I need your help! Been scammed.
10-15-2010, 12:43 PM
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sjmarcy should be. hes amazing. the wealth of knowledge he possess and shares with the world is mind boggling for a peon like myself. after hes appointed a mod, we should kill him for fear of his persuasive and cunning ways take over the mass sheep of MT.net. Im scared. Hold me Brain.
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10-15-2010, 01:52 PM
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lol, and the colsole freezes after about 50 sec of being on. Sounds like this is going to be fun. I wish I could just find a decription key for the harddrive haha.
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10-15-2010, 02:00 PM
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If it's "overheating" or thinks it is, maybe some effort could be spent resolving the defect? I understand that some make a business out of buying and fixing for resale busted consoles. Apparently, many can be fixed in 20 minutes. Just a thought.
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10-15-2010, 02:06 PM
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1 Turns on fine, runs for about 45 sec
2 The screen starts getting artifacts
3 After about 3 sec, the whole screen has a "plaid" like pattern on it, with repeateing green dots.
4 After about 5 sec, it freezes.
5 Will not restart unless I let it sot for a hour or more.
It really reminds me of the NES days where if the cartridge was not in just right, the screen would get odd patterns on it than the NES would freeze.
Can that be fixed?
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10-15-2010, 02:40 PM
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OP learned a lesson about buying used electronics from an unknown person who advertised for free on a site which promises no protections.
Given that you can fix many common PS3 woes in 20 minutes, I'd say it's worth looking into. Hours of time has been spent on the "get the guy" strategy, some of the recommendations are unwise or bordeline illegal as in the stalking and confronting by surprise at home stuff, interrogating his family, etc.
Next time be more careful with future purchases, lesson learned. Take some responsibility.
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