Hello guys & gals.

So this is my prob with my PS3 Slim,everything turned slow for some reason,booting up the console,switching between pics,loading music/video took some time.

I have did some research before this and i found this solution :

Turn on your PS3 > turn it off > while it's in standby mood (Red light) > hold the turn on button > wait it beep 3 times,it will turn back off into standby mood > hold the turn on button again until you hear 2 beeps at the same time > you will be inside recovery menu > restore file setting is all i clicked since i found this from Official PS Forum.There are other options like rebuild system data but i didn't dare to click it since i was afraid i could lost my data.

Everything turned out to be fine but the next day it happened again and i need to do it everytime when i want to play,sometimes i even have to restore ps3 setting itself from the settings in xmb menu.Real troublesome.I'm wondering if any1 had encounter this prob before and managed to fix it ?

PS:From what i researched this is not the sign of YLOD.

This post has been edited by Leonix7791: Jun 6 2011, 02:42 PM

maybe its your hdd.

thats what i thought also , hdd

Harddisk prob

Buy a new one

yeah upgrade to 640gb

This post has been edited by GamersFamilia: May 31 2011, 08:21 PM

With 620 GB you can buy and store tons of PSN games

This post has been edited by tashfinsheikh: May 31 2011, 08:22 PM

Sigh HDD problem huh...well i guess i will give it a shot.Thanks for the replies guys well let see if others have different opinion on this

Thanks again

Try booting PS3 without harddisk.

Wow..ok i have never thought of that method.I will try it out tomorrow if it's still like that.Thanks bro.

I'm experiencing the same thing too. It seems every thing is lagging.

during the main screen, during gameplay. Googled, found out that lots of people are experiencing the same thing. It's all after the firmware update 3.61 today.

anyone of you guys are experiencing the same issue?

tats weird, i dun experience any slowdown even after the update, still d same

but if the problem persist even after rebuild database which u already did, then probably the hdd kaput dy...

Bro,so you didn't rebuild it? Just rebuild it,just did mine yesterday and all that was was the inbox messages,the others are fine.

my problem... when playing l.a noire n black ops.. oways bunyi2 ketakk... ketakkk... ketakkkk... weird.... oso my black ops didnt unlock the trophy.... =.=

if u buy new hdd, why dont u buy the fast 1 like 7200 rpm...i heard someone said it can boost your speed..need confirmation abt this though, try to research it

Oh really ? thanks i will give it a shot later on

Hmmm i did some research on that just now and from what i heard,the faster it run the faster the hdd heat up and next it will affect the PS3 Some people said it's not worth to get 7200rpm due to loading time get decrease like only 2-3 secs lolz well i will see ! Thanks bro.

And big THANKS to all other ppl who replied in this thread too.

LA noire makes your ps3 running at the max , so the heat is there , thats why bunyi ketak ketak

Sounds like mechanical problem (HDD motor), replace your HDD ASAP because it'll die at any time.

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Added on June 1, 2011, 5:14 pmRegular HDD (5400/4200 RPM) won't generate a lot of heat, less noise and consume less power.

This post has been edited by xslt2002: Jun 1 2011, 05:14 PM

my ps3 lagi teruk kena auto shutdown overheated tonite will apply new thermal paste

Weird,i tried it just now and my PS3 can't reach the users selection screen,i just got 'PS3 can't detect any hdd' and i can't move on anymore

Thanks bro will do look into the prob

UPDATE : So i did the 'Rebuild Database' at recovery menu and the slowing down prob seems to get better by little bit... well i'm still wondering should i change hdd or not since there is no 100% confirmation that after changed hdd the prob will gone or still there

One of my friends said it could be the lens etc etc because it read slow or something like that Sigh...

UPDATE 2 : Well i did some research a while back and i found out if it's really HDD problem i should be able to hear some 'tick tick' or any curious sound coming from the PS3.Well this is getting on my nerves :/ want to change hdd but don't dare confirm 100% will fix the slowing down problem :/

This post has been edited by Leonix7791: Jun 2 2011, 08:51 PM

So,how did it go bro?

Sigh...the prob still not solved,right now i'm trying to replace my slim hdd with my old fat ps3 80gb and see if it works,since if i'm not mistaken my fat ps3 hdd is still running and working good,so if replace already see the ps3 slim will turn normal or not...lolz if all else fails,i will send my ps3 to sony repair center on monday :/

UPDATE : Even with fully format,rebuild database,restore file system @ recovery menu etc etc my PS3 Slim turns fine but next day it happened again

UPDATE 2 : Trying to unscrew the damn screws around the fat ps3 hdd.God damn hard to unscrew

This post has been edited by Leonix7791: Jun 4 2011, 10:46 AM

haha ur ps3 slim is sg set, sony service center won't accept the console...

What really ? how come ? lolz i lazy send back to Luke leh...gila he told me need to wait around 1-2 months :/

sony service center my will oni accept MY set ps3, buy official my set if u wan local warranty...

This post has been edited by Gaia34: Jun 4 2011, 10:49 AM

.........well i think of another way then......

i got problem with my ps3 as well....i was playing fifa 11, but suddenly it hanged. i tried to restart my ps3 and play fifa again, and it hanged again.
i googled, and found out a lot of user complaining as well. it's all happened after they got 3.61 update. They tried reboot and reboot again but it same as me, their ps3 also hanged. and after a few attempt their ps3 kena YLOD. scared mine also kena YLOD i stopped turning on my ps3 until i found out whats really happening.

leonix at KK im sure there is gameshop that provide repair services rite ? just send to them .. may be bit expensive but it will save the time

This post has been edited by GamersFamilia: Jun 4 2011, 11:05 PM

here at kk sabah, all the gameshop are living vampire and on top of that, they are not honest.....

Weird mine isn't hanging but it's just slowing down problem :/ not really a big prob just gets annoying after a while lolz

Yeah there was 1 gameshop that i trust but too bad it's no more there i guess i will bring it to Sony Service Center.

True lolz i rather bring it to Sony Service Center