Am I safe?

Well, I'm quite worried that my PS3 might defect since some idiot of a cousin of mine turned the power off by switching the back switch rather than using the controller or the power touch button. Now, I'm quite worried that something bad might happen since I heard problems occur when you turn the power off through the back switch. I currently own the old 80GB PS3 model, and I'm just wondering. Is my PS3 going to be safe?

Should be. My brother does it to his PS3 quite a lot and everything is in perfect working order.

well i dont think anything should go wrong with it from that. i was on my ps3 a while ago when we had a power cut.. mines been fine since..

Well I'm hardly an expert, but I wouldn't think anything would happen at all unless the hard drive was reading/writing data at the time. Even then, there's no guarantee that would damage the PS3.

You should be fine. As mentioned before, don't make a habit of it but otherwise it should be unaffected.

For some reason when my PS3's crashed and ive turned it off from the back then restarted it, there hasn't been any picture. So i've then had to reset the display settings. After i've done that it then won't let me set my display at 1080p. I have no idea why.

Fixed it after a while though.

There shouldn't be a problem with turning the power off by the switch. I have power failures here from time to time and it has never caused a single problem, even happens when on a game playing on-line without a problem after power is restored.

I just flicked the back switch for the first few days I had it, like I always did with my PS2. Then I read the instruction book & the horror stories on the internet, & since then I've always turned it off from the XMB first, & only then use the back switch. Still no problems with it. Mine's a pre-owned 60GB & I will have had it for a whole year next month! Yayyyy.

Turning your PS3 off like that will affect the data on your HD more than anything else. Hardware wise, turning off the power should not do any major damage.mithrixx

Well, the damage of data results due to damage on the HD in some sort. There may not be a physical damage (but it can get one), but on a logical sight there will be a damage which results in loosing savefiles and such

Only Problems with turning it off from the back is if you have the hard-drive writing something when you turn it off.... and the other thing is electronics don't take well to being turned on and off completely, it's not that it will blow up or anything just the change from hot to cold put's stress on the components.... so making a habit of letting the system heat up and then turning it completely off might result in a hairline cracks in the transistors down the road....but generally turning it off from the back isn't going to immediately turn your system into a brick, nor will it usually harm your system if it only happens once in a while.

Basically don't worry about it now, but try to keep it from happening too often in the future ;) .

Well, I'm quite worried that my PS3 might defect since some idiot of a cousin of mine turned the power off by switching the back switch rather than using the controller or the power touch button. Now, I'm quite worried that something bad might happen since I heard problems occur when you turn the power off through the back switch. I currently own the old 80GB PS3 model, and I'm just wondering. Is my PS3 going to be safe?

ninja_where

It's just another power switch. It's not like you're unplugging the console while it's running or anything. :|

It's just another power switch. It's not like you're unplugging the console while it's running or anything. :|

Shad0ki11

I think the only thing you have to worry about is corrupted data. However, I've never turned off mine from the back so I'm not 100% sure.

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It's just another power switch. It's not like you're unplugging the console while it's running or anything. :|

raven_squad

Hmm....that's true. I just flip the back switch off during storms so my system doesn't get fried....or at least get fried as bad.

That's why I don't let any as**** go near my ps3.

You should make sure your cousin doesnt do it in the future.

But dont worry. I always turn my PS3 off from the front power switch adn THEN the back, and i never got problems. Just dont turn it off only from the back.

If it's just once, then there's nothing to worry about. If it's done often, then something could eventually creep up. Most high end electronics do that and why they have notices of "proper shut down".

Well, I'm quite worried that my PS3 might defect since some idiot of a cousin of mine turned the power off by switching the back switch rather than using the controller or the power touch button. Now, I'm quite worried that something bad might happen since I heard problems occur when you turn the power off through the back switch. I currently own the old 80GB PS3 model, and I'm just wondering. Is my PS3 going to be safe?

ninja_where

Nobody is safe..

But seriously.. I think you will be safe, just don't do it often.

I've done it before out of frustration when a game kept freezing. Its ok though. The worst thing you could do is when its installing or saving, and it tells you not to turn the power off. The whole system will probably corrupt :?

I've done it before out of frustration when a game kept freezing. Its ok though. The worst thing you could do is when its installing or saving, and it tells you not to turn the power off. The whole system will probably corrupt :?

M0wen10