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PeopleMyAge · **Posted:** Wed Apr 15, 2009 11:53 pm

okay earlier today i was playing COD4 with no problems. i just tried to boot it up by clicking on the disc icon and it didn't get to the "playstation 3 logo", it gave me an error and said there was a problem with the start up process. okay, wtf. i exit out and there's no disc displayed in the games menu. odd.
reboot the system (when it rebooted it made the little beep, beep, beep noise it makes when it doesnt shut down normally) and it comes back up...log into PSN fine, can browse internet, can browse my files...no disc listed in the games section. put in a dvd...wait for it...no disc loads in the video section. i notice that the little circle in the top right hand corner is active, so i wait for it and eventually my system locks up. reboot again and this time try a regular CD. same thing.
i think my disc drive is shot for some reason

i'm about to hit up some PS3 forums and see if they can give me an answer, but i figured i'd ask here as well. i REALLY don't have the money to send it off to be repaired, and it is way out of warranty anyway (i got it about a month after launch)

PeopleMyAge · **Posted:** Thu Apr 16, 2009 12:11 am

hmm, wonderful.

well, at least i'm not the only one:

Quote:

Back in February of this year we had a user post information here about their 40GB PS3 having disc read issues. They said that their “PS3 stopped reading any disc, CD, DVD, Games and Bluray”. This was followed by other users reporting similar problems.

More recently, we heard reports of users having their Disc icon not appear on the xmb of the ps3 from a few users. They said that the PS3 game discs did not show, but Blu-ray movies worked fine.

One user even formatted their PS3 hard drive and found after doing so that the game discs started to show again. This showed that it was a software issue and not hardware.

http://www.product-reviews.net/2009/04/ ... be-rising/

cutuphalfdead · **Posted:** Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:41 am

That's what happens when you buy electronics a month after they are introduced.

PeopleMyAge · **Posted:** Fri Apr 17, 2009 4:34 am

cutuphalfdead wrote:

That's what happens when you buy electronics a month after they are introduced.

it worked for over two years :idea:

cutuphalfdead · **Posted:** Fri Apr 17, 2009 4:50 am

PeopleMyAge wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:

That's what happens when you buy electronics a month after they are introduced.

it worked for over two years :idea:

And then it broke. Should have waited for a more stable release.

cutuphalfdead · **Posted:** Fri Apr 17, 2009 4:51 am

Remember the first generation of PS2s? Those things didn't last either. You had to wait for the second generation to get a well built product.

demetrios · **Joined:** Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:39 am **Posts:** 16301

bought the 60 gig ps3 system the day it came out. haven't had a problem since!

PeopleMyAge · **Posted:** Fri Apr 24, 2009 4:09 pm

oh yeah i forgot, i did the reformat and it still has the problem. i talked to sony and they said they would take a look at it for $150. i just have to come up with that money first (although playing games isn't THAT much of a priority now that i have a job again)

tryinmorning · **Posted:** Sat Apr 25, 2009 3:41 am

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Remember the first generation of PS2s? Those things didn't last either. You had to wait for the second generation to get a well built product.

I have a launch PS2 and it has been kicking for eight and a half years now.

cutuphalfdead · **Posted:** Sat Apr 25, 2009 3:45 am

tryinmorning wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Remember the first generation of PS2s? Those things didn't last either. You had to wait for the second generation to get a well built product.

I have a launch PS2 and it has been kicking for eight and a half years now.

Consider yourself lucky.

tryinmorning · **Posted:** Sat Apr 25, 2009 3:56 am

cutuphalfdead wrote:

tryinmorning wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Remember the first generation of PS2s? Those things didn't last either. You had to wait for the second generation to get a well built product.

I have a launch PS2 and it has been kicking for eight and a half years now.

Consider yourself lucky.

That is hardly the first reason I would consider myself lucky.

cutuphalfdead · **Posted:** Sat Apr 25, 2009 4:23 am

tryinmorning wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:

tryinmorning wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Remember the first generation of PS2s? Those things didn't last either. You had to wait for the second generation to get a well built product.

I have a launch PS2 and it has been kicking for eight and a half years now.

Consider yourself lucky.

That is hardly the first reason I would consider myself lucky.

Alessiana · **Joined:** Tue Jan 18, 2005 8:14 am **Posts:** 4355

gawd iyam so slow i thought

PS3 = CS3 = photoshop

::bangs head::

.

cutuphalfdead · **Posted:** Sat Apr 25, 2009 11:16 am

Alessiana wrote:

gawd iyam so slow i thought

PS3 = CS3 = photoshop

::bangs head::

.

FURIOUS

tryinmorning · **Posted:** Sat Apr 25, 2009 6:53 pm

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Alessiana wrote:

gawd iyam so slow i thought

PS3 = CS3 = photoshop

::bangs head::

.

FURIOUS

.

demetrios · **Joined:** Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:39 am **Posts:** 16301

tryinmorning wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Remember the first generation of PS2s? Those things didn't last either. You had to wait for the second generation to get a well built product.

I have a launch PS2 and it has been kicking for eight and a half years now.

Mine too!

psychobain · **Posted:** Sun May 17, 2009 6:36 pm

i also have a 40gb model from Honk Kong

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