Forty Per Cent of the 40GB PS3 Consoles Malfunctioning

HEY YA ALL..
I M IN GREECE AND I WANTED TO REPORT ANOTHER -APPARENT- MALFUNCTION OF PS3 AND ITS BUILD IN BLUE RAY TECHNOLOGY.
I BOUGHT MY PS3 ON DECEMBER 28TH AND SINCE THEN DUE TO MY HEAVY SCHEDULE I HAVENT PLAYED LONG BT I STORAGED IT IN ITS OWN BOX WITH SAFETY AND CARE :)
I HAVE USED MY PS 3 AROUN 10 TIMES MAX FROM 2 - 5 HRS EACH TIME. ANYWAYS NOT TO TIRE U ALL, I AM PLAYING MY FAVORITE GAME ASSASSINS CREED AND AS FAR AS I ALREADY KNOW ITS A GAME WITH TOO MANY GLITCHES. AS I WAS PLAYING MY SCREEN FROZE - HOW UNUSUAL- AND I HAD TO REBOOT MY PS3 FROM THE START UP BUTTON IN THE FRONT SIDE OF THE BOX. I HATE TO REBOOT IT LIKE THAT BUT I REALLY HAD TO!!
AS THE GAME IS FROZED AND IM TOTALLY DISSAPOINTED AS IM SO CLOSE TO HAVE THE 9TH ASSASSINATION OF THE GAME, I REBOOT MY SYSTEM AND I ASSUME THAT I LL HAVE TO START THE LEVEL ALL THE WAY AGAIN.
SO AS I REBOOT THE PS3 THEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN IT DOESNT RECOGNIZE THE GAME DISK. IM SO SURPRISED THAT I EJECT AND INSERTING IT AGAIN THE DISK BUT NOTHING. THEN I INSERT ANOTHER GAME BUT STILL MY PS3 SHOWS THAT SOMETHING IS BEING LOADING (UP RIGHT CORNER) OR THAT IT TRIES TO READ THE DISK BUT AGAIN NOTING. THEN I TRY TO INSERT A SIMPLE DVD MOVIE JUST TO CHECK IF THERES A PROBLEM WITH THE GAME DISK OR ITS MY SYSTEMS FAULT.. GUESS WHAT!! MY QUARANTEE ISNT EXIRED YET - FORTUNATELLY- BUT IM AFRAID WHATS WRONG WITH IT SNCE I HAVENT MISTREATED THE MACHINE IN THE PAST NOR I HAVE PUT ANY CHIP ON IT IN ORDER TO PLAY BACKUP GAME COPIES..
WAITING FOR UR REPLY GUYS. PLZ TELL ME UR OPINION
THNXIN ADVANCE :))

i've had my 60gb since the day its come out but yesterday it stopped working!
when i try to switch it n it just flashes yellow and then turns itself off again

to be honest the same thing happend to me.....not in belgium. and i thought if i left it for about a day or two the problem would have just cleared up....again i turn my ps3 on and guess what i put my lovly gta4 into the stupid thing and walaaaa game wont load and tried several other movies nothing......tried twice more with other ps3 games NOTHING......if sony doesnt release a patch or something to recomend we do, its just gonna get worse and wose.....loose billions or sort your freakin playstation 3 40gb models out ya jerks btw assasins creed looks good how much is it? :P.

My 60 GB died in Oct. I started a list to see how many people had a PS3 that malfunctioned on the playstation forum.

http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=ps3&thread.id=3390905

My 80 gig PS3 is just shy of a year old, and stopped reading all discs. The same thing happened to my son's 60 gig unit about a month ago, luckily still under warranty. If it was an issue with the firmware, then why couldn't they just do a patch online? I think it's a deeper issue than that, but not sure because Sony doesn't seem to be talking much about it, just repairing it. This has to be a serious issue financially for them I'm guessing with all the shipping and handling charges on top of the repair charges. Love the system when it's working, but I've got a pile of discs I cannot use at the moment, til this problem gets remedied.

same issue here... sadly 1 year old properly stored and used 40gb unit froze on me while watching brand new blu ray - horton hears a who - not that matters but now nothing will load... anyone been able to rectify this?

Just reading all your stories, mine is exactly the same - my daughter was playing our 40 gig last night and the disc froze, now the machine is not reading anything. The fan in the machine was really loud just before the game froze so I assumed it was something to do with overheating. Have tried again today and still nothing working.

i think its funny how PS3 fanboys will criticize the Xbox 360, saying how 33% get the RROD, yet the ps3s malfunction all the time (40%). its sorta sad.

Had two ps3 60gb so far. waiting on the third to arrive. first one lastet for 1½year second one 3 weeks. Same error. Starts up with no pic and sound.. both had ubuntu installed as second OS. Im from denmark and the retailers says that this is a growing problem.

my 40gb ps3 is not reading disc too, a down for the ps3 and the sony company as a whole, will discontinue to use sony items if they dont fix this for me.:(

Same thing here. My 40gb PS3 lasted less then a year. The system failed to read games or dvds and i had to send it in. I received the ps3 back with a louder fan. Less then a year after the repair, i got the red blinking light of death. Both problems are heat related. If you look at the PS3, alot of the vents are not even vents! just vent designs! WTF

My ps3 died out too.
This console is garbage. I'm buying Xbox. It has less malfunctioning. I don't have a HDTV anyways...

MY BROS PS3 WAZ A 60 GIG AND THE SAME CRAP HAPPEND MINE IS STILL WORKING MINE IS A 160 GIG BUNDLE WITH UNCHARTED GAME AND DUALSHOCK 3 CONTROLER

mines not dead yet but my audio goes wack, online then screen goes black, then i try 2 quit the game & then the system restarts. my fav game comes out in 10 days & if thing quits im going back 2 xbox360 , beside modern warfare didnt time out it, all most forgot only plays a blu ray about 10 minutes then freezes . its a 40gig from NJ let me know if it starts this way.....

I got the 40GB PS3 after one month of coming out then a few weeks later it came on and worked well except i put in the disc (any disc) and it wont even start to load ,so i got that replaced with another 40GB 2 years ive had that but now i turn on the PS3 the screen or sound wont work and there aint even a yellow or red light, i know its not the HDTV because it works on my DVD player plus the screen goes to a lighter Black as if the PS3 will come on but it does not. Now all my friends have bought Xbox 360 elite because there PS3's keep breaking so its not just the 40GB its also 60 and 80GB because that is what they all had as they bought the PS3 after 1year of the PS3 launch.
If SONY dont sort all this out they will loose incredibly amount of money.

i have had my 40g ps3 for 3 1/2 years and had no problems it overheats from time to time but only after long sessions...i swapped out the 40 for 500g when i picked it up, and as far as blu rays messing up your system well i dont know about that, if you still pay for blu rays well, thats what you get ,you know you can save BR Rips right onto your system, no wear and tear on the drive...fyi....peace

hotoh@sedennobkciMy 40gb ps3. Stopped working last year with the bluray not reading discs. Sony should be aware of this and acknowledge there is a problem with the 40gb and fix the ones that have failed free of charge regardless if there is a warrantNicoh