PS3 - Resources, Technical Issues, Troubleshooting, FAQs

02-01-2012 11:06pm

Hey I'm going to Japan for a bit and want to know: Can I put my HDD into a Japanese PS3?

Varik · 03-01-2012 3:47am

Deleted User wrote: »

Hey I'm going to Japan for a bit and want to know: Can I put my HDD into a Japanese PS3?

Nothing will be accessible off the HDD in a new PS3 as it's encrypted to the PS3 is was used in, a new PS3 will format the HDD and then be usable but without any of the previous content.

Or is there another reason other than keeping you saves/games that you'd like to use the old HDD.

Brick Session · 04-01-2012 10:48pm

KeithM89 wrote: »

When starting it up, hold down the power button for about 10 secs so it switches to from HD to SD - should work

I take it you do the same thing to reverse the process when using the PS3 on a HD tv again?

RangeR · 06-01-2012 10:01am

Brick Session wrote: »

I take it you do the same thing to reverse the process when using the PS3 on a HD tv again?

You assume wrong. Going back to HDMI, PS3 just works. It gives you two confirmation screens asking what resolution you want, etc.

No holding the power button down on boot up.

Pangea · 07-01-2012 4:01am

Anyone get play tv working since that update ages ago?
Still crashing on me.

Beefy78 · 19-01-2012 10:51am

Does anyone know anywhere in Dublin which sells UK PSN cards? I want to sign up to PS+ but through my UK account rather than my Irish account.

kearneybobs · 19-01-2012 11:57am

Beefy78 wrote: »

Does anyone know anywhere in Dublin which sells UK PSN cards? I want to sign up to PS+ but through my UK account rather than my Irish account.

tried ebay? Cant imagine you'll find anyone selling £ PSN cards in Dublin.

Beefy78 · 19-01-2012 12:27pm

No I can't imagine I would either but I seem to recall hearing something about one of the big chains (PC World?) selling them.

The Volt · 18-03-2012 3:21pm

Was playing Skyrim earlier and the system just shut off. There's a red light blinking now. This is bad, I can only assume?

weiland79 · 28-03-2012 9:37am

Got a DNLA Protocol Error last night whilst downloading the latest Battlefield 3 Patch. Anyone know what this is?

CastorTroy · 30-03-2012 3:00pm

Was wondering, is there a thread that I just can't find with information on hard drives for PS3? I bought the Ico and Sly collections off PSN recently and so when I download them I would rather keep them on my hard drive so just want to upgrade my 120GB drive. And then maybe just use that one then in my PC.

So was just looking for info such as drives that can be used, maximum size, best place to get them.

Any help would be appreciated

gilbertotron · 30-03-2012 4:35pm

Hey Troy, yeah i dont know about transfering games but you can transfer saves and **** pretty easily onto an external HDD and then just copy em back to your machine when you install the new HDD.
I upgraded my PS3 60gig console to a 200gig HDD I took out of my macbook pro and it worked fine. I'm pretty sure you can use any 2.5" HDD in there. I've seen people with 500gig HDD in there PS3 so I think your budget is the only limitation to size.
As for where to get them you could try komplett.ie
I haven't used them in awhile but I used to buy a lot of components from them when I was a PC user.
Hope that helps.

CastorTroy · 30-03-2012 5:57pm

Cool! Thanks. Will keep an eye out for a decent one. Be better to upgrade sooner, before I download the rest of the games then, just in case I can't copy them across

F1ngers · 30-03-2012 6:18pm

CastorTroy wrote: »

Cool! Thanks. Will keep an eye out for a decent one. Be better to upgrade sooner, before I download the rest of the games then, just in case I can't copy them across

Any 2.5mm HD that is no thicker than 9mm will do.
Just on the games you download, if you go back into the PSN store, you can re-download anything you bought, anytime you want.
Once you put that HD into a PC, I don't think you can transfer anything over.

