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A ps3 start up frezee




By grizztheguag on Nov 16, 2008

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when i star up my PS3 then sony playstation comes up then the background stays they with no log in screen what can i do
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Best Solution

posted on Dec 07, 2008
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decisa

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Rating: 88%, 4 votes
finally !! solved the problem :)

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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Solution #2

posted on Nov 17, 2008
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mtlo4

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Update the firmware version or reset the ps3.
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17 Other Users Have The Same Problem - Continued

Comment by Guest, posted on Mar 02, 2009

my ps3 stays frozen on a black screen but no wavy line appears nor does the title screen

Comment by Guest, posted on Feb 12, 2009

My PS3 gets stuck at the start. And nothing appears. Do I have to renew my hdd?

Comment by Guest, posted on Feb 12, 2009

when i turn on my playstation the backround just stays black and nothing comes up, no log in screen or anything

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Comment by Guest, posted on Jan 25, 2009

i have tme same problems as the others. but dont giv crappy answers like the other 2 guys.

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The red light stays on. The game will not power up.

Comment by Boris14, posted on Dec 06, 2008

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Comment by tilc2004, posted on Dec 06, 2008

In the middle of playing FF XI my ps3 froze and now I only get a black sceeen with the white wavey thing moving around, please help me

Comment by Guest, posted on Dec 06, 2008

i tried to upodate my ps3 then when it restarted it is just frozen on the front page... help

Comment by decisa, posted on Dec 06, 2008

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 ....

Comment by ross060, posted on Dec 05, 2008

Start up the system just a red screen appears with the sony entertainment logo and the wave graphics and then nothing happens it just stays that way

Comment by THeston_21, posted on Nov 17, 2008

after about 5 minutes of playing time the screen turns green and then it freezes!

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