And the Fat Lady sings

[StingrayX]

Thanks Spapadillion for backing me up...I'm just trying to defend GT5, I don't know why i'm being attacked for defending a game that the original OP criticized...but oh well. Life goes on.

 

[Mike Rotch]

Final warning before the padlock gets whipped out - everybody, please refrain from personal attacks. also, the report button trumps a snipe back, every day of the week 👍

 

[Knelly]

Noted Sir and apologies that it got a little out of hand, but as the OP all I wanted to do was bring the problem to light, and see if anyone could provide potential solutions.

I do not believe I wrote anything in the OP that gifted others the opportunity to provide personal attacks and what I did or didn't do.

Back on topic

 

[RWB1213]

I feel for the OP- I'm not gonna bother with the longer events until I can save midrace. The PS3 wasn't built for this type of endurance gaming. I've probably already pressed my luck a bit running B-spec unattended for endurance races.

 

[volkov93]

OP you could try hitting your PS3. My disc drive stopped working around May last year (it was my 3rd PS3 so I whacked it with frustration) and the drive hasn't played up since believe it or not...

 

[AcidicGhost]

The PS3 wasn't built for this type of endurance gaming.

I do not agree with this statement. The PS3 is an incredibly robust piece of hardware. If you can run folding@home for YEARS non-stop, or use it as a streaming device pumping out 1080p video all day, or play games constantly, then it would be safe to say that the device IS designed for a long-term, heavily loaded, always on state.

Do some machines fail? Of course. Does that mean that the hardware is not designed for long term use? Of course not.

There could be multiple reasons why the OP's PS3 failed. Poor ventilation, placing the device next to a heat source, dropping the box in a move, inconsistent power supply, excess buildup of debris on the vent holes, and on and on.

What we can say reasonably certainly is that GT5 did not cause his PS3 to fail. It might have been the straw that broke the camels back, but for some reason it was it was already strained.

Logically, if GT5 was capable of killing PS3's we would see a huge amount of people with failing machines. Given the millions of copies of GT5 sold, I feel comfortable saying that any failures of hardware are due to negligence on the part of the device owner.

 

[eddiefumar]

How frustrating, still been using the original PS3 with every time I save or turn on, expecting the YLOD.

£2m exps from completing L40 on B-spec (one 24 hr Circ, or two 9 hours) and after having the PS3 on for pretty much 3 weeks solid, the disc drive goes.

Got to the end of an Endo Race and my X2010 just keeps on rolling round at 50mph. I could do nothing with the controller and couldn't even eject the disc so had to turn PS3 'off and on again'. Tried again and same thing happened (after having trouble loading the disc up).

Since then no disc works (game, blue-ray or DVD).

Presume it's a hardware problem and therefore needs to be fixed, but could it be a software issue, that could be rectified by an update or restore option.

Very upset. Would like to blame PD for making me grind and keep it on for weeks, but it was the Fat Lady PS3 at the same time.

That´s not a problem with the fatty. I have a Slim PS3 since my fatty died last year (YLOD/it was the 60GB one).
A few days ago i had the same problem. Bob was driving an endurance race. After the finish he was rolling around with 80 kph and i could do nothing to stop him. No money, no xp, no turn off the system. The only thing that worked was to cut the power of the system.
Fortunately my drive is still good.

 

[HighPlainsDrftr]

My PS3 is from @March after launch and seems fine. I vacuum the vents and leave plenty of space around it. It does kick the fan up playing GT5 and when my daughter plays Killzone3 and a few others. Its not broke, but I wonder about the thermal paste thing (and a thorough cleaning) as a preventative measure.