Do not turn off your PS3 from the back!

This is for every ps3 owner who doesn't know...If your ps3 freezes or locks up on you DO NOT TURN OFF the switch in the back. Doing it corrupts the Hard drive and damages your PS3. To reset, hold down the power button on the front of the PS3 for more than 10 seconds.

If you want to turn off your ps3, make sure the light in front of the system is the color RED, meaning the system is on stand by and then turn off the switch in the back.

I feel like this is becoming a mass problem with people just flipping the switch in the back everytime there is a freezing or lock up issue. DON'T DO IT!! My source: PS3 manual and Sony customer Service.

great....-_-

so THAtS y i dont get audio or visual when i turn it on...

noez i did that like 4 times because of dmc4......

One time I had to because it didn't even turn off by holding the power pad for 10 seconds.brandojones

Yup same here held the button and nothing ...waited some more ..button again...wait .....nothing .... Back power switch was the only way to get out of the freeze....

great....-_-

so THAtS y i dont get audio or visual when i turn it on...

kutabare91

So kicking it until it's off is bad?

Just kidding, but I do this anyway. Partially because I'm too lazy to reach around the back to turn it off :lol:

wouldn't the controller just bounce off it?machiavell8x8

:lol: Win.

Thanks for this timely reminder man, what about turning off the system via the in-game xmb even if im in an online game, I've done this before and my ps3 beeps and resets instead of shutting off?Pusha_A

Shutting down via the controller is fine. The 3 beeps you hear before you shut down means your PS3 was in the middle of an operation so it cancelled the operation and restarted so you can shut down without any problems.

Lol good thing I can't reach the back of my PS3 console, its in a very tight cabinet under my TV. Thanks for the heads up.Cactus_Matt

whoa wouldnt tht over heat it tho!

[QUOTE="Cactus_Matt"]Lol good thing I can't reach the back of my PS3 console, its in a very tight cabinet under my TV. Thanks for the heads up.mistergamer2006

whoa wouldnt tht over heat it tho!

yeah man ps3 generate and release alot of heat. more ventilation is needed.

This is for every ps3 owner who doesn't know...If your ps3 freezes or locks up on you DO NOT TURN OFF the switch in the back. Doing it corrupts the Hard drive and damages your PS3. To reset, hold down the power button on the front of the PS3 for more than 10 seconds.

If you want to turn off your ps3, make sure the light in front of the system is the color RED, meaning the system is on stand by and then turn off the switch in the back.

I feel like this is becoming a mass problem with people just flipping the switch in the back everytime there is a freezing or lock up issue. DON'T DO IT!! My source: PS3 manual and Sony customer Service.

AgentZero225

thnks for the warning..didnt know that

This is for every ps3 owner who doesn't know...If your ps3 freezes or locks up on you DO NOT TURN OFF the switch in the back. Doing it corrupts the Hard drive and damages your PS3. To reset, hold down the power button on the front of the PS3 for more than 10 seconds.

If you want to turn off your ps3, make sure the light in front of the system is the color RED, meaning the system is on stand by and then turn off the switch in the back.

I feel like this is becoming a mass problem with people just flipping the switch in the back everytime there is a freezing or lock up issue. DON'T DO IT!! My source: PS3 manual and Sony customer Service.

AgentZero225

My PS3 just had it's hard drive wiped when exactly that happened! I was wondering for days what it could have been! Thanks man, you've saved me having that happen again.

This is for every ps3 owner who doesn't know...If your ps3 freezes or locks up on you DO NOT TURN OFF the switch in the back. Doing it corrupts the Hard drive and damages your PS3. To reset, hold down the power button on the front of the PS3 for more than 10 seconds.

If you want to turn off your ps3, make sure the light in front of the system is the color RED, meaning the system is on stand by and then turn off the switch in the back.

I feel like this is becoming a mass problem with people just flipping the switch in the back everytime there is a freezing or lock up issue. DON'T DO IT!! My source: PS3 manual and Sony customer Service.

AgentZero225

This is for every ps3 owner who doesn't know...If your ps3 freezes or locks up on you DO NOT TURN OFF the switch in the back. Doing it corrupts the Hard drive and damages your PS3. To reset, hold down the power button on the front of the PS3 for more than 10 seconds.

If you want to turn off your ps3, make sure the light in front of the system is the color RED, meaning the system is on stand by and then turn off the switch in the back.

I feel like this is becoming a mass problem with people just flipping the switch in the back everytime there is a freezing or lock up issue. DON'T DO IT!! My source: PS3 manual and Sony customer Service.

AgentZero225

LOL! That's very obvious man. Only stupid people switches it off from the back right away.

Thanks :)

I never get any freeze problems, but at least i know what to do now.

