My PS3 crashed... It's all gone!

[The_Healer]

Sigh... Well, I loaded up RD:R for the last time yesterday, not that I knew that... the power light flashed yellow, then started blinking red.... Now it won't stay on long enough to even remove the game disc.

According to the Sony support hot line, there's nothing I can do without voiding the warranty, and I doubt I have the skill to fix it even if I was willing to do that. It will cost $150 if I want it fixed, money I don't have. Honestly, I don't mind a gaming hiatus; I've lived without my games before. But I had at least 2,000 hours of game saves on that system, everything I've played in the last two years plus years of PS2 saves. There is no way to recover that data.

It's like... I've spent years painting little ceramic unicorns -- each one unique. Tedious, but ultimately rewarding. Some had racing stripes, some were dressed like a bdsm slave and were swinging a horn twice the length of it's body, and some seemed to simply be covered in blood. Then a bomb exploded, destroying them all and burning my hands so that I have to pay some ****** to fix them before I can attempt to rebuild my shattered collection... [/tortured metaphor]

....

Fuck, I don't know, have any condolences? Advice? Anecdotes?

...Life is cruel.

No all your saves are fine. All that stuff is on the hdd which you can take out. It should be fine. If you can, take out the hard drive and copy all your data off it before you send it to get repaired, that way you won't lose anything.

 

[Unesh52]

Sigh... Well, I loaded up RD:R for the last time yesterday, not that I knew that... the power light flashed yellow, then started blinking red.... Now it won't stay on long enough to even remove the game disc.

According to the Sony support hot line, there's nothing I can do without voiding the warranty, and I doubt I have the skill to fix it even if I was willing to do that. It will cost $150 if I want it fixed, money I don't have. Honestly, I don't mind a gaming hiatus; I've lived without my games before. But I had at least 2,000 hours of game saves on that system, everything I've played in the last two years plus years of PS2 saves. There is no way to recover that data.

It's like... I've spent years painting little ceramic unicorns -- each one unique. Tedious, but ultimately rewarding. Some had racing stripes, some were dressed like a bdsm slave and were swinging a horn twice the length of it's body, and some seemed to simply be covered in blood. Then a bomb exploded, destroying them all and burning my hands so that I have to pay some ****** to fix them before I can attempt to rebuild my shattered collection... [/tortured metaphor]

....

Fuck, I don't know, have any condolences? Advice? Anecdotes?

...Life is cruel.

Sorry dude... but All is not lost. I don't really know what's the yellow light mean but if your hardrive isn't fried, you haven't lost anything yet.

If I send it in, it comes back with the hard-drive formatted. If I try to put it in another system it'll have to format it before I can access it. It won't stay on long enough for me to back it up. Yes, the data still exists, but there's just no way to access it...

 

[scrambledeggs]

My friends Mum died yesterday.

Get over it.

 

[chaos order]

the same thing happened to me, and sony said it would cost like 150 buks. but i sent it to my uncle on toronto and he gave it to a friend of his and i got it fixed fo free

 

[Dark assassin for hire]

I KNEW IT! my friend says he needs a ps3 to talk to his cousin (my friend is total 100% geeking fucking nerd who doesn't believe in phones... or out of country calls) ANYWAYS he says the ps3 is good and his cousin has one so instead of talking with all his friends, he's going to be a lonely ass bastard with one friend with a ps3 that will be broken... most likely because of me though. I don't really like sony, no matter how many square enix games they produce/sponsored.

 

[Kagim]

Hi there, I've owned, played, and generally abused a 360 for around four years now and it works great.

I'm savoring this moment.

Hi there, I've owned, played, and generally abused a PS3 for around four years now and it works great.

I just nulled your moment

My moment remains great because my 360 is one of four that have pulled that off. 8O

Heh, alright I'll let you have your moment.

 

[Unesh52]

My friends Mum died yesterday.

Get over it.

Hundreds of children died the previous day. In fact, I'd wager at least that many were out and out murdered.

Sorry, I understand that whole "put it in context" idea, but it just doesn't make me feel better. I can hardly be expected to ignore all the hardships in my life just because someone has it worse. The argument is just ridiculous, really. If anything, that fact should make me feel worse.

 

[Skeleton Jelly]

Hi there, I've owned, played, and generally abused a 360 for around four years now and it works great.

I'm savoring this moment.

Exactly what I was thinking.

My 360 is going 3 years strong.

 

[Unesh52]

*Villain Hand Rub* Mwahaha. What he has experienced is known as the "Yellow Light of Death" it is the PS3's version of the RROD except that it's much more lethal than it's Xbox counterpart. This is just...so...beautiful *tear*

Sorry for being an asshat but this has proved many a people I dislike wrong.

I'll make it up to you with this.

lol, thank you. The dude on the right-hand side's face is priceless

 

[scrambledeggs]

My friends Mum died yesterday.

Get over it.

Hundreds of children died the previous day. In fact, I'd wager at least that many were out and out murdered.

Sorry, I understand that whole "put it in context" idea, but it just doesn't make me feel better. I can hardly be expected to ignore all the hardships in my life just because someone has it worse. The argument is just ridiculous, really. If anything, that fact should make me feel worse.

alright
but losing your save games is not a hardship. it's an inconvenience.

