houlty Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 I recently sold my 60gb ps3 and a few games, and bought a 40gb to replace it (reasons being its quieter, and the 60gb's were going for good money on eBay). Unfortunately, on my 3rd/4th day of owning the 40gb, it refuses to read any game, blu ray, dvd or cd discs. The first time the problem started was yesterday watching spiderman 3 blu-ray, when it just paused about 5 minutes from the end. I switched it off and on again, tried every disc i had to hand, and nothing. It seems to be that the discs don't spin up anymore, all that shows in the XMB is the small loading sign in the top right corner (no discs show up in the music/video/game menus). The strange thing though, is that today it worked again, but now its stopped again, almost as if its only not working once the console warms up a bit (which is still not hot compared to the heat the 60gb through out). As it stands, its not working again, so it looks like a call to Sony in the morning. Its just disappointing that i never had a single issue with the 60gb owning it from UK launch, and the 40gb craps out in a couple of days. This is bloody annoying. /rant over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamhook Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Unlucky, dude. I'd phone Sony up ASAP, they should be able to repair it or send you a new one if it's under warranty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vipwoody Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 they should give you a new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPyro Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Why don't you just exchange it for a new one at the store since you just got it? Beats waiting two weeks for a replacement... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houlty Posted January 15, 2008 Author Share Posted January 15, 2008 internet store..... :pinch: i spoke to sony, and they say speak to the store. so i just need them to come and collect/swap it via courier... from things i've read, people seem to be having more issues with the new 40gb than those before it, but that could just be that i'm only noticing the problem threads now i have one too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raa Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Owch, failure in the first week, dude that has to hurt :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artofwar420 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 I gotta say, that was a bad choice of action, to sell your 60GB. I mean they're selling for that kind of money is because they ARE worth more, they have hardware PS2 emulation. I would have kept it. But oh well... I say go to the ends of the earth to get a free (minus shipping and handling) PS3 replacement. Make them pay for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WooSH Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 yeah if the store doesnt do anything, Sony will take care of it. They just do it as a way to reduce the number of people they have to deal with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houlty Posted January 15, 2008 Author Share Posted January 15, 2008 I gotta say, that was a bad choice of action, to sell your 60GB. I mean they're selling for that kind of money is because they ARE worth more, they have hardware PS2 emulation. I would have kept it. But oh well... I say go to the ends of the earth to get a free (minus shipping and handling) PS3 replacement. Make them pay for it. bad choice? now that depends. would it be a bad choice if i've never owned a ps2, therefore never owned any ps2 games? there's none that take my fancy either. simple fact was i don't need BC, nor the memory card slots. i've sent an email to the store (hmv online), as they only have phone lines open from 8-6, so i'll see what they come back with...... bloody thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corris Veteran Posted January 15, 2008 Veteran Share Posted January 15, 2008 (edited) That's pretty bad luck, my 40gb has held up perfectly fine so far besides a crash on the burnout demo. Hopefully you will get a new one soon enough, but it probably would of been safer to keep the 60gb one since there has been hardly any braking downs that I have heard of, but there seem to be a few more with the 40gb. <snipped> Edited January 17, 2008 by Colin-uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted January 16, 2008 Veteran Share Posted January 16, 2008 internet store..... :pinch: i spoke to sony, and they say speak to the store. so i just need them to come and collect/swap it via courier... from things i've read, people seem to be having more issues with the new 40gb than those before it, but that could just be that i'm only noticing the problem threads now i have one too... Definately, been quite a few people on Neowin alone with 40GB's having problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demersynth Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Damn dude! To be perfectly honest, the 40gbs do seem to have a higher failure rate than the others. We had quite a few come back when they were released over here. But it doesn't seem to happen since the Christmas batch got shipped to us. Mine has been working perfectly ^_^ Hope you get it replaced without any hassle, it's truly sad when things like this happen. =[ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hell-In-A-Handbasket Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 remember to take a thing of canned air to it before you send it off, Dust voids the Warrenty but on a serious note.. that blows, hope you get a replacement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olemus Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Ive had no issues with my 40 and have run it 24/7 on folding for quite a few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannes Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 I wouldn't "blame" the version though. I've got a 40Gb version and a collegue of mine has the 60Gb version. He had problems before, I didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kushan Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 How is Sony at sorting out issues with their hardware? Microsoft gets a bad rep for faulty hardware, but at least they do a lot to try and sort it, I wonder if Sony is the same (if not better). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDQuiksilver Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 How is Sony at sorting out issues with their hardware?Microsoft gets a bad rep for faulty hardware, but at least they do a lot to try and sort it, I wonder if Sony is the same (if not better). In most cases we have read they are. And they don't take nearly as long as MS was/is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kushan Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Yeah but they also don't have as many broken consoles to deal with, especially if they only fix the non-dusty ones =P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+StevoFC MVC Posted January 19, 2008 MVC Share Posted January 19, 2008 my 40gb works perfectly. It's folding right now actually... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houlty Posted January 19, 2008 Author Share Posted January 19, 2008 well, it got sent back to the retailer today, so hopefully i should receive a new one in a few days... i'm guessing because it brand new (virtually), they'll just send me a new one back? at least i hope so... there might be one problem though (depends how thorough in checking they are), as i forgot to pack the controller cable. doh! we'll soon see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kushan Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Usually they tend to just send back what you send them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houlty Posted January 19, 2008 Author Share Posted January 19, 2008 yeah? oh well. its just my thinking that hmv online won't have their own repair service, so all they would do is send it back to sony for a refund themselves. thats where i understood all the refurb consoles to come from (ie, i would get a replacement from hmv - likely brand new - hmv get refund/replacement from sony - sony fix it and stock as a refurb item for when they deal with ps3 problems directly...)??? theres a hell of alot if assumption here, but i want a new console!!!!! not a crappy refurb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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