a possible blue light of death?? help...

ok,

i came home from work today and putin Ninja Gaidentohave a bit of a play before heading out.The blue light cameon and it tried loading the disc to no avail, the light remained on and the screen stayed on the XMB. So i took the disc out and put itback in and same thing happened. I tried RFoM and R6 as well as a few BD movies and still nothing. Everything else works and downloaded demos also work. So i figure its an issue with the optical drive. Considering i've had the PS3 for 5 weeks, this doesnt fill me confidence for the future.

Has anyone had this happen and how did you fix it?

Im sending my console back to Sony and they are sending me back a refurbished model as a replacement.

I'll update on how it goes if anyone is interested.

blue light of death, u crack me up, have u tried going to the game section and clickin on the game to load?JoKeR_421

hahah. not that blonde. The game icon doesnt come up at all...

Yeh, that's a shame. PS3 is probably the most reliable console out there, I suppose its only the drive thats broken after all.

At least Sony have always had a good warranty, they replaced my PS2 after about 14 months of ownership, and then they sent me thue disc back that I'd left in there on accident :P

Good ol' Sony, if only their marketing section wasn't dragging the whole company down.

ok i was looking through the forums last night and saw Blue/green flash HELP or similar, i was on my PS3 at the time so i was in no mood to wait for it to load up. My point is, a unoffical PS3 bug has been going around 1 day now every bugger has it!

Strange that all other console have there faults but not made public the second the PS3 has one (i betting its fake or a unlucky batch) it all over the place

Get what i mean?

ok i was looking through the forums last night and saw Blue/green flash HELP or similar, i was on my PS3 at the time so i was in no mood to wait for it to load up. My point is, a unoffical PS3 bug has been going around 1 day now every bugger has it!

Strange that all other console have there faults but not made public the second the PS3 has one (i betting its fake or a unlucky batch) it all over the place

Get what i mean?

Joker1232003

The ring of death is EVERYWHERE, so your statement is slightly flawed.

Anyway to the TC, just a run of bad luck. People who have had to send there's in said it only took around a week to send it out and recieve their replacement and they've all worked wonderfully. Don't worry. You'll be gaming again in no time. :)

Just bad luck, less than 1% return rate compared to the 33% for the other consoleChristopper

yea some ps3 systems just go bad. But 99 percent of ps3 systems r perfect.

[QUOTE="Christopper"]Just bad luck, less than 1% return rate compared to the 33% for the other consoleAgentZero225

yea some ps3 systems just go bad. But 99 percent of ps3 systems r perfect.

yep and 76% of all statistics are made up.... :)

And I'm 100% ready to play Lair, Heavenly Sword, Haze, MGS4, Uncharted, Ratchet & Clank, and many more!!!

And I'm 100% ready to play Lair, Heavenly Sword, Haze, MGS4, Uncharted, Ratchet & Clank, and many more!!!

paul52181

I'd say im 98% ready for those and 2% ready for breakfast :D

just a quick update for everyone.

Sony emailed me a barcode, i took it with the console to my local post office on Monday. The post officeprovided the bubble wrap, box and all postage for free.

On tuesday i received an email from Sony stating they have received my console and as soon as they check it out and make sure the fault isnt a result of my negligence (i.e i dropped etc) they will send me a remanufactured model from the same period or close to, so im pretty sure i will still have the EE chip in mine.

Today (wednesday) i got another email saying my new console is being posted to me today with all the tracking numbers etc. With a bit of luck i hope to get it tomorrow.

Although i was a little dissapointed that it had died, i must give credit to Sony Australiafor the level of their service and prompt response.

yep and 76% of all statistics are made up.... :)

mojahid_1st

[QUOTE="mojahid_1st"]

yep and 76% of all statistics are made up.... :)

Spartan8907

Yep... about 76% chance to be exact....

ok,

i came home from work today and putin Ninja Gaidentohave a bit of a play before heading out.The blue light cameon and it tried loading the disc to no avail, the light remained on and the screen stayed on the XMB. So i took the disc out and put itback in and same thing happened. I tried RFoM and R6 as well as a few BD movies and still nothing. Everything else works and downloaded demos also work. So i figure its an issue with the optical drive. Considering i've had the PS3 for 5 weeks, this doesnt fill me confidence for the future.

Has anyone had this happen and how did you fix it?

Im sending my console back to Sony and they are sending me back a refurbished model as a replacement.

I'll update on how it goes if anyone is interested.

mpavic84

I think your one of the 1% that has a faulty PS3 but don't go for a 360 it has a 75% failure rate.

[QUOTE="mpavic84"]

ok,

i came home from work today and putin Ninja Gaidentohave a bit of a play before heading out.The blue light cameon and it tried loading the disc to no avail, the light remained on and the screen stayed on the XMB. So i took the disc out and put itback in and same thing happened. I tried RFoM and R6 as well as a few BD movies and still nothing. Everything else works and downloaded demos also work. So i figure its an issue with the optical drive. Considering i've had the PS3 for 5 weeks, this doesnt fill me confidence for the future.

Has anyone had this happen and how did you fix it?

Im sending my console back to Sony and they are sending me back a refurbished model as a replacement.

I'll update on how it goes if anyone is interested.

sgallag_play

I think your one of the 1% that has a faulty PS3 but don't go for a 360 it has a 75% failure rate.

Actually, i think you'll find that statistic to be 76%...

[QUOTE="mojahid_1st"][QUOTE="AgentZero225"]

[QUOTE="Christopper"]Just bad luck, less than 1% return rate compared to the 33% for the other consoleChristopper

yea some ps3 systems just go bad. But 99 percent of ps3 systems r perfect.

yep and 76% of all statistics are made up.... :)

Well mine is part of the 24% that isn't