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#13096 - 09/09/09 01:15 PM Re: Sony PS3 Crashed [Re: Gevin]
Stefanie UPSF Captain Registered: 06/17/08 Posts: 1424 Loc: Nashville, TN USA	Originally Posted By: Gevin Originally Posted By: Stefanie I might even invest in one of these to keep my consoles cool, going forward. lol THOSE ARE EXCELLENT! I've got one in every room of my home & I love them! 100% worth it! Really? I saw some cheaper models on that site that are very affordable. My problem is that they need to be vented, and I don't have any windows in my living room, nor do I want a hose lying around. How do you vent yours?
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#13098 - 09/09/09 01:31 PM Re: Sony PS3 Crashed [Re: Stefanie]
stargates UPSF Captain Registered: 04/21/08 Posts: 1346 Loc: Ct	Originally Posted By: Stefanie Assuming that's my problem, it's a good news/bad news situation. The good news is that my PS3 is O.K., but the potential bad news is that the hard drive is fried. If not, maybe I can get it running long enough to do a fresh backup. I was wanting to put a 500GB drive in that PS3 anyway. If you think that it's your hard drive that crashed how will you be able to download or acess the files on there? Wouldn't that mean that whatever was on there is totally gone by now? _________________________ "There's no cure for idiots." - Natsumi Tsujimoto
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#13099 - 09/09/09 01:34 PM Re: Sony PS3 Crashed [Re: stargates]
Nabuca UPSF Ensign Registered: 09/08/09 Posts: 19	Even if the HDD is okay, transferring it over to another PS3 is impossible (I think). When you pop it in and start the new PS3 it will make your format it before you can do anything.
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#13100 - 09/09/09 01:34 PM Re: Sony PS3 Crashed [Re: stargates]
Gevin UPSF Lieutenant Registered: 02/09/09 Posts: 390 Loc: Houston, Tx	I was joking. ..I saw that they were a bit over a grand a piece & figured I'd poke some fun. _________________________
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#13102 - 09/09/09 02:11 PM Re: Sony PS3 Crashed [Re: Nabuca]
Stefanie UPSF Captain Registered: 06/17/08 Posts: 1424 Loc: Nashville, TN USA	Originally Posted By: stargates If you think that it's your hard drive that crashed how will you be able to download or acess the files on there? Wouldn't that mean that whatever was on there is totally gone by now? It's not the hard drive. I've already checked that. But, were it the hard drive, I'd have to take the drive to a professional to try to salvage any data, and even that might not yield anything. By the way, my factory hard drive is a Seagate. Originally Posted By: Nabuca Even if the HDD is okay, transferring it over to another PS3 is impossible (I think). When you pop it in and start the new PS3 it will make your format it before you can do anything. I haven't heard that from anyone else, but it should boot up normally. When I find out for certain, I'll let you know. Besides, why would it require formatting when it's already formatted with the PS3 OS installed? If that were the case, you'd have to format the drive every time you turned on the console. The only thing I'm worried about is the version of the system software. The slim PS3 comes with 2.85, and my hard drive has 2.80 on it. I just hope 2.80 will boot on a slim PS3. If not, I'll have to wait for my original unit to be repaired, then update both consoles to 3.00, then transfer the old data to the slim. lol
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#13103 - 09/09/09 02:16 PM Re: Sony PS3 Crashed [Re: Gevin]
Stefanie UPSF Captain Registered: 06/17/08 Posts: 1424 Loc: Nashville, TN USA	Originally Posted By: Gevin I was joking. ..I saw that they were a bit over a grand a piece & figured I'd poke some fun. You're such a tease! :p I hang out with a lot of hacker geeks, so that seems believable to me. lol Anyway, some of those units are cheaper than the PS3, so it would be worth it, if I just had a way to deal with the exhaust.
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#13104 - 09/09/09 02:20 PM Re: Sony PS3 Crashed [Re: Stefanie]
Nabuca UPSF Ensign Registered: 09/08/09 Posts: 19	Quote: I haven't heard that from anyone else, but it should boot up normally. When I find out for certain, I'll let you know. Besides, why would it require formatting when it's already formatted with the PS3 OS installed? If that were the case, you'd have to format the drive every time you turned on the console. The only thing I'm worried about is the version of the system software. The slim PS3 comes with 2.85, and my hard drive has 2.80 on it. I just hope 2.80 will boot on a slim PS3. If not, I'll have to wait for my original unit to be repaired, then update both consoles to 3.00, then transfer the old data to the slim. lol[/color] I remember reading about it on another forum from a user who went through a similar experience as yours. Apparently it has something to do with the HDD being associated with the console ID. I dunno though, you'd have to test it out yourself or dig up the info on the internet. Hopefully it works out for you though... Edited by Nabuca (09/09/09 02:21 PM)
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#13106 - 09/09/09 02:25 PM Re: Sony PS3 Crashed [Re: Nabuca]
Stefanie UPSF Captain Registered: 06/17/08 Posts: 1424 Loc: Nashville, TN USA	I sure hope that isn't the case.
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#13107 - 09/09/09 03:59 PM Re: Sony PS3 Crashed [Re: Nabuca]
Stefanie UPSF Captain Registered: 06/17/08 Posts: 1424 Loc: Nashville, TN USA	Nabuca, I'm glad you mentioned that before I bought a new PS3. Thanks! I checked around, and it seems that's right. I can't use my current hard drive in another PS3 console (without reformatting), nor can I use the restore function to load a saved copy of the hard drive data onto another console's hard drive (the accounts won't be active, and supposedly, game saves won't transfer over). I'll have to get my original PS3 fixed in order to continue my games. It won't do me any good to have a second PS3... ever. The bad thing is that some games don't allow their saved data to be copied except during hard drive backups, so if a PS3 is ever beyond repair, you lose that game data forever, even if you do normal backups. I'm starting to dislike Sony.
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#13108 - 09/09/09 09:53 PM Re: Sony PS3 Crashed [Re: Stefanie]
Gevin UPSF Lieutenant Registered: 02/09/09 Posts: 390 Loc: Houston, Tx	..You can't use a seperate external harddrive? I know for a fact that you can transfer save games for some games (I personally did so for Heavenly Sword a whiiiiile back). I used a USB stick to accomplish this. _________________________
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