Here are some additional “hidden” uses of the PS3’s Power and Eject buttons.
Force a shutdown
Press and hold the Power button on the front of the PS3 for about 10 seconds to force the system to shutdown (safely).
Use this method if your PS3 freezes/crashes. Do not flick the power switch on the back of the unit to shutdown because it could potentially corrupt your files.
Force disk eject
Press and hold down the Eject button on the front of the PS3 for about 10 seconds to force the system’s drive to eject.
Useful for example if you try to launch a PS2 game and it freezes. You should be able to force eject the disc and then force shutdown the system.
Reset video settings
With your PS3 turned off, press and hold the Power button on the front of the PS3 for about 10 seconds (the system will beep as normal as it starts up but after 7-10 seconds it will beep again). The video settings should now be reverted. Doing this will also reset any theme settings.
I use this method to revert from HDMI 1080p to Composite 576p, without having to swap cables and change settings.
There is one more. Turn off your PS3 entirely. Then, flip the backswitch and Eject button at the same time. The cooling fans will start to blow at max capacity to blow out all the interior dust. This only works with 40GB models
This also works on the drake bundle(160gb)
Seems to work on the 80Gb version too
That could potentially burn out your PS3’s graphic card and it works on 60 GB models to
I’ve tried it ONCE!
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has anyone tried to do what paul says?
what paul says is true but dont do it…it damages ur ps3 vid card …i ran into a prob after i did it…,i couldnt use the a/v cables anymore for some reason…only hdmi
DO NOT do what paul says !!!!
I have even asked sony, it can potentially damage your Ps3’s graphics card
your only surging a current to the fan. you can potentially fuse your ps3
That method who Paul posted doent work. Thats the fastes way to broke ur ps3. It will damage ur video card, and burn ur ps3 to the YLOD stage. What a useless post Paul.
My PS3 died today (red light and 3 beeps within a second of powering it on). It died with a disk stuck inside it. I phoned Sony and they got me to do what Paul suggested. It did indeed make the fan blow at maximum, but it also (thankfully!) forced the system to eject my disk.
Now i just have to send my dead PS3 away and hope they decide to fix/replace it despite it being a month out of warranty…
Hey, I have the same problem, can you tell me exactly what you did to get the disk out? Does it have something to do with attempting the eject while the fan is in hurricane mode?
Thanks!
My PS3 died a month ago, its a 60GB and it has the yellow light, i have a game disc inside and i cant get it out can somone help me???
That’s exactly what happened to me Gaby. See my post above…
It has since been replaced by the lovely people at Sony, even though it was out of warranty.
my ps3 got the yellow light of death , but my modern warfare 2 was stuck in it does anyone know how i could get it out without smashing the ps3 ???