CastorTroy · 30-03-2012 6:26pm

Yeah, I knew I could download anytime, it's more that I don't fancy downloading Shadow of the Colossus or Sly 3 more than once considering the size of them. Don't think Smart would be too happy.

Was reading up on how to do it, so it's a case of tranferring the contents of the current drive to an external drive, installing the new drive and copying back on to that one.

RangeR · 02-04-2012 4:18pm

F1ngers wrote: »

Any 2.5mm HD will do.

Negatory. There are "some" tall 2.5 HDD's. Tall ones won't fit. I believe it has to be about 9mm high at most, to fit the PS3. I believe the first 1TB 2.5 HDD's were in the region of 12mm and just wouldn't go in.

I also believe that there are now some 1TB 9mm 2.5mm HDD's.

GavRedKing · 05-04-2012 8:33am

I went to buy " I am Alive " last night and got the usual, thank you for your purchase, download now to play.

The thing is when I go to download it, it gives me a version that reads only 6Kbs. I've received the e-mail from the Store saying I've purchased the game but it isnt showing up anywhere on the XMB.

The trial version can be download, its something like 1960MB, but I cant seem to find the full game I downloaded.

Zero-Cool · 05-04-2012 8:54am

gavredking wrote: »

I went to buy " I am Alive " last night and got the usual, thank you for your purchase, download now to play.

The thing is when I go to download it, it gives me a version that reads only 6Kbs. I've received the e-mail from the Store saying I've purchased the game but it isnt showing up anywhere on the XMB.

The trial version can be download, its something like 1960MB, but I cant seem to find the full game I downloaded.

Same with me man

You have to download the trial version and then that 6kb file unlocks the full game. Brilliant game!

GavRedKing · 05-04-2012 8:58am

sheehy83 wrote: »

Same with me man You have to download the trial version and then that 6kb file unlocks the full game. Brilliant game!

I was thinking that alright but t jsut didnt make sense to me at the time.

Cool, I'll download the trial after work anyway and hoping to get some hours in over the Bank Holiday, looking forward to it.

RangeR · 05-04-2012 10:00am

gavredking wrote: »

The trial version can be download, its something like 1960MB, but I cant seem to find the full game I downloaded.

Yeah, a lot of PSN games are like this now. However, when you purchase the unlock, it usually gives you both the unlock AND the trial to download on the final DL screen.

Maybe Sony haven't implemented that for all Trial Unlocks.

funky penguin · 14-05-2012 11:56am

Right, apologies if this has been covered. I did a search of the thread and found nothing.

I'm getting a '80028F10' error code when I'm trying to play FF8. I know why, I just need to know if I can solve it.

I have a Japanese PS3, and an HD monitor, but the game is from the European PSN store.

I've tried many combinations of display settings and it just doesn't seem to work. I also have FF7 and 9 from the Japanese PSN store and they work fine.

So....is this just a case of 'tough titties', or can I do something? Thanks in advance!

F1ngers · 14-05-2012 2:12pm

funky penguin wrote: »

Right, apologies if this has been covered. I did a search of the thread and found nothing.

I'm getting a '80028F10' error code when I'm trying to play FF8. I know why, I just need to know if I can solve it.

I have a Japanese PS3, and an HD monitor, but the game is from the European PSN store.

I've tried many combinations of display settings and it just doesn't seem to work. I also have FF7 and 9 from the Japanese PSN store and they work fine.

So....is this just a case of 'tough titties', or can I do something? Thanks in advance!

Can you delete and then re-download the game(not your saves)?

funky penguin · 14-05-2012 3:38pm

I don't have any saves because I can't start it. ;_;

Currently re-downloading though, see what happens!

funky penguin · 15-05-2012 10:48am

Baaaaaaallllllls! Same story. Cheers for the suggestion though!

NewBoss · 25-05-2012 8:04pm

Got Battlefied 3 second hand from Gamestop, supposedly guaranteed to play. When I put it in I meet the "installing game data. Please do not turn off your system.." etc screen. It gets to 1% and then stops for a while (about an hour), then eventually gets to 2% but is stuck on that for another 3-4 hours. I presume this isn't normal? Any ideas?

