Playstation 3 Drive Failure - Loving Wii Forums

Killman · 08-09-2008, 10:48 PM

A few weeks ago, I was playing my Playstation 3. For some weird reason, during gameplay, my vehicle(I was playing Burnout at the time)suddenly stopped and would not move. At first I thought that I lost my internet connection for a second as I was playing online but that was not the problem. I then proceeded to quite out of the game. While it was saying please wait, the system would not do anything. I had no choice but to shut it off with the hard switch on the back of the console. After that, I turned the system back on. I noticed that the game icon was not showing up on the XMB menu so I ejected the disk and reinserted it. Nothing happens. This was the case with all of my games. I read on another forum that it was because of the drive within the PS3. It has died. I have called Sony and my warranty is out. I now must pay 150$ for a new warranty, which is only 90 days, to get the system repaired. This is a very annoying event and especially with me having to pay 150$.
Ring any bells?
Time for a new name.

The Blu-Ray Drive of Death.

Has anyone else experienced this problem?

Troggen · 09-14-2008, 11:58 AM

You know I have the same problem except I lost my receipt and got shafted with the repair bill i have had my ps3 since jan. 08 it failed to read games in july and ive been raising the money to cover the taxes the stupidly charge but It'll be worth it i hope. midnight club la and rockband 2 are highly anticipated in my list. Maybe ill get it back b4 then.