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2:52 pm
December 25, 2009
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KAMIKAZE-UK
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Merry Christmas people,
I had my PS3 playing Christmas music whilst me and the family were having Christmas dinner and when I go in to the living room to restart the music (as it had stopped) I found that my PS3 would not turn on. It now flashes green, yellow and then flickers a red lght. From what the internet searches have told me, my PS3 is now needing a replacement. I recently upgraded to a 320gb HDD instead of getting a PS3 slim and selling this one as I was conscience of having a 3 year old PS3 but I went for the cheaper option and that just backfired big time.
I won't let this effect my Christmas!
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3:09 pm
December 25, 2009
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GTOWN
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Unlucky mate. Not the best end to the year!!
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9:48 pm
December 25, 2009
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bunimomike
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Gutted for you but don't let it affect Christmas, as you say. However, get a repair priced up. A few of the TSA chaps here may well be able to recommend someone online.
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10:05 pm
December 25, 2009
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LiquescentShadow
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Get it repaired, sell it whilst it's still working and then buy a slim.
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11:57 am
December 26, 2009
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skibadee
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LiquescentShadow said:Get it repaired, sell it whilst it's still working and then buy a slim.
good advice. 
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3:44 pm
December 27, 2009
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KAMIKAZE-UK
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Just organised a replacement with Sony. £128 and I get the same 60gb model as a replacement. I like my 4 USB slots and backwards compatibility so I think this is the best option for me personally. I did check out the heatgun fix video but it looks a bit risky, anyone here tried it?
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7:16 pm
December 27, 2009
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Dexter17
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KAMIKAZE-UK said:Just organised a replacement with Sony. £128 and I get the same 60gb model as a replacement. I like my 4 USB slots and backwards compatibility so I think this is the best option for me personally. I did check out the heatgun fix video but it looks a bit risky, anyone here tried it?
I havn't personally tried it myself but I have heard quite a few stories of that working. Apparently it makes the PS3 work for a couple more weeks but then unfortunately dies again.
There is also a trick where apparently you hold a hair-dryer close to the vents for 10 minutes, and that makes the PS3 work as well.
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1:59 pm
December 30, 2009
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ghost5
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Well after reading this you have made my mind up for me.
With the last bit of Christmas money I am going down to game (hopefully today) and trading in my 60gb for a slim.
It's been on the cards for ages but I could never justify spending a £100+ just to replace what I've got, but with repairs costing £75-£125 and a lot of 60gb PS3s dying recently I think it's a wise move.
Does anyone know the current trade in price for a 60gb? Last time I looked it was £120, and do you have to take everything back with it? (I would like to get away with keeping a controller!)
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9:39 pm
December 30, 2009
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ghost5
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Well I traded in my old 60gb and got a new slim line  only problem is though after doing a full back up to USB disk I would of thought it would of kept my downloaded games but it hasn't (probably because they are copy protected  )
so it looks like my ps3 is going to be doing a lot of downloading over night
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9:42 pm
December 30, 2009
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LiquescentShadow
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As far as backing up and restoring goes did they add in an option to backup and restore everything, instead of backing up everything and not restoring copy-protected saves to a new PS3? That pissed me off last time.
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