan and wasn't a big player.
My guess is he played it for 8 hours a week on average MAX.
10 hours ago
Australia
gdmatt
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Mates: 471
The PS3 has something like 0.17% fail rate which is outstanding.
10 hours ago
Melbourne, Victoria
crazynites
Kudos: 1,835
Mates: 39

adbub said: He was lucky, bought it on release day. I think they only have a 12 months warranty on the which suck.



How much warranty would you like ?, xbox360 has a 3 year warraty because they are always breaking down so they need the 3 years. 12 months is a standard warranty for alot of electrical items except for perhaps some big TV's these days which have 3 year warranties. Most retailers offer extended warranties on the PS3 when you buy them for a small fee.
10 hours ago
Melbourne, Victoria
adbub
Kudos: 49
Mates: 7
For something that costs a bit under a grand, you should get at least 2 years standard. If the failure rate is so low then Sony have nothing to worry about.
10 hours ago
Australia
1up
Kudos: 555
Mates: 15

adbub said: For something that costs a bit under a grand, you should get at least 2 years standard. If the failure rate is so low then Sony have nothing to worry about.


Good point you have there.
10 hours ago
Cardboard box.
zyxses
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1up said: Mines fine, out of curiosity was it vertical or horizontal?
Thanks for the heads up though, PS3 has like a 1% Failure iirc

Less than 1%. Xbox is (or was) OVER 30%. You get what you pay for! Sony offer 1 year warranty standard on nearly all their gear.
9 hours ago
adelaide sa
billz1508
Kudos: 1,297
Mates: 55
it dont matter much how little u play it, could fo just been dodgy. not every thing can be perfect. he got a new one didnt he cause it was under warranty yeh.
10 hours ago
Melbourne, Victoria
adbub
Kudos: 49
Mates: 7
Sony are sending him out another one. From what he told me it WONT be a new one but a reconditioned one.
9 hours ago
Australia
billz1508
Kudos: 1,297
Mates: 55
nah thats ****, he should be getting a new one i think, unless its a 60gb one and they didnt have any in stock.
9 hours ago
Melbourne, Victoria
adbub
Kudos: 49
Mates: 7
Its a 60 BG model. I know he won't be getting a new one, that for sure. They won't even repair his old one, just getting a reconditioned one, which I think is poor.
9 hours ago
Australia
ozchap
Kudos: 91
Mates: 23

sure mine stuffs up all the time. actually the first one i bought, third time i put a disc in there the disc grabber broke and wouldnt take any more discs in. So i went to eb with my extended warranty and got a new one, no questions of course. So this second one, ever since i got graw2, it sometimes freezes, then when i try to turn it off, the ps button does nothing so i have to hold down the power button on the console for 10 seconds, then it quickly beeps like, 3 or 4 times and it's off. In the past 6 months this has happened like 15 times, with other games now too. There's other little things that happen now too, occasionally it beeps twice quickly when im trying to pull a disc out and the screen freezes for a couple of seconds.

All these sorts of things happen all the time with pc's in my experience so i never really worried about it. As long as i back up my save data im not worried at all, cos a week before my extended warranty runs out, i'm just gonna swap it for a brand new one (hopefully a new model with a larger HDD), re-download all my psn store-bought games, and sync my savedata. Sure I'll lose a few settings and themes etc, but thats not important to me at all
7 hours ago
Sydney, NSW
 
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