Heres the issue, quite common by all accounts:
PS3 red light comes on, then when i turn it on, it goes green for about 3 seconds then turns itself off.
Done the usual, cleaning and removing HDD etc. Anyone had this. I'm assuming its going to be a Sony return?
Just wondered if there is something i can try before i do
Also, now its bit the dust, is there anyway of saving my save games as there's no way i'm going to re-invest 300 hrs in Fallout 3 plus all my others like Dead Space, Everybodys Golf, Demons Souls, Oblivion etc etc.
Its a pain in the f*cking arse that Sony have their own bespoke encryption on there so that a PC can't read the data and you can't shove it in another machine.
If i can get the bloody thing to work for 30 mins, that would do i think so does anybody know of the best option here or has it happened to anyone else?
After my old elite went 3RR, i tried fixing that myself and what a pain getting the thing open to the MB so don't know if i can be arsed doing that with the PS3 especially after reading Darwocks adventure below
Will a 3rd party be able to fix this for long enough to back up my saves.
FFS, what happened to the good old days of not having to worry about this. I've got an Atari 2600 that still works and a 20 yo SNES. I know they have no moving parts and don't generate the intense heat but even so, you'd think that Sony would have followed MSoft's lead by allowing you to back up from the HDD out of the machine.
Yes i should have backed up my data you'll cry, but tbh, why should I?? Its a games console, not a PC/Server holding financial information and HR data!! and as such there should be a system in place for this or to save your games to an online repository. I bet most gamers don't backup their gaming data because its not something you should really have to be worrying about with a gaming console. [/RantOver]
Cheers
PS3 red light comes on, then when i turn it on, it goes green for about 3 seconds then turns itself off.
Done the usual, cleaning and removing HDD etc. Anyone had this. I'm assuming its going to be a Sony return?
Just wondered if there is something i can try before i do
Also, now its bit the dust, is there anyway of saving my save games as there's no way i'm going to re-invest 300 hrs in Fallout 3 plus all my others like Dead Space, Everybodys Golf, Demons Souls, Oblivion etc etc.
Its a pain in the f*cking arse that Sony have their own bespoke encryption on there so that a PC can't read the data and you can't shove it in another machine.
If i can get the bloody thing to work for 30 mins, that would do i think so does anybody know of the best option here or has it happened to anyone else?
After my old elite went 3RR, i tried fixing that myself and what a pain getting the thing open to the MB so don't know if i can be arsed doing that with the PS3 especially after reading Darwocks adventure below
Will a 3rd party be able to fix this for long enough to back up my saves.
FFS, what happened to the good old days of not having to worry about this. I've got an Atari 2600 that still works and a 20 yo SNES. I know they have no moving parts and don't generate the intense heat but even so, you'd think that Sony would have followed MSoft's lead by allowing you to back up from the HDD out of the machine.
Yes i should have backed up my data you'll cry, but tbh, why should I?? Its a games console, not a PC/Server holding financial information and HR data!! and as such there should be a system in place for this or to save your games to an online repository. I bet most gamers don't backup their gaming data because its not something you should really have to be worrying about with a gaming console. [/RantOver]
Cheers
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