Smiffy 2
Prominent Member
I'm sorry for repeating the post I made earlier in another thread but I think my query might get lost in there.....
Have owned my PS3 for about 3 weeks now and been very pleased with it.
Everything was going fine until I downoaded the latest update on Friday evening.
All seemed well at first as I was watching a DVD but then the unit "locked up" and the picture froze on the screen. It would not respond to any inputs from either controller or DVD controller.
I switched off, turned the unit on again but got a wierd pattern on my TV screen and again (obviusly) the PS3 would not respond to inputs from either controller.
I switched the unit off for half an hour, turned in back on, and it seemed to have cleared itself. Watched the end of the film OK, turned off and hit the sack.
Went to watch Casino Royale last night and once again the picture froze after about 20 minutes and the PS3 locked up.
Turned off, waited half an hour and again it seemed to have righted itself.
This morning, playing a game with the kids and after about 30 minutes it again locked up. The only way out of it was again to turn the unit off. I waited another half hour, switched on and it was OK for about 20 minutes or so and then the same thing happened.
The unit has been working perfectly well up until the latest download, no problems whatsoever. It seems to be like it's overheating or something but it's not (if that makes sense)....the unit hasn't been moved since I first purchased it and there is plenty of ventilation where it is situated. It has only been playing up since I downloaded the latest update on Friday evening.
Has anybody else experienced this, or can they point me in the right direction (please don't say 360 ) or offer me any advice please?
Many thanks for reading.
Rob
Have owned my PS3 for about 3 weeks now and been very pleased with it.
Everything was going fine until I downoaded the latest update on Friday evening.
All seemed well at first as I was watching a DVD but then the unit "locked up" and the picture froze on the screen. It would not respond to any inputs from either controller or DVD controller.
I switched off, turned the unit on again but got a wierd pattern on my TV screen and again (obviusly) the PS3 would not respond to inputs from either controller.
I switched the unit off for half an hour, turned in back on, and it seemed to have cleared itself. Watched the end of the film OK, turned off and hit the sack.
Went to watch Casino Royale last night and once again the picture froze after about 20 minutes and the PS3 locked up.
Turned off, waited half an hour and again it seemed to have righted itself.
This morning, playing a game with the kids and after about 30 minutes it again locked up. The only way out of it was again to turn the unit off. I waited another half hour, switched on and it was OK for about 20 minutes or so and then the same thing happened.
The unit has been working perfectly well up until the latest download, no problems whatsoever. It seems to be like it's overheating or something but it's not (if that makes sense)....the unit hasn't been moved since I first purchased it and there is plenty of ventilation where it is situated. It has only been playing up since I downloaded the latest update on Friday evening.
Has anybody else experienced this, or can they point me in the right direction (please don't say 360 ) or offer me any advice please?
Many thanks for reading.
Rob