No sound Hi , i have a 80 gig and ive been having problems with the sound and screen . I get nothing when i turn the system on than when i put a game in it loads up i just dont have the start up menu and no sound . can you help ??

Unfortunetly the HDD's can't be swapped like that. The only way to get the old stuff is to some how get the 40gb working so you can back up your system. Tell me what happend to the 40 and I might be able to help you get it up long enough to back it up so you can get all your stuff transfered. Another way is if you can get the 40gb machine to work the PS3 has a mode to hook a CAT5 cable from the new to the old and transfer that way.

A little more on the HDD swap. The HDD's are machine spacific and can only be recognized by the machine they were in and any other PS3 you try to put them in won't recognize the device without a format will saddly enough wipe the drive clean.

Let me know what's wrong with the 40 and I will see if I can help getting it back up so you can get your saved stuff off of it.

the operating system takes a fair amout of the space

Certain games copy gigs and gigs of data over during first install to speed up game play, otherwise you would be waiting forever for certain games to load.

GTA and Metal Gear take up a ton of space.

The best solution for you is to get an external FAT32 usb drive with at least 80gb of free space on it, backup your PS3 to it, and then upgrade your hard drive to a 250gb or 320gb SATA drive from Best Buy. They're going for $49.99 and below so it's a cost effective upgrade.

Once you've got the new drive swapped in you just have to follow the on screen prompts and RESTORE your PS3 from the backup you created earlier and you are good to go ;)

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That is usually a problem with the motherboard graphics chip. You would need a motherboard gpu reflow. To check this, connect a non dhmi cable to see if the same problem occurs,

hello,
ive had the exact same problem
make sure that the blue tooth is in "pairing mode" when the system is scanning.
reference to the bluetooth manual to put the device in pairing mode.
I hope i have helped and I hope it works

i would try cleaning the lens that should do the trick

You may need to format the entire system and then update if you really need to watch the DVD that badly

you can move gamesaves to a memorystick before hand so you dont lost anything apart from demos and pics

pls rate.

my 80 gig jest wont go past a blank screen

Sounds like you need a mixing valve.

double check for water from the source.