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Funeral for my PS3
- Thread starter Cheesemeister
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Doom_Bringer
Banned
Kuroyume said:
I fear cancer. I had a PS3, I'd fold as well, during the day. But I wouldn't leave it on for 6 week.
CurseoftheGods
Banned
I am going away for two months and I was considering letting my PS3 fold while I am out of the country. Thanks for the heads up. :lol
CurseoftheGods
Banned
Ranger X said:
Folding every now and then =/= folding continuously for six weeks.
Manmademan said:
Yes, and also, the Wii was built with that feature in mind, being able to stay "on" 24/7 while consuming very little power.
Cdammen: I do that because it doesn't use much power and we use it in the family to exchange messages, plus it keeps all the channels updated (like weather).
speculawyer
Member
Damn . . . .
<Flips on TV . . . 157 Work Units and still folding fine . . . I'm currently #18 on the NeoGAF team>
Now I'm kinda scared to let it keep running. It is well ventilated but it has been on for weeks on end. Folding most of the time but occasional breaks to play Blu-Ray movies.
Should I quit folding?
<Flips on TV . . . 157 Work Units and still folding fine . . . I'm currently #18 on the NeoGAF team>
Now I'm kinda scared to let it keep running. It is well ventilated but it has been on for weeks on end. Folding most of the time but occasional breaks to play Blu-Ray movies.
Should I quit folding?
PistolGrip
sex vacation in Guam
Dont stop folding. This is only one incident. plus you got a US PS3 so you'll have no problems.
speculawyer
Member
Ranger X said:
I have a US PS3 in the USA territory, so I won't run into any warranty repair hassles that Cheesemeister may have.
During the first week of my folding I too experienced some sort of problem with the PS3 freezing (unable to do anything in the folding application, see the home menu, etc.). Luckily I was able to just completely turn the system off and back on again, and haven't had problems playing games or watching movies. Unfortunately I fear running the application again, and I have yet to do so.
speculawyer said:
Ok i see. Well to me, only the need for repair is an hassle.
Not only i don't really feel sharing my connection i don't feel like sharing my electricity either or again to accelerate the aging of my over-expensive PS3.
Help the cure of cancer is cool but it's too far away from me right to catch my interest. I prefer to give money elsewhere to other causes. To each is own i guess
Cheesemeister
Member
Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circling flight.
I am the soft starlight at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there; I did not die.
Cheesemeister
Member
SCEA returned my PS3 unserviced, claiming on the enclosed form that they'd received the wrong item. Calling up customer service, they explained that the troubleshooting equipment used to repair systems are unable to operate on out-of-region consoles. Although this struck me as highly absurd, I was resigned to sending the PS3 back to Japan for service.
Upon getting off the phone with SCEJ after a too-long phone call in Japanese, I managed to arrange for one of my friends in Japan to relay the PS3 to Sony and back for me. He was even nice enough to upgrade Ouendan 2 for me while at it. So awesome.
A grand total of two months, nineteen days, and $157 in round-trip shipping later, my PS3 arrived back safely today. Welcome back, PS3.
Welcome back.
Upon getting off the phone with SCEJ after a too-long phone call in Japanese, I managed to arrange for one of my friends in Japan to relay the PS3 to Sony and back for me. He was even nice enough to upgrade Ouendan 2 for me while at it. So awesome.
A grand total of two months, nineteen days, and $157 in round-trip shipping later, my PS3 arrived back safely today. Welcome back, PS3.
Welcome back.
Insane Metal
Member
Congrats! It´s a good day to have the PS3 back huh
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Such a happy ending. Sincerely, I am happy for you. Great friend you got there.
Cheesemeister
Member
TTP said:
Not while I've got the thought of up and moving to Japan in the back of my head... ^^;;;
Cheesemeister
Member
tanod said:
Perish the thought.
No_Style said:Dude. Did they ever tell you why it died? Was it because of Folding@Home?
Good to see that there's a happy ending to this story though!
I've got to sit down and translate the note a little more thoroughly. I glanced over it and it said they'd fixed it and were terribly sorry for the trouble it caused, in true Japanese fashion.
BrodiemanTTR
Member
Cheese you live in Orlando?
Cheesemeister
Member
BrodiemanTTR said:Cheese you live in Orlando?
Yes.
Mejilan said:I'm awaiting the arrival of my PS3's coffin.
Oh snap, what happened?
Cheesemeister
Member
tanod said:
Ah, that bites.
The WU amount of 0 is due to a formatted hard drive. Like I said in the OP, I'd logged 130 WUs. It's just been my PC since the PS3 died.
