PS3 - Resources, Technical Issues, Troubleshooting, FAQs

browne_rob5 · 08-08-2010 12:28pm

I have been trying to use Sky Player through my house mates PS3 but it has not been working. A message at the top of the screen says the browser I am using is not supported. Anybody have any advice on this?

Never used a PS3 until today so pretty new to it. RTE player and BBC iPlayer are working fine though.

Cantona's Collars · 08-08-2010 4:02pm

Have had four failed attempts to upgrade to the latest firmware 3.41,connected wirelessly so thought that was the problem and used wired connection still no joy.Downloaded update to pc and used flash drive,all was going well and update almost done when Data Corrupted message appeared:mad:
Do Sony not want me to update? Any ideas guys?

krustydoyle · 09-08-2010 12:52am

Hey lads..

Have a problem with my ps3. it turns on and all but when i switch the channel to a different av its no where to be found.. i have it hooked up to a lcd tv and im using an old connection from a ps2.. any help please? like it powers on but thats it.. :mad::mad:

Thanks in advance.

KeithM89_old · 09-08-2010 12:57am

krustydoyle wrote: »

Hey lads..

Have a problem with my ps3. it turns on and all but when i switch the channel to a different av its no where to be found.. i have it hooked up to a lcd tv and im using an old connection from a ps2.. any help please? like it powers on but thats it.. :mad::mad:

Thanks in advance.

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

krustydoyle · 09-08-2010 1:02am

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

Thats great.. thanks.. i should of explained to you in a bit more detail.. its been sitting in a box for over a year.. ive a wireless controller here now so how do i connect it?? sorry but i havent a clue bout these things.. thanks

KeithM89_old · 09-08-2010 1:05am

krustydoyle wrote: »

Thats great.. thanks.. i should of explained to you in a bit more detail.. its been sitting in a box for over a year.. ive a wireless controller here now so how do i connect it?? sorry but i havent a clue bout these things.. thanks

Just plug in the usb cable into the top of the controller and the other end into the PS3 and press the PS button- it might need a bit of a charge if you haven't used it in a while

BigBenRoeth · 09-08-2010 1:05am

krustydoyle wrote: »

Thats great.. thanks.. i should of explained to you in a bit more detail.. its been sitting in a box for over a year.. ive a wireless controller here now so how do i connect it?? sorry but i havent a clue bout these things.. thanks

As far as i remember plug it in with the usb lead and press the ps button and it connects

krustydoyle · 09-08-2010 1:07am

Keithm89 wrote: »

Just plug in the usb cable into the top of the controller and the other end into the PS3 and press the PS button- it might need a bit of a charge if you haven't used it in a while

small problem... there not in the box.. can i buy them??

KeithM89_old · 09-08-2010 1:08am

krustydoyle wrote: »

small problem... there not in the box.. can i buy them??

Any regular old USB cable should work - maybe one from a digital camera or a mobile phone

krustydoyle · 09-08-2010 1:12am

Keithm89 wrote: »

Any regular old USB cable should work - maybe one from a digital camera or a mobile phone

Thanks.. its set up now and all.. i may hook it up to the wireless in the house now.. and of course buy a few games..

dazco · 09-08-2010 5:18pm

The blu ray drive on my old 60gig model is f*cked, well i'd assume so as it plays everything else fine (ps2/ps1 games and dvd's) but not ps3 games or blu ray movies. Asked in a shop in Blanchardstown today and they said it'd be about 150 to repair it, anyone know anywhere cheaper or if i have any other options?

BigBenRoeth · 09-08-2010 7:46pm

dazco wrote: »

The blu ray drive on my old 60gig model is f*cked, well i'd assume so as it plays everything else fine (ps2/ps1 games and dvd's) but not ps3 games or blu ray movies. Asked in a shop in Blanchardstown today and they said it'd be about 150 to repair it, anyone know anywhere cheaper or if i have any other options?

Mine was like that,took it appart and the drive was manky with dust,cleaned it up and its grand now.

Diageio_Man · 10-08-2010 8:18am

heading into maplins in an hour to pick up thermal paste so i can fix another mates ps3. I'v fixed 4 so far the 1st one i fixed is still going strong after 5 months. Dont pay the 160 quid to send it to sony. get some one who knows what there at to try fix it. If i can help anyone out im around the dublin area. just give me a pm and i'll try give you's a hand fixing it.

crazyFeet · 10-08-2010 2:09pm

well, finally I am a proud owner of a ps3 slim 250Gb and f**king what? well nothing but a f**king load of nerves waisted!!! :mad: Brand new and it freezes constantly; was playing civilization and pressed the triangle to go into a wiki by an accident twice, froze right away, this happened about 5 times so far just in that case not to mention many others in different games. WTF? Little brother has a 40g 3year old ps3 and it NEVER froze

is this a windows vista situation when sony goes from Grand to WTF ??? still have my warrenty so i might just return it da fk

(one very pissed of ps3 person)

That_Guy · 10-08-2010 11:09pm

Right, bought my PS3 last Monday. All was working grand until tonight when I went to turn it on. It's hooked up via HDMI cable to my TV. When I turn it on I hear the sound from the TV but there's no picture. Well there is a picture but the screen is all grey with a few green spots on screen.

