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Playstation 3 Hardware \ COD4 just broke my PS3

Dukes00
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hrrrmmmm now that is sumthin.....if ya can go hire a copy from vid store n c how that goes....otherwise i got nothin
24/05/2008
Perth
Smajs
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I seem to be getting constant freezes lately, PS3 on it's last legs?? hope not
24/05/2008
Shadowblade
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Hrmr... My ps3 currently has an uptime of about 4 months (without switching off)... As for games, well:

Oblivion - 2 Characters, 1 on 168 hrs, 1 on 103hrs
GTAIV - Probably about 30hrs of gameplay
Bladestorm - Probably around 150hrs of gameplay between 2 characters

No problems so far... and this is my Launch JPN 60GB Console I'm talking about, it lasted me from X-Mas 2006, so I dunno what you guys are doing to yours but just seems weird to me...

Make sure its' properly ventilated, mine is sitting on top of a speaker, far from a wall... has been since day 1...
24/05/2008
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ozchap
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haze has frozen my ps3 three times so far

is it cod4 in a ugly disguise?!?! rofl
24/05/2008
you cannot kill what you did not create
geeza
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hiya i have just signed up and wanted to reply. yesterday seemed the worst day of my life first my beloved geelong was thrashed by the pies so i decided to vent my frustration online playing cod4. after a 2-3 hours i could it quits and turned off my ps3. today it would not play any games.....it would just show a blank screen , no dvds, blue ray discs would work either. so i read this and thought oh no my ps3 is in the pooh! i rang the sony help line.......the first guy told me to reset the default settings and leave it off for 45 minutes (i don't know why i left it off for 45 minutes but i did) nothing happened. i rang again and the next guy said he would send me an email and i would have to send my ps3 off with australia post in a box. i backed up all my saved games etc onto some flash cards and then decided to format the hard drive just to give it one more shot..........and it works!!!! all my games work!! bloody rippa...

my psn is geeza73 add me if you wish
games cod4, gta4 (from uk), fifa08 (though will trade for topspin 3) motorstorm, resistance, assassins creed.
24/05/2008
melbourne,
SpaceSteve
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The 45 minutes is just to make sure that it isnt just suffering from overheating.
25/05/2008
Aussie Aussie Aussie Oy Oy Oy
Unhostile
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question: if you have to send the ps3 to sony and you need to back everything you saved up, when you back it up on the ps3 and send it over to sony and get it back does it get deleted?
i don't know how the backing up thing works
help
25/05/2008
Sydney, NSW, PSN ID: HostileForLife
Shadowblade
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Backing up your games and demos is done via the backup utility in system settings...

Backing up your saved games can be done just by copying them manually (onto USB or Flash Cards)...

The reason they ask you to do it is just in case you get a replacement PS3 instead of repaired one...
25/05/2008
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geeza
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they offered me a replacement console, since i have saved them a console i wonder if they will thank me in anyway say a free game perhaps..........i wish! i might ask tomorrow when i ring them with the good news
25/05/2008
melbourne,
frenzaltom
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about all this
this did happen to me ages ago. when i got mine back a recieved another controller.. did other ppl get one too?
25/05/2008
melbourne, vic
Unhostile
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for a replacement do you get a refurbished ps3 or a brand new one?
25/05/2008
Sydney, NSW, PSN ID: HostileForLife
frenzaltom
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refurbished
25/05/2008
melbourne, vic
pdark007
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hmm i get home today hoping to unleash some pent up rage.... and COD4 has crashed my ps twice. god i hope this isnt a sign of things to come
26/05/2008
Sydney, Australia
zyxses
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The PS3 is famous for its freezes. Like the RRoD but less final . Mine often freezes when using the browser, but also (some) games. Got a weird "Cannot continue, incorrect hard drive" message a couple of times after freezes forced me to hold down standby button...did my heart a lot of good...NOT!
26/05/2008
"A sure way to lose happiness is to want it at the expense of everything else."--Bette Davis
tank1252
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I really think that COD4 has nothing to do with PS3 freezes. It's the most popular game played by far, so they will die with COD4 disks in them more than any other game. Mine was folding@home when it died.
26/05/2008
Coffs Harbour
pdark007
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hmm good point. ive still barely even got around to seriously playing GTAIV yet thanks to CoD's addictivness, let alone any other games
26/05/2008
Sydney, Australia
SpaceSteve
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zyxses said: The PS3 is famous for its freezes. Like the RRoD but less final



Cleaning out the cache helps with browser freezes
26/05/2008
Aussie Aussie Aussie Oy Oy Oy
zyxses
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SpaceSteve said: zyxses said:The PS3 is famous for its freezes. Like the RRoD but less final
Cleaning out the cache helps with browser freezes

Not convinced about that. Deleteing cookies helps though...? I think if you knock L2, R2 it can freeze. Very annoying though.
26/05/2008
"A sure way to lose happiness is to want it at the expense of everything else."--Bette Davis
texinick
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And another one bites the dust.. had ANOTHER customer come in today, he got a PS3 for christmas, and it's currently back at Sony for the Disk Read Error problem.

I know of 8 PS3's in town.. that's 3 so far that have spat the dummy.. c'mon SONY.. time to admit there are problems, and offer extended warranties.
28/05/2008
Dorrigo, NSW
monkychees
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texinick said: And another one bites the dust.. had ANOTHER customer come in today, he got a PS3 for christmas, and it's currently back at Sony for the Disk Read Error problem.

I know of 8 PS3's in town.. that's 3 so far that have spat the dummy.. c'mon SONY.. time to admit there are problems, and offer extended warranties.



AGREED!! im worried bout mine
28/05/2008
PSN: MONKEYCHEEZE
Unhostile
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me too
28/05/2008
Sydney, NSW, PSN ID: HostileForLife
10letters
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if this happens to you can anyone with a ps3 send it in to sony to get fixed? what if you have no warranty?
29/05/2008
wa
texinick
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Yes, they can. If it's under 12 months old, it's under warranty, but after that it costs $150 to get repaired.
29/05/2008
Dorrigo, NSW
ozchap
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i returned my copy of haze and swapped it for a new one and now its stopped freezing my console so it was obviously just a problem with that particular disc. well that was lucky for me, dont know how many of the COD4 "victims" could have saved themselves that way, maybe some of them didn't get a non-fatal freeze as an early warning, maybe for alot of them it was a console issue like i first thought.

...but maybe some of the discs WERE faulty
29/05/2008
you cannot kill what you did not create
Panda_Fu
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OK before this happens to me,how do i back up files??
05/06/2008
Perth Australia
 
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