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atoal · 03-14-2009, 05:41 AM

i posted this on the official ps3 board and thought id post it here too

so my ps3 has been working fine (it is the old 80 gig from motorstorm bundle) up until tonight. its been at my apartment except for when i go home from break from school. this past week i was home and it was working fine. i got back here earlier today, plugged it back in and it booted up fine. now when i turn it on i hear the start up music and get the wavy lines across the screen but no xmb. the wavy lines stay there and nothing happens. ive booted up with a game in the tray already, booted up by inserting a game but neither of these work. tried a hard reset and still nothing. when i hold the power button down to go to standby the green light just continues to blink and it beeps a few seconds later but never fully goes to standby

please someone help!!! i cant play metal gear or watch any of my movies without my ps3!!!!

jamclaur · 03-14-2009, 05:50 AM

I know this is of no help... but...

I did read what you wrote, so you're not being ignored. I just have no clue what you should do... You've done what I would suggest.

SkantDragon · 03-14-2009, 08:33 AM

Files on your hard drive are corrupted.

Use the hidden recovery menu.

http://playstation.joystiq.com/2008/...recovery-menu/

AikonEnt · 03-14-2009, 08:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SkantDragon

Files on your hard drive are corrupted.

Use the hidden recovery menu.

http://playstation.joystiq.com/2008/...recovery-menu/

What he says. Turn off the PS3, then press and hold the on button and you should get the recovery menu. Unfortunately this is probably going to format your HDD and therefore you'll lose your saved stuff (unless you've conveniently backed up in the last couple of days).

Similar thing happened to my brother, but he never got to the intro music or wavy lines, just a blank screen.

atoal · 03-14-2009, 06:37 PM

awesome! thanks guys, ill go try it right now. fortunately for me i have only two game saves and its ones i could just download again from gamefaqs or somethin. ill go give it a try and report back!

atoal · 03-14-2009, 06:51 PM

It worked! i used the restore filesystem, it did two restarts and eventually came back up. Didnt lose any saves either!!!

this board is so much more helpful then the official boards. i got no responses from there that were any help but you guys had the answer in a few hours! im so glad im a member here

03-14-2009, 05:41 AM	#1
atoal Active Member Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Twin Cities Blu-ray collection:160 Trading Score:2	ps3 boot up problem i posted this on the official ps3 board and thought id post it here too so my ps3 has been working fine (it is the old 80 gig from motorstorm bundle) up until tonight. its been at my apartment except for when i go home from break from school. this past week i was home and it was working fine. i got back here earlier today, plugged it back in and it booted up fine. now when i turn it on i hear the start up music and get the wavy lines across the screen but no xmb. the wavy lines stay there and nothing happens. ive booted up with a game in the tray already, booted up by inserting a game but neither of these work. tried a hard reset and still nothing. when i hold the power button down to go to standby the green light just continues to blink and it beeps a few seconds later but never fully goes to standby please someone help!!! i cant play metal gear or watch any of my movies without my ps3!!!!

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03-14-2009, 05:50 AM	#2
jamclaur Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Aug 2007 4K collection:75 Blu-ray collection:849 Trading Score:34	I know this is of no help... but... I did read what you wrote, so you're not being ignored. I just have no clue what you should do... You've done what I would suggest.

03-14-2009, 08:33 AM	#3
SkantDragon Active Member Member since:Oct 2007	Files on your hard drive are corrupted. Use the hidden recovery menu. http://playstation.joystiq.com/2008/...recovery-menu/

03-14-2009, 06:37 PM	#5
atoal Active Member Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Twin Cities Blu-ray collection:160 Trading Score:2	awesome! thanks guys, ill go try it right now. fortunately for me i have only two game saves and its ones i could just download again from gamefaqs or somethin. ill go give it a try and report back!

03-14-2009, 06:51 PM	#6
atoal Active Member Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Twin Cities Blu-ray collection:160 Trading Score:2	It worked! i used the restore filesystem, it did two restarts and eventually came back up. Didnt lose any saves either!!! this board is so much more helpful then the official boards. i got no responses from there that were any help but you guys had the answer in a few hours! im so glad im a member here

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