EDIT: Never mind. It's my TV. Plugged my Xbox in and turned it on and the same coloured screen is coming up for that.

-oRnein9- · 11-08-2010 6:37pm

Have the origional 40gb ps3, well had one from launch which lasted about a year, then it stopped reading all discs, as it was still under waranty I returned it and received a replacement, the same 40gb model, which I have now had for a couple of years, now I have the same problem again, however the waranty has elapsed. I followed a tutorial on youtube and cleaned the lens in my blu ray drive, but no joy, I'm just wondering if I replace the lens would this sort my problem?

Malice · 11-08-2010 6:58pm

I bought a PS3 today and have run into some difficulty with it. When I turn it on and stick a DVD or a game into it, nothing happens. There's a clock icon on the top right which spins around for a bit and then stops but that it. Am I doing something retarded or could the console have somehow been damaged in transit or something? It doesn't look damaged and I'm able to navigate through the menus but that's all.

johnny_ultimate · 11-08-2010 7:12pm

Malice_ wrote: »

I bought a PS3 today and have run into some difficulty with it. When I turn it on and stick a DVD or a game into it, nothing happens. There's a clock icon on the top right which spins around for a bit and then stops but that it. Am I doing something retarded or could the console have somehow been damaged in transit or something? It doesn't look damaged and I'm able to navigate through the menus but that's all.

Sounds like a problem with the machine alright, shouldn't be doing that. If it's not running anything, bring it straight back to the shop! Unless you're putting the disc in the wrong way, but I'm going to give you much more credit than that

Malice · 11-08-2010 7:53pm

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Sounds like a problem with the machine alright, shouldn't be doing that. If it's not running anything, bring it straight back to the shop! Unless you're putting the disc in the wrong way, but I'm going to give you much more credit than that

Silvery side up, everyone knows that

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It's a strange one alright. It's like it spins up for a bit then clicks a bit. This part sounds like an old multi-cd stereo I had where the tray with the discs had to spin around. Then it whirs for a bit more and then stops. I have it packed up now anyway, ready to be sent back to the supplier. Hopefully it won't take too long to resolve.

That_Guy · 11-08-2010 11:31pm

Malice_ wrote: »

Silvery side up, everyone knows that .

It's a strange one alright. It's like it spins up for a bit then clicks a bit. This part sounds like an old multi-cd stereo I had where the tray with the discs had to spin around. Then it whirs for a bit more and then stops. I have it packed up now anyway, ready to be sent back to the supplier. Hopefully it won't take too long to resolve.

Have you tried navigating to the column that says 'Game' and then scrolling downwards?

Malice · 12-08-2010 8:28am

That_Guy wrote: »

Have you tried navigating to the column that says 'Game' and then scrolling downwards?

Yep, myself and my housemate went through every possible menu option a bunch of times, believe me. As I recall the Game menu is the one where you can manage memory cards and view achievements etc. There was no option to Play Game or View Movie or whatever and the noises it makes when a disc is inserted do not fill me with confidence at all. Unfortunately I bought it online which means the whole saga of getting it sorted is probably only beginning.

-oRnein9- · 12-08-2010 8:36am

-oRnein9- wrote: »

Have the origional 40gb ps3, well had one from launch which lasted about a year, then it stopped reading all discs, as it was still under waranty I returned it and received a replacement, the same 40gb model, which I have now had for a couple of years, now I have the same problem again, however the waranty has elapsed. I followed a tutorial on youtube and cleaned the lens in my blu ray drive, but no joy, I'm just wondering if I replace the lens would this sort my problem?

Any advise?

Thanks

crazyFeet · 12-08-2010 11:04am

try getting a blue-ray drive and replacing it... or just sell you ps3 for parts and get a new one/used from gamestop or such...

That_Guy · 13-08-2010 3:23pm

Malice_ wrote: »

Yep, myself and my housemate went through every possible menu option a bunch of times, believe me. As I recall the Game menu is the one where you can manage memory cards and view achievements etc. There was no option to Play Game or View Movie or whatever and the noises it makes when a disc is inserted do not fill me with confidence at all. Unfortunately I bought it online which means the whole saga of getting it sorted is probably only beginning.

Sorry if that last post made me sound condesending. Wasn't intended that way. Hope it gets sorted.

