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There is a shop down the road from me I am going to take it there tomorrow. See what they can do with it otherwise I am gonna use it as a paperweight, cause that is all it is good for at the moment

Paul wrote:So now my PS3 has shit itself. When I turn it on it does its usual boot up and then I have a screen with no menus on it and I can't turn it off by the switch, I have to pull the plug out from the wall. Done this 3 times and get the same result everytime. This is not normal. Anyone know what is happening?

How you shutting it down? I know of people in the past turning there ps3 of at the swithch at the back to soon after shutting down and cooking the chip. since GT5 and F1 came out i allways leave my ps3 to cool down after a race session before shutting down. I quit game then shut down is set to auto . The high def games really put the heat into the chip, especially on the old fat boys like mine, that ive had for 4 years now (no probs touch wood). The fan runs on high for a long time after a big GT5 session

My PS3 is only 1 year old I normally shut it down by hitting the PS3 button on the controller after quitting the game. Am I going to be able to have all my saved GT5 after I get it fixed if I can?

Should be fine, unless the HDD is absolutely ruined, which you would think is unlikely. I removed my original HDD and put in a much bigger one soon after I bought it, so if they needed to replace the unit you should be able to swap in the HDD from the dodgy one. Mind you, I'm not an IT or electronics wiz. Flat out setting the time on my watch, but I reckon you should be good Whacked.

Paul wrote:So now my PS3 has shit itself. When I turn it on it does its usual boot up and then I have a screen with no menus on it and I can't turn it off by the switch, I have to pull the plug out from the wall. Done this 3 times and get the same result everytime. This is not normal. Anyone know what is happening?

Hey Paul. Did you have any luck with your PS3???

Found this today....

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Sounds like you need to try the "3. Restore File System" bit.

I didn't know the PS3 had a recovery menu, gives you a few options to fix things, restore corrupted files, sorta give it a de-frag as well.

Thanx Stumbles wil give this a go later tonight, hopefully I can get on for some mini madness.

Hey Fellas, any chance I can get one of my mates to join us in the mini series? I know we are at round 2 and it would have been ideal for him to start at the begining, but he is fairly new to GT5 and wants to race with some likeminded people in equal cars and whatnot. If he could start with us tonight that would be fantastic. His name is mystline223.

So far so good system is rebooting and fingers crossed I don't lose any data. Thanx again Stumbles.

All good Chev, the more the merrier. Get him to send me (and Stumbles as he hosts mostly) a FR and if he needs a car I can gift one over. See ya'll soon.

Fingers, toes, and eyes fully crossed Whacked!!!

Sweet, hope it all goes well Paul... We miss you out there.

Chev... I got Mystline's friend request... Accepted.

Ohhhh well!!! Seems like I got all excited for nothing.
I have tried options 1,2,3 and 4 and it keeps telling me the HD is corrupted, when I press the ok button it does the usual countdown and gets to 100% shuts down and I get the same message again and again. Looks like I am going to have to try option 5 and lose all my files. Guess I won't be joining in the Mini madness tonight. Have fun!!!!

Oh man, that sucks. Hit Anon up for some cars when you get back online... He's got heaps..lol

Thought I finally had everything sorted after last week and only not able to see a couple of people.
I suppose my connection is not fast enough to cope with much more than 7 or 8 cars.
After I was disconnected both time I quit out of GT5 went to the network setting under XMB and ran a test. Was coming up type 2 6+gig download and 800+kb upload I know not the fastest.. Strange that this is the only game I have problems with though. Dirt 3 (with americans and europeans) no probs, forza 3 on xbox ; no probs, Tiger Woods no probs and my son plays Black Ops on xbox and Killzone 2 on PS3 no problems.
I am thinking the network code for GT5 is going a long way towards being the culprit or my connection simply not fast enough for the amount of cars it supports.
Any ways will drop from the series completely as much to stop messing you guys around as to stop my annoynance that this is beginning to cause.

Ehjoy the series guys, will have to rely on Anon's replays to keep me up to speed on how the series is going.
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Bad luck Paul warranty no good then.
See you over at Forza ,roll on #4

i had to lose all files once before too paul doesnt really matter

So I have reset my PS3 and go to log on to get into PSN and guess what? Fucken server down for maintenence I would like to give a big FUCK YOU to Sony and all concerned, XBox 360 is far more superior console than the crap you kunts produce. I have had a gutfull of all your shit equipment, bring on Forza 4.

I am not sure if I have lost all of my friends so if I am not on your FL and you feel like adding me please do so. Cheers.

Damn, not your week Paul.

Just checked, you're still on my list. Umm, I'm online now, server maint doesn't seem to be affecting me???

I'm in and everyone is still there, now have to download something when I inserted GT5 disc looks like I am stsrting all over again.

Restarted my game only got to keep my Chrome and Stealth cars. I need a Mini and any other cars that people are willing to donate to me.

Will send you a mini later on tonight, and a few other specials over the next few days. Let us know if you're after anything in particular.

To those I owe tickets to, you'll have to wait till the weekend.

Did you send Whacked a mini Anon?? I bought another one the other day, just happened to be one in my UCD.

Thanks for the Mini Anon I played last night and got to level 20 in no time. Doing the seasonals gives me a heap of credits and XP as well.

Hey Whacked, did you get that ticket? What did it give you? Oh, and have you backed up your save file yet??

Will send out a few prizes so I don't much of a back-log.

What size USB stick do I need to get? Yes I got the ticket, thank you, haven't used it yet will let you know later tonight what I get, have to go to daughters hockey first.