My Sony PS3 Crashes A Lot: Hard drive maybe

well i got 2 ps3′s. A 60g and a 80g so i dont need to upgrade

That truly sucks. I did not receive the 2.40 update but I did perform the 2.41 and am an avid COD4 player. The problem has not affected me which brings me to belive that it may be something on the hard drive related to the update change.

Have you tried formatting the drive now that it has been updated to 2.41?

As for drive replacements, I have played around with the hard drive many time to Install the Ubuntu Linux OS for PS3 however found that the hard drive uses serialization so you can not put the same hard drive back in once another has been initialized.

my ps3 (60G) has been working great across the board. My coworker did just recently have to reformat his HDD. so they are not immune to hard drive trouble it seems. Has me a lil scared but it’s been all green lights for me so far. btw he also has a 60 gig

Well there is no “REAL” problem with the hard drive just the files stored and access on it.

For the same reason you never turn off the system in the middle of a game save, etc. which can corrupt the saved information necessary for the XMB to do what it does so well.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again;
2.41 killed my 80gig ps3 that I got June 18th, the 1rst day it came out!
I missed 2.4 completely as I didn’t have internet at the time and went about getting 2.41, absentmindedly believing sony actually fixed the problems…
only to be greeted with nothiing but “your hard drive is corrupted” every time I’ve turned it on since.
Because of sony’s false promises I lost all my data and playlists not believing it necessary to back-up when they assured problems were fixed.
And annoyingly I still haven’t even received the box to ship it for repair yet and its been a week now, this is the crappiest experience I’ve had from sony and I’ve been with them since ps1, my ps2 is even still running even though it’s broken some 7 times now, but theres not much point using it til my ps3 is fixed since it doesn’t read memory cards anyway!
All this BS over an update that does virtually nothing, my other comments explain my thoughts on custom soundtracks but suffice to say its the only part of 2.4 that was going to be worthwhile for me and its the only part thats virtually unchanged!

Odd, usually the retards make more typos.

I have a 60GB PS3 that I upgraded the HD to a 320GB HD and soon there after I started to receive a message when I started up the System that said something like “Cannot Find Hardrive” I thought it was the 2.40 update but even after the 2.41 update it continued to happen. So I decided to completely format the HD. Ever since then I haven’t had any problems.

*BEWARE* Completely Reformatting a 320GB HD took a total of 24hrs to do & that wasn’t an estimated time. It started at 23hr 59min 59secs and counted all the way down to 00:00:00

I’m inclined to beleive that its the 2.40/2.41 firmware, the new firmware come out on August 1.

hi people if ur ps3 is screwed then ring up sony and explain ur situation, i have a 60gb ps3 and wen i turned it on it sed hard disk corrupted date and restore etc but restoring didnt work so i rang up sony and told them my problem and i am waiting for a new ps3 on monday lol might loose all ur data and stuff but owel least u get a brand new one.safe gaming everyone

Hey wrenchy, hate to burst your buble, but sony will send you a refurbished ps3 not a ne one…. Happy Gaming!!!!!!!!!!!!1

hey i got a ps3 and it never comes on straight away and when i am online and i want to send a masssage it crashes so i have to quit the game (drag) and sometimes when im quiting the game it crashes so i have to turn off the system and turn it back on again it drives me crazy if u know what to do mail me at pigface67@hotmail.com

I bought my ps3 80G in july. Within two months my PS3 would shut down durring games like pain, Metal Gear Solid4, Paradise City, etc. Mostly it would shut down during the movie cuts, but some games like MGS4 would go haywire during play. Sony said it was a hard drive issue and exchaged it with me. 3 months later the same exact thing is happening again with my swapped one. Now I can’t even start any game that has a long movie clip at the beginning. The ps3 just shuts down. I bought pacific rift and it will shut down during gameplay. I’m hopping that it really is a hard drive issue and that an upgrade to the hardrive will help. Any suggestions?

I HAVE A 160 GIG PS3 AND I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH CRASHING WHEN I PLAY MLB THE SHOW 09. I DECIDED TO CONTACT IOMEGA AND BOUGHT A 1TB EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE AND THE PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED. EXTREMELY IMPORTANT WITH THE PS3 THAT YOU BACK EVERYTHING UP. IT DOESN’T TAKE ALOT TO CRASH A PS3 JUST LIKE A COMPUTER. NOT MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE. COULD BE WORSE YOU COULD BE STUCK WITH AN XBOX 360.

my ps3 just keeps crashing b4 it gets to the menu its just stays on dem wavy lines now why does it do it i wanna know before i phone sony lol

get an xbox they wont crash like your shitty ps3

Can u attach an external hard drive to a ps3 and somehow do game save etc in that? Instead of using your hard drive. I gotthe 40GB as a gift sp can’t complain n to b honest it’s always been enough but I am
cnsidering getting netflix so wanna know if I an attach an ex HD let me know

cheers you lively buggers

Kjw

it crashes mostly when playing resistance3 online, after second round.. ps3 button doesnt even react..