Malice · 13-08-2010 3:57pm

That_Guy wrote: »

Sorry if that last post made me sound condesending. Wasn't intended that way. Hope it gets sorted.

I didn't read it as a condescending post at all

I'm going over to a mate's house later to check out his working PS3 to ensure that I'm not doing something retarded.

donanore · 20-08-2010 11:57pm

If its any help, buy the slim model. I had to replace my 40gb ps3 for 160 at gamestop because the blu-ray drive stopped working and after a year it started to overheat coz the fan started makin a load of noise. It eventually got the Yellow light of death. I got it working again but it didnt fix the problem. I traded it in for a slim model at gamestop. luckily the fan didnt come on when the checked it.

Slim model is still working, for now.

http://helpwithps3.blogspot.com/

The Freeman · 24-08-2010 2:09pm

hey guys,

For the last few hours I have had problems logging in to Playstation Network.

I had no Problems until this morning and have been online gaming for the last few months with bad company/fifa etc.

Went in to the network settings and did the test, it states that the PS3 establsihes an internet connection/acquires an IP address no problem but fails on the next hurdle which is the PS Network.
Tried gettting on to the Playstation store just there to see if i could log in that way. it is saying

'The service is not available in your Country/region'(never had this message before)

anybody ever come accross this at all?

EDIT: Got it sorted by reseting the wireless router.

FrDougalMcguire · 24-08-2010 9:06pm

Hi all, My PS3 controller has stopped working wirelessly and now only works via USB. I have tried resetting the controller and restoring the PS3 to no avail. Any suggestions?

FrDougalMcguire · 24-08-2010 9:12pm

Malice_ wrote: »

I bought a PS3 today and have run into some difficulty with it. When I turn it on and stick a DVD or a game into it, nothing happens. There's a clock icon on the top right which spins around for a bit and then stops but that it. Am I doing something retarded or could the console have somehow been damaged in transit or something? It doesn't look damaged and I'm able to navigate through the menus but that's all.

I think if you navigate through settings menu there is a setting to play DVC/CD on insertion automatically or something like that. Check that out maybe

BigBenRoeth · 24-08-2010 9:53pm

FrDougalMcguire wrote: »

Hi all, My PS3 controller has stopped working wirelessly and now only works via USB. I have tried resetting the controller and restoring the PS3 to no avail. Any suggestions?

Most likely a problem with your controller I'd say

Leopardi · 27-08-2010 5:02pm

I was playing MW2 online this morning and mid-game my PS3 froze, then turned off. I was able to turn it on again, but the same thing happened this afternoon. Now when I turn it on, I can hear the beeping sound, but the machine shuts down again about five seconds later.

I assume this spells the end of my PS3. If someone here experienced this issue before and got their PS3 repaired, what was the cost?

Thanks in advance...

BigBenRoeth · 27-08-2010 5:42pm

Leopardi wrote: »

I was playing MW2 online this morning and mid-game my PS3 froze, then turned off. I was able to turn it on again, but the same thing happened this afternoon. Now when I turn it on, I can hear the beeping sound, but the machine shuts down again about five seconds later.

I assume this spells the end of my PS3. If someone here experienced this issue before and got their PS3 repaired, what was the cost?

Thanks in advance...

Hoovering the fcuk out of it is always the first thing you should do

Leopardi · 27-08-2010 5:51pm

BigBenRoeth wrote: »

Hoovering the fcuk out of it is always the first thing you should do

Ha! I'll give that a try. I've just been on to Sony. They would charge €160 for a replacement and give a 3-month warranty with it.

If I bought a new one, is there a way for me to transfer data from the old to the new Hard Drive?

BigBenRoeth · 27-08-2010 5:55pm

Leopardi wrote: »

Ha! I'll give that a try. I've just been on to Sony. They would charge €160 for a replacement and give a 3-month warranty with it.

If I bought a new one, is there a way for me to transfer data from the old to the new Hard Drive?

My ps3 stopped reading discs alltogether (blue light didnt come on even) and swallowed my fifa 10 and wouldnt eject,i took the top off and gave it a thorough clean (it was manky with dust),but now i hear you dont even have to take it appart you can just put a hoover up to the side of it.

If you got a new ps3 you should be able to transfer all your stuff

Leopardi · 27-08-2010 5:57pm

BigBenRoeth wrote: »

My ps3 stopped reading discs alltogether (blue light didnt come on even) and swallowed my fifa 10 and wouldnt eject,i took the top off and gave it a thorough clean (it was manky with dust),but now i hear you dont even have to take it appart you can just put a hoover up to the side of it.

If you got a new ps3 you should be able to transfer all your stuff

Cheers for the replies. I bought the console over three years ago, but I didn't use it all that much.

