Slimline PS3 Failure
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Slimline PS3 Failure
Just posting to find out if any other PS3 owners have suffered hard drive failure , I fired up my PS3 on Sunday and what do I find but the dreaded hard drive corrupted message.
I contacted PS support on Monday and got a case number, tried the safe mode start and attempted a file system recovery but the hard drive is f*cked.
Tonight I rang PS support to be told that they could send out a refurbished PS3 at a cost of £130, which I thought was a bit steep as the machine is 12 days out of warranty.
I always thought that Sony's aftercare was second to none but obviously I was wrong.
I wouldn't mind but I'm a long standing PS customer having owned two PS1's, two PS2's, a PSP and this is my second PS3 having owned one of the first 60GB models which a mate nagged me to sell to him so he could use his PS2 games on it.
My PS3 is always shut down properly and so I can see no real reason for the HD to fail other than a poor quality component.
The blasted machine is only now 12 days out of the warranty period, so should I very nicely but firmly ring up Sony and give them both barrels OR get the machine repaired by an independent repairer?
Any similar experiences or advice welcomed.
I contacted PS support on Monday and got a case number, tried the safe mode start and attempted a file system recovery but the hard drive is f*cked.
Tonight I rang PS support to be told that they could send out a refurbished PS3 at a cost of £130, which I thought was a bit steep as the machine is 12 days out of warranty.
I always thought that Sony's aftercare was second to none but obviously I was wrong.
I wouldn't mind but I'm a long standing PS customer having owned two PS1's, two PS2's, a PSP and this is my second PS3 having owned one of the first 60GB models which a mate nagged me to sell to him so he could use his PS2 games on it.
My PS3 is always shut down properly and so I can see no real reason for the HD to fail other than a poor quality component.
The blasted machine is only now 12 days out of the warranty period, so should I very nicely but firmly ring up Sony and give them both barrels OR get the machine repaired by an independent repairer?
Any similar experiences or advice welcomed.
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Thanks for the responses, I think I'll order a new HD any recommendations?
I think I'll increase the size as well, 500gb should be big enough.
I've had WD HD's fail in the past myself - WD both of them so I won't be getting one of those, Seagate, Samsung and Hitachi drives have never let me down.
I think I'll increase the size as well, 500gb should be big enough.
I've had WD HD's fail in the past myself - WD both of them so I won't be getting one of those, Seagate, Samsung and Hitachi drives have never let me down.
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Well the new hard drive arrived today - Samsung 500GB and I installed it, formatted it and installed the latest software, it only took 20 minutes in total. What a complete doodle to do.
The only bad thing is of course I've lost all my installed media, games and game saves.
The only bad thing is of course I've lost all my installed media, games and game saves.
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