what's wrong with my ps3

i have a 60gb launch ps3. a few months ago i started to see some graphical glitches in some of my games. in assassins creed 2, a 3d spike would appear on the character, in gta iv and stories from liberty city, objects flash white, even in cut scenes.

today i got red dead redemption, and while not as bad as gta, it's there.

i was reading online and it seems other people had these problems before their ps3's died on them. anyone have any info on this problem?

i just talked to sony, they had me reset some settings among other things. the problem is still there but not as bad as before. they told me to call back if the problem persisted

it's called artifacting andunfortunatelythere are a few causes for it. i had this problem a while back and called sony and doing all their steps did absolutely nothing. They told me to send it in which i didn't, i just bought a new system since there was a sale going on. Then i bought a used broken ps3 off of some guy at my work and started swapping parts and fixed it. I am pretty sure it was the hard drive but not entirely sure since it was a while ago.

this might be a stupid question, but if i buy a new ps3, and i transfer my saves from this one, there's no chance they could corrupt my new system?

Most likely your laser is dying or your PS3 is overheating. I remember last summer I had my PS3 in my bedroom upstairs which the room would be about 90 degrees and games would keep freezing or there would be a lot of glitches with lots of different games. I moved my PS3 to the basement and all the problems went away since my basement is about 65 degrees or so. ExoticAnimal

It is not overheating becase when the system overheats itshutdown by itself and the power light beging to flash red.

this might be a stupid question, but if i buy a new ps3, and i transfer my saves from this one, there's no chance they could corrupt my new system?

mozesx

i doubt the problem is related to data corruption if soyou wouldnt be able to accessthat datapartially or even at allso you can rule out damaging a new system with your old data.

resetting it to factory settings erase all my personal inf, correct? no trace?

resetting it to factory settings erase all my personal inf, correct? no trace?

mozesx

i talked to sony a second time and tried everything, they say i should send it in so they can fix it.

i don't know if i should pay the 180 or just buy a new one.

Most likely your laser is dying or your PS3 is overheating. I remember last summer I had my PS3 in my bedroom upstairs which the room would be about 90 degrees and games would keep freezing or there would be a lot of glitches with lots of different games. I moved my PS3 to the basement and all the problems went away since my basement is about 65 degrees or so. ExoticAnimal

i looked up artifacting, and that's exactly what i have. but my ps3 is not in a hot place and has never overheated and it still does that even when cool.

i looked up artifacting, and that's exactly what i have. but my ps3 is not in a hot place and has never overheated and it still does that even when cool.

mozesx