[QUOTE="AgentZero225"]

This is for every ps3 owner who doesn't know...If your ps3 freezes or locks up on you DO NOT TURN OFF the switch in the back. Doing it corrupts the Hard drive and damages your PS3. To reset, hold down the power button on the front of the PS3 for more than 10 seconds.

If you want to turn off your ps3, make sure the light in front of the system is the color RED, meaning the system is on stand by and then turn off the switch in the back.

I feel like this is becoming a mass problem with people just flipping the switch in the back everytime there is a freezing or lock up issue. DON'T DO IT!! My source: PS3 manual and Sony customer Service.

skp_16

LOL! That's very obvious man. Only stupid people switches it off from the back right away.

WOW you are the only wise man around here then. Good for you. The guy is just sharing an info. And it seems that a lot of people (including myself, never shut it down from the back but still) knew about it.

Thanks for the tip, never knew that.

But when I get my PS3, I was going to read the Manual before I even started the system so I would of been fine. :P

This is for every ps3 owner who doesn't know...If your ps3 freezes or locks up on you DO NOT TURN OFF the switch in the back. Doing it corrupts the Hard drive and damages your PS3. To reset, hold down the power button on the front of the PS3 for more than 10 seconds.

If you want to turn off your ps3, make sure the light in front of the system is the color RED, meaning the system is on stand by and then turn off the switch in the back.

I feel like this is becoming a mass problem with people just flipping the switch in the back everytime there is a freezing or lock up issue. DON'T DO IT!! My source: PS3 manual and Sony customer Service.

AgentZero225

hmmm i thought that was common knowledge..

This is for every ps3 owner who doesn't know...If your ps3 freezes or locks up on you DO NOT TURN OFF the switch in the back. Doing it corrupts the Hard drive and damages your PS3. To reset, hold down the power button on the front of the PS3 for more than 10 seconds.

If you want to turn off your ps3, make sure the light in front of the system is the color RED, meaning the system is on stand by and then turn off the switch in the back.

I feel like this is becoming a mass problem with people just flipping the switch in the back everytime there is a freezing or lock up issue. DON'T DO IT!! My source: PS3 manual and Sony customer Service.

AgentZero225

Yea I know....is not a PS2 system where you can just turn it off just like that....

i figured that out the hard way unfortunatelylinkin_guy109

Same here. That cost me my second PS3. I'm on my third as of now.

[QUOTE="linkin_guy109"]i figured that out the hard way unfortunatelyKH-mixerX

Same here. That cost me my second PS3. I'm on my third as of now.

What happened to the first?

[QUOTE="KH-mixerX"]

[QUOTE="linkin_guy109"]i figured that out the hard way unfortunatelyzeriva

Same here. That cost me my second PS3. I'm on my third as of now.

What happened to the first?

I brought it over my friends house and he plugged it in using a surge protector that looked like it should have been in museum. The thing was practically prehistoric. When he went to turn it on, a big spark came from the outlet and it shorted his TV. Everything worked on the PS3 fine after that except the picture. It just wouldn't show anymore. The sound was there and everything else, just no picture. So, naturally, I thought it was just the AV cable. What also helped that theory was the fact that a spark also came from the AV outlets when the TV shorted. So I went and bought a replacement AV cable. To my extreme dismay, it didn't work. So I sent the system into Sony for another one. And thats how my first PS3 broke.

[QUOTE="zeriva"][QUOTE="KH-mixerX"]

[QUOTE="linkin_guy109"]i figured that out the hard way unfortunatelyKH-mixerX

Same here. That cost me my second PS3. I'm on my third as of now.

What happened to the first?

I brought it over my friends house and he plugged it in using a surge protector that looked like it should have been in museum. The thing was practically prehistoric. When he went to turn it on, a big spark came from the outlet and it shorted his TV. Everything worked on the PS3 fine after that except the picture. It just wouldn't show anymore. The sound was there and everything else, just no picture. So, naturally, I thought it was just the AV cable. What also helped that theory was the fact that a spark also came from the AV outlets when the TV shorted. So I went and bought a replacement AV cable. To my extreme dismay, it didn't work. So I sent the system into Sony for another one. And thats how my first PS3 broke.

Wow, so you didn't have to pay?

Doesn't the manual say the same thing?

Thanks for sharing, anyway.

great....-_-

so THAtS y i dont get audio or visual when i turn it on...

kutabare91

Uhm, wouldn't it help if you reset the display settings on your PS3, that would be the main cause of no audio or video. When it's in stand-by, hold your finger on the power sensor untill it beeps twice, this will reset the settings.

I turn off my PS3 by pressing the Power button on the front and when the system is totally turned off, I flip the switch in the back.

Did you know that a PS3 in standby uses about the same amount of electricity as when its turned on.

i figured that out the hard way unfortunatelylinkin_guy109

Same :(.

But at least now with my new hardrive I've got no more space problems :D

oops...musicboy101

hhahah oops indeed