Common PS3 problems.

Hey I was thinking about getting a PS3 soon (used most likely), along with a high def TV, and was wondering what common (or not so common anymore) problems the PS3 has had. I own an Xbox already and I know about the RROD and the problem some have with disc scratching, but am not aware of problems the PS3 has had and want to know what to look out for.

Cool, so as long as I stay away from the 60 GB launch models I should be good. So what causes the Yellow Light of Doom, overheating, like the RROD?

it sometimes kills bunnies for the fun of it but otherwise its fineryrulez

Wow, sounds like the perfect system for me, I do that on weekends!!!! LOL

[QUOTE="ryrulez"] it sometimes kills bunnies for the fun of it but otherwise its fine10thwonder

Wow, sounds like the perfect system for me, I do that on weekends!!!! LOL

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[QUOTE="ryrulez"] it sometimes kills bunnies for the fun of it but otherwise its fineryrulez

Wow, sounds like the perfect system for me, I do that on weekends!!!! LOL

I didn't used to, I was more the break-into-the-hen-house-and-steal-all-the-eggs kind of person, and would then make an awesome omelet, but since the bunnies my cholesterol has gone down :P

Yeah I have a 60Gb and the only thing I ever experience is the occasional freeze-up. Like once a week my system will freeze, and I play about 2hrs. a day.

the ps3 laggs online on some games not all. thats the most common to me

The two biggest problems I've experienced and come across are obviously the Yellow Light, and the faulty blu ray lasers. The blu ray thing is when your ps3 suddenly stops reading discs, thats the one that happened to me. Sucks because its completely unavoidable the day before it happened was when I bought Killzone2 in the morning, played about 4 hours through out the day and the following morning it died. Very random and it was in the 13th month of warranty so yea sony charged 190.97 which i refuse to pay, I'll just repair it myself eventually. Unfortunately there are no stats on failure rates because sony never released that information. I'm not trying to be a bearer of bad news but better to be warned isnt it? IF it does happen to you, hopefully it doesnt but it happened to me and alot of other people its very possible it could happen to you too.

Not realy anyprobs maybe a freeze hear and there but none realy

BUT! watch out for the yellow light in 60gb its evil

i have a 60 gb since November 2007 and yall have me paranoid that my ps3 will die lol, for real, every day someone posts that their 60 gb got a yellow light . thats lame man, my ps3 is ALWAYS on stand by, the fan is almost ALWAYS on HARD on it, and i dont get freezes. some people have launch xbox 360 s that havent gotten the red light as yet so, there is hope