Do not turn off your PS3 from the back!

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

Wow, so you didn't have to pay?

Nope.

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

Nope.

Good

yeah very good service!

my Ds broke once and i had a hell of problem getting them send me a new one without paying XD

nintendo baaad xD im with sony now :D

Wow, alot of people don't read the manual.

Which doesn't surprise me...

[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.

as it says in my post its for PS3 owners who didn't know, read my post carefully.

Actually I only did it a few times when I first got it. Then I started to press the button that puts it on stand-by.

I guess it is just one of those bad habits. You know like you shouldn't have the volume on your Ipod turned all the way up but you do it any way. Considering I did it with the PS2 all the time. And the thing still runs fine. But then again the PS2 doesn't have a hard-drive like the PS3

But the past week my PS3 froze and the only thing I could do was turn it off by the back.

Then I turn it back on and it says something like "Your PS3 hard drive has been corrupted and is rebooting" or something like that.

Well I've learned a lesson. But other than that I mean it's okay. I didn't lose any data. I guess I just got lucky. Even if I had I wouldn't care I'm basically done with all the games I got. Not to mention I have an external har drive. Also I have no desire to go back through my games.

But I definatly will be careful (still kind of punching myself for doing that) when I start playing some more awesome games in the next couple of months.

Now I just need to learn not to listen to my music so loud on my Ipod or Mp3 thingy. LOL.