ps3 issues..

[CDink]

Okay so while playing demon's souls i noticed some...hiccups one should say...audio would get out of sync or garbled...and it would become unplayable...the hiccups happent often..unplayability twice...then when i would quit the game the xmb would be choppy...some icons wouldn't show up etc.

Now i'm playing fallout 3 GOTY...my save file is gigantic...but i've gotten to a point where when i load the game i can't go a couple steps without the game freezing....now to be fair i've been downloading the GOW 3 demo all day...that could be the problem...i paused it still froze like that...


is there a problem with my ps3? I'm still under warranty for two months...what should I do?

[The Eye in the Sky!]

If its still under warranty then I don't see any harm in calling to see if they can do anything.

Don't want to wait and find out you need to pay $150 to get it fixed a few months down the road.

[Coleman]

You might wanna check how much hard drive space you have left. (System Options - System Information). If it's under say... a gig, (1000 MB) you might want to remove some things. Game Data for games you don't have/play anymore, extra save data, demos, PSN games you don't play, whatever. I rented a couple of games recently, and the Game Data was so large it almost filled up my PS3, and when I went to play one of them, there was some odd static feedback going on. I left the game, deleted some stuff, then it worked fine.

[CDink]

i still got 24 gigs.

[Coleman]

Then call Sony support.

[CDink]

well i ran gow3 demo flawlessly...so it's either a disc reading problem(it did make a hell of a lot noise playing fallout 3) or simply a fallout 3 problem.

[Darth-gamer]

Ignore the Fallout 3 issues. Fallout 3: GOTY is notorious for having an inexcusable amount of problems on PS3.

[CDink]

Originally Posted by Darth-gamer

Ignore the Fallout 3 issues. Fallout 3: GOTY is notorious for having an inexcusable amount of problems on PS3.

sigh...awesome.

well i cannot get two minutes into where i'm at without the game freezing.....should I take the game back? Are there ways to fix it?

Also ran uncharted 2..and watched a dvd just fine...apparently demon's souls and fallout 3 just suck on ps3

[hordcoreKILLER1]

ummm... your all wrong if you turn your ps3 off from the it screws up your harddrive

[Darth-gamer]

Originally Posted by CDink

sigh...awesome.

well i cannot get two minutes into where i'm at without the game freezing.....should I take the game back? Are there ways to fix it?

Also ran uncharted 2..and watched a dvd just fine...apparently demon's souls and fallout 3 just suck on ps3

Try deleting and re-installing the game data (not the save data).

[CDink]

Originally Posted by Darth-gamer

Try deleting and re-installing the game data (not the save data).

Ok, did that....now heres something interesting...i started Fallout 3.....didn't install...but all the load screens are taking forever...and things such as selecting items has delay...but theres no freezing..also it's turning some of the enemies attacking me invisible(and I know there not suppose to be)....just slow....am i going to have to manually install? Or can I even do that?

also randomly i don't get xp for kills...that just a little bug

[EnigmaX]

Well I've had a few probs. with Fallout 3 GOTY edition, but only 1 freeze and random no XP moments. Those are normal, but you should delete the Game Utility Data again and make sure to install and get an update if needed. Also, try switching up the options in the Game Settings on the XMB bar and see if that does anything.

[Gamingmaniac]

to me it looks like your BD drive is dying you should really contact sony

[CDink]

Originally Posted by Gamingmaniac

to me it looks like your BD drive is dying you should really contact sony

it's a fallout problem though.....but i hate turning it off and it does that deep thing...makes me feel like i'm breaking it.

[Virobot]

Did you upgrade to v3.01(or whatever the new firmware update is at)? There've been people having lots of problems with their Blu-Ray drive after updating, so it could be that.

Do you keep your PS3 clean. Blow it out with a can of air and dust it off with a swiffer or something. Good luck man.