i have to send in the stock HD huh?

i dont want to lose all my save games

 

I don't think you have much choice if the HD is bad...

Is Sony having you send in just the HD or the whole unit?

 

the whole unit.

where can i rent a PS3 so i can back up all the data?

 

I personally don't think thats possible...

If the HD doesn't work in your PS3, it probably doesn't work in another... If that is your problem of course...

Do you have to pay Sony for the repair?

 

yes i have to pay them since its out of warranty.

assuming that the HD works, where could i rent a PS3 so i can back it up.

 

Mizouse, have you checked blockbuster

 

blockbuster rents video game consoles?

i see, i have no idea where to rent consoles, i just figured they only had the games.

 

How much do you have to pay? If it is $150, I would just buy a SATA laptop HD, as it will be cheaper, plus you will have more capacity.

The actual installation of the drive is super easy. Remove a cover, pull the drive, swap new drive into bracket, insert drive, close cover.

When starting the system, it will automatically detect that the HD is unformatted, and will do so after you confirm.

Offer is still available for my old 20GB HD if you want it. Just PM me your address.

I believe that Blockbuster does indeed rent out systems.

 

yea im paying 150, but id rather pay 150 than have to pay like 80 bux for a new HD only to find out that wasnt the problem.

 

im gonna goto blockbuster to rent a ps3 and pop in my 60gb HD into it and see if it works.

 

Make sure to try the reverse also, putting the BlockBuster HD into your PS3 to see if it works.

 

blockbuster does not rent video game consoles

where else?

 

You can go to Gamestop and buy a used one. Then you take it back within 7 days and get a refund.

 

yea im thinking about doing that, damn me for not knowing any in the bay area with a ps3.

do you guys know anything about rent-a-center? not sure if its a place to rent something, or if its rent-to-own.

 

Rent a center is rent to own. Couldnt you just buy a external HD enclosure and a new HD, but your PS3 HD in it and put the new one in the PS3 and see if it boots up. If it doesn plug the external in and transfer data back to the new one?

 

damn i just read this. miz you still in rside? if u are you can pop ur ps3's hd into mine to check it out

 

not sure quite what you mean.

i cant back up the data without using a ps3, so if its not the hard drive issue then i have no way of backing up my data.

 

i just got back home from riverside an hour ago, what a long drive

 

unf'ing believable, just started getting the same thing........so pissed!!!

 

really? exactly like how my video is?

 

exactly, i've been trying to find a fix online only to find a bunch of threads about how the video is fake and that everyone with the problem is an absolute liar. I'm dead serious, it's amazing.


So far I can't find a fix other then to send it to sony for $150 you'll get a refurbished. I am finding a lot of people who did get the fee waived even while out of warranty.


Is your's a 60gb?

 

yea mine is 60gb, crap so they'll send me a refurb 60gb??

 

yea apparently, no big deal though IMO

 

Did you recently do an system update? I know that v2.60 just came out...

 

nope, haven't done an update in a little over a month

 

mizouse, do you have the # to call?

 

Im on my 3rd ps3 I have had 2 die. Thank god I got the best buy warranty

 

holy

i thought it was the xbox that had lots of failures.

this thread is making me

 

This is no where near as bad as xbox, trust me.

 

yea, I think Xbox reported something like a 25% failure rate. This is closer to .5%

 

thanks for the reassurance.

it's misleading because you only read about problems. but i do get nervous everytime i update the firmware.

 

Yeah, me too... I do them anyway, as I can't access the PS Store without doing the updates.

CLpower, when I looked up Mizouse's problem, it looks like the problem is probably the Hard Drive.

If the problem is intermittent, I would recomment backing up your save game data as soon as possible.

You may want to try upgrading to a larger HD, it is super easy, just open a panel on the side (or bottom depending on how you have it standing) and remove the drive. Remove the drive from the bracket, put in the new one, and do the reverse to put it back in. The PS3 should detect the drive is not formatted, and will format it after asking confirmation that it will erase all data.

At the very least, try doing those steps just to reseat the drive. It might help.

I am extending my offer to Mizouse to you. I have a spare 20Gb (my old drive from before I upgraded). You can have it for FREE if you want it (Miz does not seem to want it). It might not be a big capacity, but at least you can test if it is the problem. You can then decide wheter you want to upgrade to a larger capacity.

If you decide to buy a drive, make sure it is a 2.5" SATA Laptop drive.

 

plugged in a new hard drive, stil ldid the same thing.......

machine is going back to sony

 

i went to the website to request the coffin, it should be here tomorrow.

 

im half tempted to buy a ps3 just so i can back up my save games.

 

so my coffin is here, i think i am going to goto gamestop and look for a used ps3.

 

^ couldn't you just pop out the hard drive, hook it up to your computer via a sata - usb cable and just back up the data like that?

 

it doesnt work that way since its formatted in a sony proprietary format.

it shows up in the bios, but windows asks you to format it.

 

My cousin had a similar problem. It didn't work for the longest time. what he did was removed the hard drive then turn it on, it should give some thing on the screen, then turn it off and put the HD back in, turn it on and its been working fine since....

 

yea i tired booting it without the hard drive in it, it did the same thing.