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    ffxi on Ps3, Black screen of death;;

    hi guys, i been playing FFXI on ps3 for a little bit now, last night when i log off the game, it said "error" and ask me to reformat (on the PS3 menu) , i said no because i had no clue what happen cuz all i did was log off. btw i have the 60g PS3



    well i try to log back on ffxi on my ps3 and the screen goes black, and Nothing happens at all... it just stays black........ forcing me to turn off my PS3, i try to erase ffxi Icon off my ps3 (the icon making me to log on POL) and restall again it using the disk, still no luck, it installs but then i get the black screen of death once it hits 100% and finish installing ; ; it doesnt take me to any screen, it just goes black.

    plus now my soul calibur 4 game is giving me problems, it runs fine but if i hit the PS button on my ps3 controller when i play SC4 the screen goes very dark and freezes on me.. i even try to update my ps3 to the newest version and it gets to 50%-70% then the screen turns black again.. forcing me to turn off my ps3, now i cant even update it;;

    if any one knows any ideas how to help i would love it, thanks guys



    i would have refomat my ps3 (cuz it told me to do it when this first happen) but for some reason i can't reformat anymore.. it wont give me the choice.. i dont even know how to reformat, because i have a feeling if i reformat it this may fix my problem, but right now i don't know what to do

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    Reset the PS3 settings by doing the following. In stand by mode Press and hold the power button for 5 secs.. (until you hear the second beep) this causes the PS3 to reset

    Then if you need to reformat:

    Go in the settings and choose the format hard drive icon (I don't remember where it is but you should be able to find it)

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    settings > system settings > restore ps3 system ? just do that then?

    that will fix the freezing/updating and make me able to reinstall ffxi and play it again?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thomas View Post
    settings > system settings > restore ps3 system ? just do that then?

    that will fix the freezing/updating and make me able to reinstall ffxi and play it again?
    Possibly, but it will also delete everything on your HDD (e.g., game saves), so keep that in mind.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kohan View Post
    Possibly, but it will also delete everything on your HDD (e.g., game saves), so keep that in mind.
    i will still be able to save games right? (like restart soul calibur 4 from start)

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    yes it just erases everything and puts it as it was when you took it out of the box.

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