PS3 PS3 troubleshooting help

[HTBandicoot]

My ps3 has been driving me crazy as of late. I’ll often want to play something and spend about an hour just getting it to read the discs. Even then, there are occasionally problems with sound and games freezing.

I found small fixes and tips on YouTube and got it to work again for the moment. Then everything works and plays fine. It’s like the sometimes. Once I get the discs to read, then everything seems to work fine again. So it’s weird.

If you can help, please reach out. I’m tired of my gaming time being ruined by these aggravations.

 

[thecrow2313]

My ps3 has been driving me crazy as of late. I’ll often want to play something and spend about an hour just getting it to read the discs. Even then, there are occasionally problems with sound and games freezing.

I found small fixes and tips on YouTube and got it to work again for the moment. Then everything works and plays fine. It’s like the sometimes. Once I get the discs to read, then everything seems to work fine again. So it’s weird.

If you can help, please reach out. I’m tired of my gaming time being ruined by these aggravations.

Did by any chance you get the latest firmware update 4.92?

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My ps3 has been driving me crazy as of late. I’ll often want to play something and spend about an hour just getting it to read the discs. Even then, there are occasionally problems with sound and games freezing.

I found small fixes and tips on YouTube and got it to work again for the moment. Then everything works and plays fine. It’s like the sometimes. Once I get the discs to read, then everything seems to work fine again. So it’s weird.

If you can help, please reach out. I’m tired of my gaming time being ruined by these aggravations.

How to update PS3 console system software

Get the latest PlayStation®3 system software update.

www.playstation.com

 

[Clippy]

Sounds like you might need to adjust the laser in your disc drive or maybe replace it entirely. These things are old enough to buy us a beer, they're bound to fail at some point. Could also be a firmware issue if you're trying to get it to read really recent releases, though this would apply to movies more so than games I believe.

Wouldn't it be better to just mod the console and play your games from an external hard drive?

 

[thecrow2313]

My ps3 has been driving me crazy as of late. I’ll often want to play something and spend about an hour just getting it to read the discs. Even then, there are occasionally problems with sound and games freezing.

I found small fixes and tips on YouTube and got it to work again for the moment. Then everything works and plays fine. It’s like the sometimes. Once I get the discs to read, then everything seems to work fine again. So it’s weird.

If you can help, please reach out. I’m tired of my gaming time being ruined by these aggravations.

I would go with the jailbreak method if the disc drive sounds faulty

 

[solnK!]

I think you should take it to an expert to fix it

 

[HTBandicoot]

Did by any chance you get the latest firmware update 4.92?

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How to update PS3 console system software

Get the latest PlayStation®3 system software update.

www.playstation.com

Yes, I’ve updated it already.

 

[TruxtonTatsujin]

it's probably the laser dying. It's the most common problem in aging consoles. Either you have to get it replaced or you could ignore it and just do a mod to play games off a hard drive. The PS3 softmod is extremely easy to do.

 

[Adrastia]

it's probably the laser dying. It's the most common problem in aging consoles. Either you have to get it replaced or you could ignore it and just do a mod to play games off a hard drive. The PS3 softmod is extremely easy to do.

I've been thinking of softmodding myself. My PS3 makes a weird noise sometimes. Anything with moving parts... It's just a matter of time.

 

[stoicvampirepig]

Yeah it's the laser dying, you should softmod it and get a bigger hard drive and put all your games on that, it's much better, I've not changed a disc on my ps3 for years.