PS3 General Discussion

[Giancarlo]

The browser doesn't run Facebook well; most of the text input boxes don't really work last time i checked.

 

[jswilli1]

I think the Facebook app is primarily to display your game score/achievements so your friends can see your progress, or for you just to gloat. Honestly it gives Sony and the game producers literally free advertisment on you and your friends facebook pages when you publish to the FB site. Its a legitimate pyramid scheme!

 

[J-PaP]

The article misses 2 other pictures showing more features:

http://ps3.qj.net/Rumor-Sony-leaks-PS3-Facebook-integration-gamercard-customization-features/pg/49/aid/135856

customise your gamecard appearance. Welcome addition that since the grey cards distract from the rest of the theme.

some sort of gallery view? I don't have any photos on my ps3 so don't know what the existing system is like.

 

[Aldo]

I have been wanting that gallery view type thing ever since i put photos on my PS3. Just now you have to trawl all the way down a massive list, not good when you have 700+ photos of some drifting in the one album!

 

[Aldo]

Hi guys, sorry for the double post but this one is kind of important.
The problem is with my wireless connection. My PSP connects to both my mum's and my dad's wireless but my PS3 fails to. What happens is, I put in the WEP key correctly, I test connection, it connects to the wireless signal but then fails to obtain the IP address for some reason.
Please can someone enlighten me to what the problem is?
Its not really urgent as I have a wire at my dad's but I have no internets on the PS3 when I'm at my mum's house.
My PS3 is the new 250GB Slim if you need to know.
Thanks in advance.
Allyn

 

[TB]

If the router has WEP security, have you allowed the PS3's MAC address to access it?

 

[Sureboss]

Probably worth turning the router on and off. What router is it?

 

[Aldo]

If the router has WEP security, have you allowed the PS3's MAC address to access it?

I dont think so... When trying to set up the wireless i just used the automatic settings. Where would I do this?

Probably worth turning the router on and off. What router is it?

Yeah, I thought that at first as it does act up occasionaly but that didn't work for this problem. One of the routers is a BT Homehub, im unsure of the other.
Thanks for the replies guys

 

[TB]

I dont think so... When trying to set up the wireless i just used the automatic settings. Where would I do this?

On the PS3 XMB, go into Settings --> System Settings --> System Information and write down the MAC address. Go to a computer that can access the router and find the allowed MAC address list. On my Linksys it's under Wireless --> Wireless Network Access. Add the PS3's MAC to the list and save. Go back to the PS3 and see if it works.

 

[Aldo]

Thanks mate. I'll try that tomorrow after school. Fingers crossed!

 

[Sharky.]

I manually set the PS3's IP, default router and DNS, using auto on everything else. When the PS3 tried to automatically determine IP settings it failed miserably, but when I set them (= IP and DNS) manually it worked perfectly.

Of course, because I was doing a direct copy from my laptop's ipconfig result I ended up setting the PS3 to said laptop's network IP, which booted the computer off the network

 

[Appie]

I need a little help here.

As you know, my PS3 died a couple of weeks ago and i have some data left on my HDD. Is it still possible to make a backup while hooking it up on my pc?

 

[888 Tuning]

Im reasonably certain the answer is no.
The PS3 uses a proprietry format on the HDD which isnt readable by PC's.

 

[Sharky.]

Swap the HDD into a mates' PS3 if possible, then do a backup to an external from there

 

[FLASH48]

Swap the HDD into a mates' PS3 if possible, then do a backup to an external from there

I don't think that is possible either!

 

[Tornado]

Swap the HDD into a mates' PS3 if possible, then do a backup to an external from there

It would ask you to reformat when you booted up the PS3.

 

[Sharky.]

Ah. Don't mind me then

 

[hamstrings]

I dont think so... When trying to set up the wireless i just used the automatic settings. Where would I do this?

It could be a weak signal. Make sure the router is on channel 1 or channel 11. The channels in between are rather useless.

 

[GT Pro]

So something weird just happened. I was playing GTA IV online as I normally do and suddenly at the end of a match the screen went black. It then flickered from blue to black for a few seconds until I arrived at a black screen with white text that suggested I either reconnect my controller and restart or install through a USB the 3.01 update. I restarted it and it all looked normal and I played another round of GTA IV online, only to have it happen exactly the same way again at the end of the first round. What's up with this?

