PS3 Repair and/or Death Thread

[aukevin]

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I got an email saying my PS3 is on its way home. I should have it Monday, Tuesday by the latest. I called Sony customer service and the rep says it appears my original PS3 is what was shipped back. The rep said usually when they ship a refurb replacement back out there is a serial number attached to the order, but there was none, so she suspects my original is coming back. I sure hope so. I backed up all my game saves that allow that to a flash drive, but I came home the other day and one of my dogs mistook it as a toy. I was able to get most of the data off the flash drive, but some of it was corrupted.

[Eton Rifles]

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well, a usb flash drive does look a bit like a dog biscut, right?

[Drag66]

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Now you guys have made me paranoid. My Best Buy warranty is officially expired after today. I have a 60 GB that I have had since July 22, 2007. It has been great, but I worry it is ready to go (as a lot of other 60 GB's have gone after 2 years without any previous signs).The only thing I noticed is that it is a lot louder than it used to be (but many think the firmware updates caused the fans to kick in sooner). I am tempted to exchange it for an 80 GB or 160 GB tonight just for peace of mind.

[Chef Matt]

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Well, I just started the online process for my return. My 60 gig refurb got the YLOD on Friday. (2nd one since launch) Payed the 150 as I was out of warranty.

I was looking at third party support but most charged a nonrefundable 25-40$ for diagnosis. The money does go toward repair IF they can fix it but the only real problem is only one around my area had a warranty and it was only 30 days.

I said screw it, I'll go with Sony. Should be back up an runnin in about 10 days.

[aukevin]

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I got my original PS3 back from Sony yesterday, works good again. I played for about 3 hours last night and nothing froze. My red standby light doesn't work anymore though when the system is off. I'm not sending it back in just for that, but it is kind of annoying that they broke that when fixing my blu-ray drive. I know the system is going into standby though because I can power the system back on with my controller.

[Moses Shuttlesworth]

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I got my original PS3 back from Sony yesterday, works good again. I played for about 3 hours last night and nothing froze. My red standby light doesn't work anymore though when the system is off. I'm not sending it back in just for that, but it is kind of annoying that they broke that when fixing my blu-ray drive. I know the system is going into standby though because I can power the system back on with my controller.

Next time you play with one of your boys and they shut it off not knowing the red light would disappear, make sure you say, "YOU MOTHER ****ER YOU ARE FIXING THAT OR PAYING FOR IT!"

[pfunk880]

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Next time you play with one of your boys and they shut it off not knowing the red light would disappear, make sure you say, "YOU MOTHER ****ER YOU ARE FIXING THAT OR PAYING FOR IT!"

Problem solved.

[aukevin]

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Next time you play with one of your boys and they shut it off not knowing the red light would disappear, make sure you say, "YOU MOTHER ****ER YOU ARE FIXING THAT OR PAYING FOR IT!"

Problem solved.

LOL, I'll have to remember this. But there's no way I'm sending my PS3 off for another couple weeks just to make a red light come on.

[goh]

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Now you guys have made me paranoid. My Best Buy warranty is officially expired after today. I have a 60 GB that I have had since July 22, 2007. It has been great, but I worry it is ready to go (as a lot of other 60 GB's have gone after 2 years without any previous signs).The only thing I noticed is that it is a lot louder than it used to be (but many think the firmware updates caused the fans to kick in sooner). I am tempted to exchange it for an 80 GB or 160 GB tonight just for peace of mind.

2 years? Start backing up your saves!

[chicubsfan20]

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2 years? Start backing up your saves!

I bought my 60GB PS3 the day after they had the $100 price drop.
So mines about 2 years old. It hasn't shown any signs of not working. Hopefully it keeps up and nothing goes wrong.

[pfunk880]

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2 years? Start backing up your saves!

[goh]

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I bought my 60GB PS3 the day after they had the $100 price drop.
So mines about 2 years old. It hasn't shown any signs of not working. Hopefully it keeps up and nothing goes wrong.

There are no signs untill the first time it yellow lights. Then it works for a bit and does it again. Then it starts working less and less untill it just doesn't at all anymore. It's usually a few months after 2 years based on the list in the Sony forums.

[DXZeke]

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I've got a 60gig launch unit. Thus far no issues. Nothing weird or out of the ordinary yet. Thankfully.

[Drag66]

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I exchanged my 60 GB for a 160 GB last night. Didn't care about backwards compatibility as I have a PS2. I feel better now. It's amazing how paranoid message boards can make you.

[CaptainZombie]

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I exchanged my 60 GB for a 160 GB last night. Didn't care about backwards compatibility as I have a PS2. I feel better now. It's amazing how paranoid message boards can make you.

LOL! I have been paranoid about the 360 and PS3 too............yet I had a Wii die out on me a few years back.