I think I'm losing my PS3 slowly. Help if you can.

[hippie_hunter]

I don't care about the trophies. I already have a **** load of LBP trophies. I just want my items back.

 

[Havok83]

I don't care about the trophies. I already have a **** load of LBP trophies. I just want my items back.

unforunately you cant tell the save you dont want its trophies. Again, you can try but Im almost certain you cant load up another person's save onto your profile. It would have to have been created under your account

 

[Spider-X]

the trophies are bound to PSN profile, not the game save. You can log on to your profile on any PS3 and get your trophies to load up.

 

[Havok83]

the trophies are bound to PSN profile, not the game save. You can log on to your profile on any PS3 and get your trophies to load up.

and certain game saves are bound to your profile, meaning they can not be accessed by another account. LBP to the best of my knowledge is one of them

 

[The Morningstar]

Wow 8 hour straight gaming session? Not only is that gonna damage the console... i'm surprised you didn't have an photosensitive seizure.

 

[hippie_hunter]

I once had a 12 hour marathon of video games with friends back in high school.

 

[SpideyVille]

When I first got my ps3 a few months ago, I spent quite a few days playing non stop for most of the day. I stopped playing it for almost 2 months though once I started school again, but now I'm getting back into it and I can tell I'll be doing that a lot once the summer starts.

 

[Timstuff]

I just sent in my PS3 to a 3rd party repair service to have the GPU reballed (or replaced, in the worst case scenario). With the shipping fees it's going to end up costing close to what Sony charges, but the difference is that Sony only reflows the solder on the GPU, which is only a temporary solution. My PS3 is a refurbished on from Sony and it only lasted 2 years before I got another YLOD. Reballing replaces all the cheap brittle solder Sony uses on the GPU with heavy duty lead solder, which does not get brittle and break like the solder Sony uses. Hopefully I don't have to pay an extra $20 to get the GPU replaced since I made the dumb mistake of trying the heat gun trick from Youtube.

Whatever I said about "re-flowing" in my previous posts, discard it. NEVER USE A HEAT GUN ON YOUR PS3. No matter what anyone on youtube says, it is not safe and it is at best a temporary solution. Every time you use the heat gun trick, the less effective it gets, and worst of all it can potentially damage your GPU's temperature sensor if you really screw it up. I don't know if I damaged my temp sensor or not, but knowing that I could have makes me wish that I had simply forked over the dough to get my PS3 reballed by a pro in the first place. At the very least I wouldn't have wasted $30 on a heat gun and new thermal paste.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

i played for around 8 hours straight probably...I've done it many times, so maybe it's just worn parts of my system out. Does anyone know if the PS3 Slim is more durable with regards to it's internal hardware and long playtimes? Does it ventilate well?

I don't think my system is so much burning out as the laser is just going out on me. Last night i was only able to get 30 minutes of MvC3 time in before it froze on me.

I own the slim version, it still heats up too much too soon I don't play it for more than 2h30m

 

[Timstuff]

The problem is the crappy lead-free solder Sony and every other company is using. It's not strong or flexible enough to withstand the constant heating and cooling that the graphics chips on these systems put the solder through. The problem isn't even that the fat PS3 has a design problem-- the problem is that the solder they're using is the wrong kind, and that means that the slim PS3 can also get the YLOD if it overheats. The Slim is a bit less likely to get the YLOD, but it still happens to far more people than it should.

Even the Xbox 360 wouldn't have had such a widespread problem with the RROD if only Microsoft had the foresight to use heavy-duty lead solder instead of the cheap lead-free solder. There are lots of little things you can do to help prevent an RROD or YLOD, but STDs the only protection that's 100% effective is to abstain from using your hardware.

The good news is that you can get your system repaired to a state of better-than-new, however until your system actually breaks it's better to just be cautious. Keep your system out in the open, keep your game area dust-free, avoid playing your system if the air in the room is too warm and / or humid, and don't play your system for too many hours at a time with resource-intensive games.

Just remember though-- if your system has the potential to fail, then it's only a matter of time. Be prepared for the possibility that you will have to have your PS3 or 360 repaired, because if you aren't then you're either going to find yourself disappointed or fighting a loosing battle trying to ward it off. Whatever you do though, don't get your system fixed by Sony or Microsoft-- they're just going to give you another refurbished system with the same solder problem on the GPU because right now lead is the "silent killer bogeyman that's after our kids." Go to a reputable third party service that will actually give you a repair that lasts.

 

[Spider-X]

The problem is the crappy lead-free solder Sony and every other company is using. It's not strong or flexible enough to withstand the constant heating and cooling that the graphics chips on these systems put the solder through. The problem isn't even that the fat PS3 has a design problem-- the problem is that the solder they're using is the wrong kind, and that means that the slim PS3 can also get the YLOD if it overheats. The Slim is a bit less likely to get the YLOD, but it still happens to far more people than it should.