 

[steven]

Oops ... well Luke I hope not but it could be the beginning of the end for your console perhaps you should stick to Prologue just to be certain

 

[GT Pro]

Eh, it was only a pathetic 40gb and because Sony freezes your trophies when one transfers a save from one to PS3 to another (thus having to start a new game file on another PS3 to get the rest of that game's trophies) I would have had to get a new one sooner or later anyway.

Could it be due to overheating? It has been quite hot lately and the PS3 goes into a hypercooling mode most of the time, bar the past two days.

 

[FoolKiller]

Have you updated to 3.01? I think there are online limitations if you aren't updated fully and it could be attempting tp upload your stats, just to kick you out.

Also, make sure your vents are clear and have at least a few inches of space from them. Unless there is some hardware issue your system shouldn't be getting hot for no reason whatsoever. We are talking about the system that has been known to be enclosed with a 360 and live when the 360 died.

 

[hamstrings]

Eh? I thought save games work just fine for trophies so long as you transfer them to an account on another PS3 linked to your PSN ID. I have never gotten the "your save game will not let you earn trophies" warning this way. The only time it did come up was transferring saves to a different PSN ID-linked account, which is understandable.

3.01 is optional firmware, but do update and see if it fixes GTA4.

 

[BroncosXR8]

Gday guys,
well I think my PS3 just got bricked for the 4th time. Im bloody well sick of having this machine die!!!

1st time was a graphic card overheated which resulted in bad prism graphics (which I posted somewhere here), than the Blu-ray drive malfunctioned and wasnt able to read disks and the last time was YLOD. Each time requiring to be sent back to Sony (australia) with a round trip of about 3 - 4 weeks.
Now it seems that I am getting the YLOD again
Now since getting it back last time it has turned itself off maybe a handful of times, but after doing the 3.10 update today it lasted all of about 15min while I was playing Motorstorm PR, and the sound and framerate went choppy till it came to a complete stop and beeped three times than the flashing red light. Turned it on a couple of more times and tried LBP all with the same result.
Im going to splinter if it has to go in again, and will quite possibly just get a new slim.

P.S It is a launch 60gig. $1000 not so well spent 🤬

 

[GT Pro]

Eh? I thought save games work just fine for trophies so long as you transfer them to an account on another PS3 linked to your PSN ID. I have never gotten the "your save game will not let you earn trophies" warning this way. The only time it did come up was transferring saves to a different PSN ID-linked account, which is understandable.

Well that is good to hear. One more question: I understand that the PS3 allows one to save all information on a USB or external hard-drive, but that PS3 games usually do not let you save directly to peripheral memory. So this would mean that I'd need to transfer files (story, multiplayer, options etc) from the PS3 to these after every single session . So it seems like getting a hard-drive upgrade is the better idea (I've no warranty left so there's nothing to void). Has anyone here done this before?

 

[hamstrings]

You can upgrade the hard drive easily. There's a guide on GTP somewhere. Use the search.

Do remember to backup your save games. I have a little USB thumb drive for that purpose, and an external drive for backing up the entire system.

edit: oh yeah, the screws on the drive caddy are a bit tough to get out. Just make sure you don't strip them! Use the right screwdriver.

Bronco, you could probably speak to Sony and see if they'll give you a discount on a slim. Be polite when you tell them about the many times your PS3 has gone back for repair, and would like your patience as a loyal customer to be rewarded. Your console was clearly either a lemon or not fixed properly.

 

[BroncosXR8]

Hamstring thanks for the calming words, this afternoon I was a little heated!
Anways I did a backup of the PS3 in prep of another round of repairs and it seem to run fine for about an hour or so after that, so we will see how it goes of the following days.

 

[peter_vod69]

You reckon you were heated! What about the poor people in Adelaide spontaneously combusting in THE STREETS because of climate change and the fact that we haven't sold enough carbon credits!!!!?!?!?!

 

[land sea air]

Am I correct in thinking I will have to hardwire the PS3 to the internet in order to use AdHoc party?

 

[WallRunner]

Am I correct in thinking I will have to hardwire the PS3 to the internet in order to use AdHoc party?

As far as I've head, yes, due to the way the PSP interacts with the software.

From,
Chris.