Hi to all the PS3 sifus out there. My frens PS3 have no display at all after turning on. This happen after he play GTA4 for 3hours. Its suddenly freezes(hang) so my fren off it and when he tried to on the PS3 again no picture at all. He just bought it 4weeks ago and update
firmware to 2.30. He also tried to change the hdmi cable or even change
to another LCD tv but also the same when he on the PS3 the light turn to green but no display. Can someone pls advise izzit because GTAIV Many Thanks

try to tun on the thing, hold the power button this time. i think the display reset already.

Isn't it normal fat32

the internal hdd is not FAT32, it's Sony proprietary filesystem ...PS3 only can read external hdd/storage formatted with FAT32 filesystem.

Maybe it could be done if they ghosted the data in RAW format
But.. the image can only be read by that PS3 only. No point of ghosting the image if Sony replaces the system with another unit.

My friend upgraded his HDD to 250GB using Norton Ghost method.

I'll double check again.

This post has been edited by tanghm: Jun 10 2008, 05:18 PM

Yeah, i guess all my data is gone. I'll have to also redownload every freaking program I bought on the PSN.

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Added on June 10, 2008, 7:20 pmTo answer your question -- PROBABLY, yes. GTA IV crashes and kills the PS3. Happened to me, and its happening to a lot more people out there.

What verson PS3 does he have? The 60 GB or 40 GB version? Sony's policy now is to swap out all 'defective' units, so he should go to Singapore and get it swapped out. This is ridiculous -- I hope someone sues Rockstar for bringing out faulty software.


This post has been edited by OmniAtlas: Jun 10 2008, 07:20 PM

as much as I want to believe you, I'm still finding it hard to place the fault at GTA IV. I do acknowledge the crashes caused by GTA IV, but killing the PS3 outright? ummm... If it truly were then we would be hearing much much more complaints from our forumers.

I did a search at the official playstation boards and found no topics on such a case in the first 3 pages. A search on google shows one other case, but that's it.

you did mention there was a lightning strike in the earlier post. Was there really a lightning strike with ur ps3 connected or was it just an assumption by bernard?

This post has been edited by slickz: Jun 10 2008, 08:00 PM

Bernard assumed it was the lighting strike. The crashing only happened when I was playing GTA IV, not before, and not even while I'm playing another game.

The deal is, it does happen -- theres a thread on the official playstation forums with 263 pages: http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstatio...413808&page=263


If your haven't noticed any problems then count yourself lucky -- most of those affected are the 60 GB PS3. Sony America has also recognized this problem as they are not charging for a replacement -- before it costs 150 USD to get it in to fix but they are now doing it for free on their 'good will'.

BTW, have you beaten the game? My problems only started after finishing the single player.

well i just had my first freeze during my SP run on GTAIV. So i did a soft reset and so far so good though i hope it happen again since i just gotten the console a week ago. I'm using a 40GB btw.

People with problems are also joining these two groups:

GTA IV Freezers (Facebook): http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=16122525758
FIXGTANOW: http://www.youtube.com/user/fixgta4now

oh ok. funny I didnt see that thread. Now I'm a little worried. eeek! yeah I have beaten the game.

This post has been edited by slickz: Jun 10 2008, 08:19 PM

Omni you said the SG service centre accepts your HK unit? i was wondering if they accept jp units. I still can send it back to the shop i bought it from but hearing some cases where doing so would take months to get it back irks me abit.

Call the Sony Singapore service department (you can find the number on asia.playstation.com ; go to the support section); they are pretty straight forward and should be able to answer any of your questions.

alright thanks for the info

Well, I'll be sending my PS3 in tomorrow; they said they'll be able to fix and replace it in one day. Lets hope when I get it back again I can still play GTA without it screwing up the system.

Thx for the info bro, by the way my frens ps3 is the 40G model. As for the region of
the game he said its region 2. By the way the gameshop from where he bought the ps3 said
to him that need to wait 2-3months for the warranty exchange in SG. Is it true bro??
What is the fastest and most economical option for him?? Please advice and many thanks