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post #1 of 29
11/26/08 at 7:57pm
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So my cousin was playing the stupid ass GT5:P demo, which he quickly realizes that it was boring and devoid of fun, and asks me how to quit. So he does it the normal way, holds down the home button and quits the game. It goes to the usual black screen, but instead of taking me back to the dashboard (or whatever you want to call it) the screen just stays black. After a while I decided to manually turn it off with the switch on the black, but when I turn it back on I get nothing but a black screen. I tried doing a system reset by holding down the power button for 10 seconds or whatever, but it just went back to 480p and still gives me a black screen.

I guess my last choice is to try hooking it up directly to the TV with some composite cables and how to see something. It worked for a second, but as soon as I touch the controller I get this...



I've reset it several times, sometimes managing to get as far as the dashboard, but it still freezes with artifacts... I'm guessing my GPU is ****ed. Sony wants $150 to fix it, and even if I did that I doubt I would get another 60GB unit back in a timely manner, if at all. Also it doesn't help that this is a Japanese system I imported almost 2 years ago. At this point I'm considering doing the swap trick with a MGS4 80GB system we have at work...

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post #2 of 29
11/26/08 at 8:11pm
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Originally Posted by SlaughterX View Post

At this point I'm considering doing the swap trick with a MGS4 80GB system we have at work...

You had me feeling really bad for you until you got to this.
post #3 of 29
11/26/08 at 8:13pm
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Well I'm not about to pay Sony $150 for an inferior replacement.
post #4 of 29
11/26/08 at 8:28pm
You're not really going to swap it so some poor guy get's a broken PS3 are you? I can just imagine someone buying that for a Christmas present for his kids and plugging it in and getting that. Sorry man, I'm all for sticking it to the MAN but not to the common man.
post #5 of 29
11/26/08 at 8:28pm
So you haven't tried any of the debug options (rebuilding the database, system restore, system format)?
post #6 of 29
11/26/08 at 8:32pm
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Originally Posted by SlaughterX View Post

Well I'm not about to pay Sony $150 for an inferior replacement.

Society can only hope your exemplary sense of ethics strains itself only when it comes to electronic devices.
post #7 of 29
11/26/08 at 8:49pm
Still not ethical but it can be done without sticking it to anyone, except Sony and all of us in the end. buy another. In a week or so return "it" saying it wouldn't work or stopped working. You get your money back, PS3 gets fixed and no one gets a broken one. If they scan Sku's you are screwed.

Admittedly I have done this one, but for a slightly different reason. Best Buy wouldn't accept something I had bought when it was only one day past the 30 day return date and the item was broken. I tried to argue to no avail. I would have had no out of pocket expense anyway,since the item was still under warranty and the manufacturer would cover it, so I did it knowing the only one I was screwing was Best Buys 30 day policy.
post #8 of 29
11/26/08 at 10:08pm
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Originally Posted by Martez View Post

So you haven't tried any of the debug options (rebuilding the database, system restore, system format)?

Do this.
Also you should have shut the system off by holding the power button down until it beeped.
post #9 of 29
11/26/08 at 10:36pm
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Originally Posted by Hughmc View Post

Still not ethical but it can be done without sticking it to anyone, except Sony and all of us in the end. buy another. In a week or so return "it" saying it wouldn't work or stopped working. You get your money back, PS3 gets fixed and no one gets a broken one. If they scan Sku's you are screwed.

Admittedly I have done this one, but for a slightly different reason. Best Buy wouldn't accept something I had bought when it was only one day past the 30 day return date and the item was broken. I tried to argue to no avail. I would have had no out of pocket expense anyway,since the item was still under warranty and the manufacturer would cover it, so I did it knowing the only one I was screwing was Best Buys 30 day policy.

I can agree with this, since they'll just be sending the broken PS3 back to Sony. And it is their broken product after all.
post #10 of 29
11/27/08 at 7:03am
Wow, the lack or ethics/morality is sad.

I hope that you guys aren't the victim someday of the same thing.
post #11 of 29
11/27/08 at 7:50am
Epic fail!
Karma, dude. Karma.
post #12 of 29
11/27/08 at 7:55am
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Originally Posted by Hughmc View Post

Still not ethical but it can be done without sticking it to anyone, except Sony and all of us in the end. buy another. In a week or so return "it" saying it wouldn't work or stopped working. You get your money back, PS3 gets fixed and no one gets a broken one. If they scan Sku's you are screwed.

Admittedly I have done this one, but for a slightly different reason. Best Buy wouldn't accept something I had bought when it was only one day past the 30 day return date and the item was broken. I tried to argue to no avail. I would have had no out of pocket expense anyway,since the item was still under warranty and the manufacturer would cover it, so I did it knowing the only one I was screwing was Best Buys 30 day policy.

Uhh, that's what I had planned on doing? You all thought I was just going to return it so they could sell it again?

