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Pokemanz master

Pokemanz master

Lowering your IQ
Yellow Light of death-Hardware failure.
Its can't be fix by yourself from my understanding bet is to send it in to sony.
 
Sousanator

Sousanator

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Zero. said:
Yeah... thought so. I've organized a replacement, I just made it in the warranty, so that's good.

Anyone know how to get the game out of the console? Also, how would I get my data back off it?
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I would suggest just taking the hardrive out when you send it, since they will format it if you leave it in.(It shouldn't void the warranty)
No clue how to get a game out if the eject button doesn't work.
 
Z

Zero

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Sousanator said:
I would suggest just taking the hardrive out when you send it, since they will format it if you leave it in.(It shouldn't void the warranty)
No clue how to get a game out if the eject button doesn't work.
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Do you think it will matter if I take the HDD out? As for the game, they said I can leave a note on which game is in there, and they will send it back. Thanks for the help guys.
 
twelve

twelve

I'm not dead
Sousanator said:
I would suggest just taking the hardrive out when you send it, since they will format it if you leave it in.(It shouldn't void the warranty)
No clue how to get a game out if the eject button doesn't work.
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Taking the HDD out is useless anyway. The first thing it will do when put into a new console is format.
 
Cryox

Cryox

Bro.
twelve said:
Taking the HDD out is useless anyway. The first thing it will do when put into a new console is format.
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if that is true, that is so dumb of Sony. Why would it auto format? is it a safety feature to prevent cfw and exploits or what?
 
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chrono6456

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Yes, the hard drive will format if you try and put it into any other PS3, even if its an identical one to the one you have, and there is no way to get your game out other than opening the PS3 and the disk drive.

Sucks...I know.
 
Sousanator

Sousanator

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twelve said:
Taking the HDD out is useless anyway. The first thing it will do when put into a new console is format.
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Wow, I never knew that. I would have thought it was like 360 were you can put your hard drive on a friends 360, and all of the stuff is there (even though with 360 you can't use most of the stuff)

I guess you will have to find an external 2.5 hard drive enclosure, connect it to you PC and copy the files like that, but I'm not sure if that would work
 
user friendly

user friendly

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Sousanator said:
Wow, I never knew that. I would have thought it was like 360 were you can put your hard drive on a friends 360, and all of the stuff is there (even though with 360 you can't use most of the stuff)

I guess you will have to find an external 2.5 hard drive enclosure, connect it to you PC and copy the files like that, but I'm not sure if that would work
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Unfortunately it doesn't.
 
Z

Zero

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eldiablov said:
Be careful. My friend had LBP stuck in the drive and he's been waiting three months :/
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Crap. I have COD4 in there... :cry:. On the service form here, it leaves a space for stuck discs, so I'm going to remain hopeful. What sucks is my game saves, without them, I lose all trophies, and my MGS4 unlocks...
 
twelve

twelve

I'm not dead
Zero. said:
Crap. I have COD4 in there... :cry:. On the service form here, it leaves a space for stuck discs, so I'm going to remain hopeful. What sucks is my game saves, without them, I lose all trophies, and my MGS4 unlocks...
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Trophies are on the Sony servers, all you have to do is sync them to get them back.

You will lose your saves though and this is why it's so important to back them up regularly. But I know it's not much use being told that now.
 
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Zero

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twelve said:
Trophies are on the Sony servers, all you have to do is sync them to get them back.

You will lose your saves though and this is why it's so important to back them up regularly. But I know it's not much use being told that now.
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That's good at least. As for the saves, well, I now have an excuse to revisit them all :D. I'll have to remember to backup saves too now. Anyway, thanks again for all the help.
 
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