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heyhey32
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18. September 2008 @ 13:14 |
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I have a 40 gig ps3(broken) that I have purchased from ebay for 50.00. It plays demos under 800mb perfectly fine, but demos over that amount download fine, install fine and then freeze. Actual(the actual hard copy) games freeze at 50% during install. Movies play fine if it isnt a blue-ray movie. I know a tech that repairs ps3's that lives near me and he said he will fix it for 60-120$$ depending on what is wrong. I was just seeing if anyone could tell me what their diagnosis would be before I pay to get it fixed(i dont mind paying for it at all, just want to make sure.) I thought maybe the bd, then i thought the heating core, then maybe the mobo but I can play demos for hours on end without hesitation,then maybe the hdd is bad seeing that it freezes during install of the game.
Heavenly sword-50% then froze
Mgs4-65% then froze
Dbz Burst limit-53% then froze
Ninja Gaiden Z-60% then froze
Darkness-Played for 20 mins then froze-no install
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18. September 2008 @ 13:34 |
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It sounds like a bad hdd to me. You got quite a deal if thats the case.
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heyhey32
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18. September 2008 @ 13:39 |
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how will i know if its not the bd controller board?
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18. September 2008 @ 13:46 |
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Because if it was just the bd controller board then demos would play fine. The reason dvd's play fine and not bluray movies is because dvd's dont touch the hdd and bluray movies store a bit of data on it so that when you put the bluray disk in the next time it knows exactly where you stopped at. Even the darkness which you mentioned had no instalation data has game save data.
Thats how I came to the conclusion that it is likely the hdd. I'd say this would be a good time to upgrade the hdd becasue I'm almost sure thats the problem, and if it isn't you'd still have a bigger hdd and have eliminated one of the possible problems.
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heyhey32
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18. September 2008 @ 14:56 |
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A big thanks to you! I am on my way to purchasing a new hdd.
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18. September 2008 @ 16:13 |
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Originally posted by heyhey32:
A big thanks to you! I am on my way to purchasing a new hdd.
Just make sure its a 2.5" sata @ 5400rpm, and the diffrence in price between sizes isnt really that big so go big if you can.
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18. September 2008 @ 20:49 |
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You may be very lucky. The first owner may have installed a new hard drive and not partentioned it properly. Do you know if it is the origonal hard drive?
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heyhey32
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18. September 2008 @ 22:37 |
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I dont know? Couldnt i just take out the hard drive and see if it is from sony? Or did sony use another company for this hardware?
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heyhey32
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18. September 2008 @ 22:58 |
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KajNrig
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18. September 2008 @ 23:25 |
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Wow, lucky you. $50 for a (so far) perfectly fine PS3 that just needs a HDD replacement.
Even if you get a nice 200-300 GB hard drive, that's only like... an extra $100.
So you just got yourself a 300 GB PS3 for $150. Lucky.
(Now all you need to do is sell it for like $300, get a "broken" 60GB model for $50, and buy another HDD for another $100. Which means you'd basically have a free 300GB PS3 with backwards compatibility and all the trimmings. It's a long shot, but man, if your luck hold out, I'd be cheering for you... after I try to steal it. Just sayin'.)
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19. September 2008 @ 02:06 |
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Originally posted by KajNrig:
Wow, lucky you. $50 for a (so far) perfectly fine PS3 that just needs a HDD replacement.
Even if you get a nice 200-300 GB hard drive, that's only like... an extra $100.
So you just got yourself a 300 GB PS3 for $150. Lucky.
(Now all you need to do is sell it for like $300, get a "broken" 60GB model for $50, and buy another HDD for another $100. Which means you'd basically have a free 300GB PS3 with backwards compatibility and all the trimmings. It's a long shot, but man, if your luck hold out, I'd be cheering for you... after I try to steal it. Just sayin'.)
Its rare to find a broken ps3 when its only the hdd, especially a 60 gig this far along.
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19. September 2008 @ 08:44 |
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The Hard Drive MAY be the problem. If it is a new one and someone partentioned it at 500 meg, that seams to describe the problem that he is having.
