Problem with my PS3. (White dots during gameplay)

This is a problem I've been having on my PS3. I have white dots flickering on the screen during gameplay. Most of the time the dots are in dark areas such as eyes. In La Noire, when I go into a tunnel I see a dot of white lines on the street. Anyone know what's wrong with it?

So should I send it in to Sony?

That happens to me sometimes too. I just twiddle the video cord around until they go away.

The first thing I'd do is make sure the cord you're using doesn't have any problems with it. Make sure that it's connected to the PS3 correctly, and if possible, test it out with another cord. But more than likely it's a problem with the GPU. I had a similiar problem with my old 360 and it did turn out to be the GPU. If the wires aren't the problem, just send it to Sony.

it´s not your cables... It´s the PS3. I had an 80GB PS2 compatible PS3 that had the same problem. Depending on the game, you can easily see polygons and a lot of white dots on the screen. It seems that the Graphics Chip is malfunctioning. You should send it to Sony ASAP.

In my case, this never happened while playing PS2, PSOne, Minis, music or videos. It happened while playing PS3 GAMES and if I was trying to see 3D photos (with the new photo app from the store) it was worse than playing games.

I now have a new slim.

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