Even the Xbox 360 wouldn't have had such a widespread problem with the RROD if only Microsoft had the foresight to use heavy-duty lead solder instead of the cheap lead-free solder. There are lots of little things you can do to help prevent an RROD or YLOD, but STDs the only protection that's 100% effective is to abstain from using your hardware.

The good news is that you can get your system repaired to a state of better-than-new, however until your system actually breaks it's better to just be cautious. Keep your system out in the open, keep your game area dust-free, avoid playing your system if the air in the room is too warm and / or humid, and don't play your system for too many hours at a time with resource-intensive games.

Just remember though-- if your system has the potential to fail, then it's only a matter of time. Be prepared for the possibility that you will have to have your PS3 or 360 repaired, because if you aren't then you're either going to find yourself disappointed or fighting a loosing battle trying to ward it off. Whatever you do though, don't get your system fixed by Sony or Microsoft-- they're just going to give you another refurbished system with the same solder problem on the GPU because right now lead is the "silent killer bogeyman that's after our kids." Go to a reputable third party service that will actually give you a repair that lasts.

very interesting. Thanks for the insight!

 

[Timstuff]

The repair service I went with received my PS3 today. Hopefully it gets repaired soon, since I don't know what their current work order load is (it's been about a week since they updated their site).

 

[hippie_hunter]

Alright, due to the whole PSN outage thing and deciding to use Sony's cloud service to back up my saved games, I've been putting off on sending my PS3 to get fixed.

I've been thinking in the back of my head that it might be alright due to me being able to be on the XMB for a long time and whatnot, but I doubt that. And then reading Tim's post, I've been thinking that I might be better off sending it to a different repair service than Sony. How has the PS3 repair been for you Tim?

 

[hippie_hunter]

So I called Sony about my situation and they told me to just keep playing to see if my problem persists. I did for over an hour with no problems

 

[Timstuff]

It looks like my PS3 has been deemed unfixable by Endless Electronics, so I am trading it to them for a slim. I'll definitely miss the backwards compatibility, but I was planning on buying another PS2 anyway for nostalgia so at least now I have a reason to use it. And on the bright side, I at least had my data backed up so it's not like I've lost everything.

 

[hippie_hunter]

Well it turns out that Sony was wrong on this one and my PS3 did the same thing again. So I called them up today to set up for them to fix it. I've been thinking about getting an external hard drive to back up all my DLC and game saves that the Cloud doesn't store.

How does this one sound:

http://www.amazon.com/DIGISTOR-160GB-Playstation-Portable-Drive/dp/B0032N19CA/ref=pd_cp_e_2

And I'm thinking about upgrading my hard drive with this:

http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Scorpio-Drive-WD5000BEVT/dp/B001JSSDGU/ref=pd_cp_e_2

 

[Havok83]

It looks like my PS3 has been deemed unfixable by Endless Electronics, so I am trading it to them for a slim. I'll definitely miss the backwards compatibility, but I was planning on buying another PS2 anyway for nostalgia so at least now I have a reason to use it. And on the bright side, I at least had my data backed up so it's not like I've lost everything.

FYI, Sony is releasing a new PS3 which should make its way to the US within the next few weeks

http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/20/sony-intros-new-ps3-slim-in-japan-lighter-consumes-less-power/

 

[MoPlaYa]

I have the 250gb slim PS3... I've had it over about a year and a half.
I can still play my downloaded games and I can watch netflix but my PS3 wont ready any discs.... anyone else have this problem or know how to fix it?

 

[hippie_hunter]

I finally got my external hard drive to back up my PS3 data and now, that I finally have it, it just doesn't want to work anymore .

At least I got the Cloud saving inFamous, Dragon Age: Origins, Resident Evil 5, and Mortal Kombat.

 

[enterthemadness]

Oh oh...my brother does long gaming sessions. Shoot, he lives it on while watching tv. And I have noticed it being hot...thankfully I synced his trophies already. And I have the USB flash drive with various save data. He's had the PS3 since Dec 2008. It's turned off now...and in a thread I started, there's less than 500MB of Disk Space(hard drive?) left. I just hope it lasts for rest of year. He has gotten better in recent months with turning it off. He's like my dad...leave room with stuff turned or or go to sleep with stuff turned on >_<. my brother already went through 1 or 2 PS2's

 

[Kryptonian Warrior]

Oh oh...my brother does long gaming sessions. Shoot, he lives it on while watching tv. And I have noticed it being hot...thankfully I synced his trophies already. And I have the USB flash drive with various save data. He's had the PS3 since Dec 2008. It's turned off now...and in a thread I started, there's less than 500MB of Disk Space(hard drive?) left. I just hope it lasts for rest of year. He has gotten better in recent months with turning it off. He's like my dad...leave room with stuff turned or or go to sleep with stuff turned on >_<. my brother already went through 1 or 2 PS2's

It probably wouldn't be a bad idea to go into the settings and set it to turn off after a couple of hours of non-usage.

 

[enterthemadness]

I think it's at 5 hours last I checked...

 

[Havok83]

Id definetly change that. I think I have mine set to 2 hours.