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40gb ps3 not reading any discs. this is my 2nd ps3 with this problem.

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1. i was just on Call of Duty 4 , i was shooting my gun and there was no sound at all then i turned my ps3 off and now it wont read the disk!!
2. Nope circut city is only a 14 day return policy. lol Looks like your getting another ps3. My sons laser crashed on his yesterday he has played it 2 weeks (he was playing call of duty 4). To the person asking about how to contact sony. Go to Sony.com and com and somewhere will say support and contact us. The number will be there. There is no fixing it and if its under 90 days its a new replacement. If its over 90 its a refurb. So better hurry. They will send you a new box w/ prepaid shipping and you send it back ups (tracking) Then your new one will come. Sucks you have to wait for it but hey at least they are sending out new ones no questions asked.. hope this helps...
3. Lots of people are having this problem for lots of different reasons. It is a problem with the disk drive. Call Sony Customer Support on 08705 99 88 77 (this is a UK number and always check here first for latest numbers: Sony will want the serial number (on the back of the PlayStation under the bar code). In my case I called on a Friday morning and they have arranged a replacement system for the Monday between 8am - 6pm. I'm sure Sony has similar arrangements in all other regions.Good luck!
4. I already posted my account of the same problem, so this is one of the resolution.I took the PS3 to the shop I bought it from. The guy said that he'll check it and get back to me in a few days and that it might cost me, seeing as to how the warranty of 1month he had given me only covered the motherboard. When I went back to him he said that it's the lens(or perhaps the blu-ray diode as others have said, but from what I remember, he told me it was the lens).. and replacing it would cost me 15KD which is around 30 pounds sterling, and around $56 at the current exchange rates... that's after discount apparently... I asked about the guarantee he'd give me, he said 2 weeks... I asked him about what happens if it should fail after the 2 weeks, he said that would be impossible..Anyways... it's working fine and smoothly now, no problems so.. far...
5. mine just went aswell,not showing or reading any discs allthough i havent been using call of duty so i wouldnt blame that game for the problem, who can say why the drive should be such poor quality for so many people to be having the same problem.i called sony this morning though and they said they'l have a new one sent to my doorstep tommorow which is pretty good customer service i'd say.

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When I turn on my ps3 instead of the nice main menu, I get a blank screen with some pixelation on it. I was using an HDMI connection, so I pulled it, put my regular rca cables back on and reset the dislplay options by holding the power button on front of the ps3, and the same happened so it doesn't appear to be a cable issue. Any ideas?

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1. You have to hold the front power button for about a minute.
2. hiya, I did the exact same thing, but with a little common sense i finally figured how to get my screen to load again. this is what i did.I went back and plugged in my HDMI cable to the tv it was connected to with the rca cables as well. The HDMI connector should load the screen with its default setting. Go to the settings-display setting-video output setting.change it back to AV MULTI/SCART and just follow the messages. A message will pop up and tell you if the screen goes blank it will reset to its original setting (HDMI setting). Your screen will go blank, in the mean time, change ur television back to either video 1 or video 2, wherever you have ur regular RCA hooked up...you should be able to see the menue. Hit save setting..now ur PS3 should be able to load through the regular RCA cables...hope this help.

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Sony PlayStation 3 since x-mas and now it's saying hard disk files system is corrupted, will be destroyed. Can't even play my games now. What does this mean? How can fix it?

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1. yes that is correct put ur ps3 HDD in your laptop and run ur recovery cd and it will format you disk... or you can buy a new HDD for cheap on amazon u can get 100 GB to 160 GB for less than 100 dollars sony will charge 150 ) to fix ur problem.... or you can buy an external hard drive the USB ones and format ur HDD... good luck
2. found a solution take out your hdd and just put it into a freinds ps3 if possible and it will reformat take it out and put it back in your own and it will say reformat again and hey presto workin again.
3. k their is a solution if (u can get past the screen saying "hard drive file system corrupt") u use a memory stick u can upload all ur save files on ur ps3 (make sure u put files in a folder with no other files because u can end up with loads of corrupt data) but if (like me ) u r stuck on the screen saying hard drive file system... then u hav 2 re format by following what the instructions onscreen say. oh btw i've got mine in a loop so every time i reformat it comes back to reformating screen any1 kno how 2 fix that??

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Sony PlayStation 3 put in a game and there would just be the little circle in the top right corner that just keeps on going around and around.

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1. I called Sony 3 times already, i have explained that I got my unit as a gift for xmas and its been less than a year Where the Fuckkk you want me to get the receipt from? my ps3 wont read any disks and I am Fuckinnn pissed I dont know why I sold my xbox Ima go back
2. i just had the same problem. i bought my sistem in july 2007 and today it decided to not read any games. well i took my duster can and i sprayed inside the cd port for like 20 seconds. then i just inserted my game and it worked. i hope that this could help you guys. good luck
3. The best thing you can do is send your console to sony customer support as they will know what to do with it. You won't be able to work it out with lens cleaning discs because it wont even recognize the disk and will not run it.......hope you have a warranty...............also with Xbox 360, you will have to add more cost for network adaptor and even LIVE costs a lot.
4. READ THIS...every1 with a ps3 yes you should have a 3 year warranty. This is because the ps3 with its crazy blue ray technology uses a magnifing lens to read the discs. although this is realy good the bad thing is that the slightest bit of dust, dirt or moisture that gets into the ps3 and ends up on the lens means that your games will freeze now and again and if it gets bad your ps3 will end up not reading your discs at all, which neans you will have to phone sony and get it replaced hence take out 3 year warrenty. i advise every1 to make sure the games are completly dirt and finger print free before sticking ur game in.
5. READ THIS IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY YOUR PS3 FREEZES OR DOES NOT READ YOUR DISCS. my ps3 started to freeze on some of my games but eventualy it froze and then it would not read and of my discs at all. i phoned sony for some answers! well they say because its blue ray the lens has a serious magnifying lense and if and dirt, dust or moisture gets on it, yours games will freeze and could end up not reading any discs at all. so they are sending me a new ps3 in 5 days. i recomend 3 year warranty and also to avoid it happening with your new 1 make sure you remove any finger print dirt or the smallest bit of dust before sticking it in.
6. yeah i got the same problem i was just killing guards on oblivion then it says insert the disk, halfway through playing the game. ive tried everything, ps3 restore, format hard disk and all that ****, it just wont work, all my other ps3 games ******* too. ive phoned sony and they replaced me with a new one, 2 weeks and it dies on me again.... people have been telling me to get a ******* xbox too, i have one but in fucks up disk too much, one slightest touch or knock on the console and bam, theres 10 inch deep circular scratches on my ******* disks, if u check the edge of an xbox game after uve had it for like 2 month its all ridgety and rough, the ps3 disks however are perfect,well they would be if the ******* worked... all i have left is a 3 year old ps2 will probs break soon too lol, **** that ****...