 

[F-I-D-O]

Sigh... Well, I loaded up RD:R for the last time yesterday, not that I knew that... the power light flashed yellow, then started blinking red.... Now it won't stay on long enough to even remove the game disc.

According to the Sony support hot line, there's nothing I can do without voiding the warranty, and I doubt I have the skill to fix it even if I was willing to do that. It will cost $150 if I want it fixed, money I don't have. Honestly, I don't mind a gaming hiatus; I've lived without my games before. But I had at least 2,000 hours of game saves on that system, everything I've played in the last two years plus years of PS2 saves. There is no way to recover that data.

It's like... I've spent years painting little ceramic unicorns -- each one unique. Tedious, but ultimately rewarding. Some had racing stripes, some were dressed like a bdsm slave and were swinging a horn twice the length of it's body, and some seemed to simply be covered in blood. Then a bomb exploded, destroying them all and burning my hands so that I have to pay some ****** to fix them before I can attempt to rebuild my shattered collection... [/tortured metaphor]

....

Fuck, I don't know, have any condolences? Advice? Anecdotes?

...Life is cruel.

I can only say save up and get it fixed. I think not buying three games to get a working system is a good trade off.
I know how you feel though. My PS2 had five memory cards, all about full. Good games I had spent countless hours on. And then they started dieing. Two wouldn't work. They were for my FPS/Movie games, so I could live (they weren't as important to me). Friend stepped on next one. Steam saved his life. Then, my cat puke on another one. My RPG card. All of my RPGs, probably thousands of hours, gone. I currently guard the last one with my life. I will never lose my S.L.A.I. save.

Oh hell yeah. This save ain't going nowhere. And those were the real graphics.
But, it (and anything else on the card, think a few TPS, racers, etc, my random card) is all I have left of much of my gaming childhood. Ultimately, it's a game. They can be replayed, and experiences can be redone. Hope you get it fixed and they can save your hard drive, and I was upset (to put it nicely) when I lost mine slowly, but new games are coming out. Good Luck. Those unicorns will come back.

 

[Hashime]

Sigh... Well, I loaded up RD:R for the last time yesterday, not that I knew that... the power light flashed yellow, then started blinking red.... Now it won't stay on long enough to even remove the game disc.

According to the Sony support hot line, there's nothing I can do without voiding the warranty, and I doubt I have the skill to fix it even if I was willing to do that. It will cost $150 if I want it fixed, money I don't have. Honestly, I don't mind a gaming hiatus; I've lived without my games before. But I had at least 2,000 hours of game saves on that system, everything I've played in the last two years plus years of PS2 saves. There is no way to recover that data.

It's like... I've spent years painting little ceramic unicorns -- each one unique. Tedious, but ultimately rewarding. Some had racing stripes, some were dressed like a bdsm slave and were swinging a horn twice the length of it's body, and some seemed to simply be covered in blood. Then a bomb exploded, destroying them all and burning my hands so that I have to pay some ****** to fix them before I can attempt to rebuild my shattered collection... [/tortured metaphor]

....

Fuck, I don't know, have any condolences? Advice? Anecdotes?

...Life is cruel.

Your HDD if still intact can be removed and backed up on a computer, the console itself can then just be replaced

 

[Unesh52]

My friends Mum died yesterday.

Get over it.

Hundreds of children died the previous day. In fact, I'd wager at least that many were out and out murdered.

Sorry, I understand that whole "put it in context" idea, but it just doesn't make me feel better. I can hardly be expected to ignore all the hardships in my life just because someone has it worse. The argument is just ridiculous, really. If anything, that fact should make me feel worse.

alright
but losing your save games is not a hardship. it's an inconvenience.

You're right, it's not like I got kicked out of college or something. But it is a tad like having an old photo album burn up in a fire. I could play the games again, even the games I don't have anymore, but that'd be like going back to your old vacation spots from when you were a kid and taking a picture of you and your mom getting ice cream on each other's noses because you lost the original photo. It's just not the same. Those games represented just as many important memories for me as your stuffed teddy that used to keep you warm at night. It's just sad, is all.

Actually, this is more a reply to something someone else said, but you quoted me, so I got that message.

 

[Vilcus]

Hi there, I've owned, played, and generally abused a 360 for around four years now and it works great.

I'm savoring this moment.

Hi there, I've owned, played, and generally abused a PS3 for around four years now and it works great.

I just nulled your moment

My moment remains great because my 360 is one of four that have pulled that off. 8O

I got mine used from a pawn-shop about 2 months after the 360 was released. I've had it ever since and there are no problems. I honestly kept expecting it to explode, but that never happened. So yea, I'm savouring this moment as well, having rare indestructible versions of consoles is fun ^_^

 

[F-I-D-O]

Hi there, I've owned, played, and generally abused a 360 for around four years now and it works great.

I'm savoring this moment.

Hi there, I've owned, played, and generally abused a PS3 for around four years now and it works great.

