PS3 Slim 120GB freezes sometimes

I've had my PS3 Slim since June 10th, after my phat broke and I had to get a new one. It has been working great, but it freezes occasionally. I don't know what causes freezes, but I dont think it overheats. since the fan never suddenly starts making a lot of noise, and it has a lot of space.
I always get paranoid when it freezes, because Im not sure if it was a buggy software/buggy game, or if my PS3 might be dying.

-WipeOut HD has frozen twice after I got it with PS+

-Aliens Vs Predator has frozen once in the alien campaign

-Mafia 2 demo froze on me on its sixth or seventh playthrough

-Red Dead Redemption froze yesterday after walking out of a stage coach in Escalara after probably 80+ hours gameplay.

A total of five freezes over two months

I have also installed and played MGS4, Mirrors Edge, Heavy Rain, Uncharted games, GTA4 etc etc, but they didnt freeze.

So where these freezes most likely software? I read that WipeOut has online issues (like looking behind while online racing), and AvP and Red Dead might have a few bugs, and Mafia 2 is a demo so it might be badly programmed.

Should I worry?

Strange that some people seem to get freezes more. Mine only froze when I tried to exit a game during something rather labor intensive (I can't remember what now but I think it was during Medal of Honor Airborne).

My fat console freezes really a lot in the browser. Always have to hold down on power button until it beeps and shuts down.tommyas

No, consoles have always done this, it's nothing to worry about.MushroomWig

Meanwhile, my slim, (which I recently sold) froze up around 20 times in less than a year. :| Yeah. Luckily I was able to sell the piece of garbage.

[QUOTE="tommyas"]My fat console freezes really a lot in the browser. Always have to hold down on power button until it beeps and shuts down.mauiboynokaoi

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[QUOTE="tommyas"]My fat console freezes really a lot in the browser. Always have to hold down on power button until it beeps and shuts down.tommyas

When my Slim freezes, I press the reset once, wait a few seconds and then it delivers three beeps and shuts down.
And I haven't gotten the "wasn't turned off properly" message yet, but I remember getting it with my phat.

Well I don't ever remember my phat freezing but my slim has frozen maybe twice since April. The other slim in the house freezes more often but it's in a warmer room and tends to have stuff piled up around it so......

I have a 120GB Slim and it does freeze sometimes when I am using the Internet Browser. I then switch the console off via the button on the front and it does nothing for around 10 seconds then eventually shuts down.

So this is pretty common then I guess, since this has happened to many.
there are many bugged games out there :)

Thanks for the relief then, this things get me paranoid.

Mine froze the same amount of times over two months. One of the few downsides of the slims is that they freeze more than the fats.Floppy_Jim

pffftt tell me about it, its frozen on me in the middle of matches in Battlefield online

Why does the slim freeze more than fat?

[QUOTE="MushroomWig"]No, consoles have always done this, it's nothing to worry about.Doolz2024

Meanwhile, my slim, (which I recently sold) froze up around 20 times in less than a year. :| Yeah. Luckily I was able to sell the piece of garbage.

I have had the slim ps3 for like 2 months now and it has never froze on me during playing video game. It did froze on me once or twice during internet browser.

I have had the slim ps3 for like 2 months now and it has never froze on me during playing video game. It did froze on me once or twice during internet browser.

BH14

I guess it totally depends on what you play. It's not like all of my games have frozen, just a few selected ones, which I found out after some reading had some issues.

(Well, I haven't done any "research" on my Mafia II demo freeze, but that was a demo and I guess you will find a bug if you play it enough)

I just get paranoid when these freezes occur, but now I know that my PS3 isn't gonna die. :)

freezing happens some times. i guess all i can tell you is to give your ps3 a break sometimes (depending on how much you play it.)

mine has frozen a few times since I bought it and its never been too frequent or anything. But I've been playing the Scott Pilgrim game all week and one day if froze and then the next day I got stuck on a part of the game where it wouldn't let me advance to the next screen. I realized after this that the freezing probably isn't so much a problem with the console as it is just glitches in game.

Mine froze the same amount of times over two months. One of the few downsides of the slims is that they freeze more than the fats.Floppy_Jim

[QUOTE="Floppy_Jim"]Mine froze the same amount of times over two months. One of the few downsides of the slims is that they freeze more than the fats.J-WOW

[QUOTE="J-WOW"][QUOTE="Floppy_Jim"]Mine froze the same amount of times over two months. One of the few downsides of the slims is that they freeze more than the fats.MushroomWig

[QUOTE="MushroomWig"][QUOTE="J-WOW"] they do? damn I wanted to get rid of my 40gb for a slimJ-WOW

[QUOTE="Floppy_Jim"]Mine froze the same amount of times over two months. One of the few downsides of the slims is that they freeze more than the fats.J-WOW

That sucks. Anyway when the Slims freezes, what do you do? I know the Phat got an on and off switch at the back and that's how I turn it off when it freezes. What about the Slims, does it also have a switch at the back?

There's no switch on the back, so when it freezes I just press the I/O button (the start button on the front of the console) once and after a few seconds it delivers three beeps and turns off.

I have yet to receive an "error report" of any kind when I go back into the Playstation again. I suppose that's the differnce between pressing the button and holding it.

my ps3 frozens several times i have less than a month with it,, ps3 slim 120gb, i want my money back