RangeR · 25-05-2012 8:57pm

NewBoss wrote: »

Got Battlefied 3 second hand from Gamestop, supposedly guaranteed to play. When I put it in I meet the "installing game data. Please do not turn off your system.." etc screen. It gets to 1% and then stops for a while (about an hour), then eventually gets to 2% but is stuck on that for another 3-4 hours. I presume this isn't normal? Any ideas?

Disk is scratched or dirty.

NewBoss · 25-05-2012 9:34pm

RangeR wrote: »

Disk is scratched or dirty.

Yeah looking at it now, I notice a quite considerable scratch, I'll take it back. Thanks

Soby · 31-05-2012 10:53pm

Anyone having PSN connection issues today ?

Frisbee · 01-06-2012 7:07am

Quick one.

I was considering buying the Season Pass on PSN for The Walking Dead series of games.

I'm currently living away from home and using my housemates PS3 for gaming. If I buy the game through my PSN account and install it on his PS3 will I then be able to install and play it on my PS3 when I go home? As long as I delete it from his of course...

willyb007 · 01-06-2012 7:16am

Frisbee wrote: »

Quick one.

I was considering buying the Season Pass on PSN for The Walking Dead series of games.

I'm currently living away from home and using my housemates PS3 for gaming. If I buy the game through my PSN account and install it on his PS3 will I then be able to install and play it on my PS3 when I go home? As long as I delete it from his of course...

Yes you will no probs, all you have do is create a new user on your housemates PS3, (Don't Select the Remember password option obviously when you sign in) Log in as your own user when you buy the game and when you get home all you have to do is download it from your download list and play it, that way your housemate can play it too as you are a user on his PS3.

By the way you wont regret that purchase - Its a class game.

Frisbee · 01-06-2012 10:53am

Ah ok sweet. Didn't realise if I had my account logged into two PS3s I could play it on both. That's awesome. Cheers.

willyb007 · 02-06-2012 12:24pm

Frisbee wrote: »

Ah ok sweet. Didn't realise if I had my account logged into two PS3s I could play it on both. That's awesome. Cheers.

No probs, Me and a pal of mine share our purchases in a similar way. Im a user on his and hes a user on mine.

freethepenguins · 09-06-2012 9:12pm

Soby wrote: »

Anyone having PSN connection issues today ?

Its down for maintenance

jaxdasher · 09-06-2012 9:15pm

freethepenguins wrote: »

Its down for maintenance

"unscheduled maintenance". Its back on now you can log in, but for me atleast I can't connect to the PSN store at the moment.

granny_slayer · 17-06-2012 12:31am

Sorry Lads, not sure if im posting in the right thread ?
Bought a 2nd hand playstation3 today and when i try to sign in with it says....
"You cannot sign in using another user's sign-in ID (e-mail) ???????
I have my on user on this playstation and i dnt know what is wrong, Help Please

??

jaxdasher · 17-06-2012 12:32am

granny_slayer wrote: »

Sorry Lads, not sure if im posting in the right thread ?
Bought a 2nd hand playstation3 today and when i try to sign in with it says....
"You cannot sign in using another user's sign-in ID (e-mail) ???????
I have my on user on this playstation and i dnt know what is wrong, Help Please ??

Try resetting the whole ps3 system?

granny_slayer · 17-06-2012 12:42am

Thanks, will do i'll get back to ye, thanks

Zero-Cool · 17-06-2012 10:19am

Just delete the user profile. On the xmb, go all the way to the left and create a new user. You can sync your osn account to thst one and just delete the user accountthat was on it when you turned it on.

granny_slayer · 17-06-2012 12:53pm

Thanks for all the help lads, I reset the system confirmed my credit card info and eventually got in, Cheerz

jaxdasher · 17-06-2012 4:37pm

granny_slayer wrote: »

Thanks for all the help lads, I reset the system confirmed my credit card info and eventually got in, Cheerz

Good to know.

alanzo27 · 20-06-2012 11:47am

I got a PS3 60 GB off a relative for a great price

It's in good condition, but it gets quite hot even when idle. The fans don't spin too fast though. I was wondering if it would be worth bringing in somewhere to get it cleaned and get new thermal paste applied, or could I do it myself easy enough?

