What's wrong with my PS3?

[HeXen]

Green light, all works as normal except no video out. I did the hold button 2 beep thing too. Hdmi cable tested fine. I read it could be a handshake issue but tried different TV and same thing. Worked great before, mostly used as a dvd player lately so it hasn't been stressed in a while. Figures it would break just when I decide I want to buy GTA5

Is there a way I can fix it?

 

[exdeath]

Try analog composite to get into video settings.

 

[zerocool84]

Have you tried different HDMI cables, inputs, or another TV?

 

[HeXen]

Try analog composite to get into video settings.

doesn't work

Have you tried different HDMI cables, inputs, or another TV?

I connected another device and works fine. I also used another TV.
TV just says please connect HDMI with the PS3 though, so it's definitely just the console

 

[HeXen]

Guess I'll buy a new one today, shame cause I bet I didn't have much over 100 hours of use and the new ones just look cheap but hopefully they will run better in the long run.

 

[Dari]

It's probably the hard drive. The same thing happened after I fixed the YLOD issue. Don't remember but I either kept rebooting it or left it on and it eventually came on and told me the HDD needed to be reformatted.

 

[HeXen]

It's probably the hard drive. The same thing happened after I fixed the YLOD issue. Don't remember but I either kept rebooting it or left it on and it eventually came on and told me the HDD needed to be reformatted.

No, HD works fine in the new PS3. I even tried new thermal past, penny behind the pressure plates, didn't work. Wasn't about to try reballing so I just pitched it. I did however make use of the fats HD cage, got it to fit in the new slim just fine without having to buy a new one.

New slim does kinda remind me of the old 16 bit CD systems though with it's cheap, flimsy tray.

 

[Dari]

No, HD works fine in the new PS3. I even tried new thermal past, penny behind the pressure plates, didn't work. Wasn't about to try reballing so I just pitched it. I did however make use of the fats HD cage, got it to fit in the new slim just fine without having to buy a new one.

New slim does kinda remind me of the old 16 bit CD systems though with it's cheap, flimsy tray.

I don't understand. You had an old fattie and a new slim. But the HDD works fine in both? You just swapped the HDD and you encountered no problems? I thought this was not possible.

 

[HeXen]

I don't understand. You had an old fattie and a new slim. But the HDD works fine in both? You just swapped the HDD and you encountered no problems? I thought this was not possible.

lol wut? You said my problem was probably the HD. I mentioned that it was not the issue, it works fine which is now in my new PS3 slim. Of course I just swapped the HD, all the PS3's have the option to swap HD's. What was wrong with my old PS3 I have no idea, probably the GPU or something else to do with video out.

 

[CZroe]

I've got a 20 gig with the same problem. Previous owners said it took a fall. Never seen a fix for this online.

 

[digiram]

I had this issue with an old fatty ps3 as well. For the longest time, I thought it may have broken some of my hdmi ports on my tv as well b/c the new ps3 that replaced it did not work via hdmi on that tv, but it worked fine on my other tv so I used it there. I then connected my xbox slim when I got that a few years ago on the same hdmi's and it worked fine. Was really weird.

 

[sweenish]

lol wut? You said my problem was probably the HD. I mentioned that it was not the issue, it works fine which is now in my new PS3 slim. Of course I just swapped the HD, all the PS3's have the option to swap HD's. What was wrong with my old PS3 I have no idea, probably the GPU or something else to do with video out.

When you swap the hard drive into a new system, it will be formatted. Did that happen? That's the source of the confusion.

 

[CZroe]

It's probably the hard drive. The same thing happened after I fixed the YLOD issue. Don't remember but I either kept rebooting it or left it on and it eventually came on and told me the HDD needed to be reformatted.

No. A PS3 will get video even with no HDD at all.

 

[CZroe]

No, HD works fine in the new PS3. I even tried new thermal past, penny behind the pressure plates, didn't work. Wasn't about to try reballing so I just pitched it. I did however make use of the fats HD cage, got it to fit in the new slim just fine without having to buy a new one.

New slim does kinda remind me of the old 16 bit CD systems though with it's cheap, flimsy tray.

The cheap flimsy ones are the actual trays like the model 1 Sega CD, fat PS2, XBOX, and XBOX 360. Notice that those last two never got corrected?

Hey Microsoft: there's a reason most of your competition switched to slot and top-load disc drives. Heck, even Panasonic updated their 3DO to be a top-loader. I've seen broken trays on as many consoles as have trays, even N64! Obviously, I'm talking about an N64 with a Doctor V64 attached. Luckily I was able to replace the broken tray in that (twice!).

 

[purbeast0]

The cheap flimsy ones are the actual trays like the model 1 Sega CD, fat PS2, XBOX, and XBOX 360. Notice that those last two never got corrected?

Hey Microsoft: there's a reason most of your competition switched to slot and top-load disc drives. Heck, even Panasonic updated their 3DO to be a top-loader. I've seen broken trays on as many consoles as have trays, even N64! Obviously, I'm talking about an N64 with a Doctor V64 attached. Luckily I was able to replace the broken tray in that (twice!).

you do know the xbox1 has a slot loading drive, right?

 

[CZroe]

you do know the xbox1 has a slot loading drive, right?

I didn't mention it because it doesn't erase 12 years of errors. Sony did top-down before they went tray too but they didn't stick with the tray for too long.

Every switch I mentioned the competition doing happened in the middle of the same product cycle/generation it was introduced. 360 had enough opportunities with all the other revisions and no shortage of reported problems.

 

[purbeast0]

I didn't mention it because it doesn't erase 12 years of errors. Sony did top-down before they went tray too but they didn't stick with the tray for too long.

Every switch I mentioned the competition doing happened in the middle of the same product cycle/generation it was introduced. 360 had enough opportunities with all the other revisions and no shortage of reported problems.

ok just checking.

thankfully i'm not an idiot and have never broken my tray on my ps2, xbox, 360, dvd players, and bluray players.

 

[digiram]

ok just checking.

thankfully i'm not an idiot and have never broken my tray on my ps2, xbox, 360, dvd players, and bluray players.

Or you just don't have kids yet.

 

[purbeast0]

Or you just don't have kids yet.

yep, that is another reason lol. i do agree that they feel cheap/flimsy for the most part though.

 

[cmdrdredd]

I remember the little part on the end of the PS2 tray that had the PS logo on it snapping off mine. It wasn't long before the motor went out and the tray wouldn't move anyway. I think I had to get it fixed twice before I just bought a new one.

 

[CZroe]

I remember the little part on the end of the PS2 tray that had the PS logo on it snapping off mine. It wasn't long before the motor went out and the tray wouldn't move anyway. I think I had to get it fixed twice before I just bought a new one.

A lot of people broke that off to use a slide tool for playing copied games.

 

[Dari]

No. A PS3 will get video even with no HDD at all.

I know that. That is why I was able to read what was on the screen.

 

[CZroe]

I know that. That is why I was able to read what was on the screen.

So why do you think it would cause the OP's no video problem?

 

[Dari]

So why do you think it would cause the OP's no video problem?

Because when that happened to me I googled it and that was the general response I got. And, as I said, the PS3 told me that the HDD needed to be reformatted.