BigBenRoeth · 27-08-2010 5:59pm

Leopardi wrote: »

Cheers for the replies. I bought the console over three years ago, but I didn't use it all that much.

Let me know how you get on!

Leopardi · 27-08-2010 6:37pm

Given that my PS3 won't stay switched on, how would I transfer HD data?

BigBenRoeth · 27-08-2010 7:10pm

Leopardi wrote: »

Given that my PS3 won't stay switched on, how would I transfer HD data?

Do you have a slim or phat?
Im nearly sure i heard someone telling me about a way to do it with a slim

Leopardi · 27-08-2010 7:15pm

BigBenRoeth wrote: »

Do you have a slim or phat?
Im nearly sure i heard someone telling me about a way to do it with a slim

One of the original beasts! I hope it can be done with that!

BigBenRoeth · 27-08-2010 7:18pm

Leopardi wrote: »

One of the original beasts! I hope it can be done with that!

Shíte.....theres a big long thread here : http://boardsus.playstation.com/t5/PlayStation-Tech-Central/HELP-How-can-I-recover-my-PS3-Game-Save-data-from-a-broken-PS3/td-p/35564689/page/7 and as you can see theyve tried lots of different stuff with no success, if the data is important you might be better off sending it off to be fixed,or trying to do it yourself with the help of youtube vids.

Leopardi · 27-08-2010 7:27pm

BigBenRoeth wrote: »

Shíte.....theres a big long thread here : http://boardsus.playstation.com/t5/PlayStation-Tech-Central/HELP-How-can-I-recover-my-PS3-Game-Save-data-from-a-broken-PS3/td-p/35564689/page/7 and as you can see theyve tried lots of different stuff with no success, if the data is important you might be better off sending it off to be fixed,or trying to do it yourself with the help of youtube vids.

Hmmm, not much hope then!

BigBenRoeth · 27-08-2010 7:32pm

Leopardi wrote: »

Hmmm, not much hope then!

If you have a look on youtube there are a load of vids showing you how to fix yer ps3 yerself.

http://www.youtube.com/user/junker15 this lad has tons of vids,have a look!

Leopardi · 27-08-2010 7:34pm

BigBenRoeth wrote: »

If you have a look on youtube there are a load of vids showing you how to fix yer ps3 yerself.

http://www.youtube.com/user/junker15 this lad has tons of vids,have a look!

Thanks for that link. I doubt I would have the patience to try anything like that!

BigBenRoeth · 27-08-2010 7:35pm

Leopardi wrote: »

Thanks for that link. I doubt I would have the patience to try anything like that!

Suppose ye may just do without yer saves and such then......

jaykhunter · 28-08-2010 12:37pm

I'm not sure if this is the right thread but maybe it is!

Is there a way to install games to your PS3 to lessen load times, just like you can on the 360? I'm playing Red Dead and the pop-ins are starting to annoy me!

F1ngers · 28-08-2010 5:22pm

jaykhunter wrote: »

I'm not sure if this is the right thread but maybe it is!

Is there a way to install games to your PS3 to lessen load times, just like you can on the 360? I'm playing Red Dead and the pop-ins are starting to annoy me!

Some games do, but not an option on all games.

jaykhunter · 28-08-2010 5:50pm

F1ngers wrote: »

Some games do, but not an option on all games.

Thanks, how can i check? (ie, pop the game in the drive, and...?) I reckon Red Dead is one of those that would greatly benefit from being installed.

F1ngers · 28-08-2010 7:34pm

jaykhunter wrote: »

Thanks, how can i check? (ie, pop the game in the drive, and...?) I reckon Red Dead is one of those that would greatly benefit from being installed.

No, they just install.
Only one I have that installs is MGS4.
I don't know which games do and which don't.

Malice · 31-08-2010 1:36pm

Malice_ wrote: »

I bought a PS3 today and have run into some difficulty with it. When I turn it on and stick a DVD or a game into it, nothing happens. There's a clock icon on the top right which spins around for a bit and then stops but that it. Am I doing something retarded or could the console have somehow been damaged in transit or something? It doesn't look damaged and I'm able to navigate through the menus but that's all.

Just wanted to post an update to this. Yesterday a working replacement PS3 was finally delivered. It's one of the caveats of dealing with Internet-based retailers. When something goes wrong you will be waiting quite a while (just under 3 weeks in this case) for a resolution.

rampantglory · 04-09-2010 11:22am

sorry if this has been asked before
but i have a ps3 and 5.1 speakers!! so i am looking for an exteranal sound card or a stero/hifi amp..... any one have a setup??
or any advice on hardware / brands , where to get them etc

Cheers for any advice

PS3 - Resources, Technical Issues, Troubleshooting, FAQs

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