RangeR · 21-06-2012 11:38am

alanzo27 wrote: »

I got a PS3 60 GB off a relative for a great price It's in good condition, but it gets quite hot even when idle. The fans don't spin too fast though. I was wondering if it would be worth bringing in somewhere to get it cleaned and get new thermal paste applied, or could I do it myself easy enough?

Chances are, it's out of warranty
Chances are, it's full of dust.

1. Vacuum the back and front grill to clear out some gunk.
2. If that doesn't do much, you can "relatively" safely remove the top cover [screws underneath] and blow out any dust/fluff on the insides. Get a long thin screwdriver. Total time <30 mins. When screws are out, the top cover slides to the side then up.

Zero-Cool · 21-06-2012 11:44am

Alanzo, if you are going to open it, be very careful and use a youtube vid as a guide as when you lift the lid, there is a cable (I think connecting to the blu ray drive) that can be pulled and damaged unless you unplug it when the lid is half opened.

petercena · 03-07-2012 6:08am

Hiii, any one suggest me few new action games for PS3????

Leslie91 · 04-07-2012 3:32pm

Not sure if I'm in the right place... a real newbie to 'gaming' but my son is now asking for a PS3. Don't have much $ so wondering what the opinions are out there buying these 2nd hand. Any pointers much appreciated, don't necessarily need it to come with games. He's only talking about 1 game for now, but we'll no doubt add to the collection as we go along!.

I'd also plan on using it to netflix and bluray.

Tx in advance.

RangeR · 04-07-2012 3:38pm

Leslie91 wrote: »

Not sure if I'm in the right place... a real newbie to 'gaming' but my son is now asking for a PS3. Don't have much $ so wondering what the opinions are out there buying these 2nd hand. Any pointers much appreciated, don't necessarily need it to come with games. He's only talking about 1 game for now, but we'll no doubt add to the collection as we go along!.

I'd also plan on using it to netflix and bluray.

Tx in advance.

If you are buying 2nd hand, go to a main dealer rather than private sale. You will be covered by warranty.

Otacon · 04-07-2012 3:46pm

Leslie91 wrote: »

Not sure if I'm in the right place... a real newbie to 'gaming' but my son is now asking for a PS3. Don't have much $ so wondering what the opinions are out there buying these 2nd hand. Any pointers much appreciated, don't necessarily need it to come with games. He's only talking about 1 game for now, but we'll no doubt add to the collection as we go along!.

I'd also plan on using it to netflix and bluray.

Tx in advance.

In the initial sale also, harddrive size is not altogether that important as it can be upgraded later relatively cheaply. Basically, if you get an option to buy a 160GB model versus a 320GB model, you should safely be able to go for the 160GB model without missing out on anything].

rampantglory · 04-07-2012 3:47pm

buyer beware with second hand ps3's as alot of them have been reflowed, and might only have a few weeks life in them

Zero-Cool · 04-07-2012 3:50pm

You can get a 160gb slim PS3 new for about 220 euro in HMV so keep that in mind when looking at 2nd hand prices. If it's close at all, just go with the new one. Other than that, like posted above, try buy 2nd hand from a shop as they give a warranty with it.

Beefy78 · 04-07-2012 4:43pm

I wouldn't buy second hand. These machines are just too unreliable. You may be saving yourself €50 now but that's not much use if the machine dies in six months time.

They're pretty cheap now anyway. I'f recommend leaving it an extra month or however long it takes to be able to afford the difference between second hand and new and buying new.

PS3 - Resources, Technical Issues, Troubleshooting, FAQs

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