Is my ps3 dying?

#1 Posted by NekuSakuraba (6812 posts) - 8 months, 27 days ago

I've noticed fps problems in many games, darksiders and sains row 3 recently and no one has really mentioned huge fps issues for either game. Could this be a problem with my console? It's an old fat 40gb model that is quite dusty, maybe it has something to do with that? Or am I just so used to PC frame rates I'm expecting too much? Thanks.

#2 Posted by Lunar_Aura (2780 posts) - 8 months, 27 days ago

It might be the console but before that I'd try temporarily replacing the hard drive and see if it exhibits the same problems. Maybe there's caching issues with it.

#3 Posted by GrantHeaslip (736 posts) - 8 months, 27 days ago

If those are games that have to be installed or have big save files, it could be the case that your hard drive is fragmented. You could try running a backup, formatting the drive, then restoring. If you've got a way to plug a hard drive into your computer, you could also defragment it from there. There's also a rebuild database option in the recovery menu, but I think that's more to do with the XMB than the drive itself. Could be worth trying.

I don't think it's a CPU or GPU issue -- even if your PS3 is running hot, I don't think it will ever underclock itself, because that's counter to the way consoles are assumed to work by developers. If this isn't a hard drive problem, it's likely that's just how those games are. I don't follow this stuff that closely, but more often than not, the PS3 versions of games seem to not perform the best.

No matter what you do, back it up first.

#4 Posted by mosespippy (2610 posts) - 8 months, 27 days ago

When my PS3 broke it was locking up every couple of hours for a week or two before it wouldn't turn on anymore. If your's isn't locking up on a regular basis then it's probably not breaking, or at least not in the same way that mine was.

#5 Posted by hermes (715 posts) - 8 months, 27 days ago

It might be an issue with the hard drive, but not necessarily that your PS3 is dying.

When mine got the YLOD, it was sudden (it was working fine)...

#6 Edited by handlas (2256 posts) - 8 months, 27 days ago

My first PS3 YLOD as well with no symptoms prior to that. Of course my dad decided to put in a game and immediately ejected it and the PS3 didn't like that very much. Instant death for some reason.

Darksiders 2 for me runs fine... just mild framerate drops at times when in large areas or tons of enemies (like when you fight 50 skeletons in a small room).

#7 Posted by NekuSakuraba (6812 posts) - 8 months, 27 days ago

@handlas

My first PS3 YLOD as well with no symptoms prior to that. Of course my dad decided to put in a game and immediately ejected it and the PS3 didn't like that very much. Instant death for some reason.
Darksiders 2 for me runs fine... just mild framerate drops at times when in large areas or tons of enemies (like when you fight 50 skeletons in a small room).

I mean the first Darksiders just to be clear.

#8 Posted by NekuSakuraba (6812 posts) - 8 months, 27 days ago

@Lunar_Aura: @GrantHeaslip: I've been meaning to upgrade my HDD anyway (40gbs if far too small) I guess this is a good incentive to do so?

#9 Posted by GrantHeaslip (736 posts) - 8 months, 27 days ago

@NekuSakuraba said:

@Lunar_Aura: @GrantHeaslip: I've been meaning to upgrade my HDD anyway (40gbs if far too small) I guess this is a good incentive to do so?

Maybe, but I should probably have specified more clearly that I was speculating. I'm fairly sure I'm right, but it's possible I'm totally off.

#10 Posted by Genkkaku (723 posts) - 8 months, 26 days ago

I had serious Framerate issues recently noticed it on Walking Dead Ep 2 and then anything else I tried.. turned out I had like MB's free on the HDD, I just deleted a bunch of stuff and that fixed it, so I guess try that

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