My PS3 died

Ive had my PS3 in the same spot since I got it a month after release. Almost a year ago.

Its in a spot I thought it would probably get rdusty and maybe overheat, but it hasnt yet. I never clean it either :P .

I have it turned on all the time basically unless Im really not playing it.

hard luck TC. at least ure part of a very small elite group of ppl who have had PS3s died on em :P. my wii also started to behave badly (looked like it was about to die), what are the chances?

chances are this wasnt ure fault...but u know the general rule with electronics....make sure all vents are free from blockage and have at least a couple of inches of freespace around them so that air can pass through freely. and of course when its not working, a good whack with a hammer usually does the trick (did that with my nes...made the cart pop up...thing never broke though....ah good times :P).

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hmm... I thought this topic was kinda suspicious for some reason and I saw that you posted this before on the 15th of october with a slightly different story. What is up with that?

So the other day, I was playing my PS3. Then I shut it off to eat, when I saw it turn back itself on, then die. It just died. I can't turn it on at all. I've tried plugging out and back in the AC, etc. So I call up SONY, and they tell me that this happens frequently, that it's probably overheated, and that they'll replace it. Since I still have receipt, etc., not a big deal.

But has anyone else had this problem, or know why it happens? I've only had it for two months. Can it be that fragile? Totally lame.

Since a lot of you seem to know what you're talking about, I would appreciate whatever feedback.

monadmike

^TC PWNED!!!draak3000

heh, I didn't really mean to out him or anything. Just wondering what was his intent. I just saw this post and went "didn't i see this before" and i looked up his posts. Then saw that it was the same story yet slightly altered. So...TC What is up with that?

[QUOTE="draak3000"]^TC PWNED!!!sa10kun

heh, I didn't really mean to out him or anything. Just wondering what was his intent. I just saw this post and went "didn't i see this before" and i looked up his posts. Then saw that it was the same story yet slightly altered. So...TC What is up with that?

I was going to say! Cuz my ps3 gets hellishly hot, and doesn't 'overheat', his must have burned a hole in the ground(or wherever it was) to 'overheat'

hmm... I thought this topic was kinda suspicious for some reason and I saw that you posted this before on the 15th of october with a slightly different story. What is up with that?

[QUOTE="monadmike"]

So the other day, I was playing my PS3. Then I shut it off to eat, when I saw it turn back itself on, then die. It just died. I can't turn it on at all. I've tried plugging out and back in the AC, etc. So I call up SONY, and they tell me that this happens frequently, that it's probably overheated, and that they'll replace it. Since I still have receipt, etc., not a big deal.

But has anyone else had this problem, or know why it happens? I've only had it for two months. Can it be that fragile? Totally lame.

Since a lot of you seem to know what you're talking about, I would appreciate whatever feedback.

sa10kun

Oops. Someone was paying attention. :P

[QUOTE="sa10kun"]

hmm... I thought this topic was kinda suspicious for some reason and I saw that you posted this before on the 15th of october with a slightly different story. What is up with that?

[QUOTE="monadmike"]

So the other day, I was playing my PS3. Then I shut it off to eat, when I saw it turn back itself on, then die. It just died. I can't turn it on at all. I've tried plugging out and back in the AC, etc. So I call up SONY, and they tell me that this happens frequently, that it's probably overheated, and that they'll replace it. Since I still have receipt, etc., not a big deal.

But has anyone else had this problem, or know why it happens? I've only had it for two months. Can it be that fragile? Totally lame.

Since a lot of you seem to know what you're talking about, I would appreciate whatever feedback.

Thomas-Crown

Oops. Someone was paying attention. :P

Wow, no life huh?

what happens in a few months when there is no such tihng as the 60GB and your 60GB breaks and you sned it in? do they repair it? or replace it? if they had to replace it how would that work if theres no more 60GB?BTBAM127

So the other day I was playing with my PS3 when I got a phone call. So I turned it off to answer the phone, came back after about twenty to thirty minutes, and noticed that it had powered back on. Then it powered off. When I tried to power it back on, it wouldn't. It just died.
My PS3 died!
When I called Sony, they told me that this happens all the time, and that it probably overheated. I kept the receipt and all, so I just returned it in the box they sent me, but God, after just two months. Has this happened to anyone else?

monadmike

Well carry on making topics like this and ur gamespot account is gonna die too!

[QUOTE="Thomas-Crown"][QUOTE="sa10kun"]

hmm... I thought this topic was kinda suspicious for some reason and I saw that you posted this before on the 15th of october with a slightly different story. What is up with that?

[QUOTE="monadmike"]

So the other day, I was playing my PS3. Then I shut it off to eat, when I saw it turn back itself on, then die. It just died. I can't turn it on at all. I've tried plugging out and back in the AC, etc. So I call up SONY, and they tell me that this happens frequently, that it's probably overheated, and that they'll replace it. Since I still have receipt, etc., not a big deal.

But has anyone else had this problem, or know why it happens? I've only had it for two months. Can it be that fragile? Totally lame.

Since a lot of you seem to know what you're talking about, I would appreciate whatever feedback.

Neo-37

Oops. Someone was paying attention. :P

Wow, no life huh?

Heh Yea i suck. Sorry.

man thats messed up tc. why would you post a problem when you really are lieing about it. daliibor

one word... XBOT!!!! lol

[QUOTE="Neo-37"][QUOTE="Thomas-Crown"][QUOTE="sa10kun"]

hmm... I thought this topic was kinda suspicious for some reason and I saw that you posted this before on the 15th of october with a slightly different story. What is up with that?

