http://discuss.slashgear.com/tags/consoles Discuss Gadgets! en-US Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:09:56 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://discuss.slashgear.com/search.php http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/complete-ps3-problem-list/page/4#post-8868 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:17:09 +0000 Saleen420 8868@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <p>i&#8217;m having the same issue with the ps3 turning off as soon as i turn it on. can anybody help out</p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/leaked-xbox-360-8220slim8221-board-tips-incoming-refresh#post-8693 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:40:46 +0000 Chris Davies 8693@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>In our collective haste to pester Nintendo about the next-gen update to the <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/tags/wii" target="_blank">Wii</a>, we sometimes forget that Microsoft&#8217;s <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/tags/xbox-360" target="_blank">Xbox 360</a> is beginning to look a little long in the tooth too.  A new image purported to be of the refreshed Xbox 360&#8217;s <a href="http://bbs.a9vg.com/read.php?tid=1393868" target="_blank">mainboard has emerged</a>, and most obvious is that Microsoft have put the console on a diet &#8211; it&#8217;s considerably smaller than the current &#8216;board in use.</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-77966" title="Xbox 360 board leak" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Xbox-360-board-leak-518x500.jpg" alt="Xbox 360 board leak 518x500" width="518" height="500" /></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><strong>Full Story:</strong> <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/leaked-xbox-360-slim-board-tips-incoming-refresh-1777965/">Leaked Xbox 360 &#8220;Slim&#8221; board tips incoming refresh?</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/nintendo-ds2-details-leak-bigger-higher-res-screens-accelerometer-late-2010-launch#post-8581 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:33:10 +0000 Chris Davies 8581@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>Nintendo&#8217;s <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/tags/dsi-xl" target="_blank">DSi XL</a> isn&#8217;t even on US shelves yet, and already gamers are prodding developers to find out details about the next-gen handheld.  News on the Nintendo DS2 was top of the list for RPad.TV when <a href="http://rpad.tv/2010/03/12/nintendo-ds2-information-unearthed-at-gdc-2010/" target="_blank">they hit up GDC 2010</a>, and they&#8217;ve managed to extract a few choice nuggets in the process.  The DS2 &#8211; the official name of which nobody would, or could, spill &#8211; will apparently keep its dual-displays, but the panels will be larger, higher-resolution and have so minimal a gap between them that titles will be able to in effect use them as a single, big screen.</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-77602" title="nintendo_ds2_concept" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/nintendo_ds2_concept-540x387.jpg" alt="nintendo ds2 concept 540x387" width="540" height="387" /></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><strong>Full Story:</strong> <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/nintendo-ds2-details-leak-bigger-higher-res-screens-accelerometer-late-2010-launch-1577601/">Nintendo DS2 details leak: bigger, higher-res screens, accelerometer, late-2010 launch?</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/complete-ps3-problem-list/page/4#post-8561 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:44:01 +0000 Beevee64 8561@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <p>Hello</p> <p>When I switch on ps3, I just get the wavy/twinkling star backround but nothing else e.g. user names, settings, ps network etc etc. Does anyone know the cause of the problem and how it might be fixed? </p> <p>Thanks</p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/complete-ps3-problem-list/page/4#post-8454 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:10:28 +0000 lawrence---o_o--- 8454@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <p>PLEASE HELP ME &#8211; i have a 40GB PS3 and when i turn it off and unplug it, almost instantly there is a quiet yet high pitch whine which goes on for around a minute. i don&#8217;t understand as there is no power in the PlayStation, as it is unplugged. please, does this happen to anyone else. please explain&#8230;</p> <p>Thanks</p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/complete-ps3-problem-list/page/4#post-8407 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:44:33 +0000 jason 8407@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <p>dust is what kills ps3s, i would try to get a vacuum that has a nose and try to get rid of dust around ur ps3 and try to clean it, that might help, but im no expert</p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/complete-ps3-problem-list/page/3#post-8406 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:43:00 +0000 jason 8406@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <p>ps3&#8217;s return warrany whatever should be forever because of all these problems, they should be getting returned ps3&#8217;s fixing them, and selling them as used again</p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/complete-ps3-problem-list/page/3#post-8405 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:41:33 +0000 jason 8405@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <p>i play MW2 alot, i have about 9 days of play on it. i&#8217;d say a good 2/3 of that are on this one ps3 at my moms house. its a ps3 slim. my problem is that sometimes, after i stop playing mw2 and turn the ps3 on again, the mw2 disc isnt there. i eject it and put it in but it still wont work. the other games work fine. my game has no scratches on it and i cleaned it. it worked again the next morning. i think i overheated it, but what do you people think :P oh and it happened again now. i think i just need to put it in it&#8217;s case after im done instead of leaving it in the system.</p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/sony-tells-ps3-gamers-to-turn-off-their-consoles#post-8180 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:42:17 +0000 mason191 8180@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <p>Already turned it on earlier. I haven&#8217;t tried doing anything with my trophies so hopefully nothing will happen. All I know is Sony better do something about this soon.