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Posted on Jul 21, 2008

Ps3 wont show or load games

My ps3 80g worked fine. one day it jus started to show wavy blurry background then stopped showin completely. i use standard tv with av cables. took it to a friends place an hooked up to his hd tv with hdmi and it showed. changed settings reset an all dat an stil no luck on standard av cables. took it back to my friends place an it came on but now it wont load any games or cd media. i really need some help. tried the hard reset millions of times. an my system is firmware 2.20

  • hookqa Jul 22, 2008

    I have the same problem but also it will not show any DVD fils also, this has been on the same set up since I purchased the product but the only change is that I added a digibox to my tv.

    Could you please help as the kids are driving me crazy.

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If you originally set up the PS3 with A,V cables it won't work on HDMI even if you set it up to and visa versa. There is a work around but you will have to call tech support. Here is a link at Sony's PS3 tech support that may help also. http://playstation.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/playstation.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=263

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