[QUOTE="monadmike"]

So the other day, I was playing my PS3. Then I shut it off to eat, when I saw it turn back itself on, then die. It just died. I can't turn it on at all. I've tried plugging out and back in the AC, etc. So I call up SONY, and they tell me that this happens frequently, that it's probably overheated, and that they'll replace it. Since I still have receipt, etc., not a big deal.

But has anyone else had this problem, or know why it happens? I've only had it for two months. Can it be that fragile? Totally lame.

Since a lot of you seem to know what you're talking about, I would appreciate whatever feedback.

sa10kun

Oops. Someone was paying attention. :P

Wow, no life huh?

Heh Yea i suck. Sorry.

nooo way u rock!!

[QUOTE="draak3000"]^TC PWNED!!!sa10kun

heh, I didn't really mean to out him or anything. Just wondering what was his intent. I just saw this post and went "didn't i see this before" and i looked up his posts. Then saw that it was the same story yet slightly altered. So...TC What is up with that?

yea i got that feeling to, i knew i had read this b4 but i thought maybe someone just bumped it. get over it TC, if you PS3 died, you will get a new one. but we all know PS3's don't die ALL the time.

hmm... I thought this topic was kinda suspicious for some reason and I saw that you posted this before on the 15th of october with a slightly different story. What is up with that?

[QUOTE="monadmike"]

So the other day, I was playing my PS3. Then I shut it off to eat, when I saw it turn back itself on, then die. It just died. I can't turn it on at all. I've tried plugging out and back in the AC, etc. So I call up SONY, and they tell me that this happens frequently, that it's probably overheated, and that they'll replace it. Since I still have receipt, etc., not a big deal.

But has anyone else had this problem, or know why it happens? I've only had it for two months. Can it be that fragile? Totally lame.

Since a lot of you seem to know what you're talking about, I would appreciate whatever feedback.

sa10kun

I was thinking that too.

Those two stories are too similiar.

Except this time no more "sony rep told me it happened very oftn"

Good job trolling man. I know you you want your 15 disks MGS4 or 30 disks FFXIII on your box and hoping PS3 got rod as often as the box, but plz get back to reality will ya?

(Omg, notices the guy that stole LuBu's PSN lol)

I leave my PS on standby all the time. (all the times that it is plugged in, besides when I'm playing) I couldn't see an over-heating problem killing the console. My guess is, you shut it down while it was doing something hard-drive related & you corrupted it.

(You did say you shut it off when the phone rang) A lot of PS3's over-heated when they were first shown at TGS 2006. However, all they had to do was reboot theirs. *But* They over-heated from ventilation, not from dust/cigurette smoke. :o!

I did post before, but didn't keep up with the comments, so am posting again. Then I tracked the last series of comments and saw how nasty people got about it. Geez, I just wanted to report and get some feed back. But it did die, I had my receipt, so no big deal. It's just that it happened after just two months, and not with too much use either.
Here's a question: I usually keep it on standby--is that the mistake?monadmike

sorry, my intent was never to call you a liar or anything. I was just wondering cause you posted two topics with slightly different stories. So i wanted to know what your reasoning was behind that. No offense intended.

TC currently has 8 posts!

So I don't know if this story is even believable.

There has been a lot of threads with suspicious stories lately.

hmm... I thought this topic was kinda suspicious for some reason and I saw that you posted this before on the 15th of october with a slightly different story. What is up with that?

[QUOTE="monadmike"]

So the other day, I was playing my PS3. Then I shut it off to eat, when I saw it turn back itself on, then die. It just died. I can't turn it on at all. I've tried plugging out and back in the AC, etc. So I call up SONY, and they tell me that this happens frequently, that it's probably overheated, and that they'll replace it. Since I still have receipt, etc., not a big deal.

But has anyone else had this problem, or know why it happens? I've only had it for two months. Can it be that fragile? Totally lame.

Since a lot of you seem to know what you're talking about, I would appreciate whatever feedback.

sa10kun

oohh burned.

No problem. But at 35 I'm probably older than most. I just happen to be into video games, and wanted to report this recent incident. But basic story: my PS3 died while I had it on standby (which is what I meant by "turned it off"), called Sony, the rep told me it happens a lot, then I sent it to them for repair or replacement.

I don't even get a lot of the jargon. Whats a TC, for example? What are "posts" about.

Yeah it does soundfishy. This doesn't happen all the time. For Xbox 360, yes it does.

you again? why the hell would u post the same lame story about ur ps3 dying?? seriously?

Go get a life. U fail. We dont believe you u need more people!!!

So the other day I was playing with my PS3 when I got a phone call. So I turned it off to answer the phone, came back after about twenty to thirty minutes, and noticed that it had powered back on. Then it powered off. When I tried to power it back on, it wouldn't. It just died.
My PS3 died!
When I called Sony, they told me that this happens all the time, and that it probably overheated. I kept the receipt and all, so I just returned it in the box they sent me, but God, after just two months. Has this happened to anyone else?

monadmike

lol...dude, why Do you keep on making up accounts just to make these (MY PS3 DIED THREADS)..??? Most of us recognize your handy work!!! lol

ok i dont want to offend you or anything

but leave it on for 30 minutes dont overheat the machine not even the 360 do that so is very strange . some people test the ps3 in sauna and everything and the ps3 dont broke , hell even my 360 which i fixed myself due to rrod endure more than 4 hours

and sony tell you it happen every time huh? thats more strange" everytime" are you sure you call sony and not MS?

like i said everything look suspicious , you should try harder TC

Eating or on the phone which one is it?? lol
But seriously this has me a lil paranoid about
the position i have my ps3 in. Meh..its ***!
They build em tough over there..8)