</p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/sony-tells-ps3-gamers-to-turn-off-their-consoles#post-8178 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:26:53 +0000 Chris Davies 8178@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>Got a first, second or third-generation Sony PS3?  Step away from the console, unless you want to run the risk of permanent data loss;  <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/03/latest-info-on-playstation-network-status/" target="_blank">that&#8217;s the message</a> from the official PlayStation blog, who are addressing the <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/sony-ps3-blocking-psn-access-clock-issue-to-blame-0176051/" target="_blank">persistent PlayStation Network issues</a> affecting all but the PS3 Slim.  If you&#8217;re seeing 8001050F errors, along with messages warning of being unable to sign into the PSN, unable to reset the clock or unable to play back rented movies, you could run the risk of losing your hard-earned trophies.</p> <p><img class="alignnone" title="Sony PS3" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ps3-02-500.jpg" alt="ps3 02 500" width="500" height="300" /></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><strong>Full Story:</strong> <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/sony-tells-ps3-gamers-to-turn-off-their-consoles-0176176/">Sony tells PS3 gamers to turn off their consoles</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/apple-tv-will-become-games-console-predicts-analyst#post-8169 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:05:07 +0000 danimunoz 8169@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <p>Hi, I&#8217;m a spanish blogger and I wrote about this idea last week. This is the link for all interested: <a href="http://appleweblog.com/2010/02/apple-esta-preparando-su-propia-wii" rel="nofollow">http://appleweblog.com/2010/02.....propia-wii</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/apple-tv-will-become-games-console-predicts-analyst#post-8157 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:49:55 +0000 Chris Davies 8157@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>For a &#8220;hobby&#8221; project, we certainly seem to be talking about <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/tags/apple-tv" target="_blank">Apple TV</a> a lot lately.  Even before the new Boxee Beta <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/boxee-beta-lands-on-apple-tv-2575652/" target="_blank">landed on the set-top box</a>, Apple were <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/no-plans-for-hdtv-with-integrated-apple-tv-says-tim-cook-2475424/" target="_blank">decrying plans</a> to integrate the Apple TV into a full HDTV; instead, reckons at least one analyst, they&#8217;re intending to develop it into a &#8220;serious gaming&#8221; platform.  According to Michael Patcher, at Webush Morgan Securities, the obvious path for Apple to take is into gaming hardware, albeit relying on third-party developers for actual titles.</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-76136" title="apple_tv" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/apple_tv-540x230.jpg" alt="apple tv 540x230" width="540" height="230" /></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><strong>Full Story:</strong> <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/apple-tv-will-become-games-console-predicts-analyst-0176131/">Apple TV will become games console predicts analyst</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/sony-ps3-blocking-psn-access-clock-issue-to-blame#post-8143 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:01:31 +0000 Matt Ross 8143@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <p>it got the y2k bug!!!</p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/sony-ps3-blocking-psn-access-clock-issue-to-blame#post-8130 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:14:19 +0000 Chris Davies 8130@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>Trouble is afoot with the first through third generation of <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/tags/ps3" target="_blank">PS3</a> consoles &#8211; basically all of them bar the newest PS3 Slim &#8211; as what appears to be a <a href="http://neogaf.net/forum/showthread.php?t=388872" target="_blank">date-related issue</a> blocks access to the PlayStation Network.  Those gamers attempting to access the PSN are unable to sign in, nor play games, use dynamic themes or view and/or synchronize their trophies; meanwhile the PS3&#8217;s clock is reset to 12/31/1999.</p> <p><img class="alignnone" title="Sony PS3" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ps3-02-500.jpg" alt="ps3 02 500" width="500" height="300" /></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><strong>Full Story:</strong> <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/sony-ps3-blocking-psn-access-clock-issue-to-blame-0176051/">Sony PS3 blocking PSN access: clock issue to blame?</a></p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/new-sony-ps3-slim-consoles-get-fcc-tested#post-7844 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:40:00 +0000 Chris Davies 7844@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>Sony have attempted to discretely push two new <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/tags/ps3" target="_blank">PlayStation 3 Slim</a> variants <a href="https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/oet/forms/blobs/retrieve.cgi?attachment_id=1241940&amp;native_or_pdf=pdf" target="_blank">through the FCC</a>, under the auspices of their Sand Design Enterprise cover company.  The CECH-2101A and CECH-2101B represent a minor SKU tweak over the current-gen CECH-2001A and CECH-2001B, and of course the FCC filing is singularly unhelpful in describing what exactly the changes are.  WiFI b/g and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR are both onboard, just like the current consoles.</p> <p><img class="alignnone" title="Sony PS3 Slim" src="http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Sony_PS3_Slim_1-540x381.jpg" alt="Sony PS3 Slim 1 540x381" width="540" height="381" /></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><strong>Full Story:</strong> <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/new-sony-ps3-slim-consoles-get-fcc-tested-2275074/">New Sony PS3 Slim consoles get FCC tested</a></p>