I just nulled your moment

My moment remains great because my 360 is one of four that have pulled that off. 8O

I got mine used from a pawn-shop about 2 months after the 360 was released. I've had it ever since and there are no problems. I honestly kept expecting it to explode, but that never happened. So yea, I'm savouring this moment as well, having rare indestructible versions of consoles is fun ^_^

I remember my PS2 falling down the stairs once...and it worked better.
Indestructible consoles are fun.
Sadly, the memory cards, as stated above, didn't hold up.

 

[BehattedWanderer]

Ups and downs, my friend, ups and downs. And 150 isn't too bad, a bit of saving, and you might be okay. Very poetic images, by the way. And while yes, it is hours of time, you still have the memories, even if there's no proof. And those thoughts of yours should hold your lost remains intact for a time, until you can get it fixed. A moment in your time, lost, but not forgotten. Just hold it true, man, and it'll come back to you.

 

[F-I-D-O]

My friends Mum died yesterday.

Get over it.

Hundreds of children died the previous day. In fact, I'd wager at least that many were out and out murdered.

Sorry, I understand that whole "put it in context" idea, but it just doesn't make me feel better. I can hardly be expected to ignore all the hardships in my life just because someone has it worse. The argument is just ridiculous, really. If anything, that fact should make me feel worse.

alright
but losing your save games is not a hardship. it's an inconvenience.

You're right, it's not like I got kicked out of college or something. But it is a tad like having an old photo album burn up in a fire. I could play the games again, even the games I don't have anymore, but that'd be like going back to your old vacation spots from when you were a kid and taking a picture of you and your mom getting ice cream on each other's noses because you lost the original photo. It's just not the same. Those games represented just as many important memories for me as your stuffed teddy that used to keep you warm at night. It's just sad, is all.

Actually, this is more a reply to something someone else said, but you quoted me, so I got that message.

You still have the memories in your head. There were some games that you loved and you remembered, but you were probably never going to touch because you were worried the nostalgia would go away. But those memories stay. I remember the first time I went online (with, you guessed it, S.L.A.I), even though the online was, TBH, terrible, I still remember it as an amazing system. While you cannot recreate those special memories in a photo album, and you can't recreate those special memories of a game, you can remember what they were like. The pictures just brought them back, and the same might help with maybe a bit of cover art. You can't play them ,you can't go back to that big Techmo bowl season (using as an example, first sports game that came to mind), but games give us the unique experience of being able to go back. It may not be exactly the same, but it is a chance to recreate it. You can't get the feeling you first did when you descended to Rapture, but you can still remember how you felt on the fourth and fifth time. As stated above, it is a sad thing. We all wish we could go in a time machine and fix something(as evidenced by the thread), but life won't wait just because we stop moving.

 

[Tuddle]

I am in the same boat as you.
Here is how to fix it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U70SgRDVcBo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TePnCFKionE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAmpDwqCgnI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGIE77M8zu4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZINm3jbZPRE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6ooJqJgk9E
I haven't fix mine yet, but I am getting around to it.
If I can find a heat gun.

 

[Unesh52]

My friends Mum died yesterday.

Get over it.

Hundreds of children died the previous day. In fact, I'd wager at least that many were out and out murdered.

Sorry, I understand that whole "put it in context" idea, but it just doesn't make me feel better. I can hardly be expected to ignore all the hardships in my life just because someone has it worse. The argument is just ridiculous, really. If anything, that fact should make me feel worse.

alright
but losing your save games is not a hardship. it's an inconvenience.

You're right, it's not like I got kicked out of college or something. But it is a tad like having an old photo album burn up in a fire. I could play the games again, even the games I don't have anymore, but that'd be like going back to your old vacation spots from when you were a kid and taking a picture of you and your mom getting ice cream on each other's noses because you lost the original photo. It's just not the same. Those games represented just as many important memories for me as your stuffed teddy that used to keep you warm at night. It's just sad, is all.

Actually, this is more a reply to something someone else said, but you quoted me, so I got that message.

You still have the memories in your head. There were some games that you loved and you remembered, but you were probably never going to touch because you were worried the nostalgia would go away. But those memories stay. I remember the first time I went online (with, you guessed it, S.L.A.I), even though the online was, TBH, terrible, I still remember it as an amazing system. While you cannot recreate those special memories in a photo album, and you can't recreate those special memories of a game, you can remember what they were like. The pictures just brought them back, and the same might help with maybe a bit of cover art. You can't play them ,you can't go back to that big Techmo bowl season (using as an example, first sports game that came to mind), but games give us the unique experience of being able to go back. It may not be exactly the same, but it is a chance to recreate it. You can't get the feeling you first did when you descended to Rapture, but you can still remember how you felt on the fourth and fifth time. As stated above, it is a sad thing. We all wish we could go in a time machine and fix something(as evidenced by the thread), but life won't wait just because we stop moving.

:...( Indeed, sir... indeed.

...Ok, enough sentimentality, self. Time to get over it and just play the DS for a while.

Thanks escapist.

 

[himemiya1650]

The hard drive isn't linked to the main unit... and if its a hard drive fail toss it in an enclosure and get an extraction removal tool, just cause your unit is dead, doesn't mean non-volatile memeory's gone with it.