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#1 CiscoKidd409
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The red light isn't even coming on when I put the main power on. I did not know about this until after my younger brother told me the PS3 was not coming on and he checked to see if it was plugged in and everything. I'm not sure when when the last time it was played. Most likelt yesterday before my brother left for Austin. My dad did use a blu ray player last night to watch movies on the same TV the PS3 is on. Could this have affected anything? Any ways for me to get it responding because I wanna hop on Madden or NCAA

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#2 jimm895
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First make sure it's getting power to the PS3 from the wall socket or power strip depending on how you have it connected. I have everything that's electronic going through a power strip myself because of the electrical storms that come through the area that could ruin any electronic device.
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First make sure it's getting power to the PS3 from the wall socket or power strip depending on how you have it connected. I have everything that's electronic going through a power strip myself because of the electrical storms that come through the area that could ruin any electronic device.jimm895

I tried another port a few feet away on aonther wall near the TV and when I switched on the power, still no red light. If it's important it is a 60 GB PS3..It's been running fine, and me and my brothers haven't had any problems with it

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the 60 gig seems to be the model with the most problems, my blu ray drive crapped out on mine. If its broken, youll need to go through sonys online warranty process so they can send you a coffin. FYI if its out of warranty like mine was (probably being a 60 gig) sony charged me $150 to fix it.

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[QUOTE="jimm895"]First make sure it's getting power to the PS3 from the wall socket or power strip depending on how you have it connected. I have everything that's electronic going through a power strip myself because of the electrical storms that come through the area that could ruin any electronic device.CiscoKidd409

I tried another port a few feet away on aonther wall near the TV and when I switched on the power, still no red light. If it's important it is a 60 GB PS3..It's been running fine, and me and my brothers haven't had any problems with it

Ok just for testing do you happen to have a extra cord from a PC or anything simular to try next just in case the cord has a break inside. If this doesn't work then you could have a bad power supply inside the PS3 itself. If that is the case then you could get a replacement and replace it yourself or have a local shop do this for you for less than it would cost to send it to Sony for repairs. There's two or three that are within 20 miles of where I live that have poped up in the past year or two.
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[QUOTE="CiscoKidd409"]

[QUOTE="jimm895"]First make sure it's getting power to the PS3 from the wall socket or power strip depending on how you have it connected. I have everything that's electronic going through a power strip myself because of the electrical storms that come through the area that could ruin any electronic device.jimm895

I tried another port a few feet away on aonther wall near the TV and when I switched on the power, still no red light. If it's important it is a 60 GB PS3..It's been running fine, and me and my brothers haven't had any problems with it

Ok just for testing do you happen to have a extra cord from a PC or anything simular to try next just in case the cord has a break inside. If this doesn't work then you could have a bad power supply inside the PS3 itself. If that is the case then you could get a replacement and replace it yourself or have a local shop do this for you for less than it would cost to send it to Sony for repairs. There's two or three that are within 20 miles of where I live that have poped up in the past year or two.

Just tried an extra computer cord and had no luck. I'ma just wait for my older brother to get back home from Austin to see what I can do next. Thanks for the help

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[QUOTE="CiscoKidd409"]

[QUOTE="jimm895"][QUOTE="CiscoKidd409"]

I tried another port a few feet away on aonther wall near the TV and when I switched on the power, still no red light. If it's important it is a 60 GB PS3..It's been running fine, and me and my brothers haven't had any problems with it

Ok just for testing do you happen to have a extra cord from a PC or anything simular to try next just in case the cord has a break inside. If this doesn't work then you could have a bad power supply inside the PS3 itself. If that is the case then you could get a replacement and replace it yourself or have a local shop do this for you for less than it would cost to send it to Sony for repairs. There's two or three that are within 20 miles of where I live that have poped up in the past year or two.

Just tried an extra computer cord and had no luck. I'ma just wait for my older brother to get back home from Austin to see what I can do next. Thanks for the help

Sorry nothing helped but I hope you can find someone local that can fix the problem for less than it would cost to send it in. You may be able to go onto Craigs list and find someone close by to fix the problem.
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Was the replacement system the same model as the 60GB that you mailed into Sony. I'm experiencing problems and am going to send it in next week. I have a 60GB as well and would like mine repaired, or if replaced I want the same model 60GB.
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#9 Mr_SmokesAlot
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the 60 gig seems to be the model with the most problems, my blu ray drive crapped out on mine. If its broken, youll need to go through sonys online warranty process so they can send you a coffin. FYI if its out of warranty like mine was (probably being a 60 gig) sony charged me $150 to fix it.

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Was the replacement from Sony the same model 60GB?
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#10 kramer_inc
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Mine did the same thing sounds like the internal power unit. I bought a new one off ebay and swapped it out myself took about 20 minutes.