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PS3 Boot up problems
Hitsuraptor
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Ok I was wondering if I could get some help, basically I was playing PS3 when my power went out (My dad was screwing around with some stuff and the fuse dropped), I figured nothing major cause I wasn't in the middle of saving or anything so I should be fine.
The problem is, whenever I turn on my PS3 now it does the initial Gong bit and the "Sony Playstation bla bla presents" bit then it just hangs on that black background with the white picture (Looks like the dashboard bit) and just sits there.
I can turn the PS3 off with the power button, it beeps a couple of times then takes a few minutes to actually shut down. So I'm just wondering exactly how borked is it? Hopefully in a way where I won't lose my saved data (I'm guessing it's a problem with the harddrive) is there a way to format the PS3 drive or am I going to have to connect it to a PC and format it?
Got my replacement back yesterday so it's all good now
The problem is, whenever I turn on my PS3 now it does the initial Gong bit and the "Sony Playstation bla bla presents" bit then it just hangs on that black background with the white picture (Looks like the dashboard bit) and just sits there.
I can turn the PS3 off with the power button, it beeps a couple of times then takes a few minutes to actually shut down. So I'm just wondering exactly how borked is it? Hopefully in a way where I won't lose my saved data (I'm guessing it's a problem with the harddrive) is there a way to format the PS3 drive or am I going to have to connect it to a PC and format it?
Got my replacement back yesterday so it's all good now
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You could try hooking the HDD up to a computer and pulling your save files off it and then using somebody elses PS3 to reformat your drive and go from there.
Or before all that putting your drive in another PS3 to see if that's even the problem at all.
Something could have borked internally on your PS3.
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I don't believe it - I'm on my THIRD PS3, and my FIRST XBOX360. What the heck?
At this rate, I'm going to start having nightmares about the used PS3 I bought...
After a chat with the guy on the phone he told me to send it in, so I'm getting another PS3 in about 2-3weeks
The good thing though is that Sony pays for all the postage, just had to print out a form that they e-mailed me and take it to the post office. I lose all my save games though, but I didn't lose anything major so I'm not too fussed.
Umm, why? just stick in any usb drive and back them up. This isnt 360.
Yeah so no harm then. Would a surge protector help at all against power failures?
Plus I realised I can probably just get saved games off the net to save myself the hassle of having to unlock stuff again
Power failures, no. The only thing a surge protector does is protect against electrical surges, and it generally does it in a way that's similar to a bulletproof vest. Once they've been hit badly, most are not useful anymore.
A UPS is what you want to look at. Protects against surges, brownouts, blackouts, and electrical noise.
I don't believe it - I'm on my THIRD PS3, and my FIRST XBOX360. What the heck?