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kytan
post Mar 29 2009, 05:53 PM

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Fellow PS owners. I have a big problem with my PS3 80GB. Please find below a description of it:

1. When I pressed to PS button on the controller (battery fully charged), PS3 does not turn on. 4 lights on controller blinking. Connect to USB and pressed PS button, does not turn on. 4 lights blinking. Connect controller to USB, press power button on PS3, boots up and ask to press PS button. Can connect. Disconnect USB no problem. But when turn off and turn on again with pressing PS button, problem repeats. Suspect problem with bluetooth. Pattern is the PS3 can only be turned on by the power button, controller needs to be paired everytime.

2. Cannot connect to internet. Scan for my Wi-Fi access point, cannot detect. Detect other wireless devices, cannot detect. Connect using LAN cable, cannot connect.

I don't know, but it feels like the network/wireless module is fried.

Any opinions? Anyone have such problem before?
kytan
post Mar 29 2009, 08:33 PM

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QUOTE(SSJBen @ Mar 29 2009, 08:14 PM)
1) This is something I've experienced a couple of weeks ago. The reason why this happened is because "somehow" your controller doesn't come on as player 1 anymore, but instead player 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7. You CANNOT turn on your PS3 if the controller isn't in player 1. How this happened, there are various reasons but one of them is improper shutdown/restarts.

- What I did was completely switch off my PS3.
- Then connect my DS3 to my PS3 via a USB cable.
- Then after that, I turn on my PS3 with the power button and then turn on my other SIXAXIS controller.
- Then I set the SIXAXIS controller to player 2.
- After that I turn on my DS3, note that its still connected to the PS3 via the USB cable.
- After turning on, my DS3 is in player 1 automatically.

I turned off my PS3 with the DS3 after that. Then turn it back on again via the power button and turn on the DS3 first.
Problem fixed.

This fix most definitely needs 2 controllers though, as you need to trick the PS3 back into thinking you have a player 1 controller turning it on.
2) If the green light infront of your PS3 is still blinking, it isn't fried. Is it still blinking then?
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1) Will try ur trick. But I doubt it'll help though.

2) You mean the light beside the HDD indicator? There's no light anymore. I think the lightning fried it yesterday. Came in thru the LAN port.

Thanks for the feedback bro.
kytan
post Jul 25 2009, 12:44 PM

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Hi there I have a question.

I bought my 80gb PS3 back in 2007 (SG set) and recently it died on me. I think the network and wifi card died. Then after leaving it for a while, I tried turning it on again, the fan inside the unit was spinning so fast that I had to turn it off right away. I brought it to Sony MY and they say they wont fix it bcos its an SG set. So then I called Sony SG and they say its beyond repair but I can bring it in for a one-to-one exchange by paying about SGD300++ because its out of warranty.

My question is, will Sony MY support out of warranty SG sets? I don't mind paying to fix it. Anyone of you have an idea?
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