Fat PS3 80gig life expectancy?

[Wingman1977]

Originally Posted by Taipan

The new "slim" models are but ugly. My fattie is a thing of beauty.

[awongus]

Originally Posted by Blaze98

what do you mean? as in your playing it alot or it cant keep up?

LOL...sry. I meant as in playing it waaaaaay too much. Damn thing's been running for 8 hrs straight, everyday, all week. I'm worried I'm over-exerting it...

[Taipan]

Originally Posted by Wingman1977

Awwwwwe! Did you get your feelings hurt?

[TJtheDrummerPro]

Originally Posted by supersix4

Kind of sad the way systems die on us now, my nes, snes and sega still work.

Yep, I agree. My NES and SNES still work but I also have no doubt that my PS3 EASILY had/has more hours on it than either of those systems combined.

Does anyone know how I can transfer my saved data? Do I just go to my saved data and copy it to a USM drive and then transfer that to the new PS3? Or does the data save to my HD? Can I just simply put my current HD into my new PS3 and it's like good to go?

[M@GiC]

[QUOTE=TJtheDrummerPro;5335517]Yep, I agree. My NES and SNES still work but I also have no doubt that my PS3 EASILY had/has more hours on it than either of those systems combined.

Does anyone know how I can transfer my saved data? Do I just go to my saved data and copy it to a USM drive and then transfer that to the new PS3? Or does the data save to my HD? Can I just simply put my current HD into my new PS3 and it's like good to go?[/QUOTE]


NO NO NO AND NO! Sony does this thing where they format the HD whenever you put a new one into PS3. If your system has the YLOD, you would need to pay someone to get it re-flowed or re-balled (and don't send it to sony for this because you will not get your PS3 back, you will get someone elses). Once it is back up and running, if its not already, you will be able to backup the system as a whole using a USB flashdrive or HDD. It should be in System Settings - Backup PS3. You can also do this manually, by going into your Game Save data and copying it to your external drive. There are a lot of gamesaves that are copywrite protected and will not copy over to your drive. I'd say a good 75% of my game saves actually copied to my HD. (I did it manual because in order to use the Backup feature, the PS3 calculated roughly 8 hours of transfer time)

[Pelican170]

Originally Posted by SteelPen

Bought my fat 60gb back in July of 2007! Still no problems! Knock on wood!

Me too!!

[M@GiC]

If both Ps3's work, you can use the system link.

[boxterduke]

Originally Posted by Jonno2009

And i have bought the 120GB slim and it's been good ever since! But i do miss my sexy 80gb!

They sure are sexier than the Slim that is why I wanna buy a slim and let it have all the abuse and my phat would be in the basement for occasional gaming