Anyway yes I did manage to get it on long enough to reformat the system, but it froze up again when I was enterting my WEP key. Looks like a hardware problem, and frm what I can see it must be the video card.
post #13 of 29
11/27/08 at 10:09am
You got a random internal HDD that will fit the PS3? Sometimes it is just HDD corruption and just replacing it can do the trick (when a reformat just doesn't fix it). Just a thought.
post #14 of 29
11/27/08 at 10:14am
This happened to test your Morals, to test you and see if you will do the right thing

from what I gather, its clear you made your decision and you threw your morals out the window.
post #15 of 29
11/27/08 at 10:35am
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Originally Posted by dogdoctor View Post

You got a random internal HDD that will fit the PS3? Sometimes it is just HDD corruption and just replacing it can do the trick (when a reformat just doesn't fix it). Just a thought.

I really doubt it's an issue with the hard drive, that wouldn't cause screen artifacts would it?
post #16 of 29
11/27/08 at 10:42am
I think your friend has bad MOJO, so keep him away from stuff you have
post #17 of 29
11/27/08 at 11:26am
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Are there any 3rd party repair sites? I wonder how much it would cost for someone else to repair it plus mod it to play all region PS/2 games...
post #18 of 29
11/27/08 at 11:49am
Is there something wrong with sending it back to Sony? Maybe I'm missing something but aren't they just getting their defective product back?
post #19 of 29
11/27/08 at 12:11pm
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Originally Posted by RY35AN View Post

Is there something wrong with sending it back to Sony? Maybe I'm missing something but aren't they just getting their defective product back?

Yep and haven't we seen those that seem to scream loudest about "morals" seem to lack some in areas of their lives, but they love to preach don't they.

Those without...let them be the first

I also explained what one can do, but I NEVER said it was justified.
post #20 of 29
11/27/08 at 1:18pm
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Originally Posted by Hughmc View Post

Yep and haven't we seen those that seem to scream loudest about "morals" seem to lack some in areas of their lives, but they love to preach don't they.

Justifying one's lack of morality by rationalizing that everyone's immoral anyway is nothing new. Lazy, but not new.

You and he came to this topic on your own free will. No one pressured you to be criminals. Quit blaming others for your own disrespect of those you're offending.
post #21 of 29
11/27/08 at 1:43pm
Sorry, OP: Fail
post #22 of 29
11/27/08 at 7:42pm
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Ok I'm starting to wonder something... if it is in fact the video card that's screwed, would it always be that way> The reason I ask is because if I leave it off all day then turn it on I can mess around in the menu for about a minute or so before it freezes up. When it does freeze I can still hear audio in the background, but the picture if forzen, and it sometimes turn green or has green artifacts...
post #23 of 29
11/27/08 at 8:41pm
PM I just got from Hughmc:

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Originally Posted by Hughmc View Post

You are reported. You got personal. You are wrong. I am NOT a criminal and I am NOT justifying anyone's lack of morality. Again, I never justified it and stated so, but that was ignored.

Hugh

My response:

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Originally Posted by kess View Post

Report me all you want. You admit to fraud, encourage fraud with a fellow poster, and you're not a criminal? You even admit what you did at the Best Buy was unethical. Why the confusion about the morality behind what you did all of a sudden? Because someone actually called you on it? It appears you need to do some soul searching. And I'm not the one who made it personal. I didn't accuse you of anything you didn't admit to all on your own.
post #24 of 29
11/27/08 at 9:23pm
For the record there are details I left out in my post with regards to my return. I shouldn't have to explain myself, but it seems I hit a nerve and the attack I am getting needs a response and more detailed explanation. I was erroneously told by an employee that the return date on the 19.99 item was later than it actually was. While I have admitted I didn't believe what I did was right, it was my word against the employee who no longer worked at the store. He was fired. I was told 60 days, it was 30. Again, as I said earlier there is no justification for doing wrong, but sometimes an explanation in detail lends to clarity especially when someone questions one's ethics.
post #25 of 29
11/27/08 at 9:49pm
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Originally Posted by Hughmc View Post

For the record there are details I left out in my post with regards to my return. I shouldn't have to explain myself, but it seems I hit a nerve and the attack I am getting needs a response and more detailed explanation. I was erroneously told by an employee that the return date on the 19.99 item was later than it actually was. While I have admitted I didn't believe what I did was right, it was my word against the employee who no longer worked at the store. He was fired. I was told 60 days, it was 30. Again, as I said earlier there is no justification for doing wrong, but sometimes an explanation in detail lends to clarity especially when someone questions one's ethics.

So let me get this straight: The guy at the store made you do it? Is that really the explanation in detail you want to go with?

Good grief.

I promise I'll leave you alone now. I think you need some alone time.
post #26 of 29
11/28/08 at 1:59am
Hey now fellas. Can't we all just get along.

I don't want to get involved in the spat that's currently happening so I'll try to be the one to bring this back on topic (no, not the "on topic" of the warbonds thread)

So, were you able to fix the PS3 MORALLY?
post #27 of 29
11/28/08 at 4:01am
just change it who gives a f*&**& some random people from "net" trying to tell you what to do


too funny
post #28 of 29
11/28/08 at 6:36am


post #29 of 29
11/28/08 at 6:46am
Someone willingly posting about being a lying, immoral punk shouldn't be surprised if someone calls him out on it. It just gets amplified by the internet.

I hope the OP gets a flesh eating virus if he swaps out his broken one with a working one through deceit.

See?
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