PS3 froze dashboard 40GB

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#1 youmademyday
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Is this something I should worry about. I've got my ps3 for christmas and it froze 3 times already. 2 on the dashboard and 1 when i wanted to quit the game.
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#2 youmademyday
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The 2 times it froze on the dashboard was right after i finished changing display settings
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#3 218409372945592235589581321688
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strange...i have never had any problems with the xmb...i would call sony they will be able to help you out or get you a new one if necesary.
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#4 CTUDude
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I had a similiar problem after upgrading to 2.0.

Go to your Settings (if it freezes at anytime give it 5-10 mins to unfreeze) then make your way to 'Restore Default Settings' and everything should be okay.

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#5 MusashiSensi
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That sucks. Well, just give sony a holla.
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#6 TheSystemLord1
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It seems like the 40gb and 80gb are all having problems. Call Sony is my best advice.
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#7 youmademyday
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I hope sony helps
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#8 urio1
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I had a similiar problem after upgrading to 2.0.

Go to your Settings (if it freezes at anytime give it 5-10 mins to unfreeze) then make your way to 'Restore Default Settings' and everything should be okay.

CTUDude

yeah he should try dat den put the settins back to how they were b4

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#9 Quad-Core
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The 2 times it froze on the dashboard was right after i finished changing display settingsyoumademyday

I had the same problem as you. It froze on me once upon changing display settings, once randomly at the dashboard, and once as I was quitting Uncharted. I have the 80gig model, and this happened to me after I updated to 2.0. I restored my PS3 settings completely to default and resetup everything and ever since I haven't ran into a single hiccup.

Also, I hear from some of my friends that the chances of freezing goes up when you try playing videos in formats which the PS3 doesn't support. That sounds crazy I know, but just a thought. But in any case, restore everything and see if that helps.

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#10 youmademyday
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It also just froze during assasin's creed :P
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#11 youmademyday
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If I restore default settings will it erase my game saves?
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#12 Assassinslay
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Is this something I should worry about. I've got my ps3 for christmas and it froze 3 times already. 2 on the dashboard and 1 when i wanted to quit the game.youmademyday
Ouch! maybe the Ps3 is over heated. Nothing to worry about :P
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#13 youmademyday
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I have my ps3 well ventilated but there has to be a reason for it to freeze that much.
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#14 Assassinslay
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I have my ps3 well ventilated but there has to be a reason for it to freeze that much.youmademyday
Call sony than they can send you an new one
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#15 youmademyday
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lol yeah i hope that is what happens
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#16 CTUDude
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If I restore default settings will it erase my game saves?youmademyday

No but you'll have to reconfigure settings like Display, Network, etc.

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#17 youmademyday
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what's the number of sony
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#18 Quad-Core
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what's the number of sonyyoumademyday

Check the bottom of your PS3. Also, like I told you mine froze several times after the recent update. But it doesn't freeze anymore that I restored everything. I totally restored EVERYTHING including game saves and all that....not just display settings and whatnot. It sounds like a big deal I know, but after I did this I never ran into any other problems....in fact I believe it's more responsive than before.

The PS3 really is bulletproof.

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Happened to me twice while i was using custom themes, i uninstalled them and hasn't happened since.