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KajNrig
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19. September 2008 @ 16:34 |
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Originally posted by canuckerz:
Its rare to find a broken ps3 when its only the hdd, especially a 60 gig this far along.
Yeah, of course. Hence the whole "if your luck holds out" statement.
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heyhey32
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19. September 2008 @ 17:01 |
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yeh we will see. now sometimes after it freezes it does green yellow red and doesnt come on. so I just let it sit for a few minutes then its all good to play. Its only after I try to download a demo thats over 800mb. I was just giving things a last try before I buy a new hdd.
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heyhey32
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19. September 2008 @ 17:58 |
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So when i buy the hdd will i have to partition it on my laptop first and do i have to to make a file on a jump drive for the firmware when installing the new hdd?
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19. September 2008 @ 18:01 |
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Originally posted by heyhey32:
So when i buy the hdd will i have to partition it on my laptop first and do i have to to make a file on a jump drive for the firmware when installing the new hdd?
Just plug it into the ps3, it will format it. And the firmware is stored on a flash drive on the mobo, it doesn't get erased with the HDD.
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heyhey32
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19. September 2008 @ 18:14 |
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what do u think about the lights flashing and the system not coming on.
Its only happened a few times. Still think it is Hdd related?
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20. September 2008 @ 13:03 |
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Originally posted by heyhey32:
what do u think about the lights flashing and the system not coming on.
Its only happened a few times. Still think it is Hdd related?
The yellow light of doom indicates hardware failure in general so it could be anything though it seems likely that its the hdd.
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heyhey32
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20. September 2008 @ 22:49 |
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SO i bought a western digital 320 gig hdd. Just have to install it. Update soon!
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jeice28
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20. September 2008 @ 23:30 |
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Originally posted by heyhey32:
what do u think about the lights flashing and the system not coming on.
Its only happened a few times. Still think it is Hdd related?
That's happened to me once or twice; however without the yellow light of death. It's okay, if the hdd has been removed its your ps3 resetting the defaults making sure there isn't any critical errors. As far as formatting it goes, technically the ps3 doesn't any real formatting like what windows or apple does, but that's not what this is about.
I'm curious about your first hdd, have you tried hooking that one up yet to a pc to find out how much has been used? Taking a queue from glassd I'm wondering if just erasing that outright may fix the problem as well. However before doing that back up any thing on that drive. At least this way you don't have to redo all those demos. You can put them on a flash drive, make sure its formatted for fat 32 or the ps3 will not see the data, and you ought to be able to easily put this stuff back on. I bring this up because if your old drive is still good you can find out by putting into an enclosure and trying to use it as an external hard drive for data back up. If it works then from there you can always return the WD you bought... I would if I wanted to get the money back, but hell having a large hdd is always better!
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heyhey32
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21. September 2008 @ 00:03 |
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I have formatted the current hdd 4 times and still have all the same problems. If it was anything else, would it still play dvd's cd's and demos under 800mb without a problem?
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jeice28
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21. September 2008 @ 11:39 |
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Formatted???? No....! (scream from a distance is heard). Don't format it from the PC. That may likely be causing your problem concerning the first hard drive. Blank it completely and let the ps3 do the formatting. You can do this from the control panel option of computer management, and then go to disk management to wipe it... do not initialize formatting. Doing it this way will allow it to see an unallocated hard drive which what is wanted here. The only part of the ps3 that has any format recognition is the usb ports for fat 32, anything else will make the ps3 look for an os.
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heyhey32
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21. September 2008 @ 17:56 |
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So i just installed the new hdd and it says that i have to upload the current update to the hdd. So i am going to re-install the hdd and back up the firmware onto a jump drive and go from there.
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heyhey32
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22. September 2008 @ 20:22 |
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SO i did a backup to my jump drive and then when i installed teh new hdd the ps3 said that it could not find any update information but i checked the jump drive and the info is there. Is there something else I have to do?
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heyhey32
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23. September 2008 @ 01:24 |
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so installed the new hdd and everything is going fine until i download the ncaa09 demo. downloads and installs fine but the screen goes black after i select it from the menu screen. i then have to restart the ps3. n e ideas? havent tried n e games or other demos yet. should i send it in?
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