-   I have the same problem, Im going to replace the hard drive to see if that works, -   Guest
Apr 24, 2009
-   Well come to the world of Playstation 3. I see this is a big problem, mine was working fine one day, then the next day nothing. It won't let me log on or anything. Paid the $149.00 and sent it in, they sent it back saying it was damaged, damaged this is BS. There is something wrong with them.
-   Guest
Apr 10, 2009
-   when i start the playstation 3, the screen some times freezes with uneven green and yellow lines running vertical down the screen. also it somtimes my tv wont pic up the playstation 3 when i turn it on.
-   dan_flack
Apr 06, 2009
-   When i start my PS3, the wavy background and title pops up like its suppose, but the title goes away and its just stays on the wavy background and nuthin else pops up. PLEASE HELP? -   flash2253
Mar 21, 2009
-   my PS 3 can only power up by press buttom but not respond to contorler, and OS just not shows-   jcheng6078
unfortunately the story has not the best ending ... i had an old non-working laptop with 80Gb hdd.
I took the PS3's hdd out and replaced it with the laptop's one. Playstation did not recognize the file system and suggested to format the hard drive. Formatting was done in 10 seconds, after that system rebooted and logon screen appeared again :)
all saves from games, all music, pictures, videos and downloaded stuff are lost :(
fortunately you can re-download all purchased games from PS-Network for free.
now I have a 80Gb PS3 istead of 60Gb ..
hope this will help you too.
P.S. i've seen that Linux has support of PS3 file system. maybe this will help to restore all saved data.. but this is just my assumption
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ps turns on but no picture or sound on tv i've tried a different cable and its just the same. the tv...
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ps turns on but no picture or sound on tv i've tried a different cable and its just the same. the tv appears to pick up some sort of connection but not what it should. The ps turns on and all the lights operate fine.
I have the same problem :( yesterday everything was great. today I
turned it on. "Sony Computer Entertainment " shows up or somethingafter
which a logon screen should appear immediately... and nothing .. just a
screensaver (some purple waves) ...
same as in this video:
this pisses me off.. I have so many saved games there ....
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