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PS3 owners: Does the code 80010514 mean anything to you?

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The Xbox 360's RROD has been the monkey on Microsoft's back for the past couple of years, but according to some reports, Sony has been dealing with some similar problems with the PS3 as well. Complaints on Sony's own forums show a small percentage of users being greeted with 80010514 errors, and finding out that their Blu-ray drives are no longer functioning. A quick search via the information superhighway seems to indicate that Sony has not released an official breakdown of the code, but that it veritably indicates an issue with the Blu-ray drive.
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Published: 618 days 17 hours ago | Article | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360
 
 

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LightningPS3 - 618 days 17 hours ago
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1 - no
what is that?
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va_bank - 618 days 17 hours ago
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1.1 - Nope.
Doesn't ring a bell. Two PS3s (40gb and 60gb) not a single problem. I do know one guy in my Warhawk clan whose PS3 broke.

"according to some reports, Sony has been dealing with some similar problems with the PS3 as well"

Nice. This sentence will bring in fanboys from both sides.

EDIT: Sorry, meant to be a standalone post.
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sonarus - 618 days 17 hours ago
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LOL @ the approvals. Can't just leave you guys up there by yourselves. Seems like 360 owners have been dying to break a broken ps3 story so let them just have this one.

Still nowhere near the numerous 360 faults that seem to be getting worse instead of better. When you have devs carrying back up consoles trying to anticipate RROD and even display 360's don't seem to cut it anymore. RROD is a Problem blu ray drive malfunction is more of an inconvenience. I hope all the users with faulty drives get theirs fixed.
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mikeslemonade - 618 days 17 hours ago
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PS3 will not have a large scale defect rate like the 360 because there are people out there who do Folding@Home 24/7. I wanna see a 360 owner try to run an application 24/7 and report back with a working 360 after month. I doubt that 360 would be a working one.
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RecSpec - 618 days 16 hours ago
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Alas, the never ending search for Sony's equivalent of the RROD.
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1.5 Sir Ken Kutaragi 4 | 618 days 16 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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Bonsai1214 - 618 days 16 hours ago
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i thought it was a network connection problem code. i had a few of those before i configured my router correctly...
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Death - 618 days 15 hours ago
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1.7 - Sonarus,
This made me chuckle. "RROD is a Problem blu ray drive malfunction is more of an inconvenience." I think it's safe to assume, you think the Blu-Ray malfunction is for movies only, but that isn't the case. When the drive malfunctions, it won't read any disc based media. This includes PS3 games on Blu-Ray disc, PS2 games on DVD, and PS1 games on CD Roms. Oh yeah, movies don't work on Blu-Ray or DVD either. This is a little more than an inconvenience especially when you couple it with the extended wait times on 60 and 80 gig repairs since the company is currently out of stock. I'm not sure how much I believe it, but there are reports on the PS3 forums of people waiting months instead of weeks.

Typically, hardware failures occur more frequently as system are out longer. Failure rates are not an infinite measurement, they are based on required repairs in a set amount of time. The longer the PS3 is out, the more failures you will see. This isn't a fault of the manufacturer as much as it is the effects of time on low cost high tech and incredibly high tech items.

-Death
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JsonHenry - 618 days 15 hours ago
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Gah.. I remember replacing my PS2 twice in three years because the DVD drive in it went bad.
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1.9 Mclovin96 | 618 days 13 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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mikeslemonade - 618 days 12 hours ago
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You have to dust the lense. And frequently dust the PS3. The 360 also has DREs, so if you say PS3 has this than 360 has scratch disc, DRE, Red ring, and other stuff.
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1.11 kalle | 618 days 10 hours ago - deleted by mod -
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yanikins111 - 618 days 8 hours ago
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1.12 - Kalle
Reported as offensive. Open zones that-a-way my man ---->
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harry190 - 618 days 3 hours ago
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1.13 - i got
this problem with my first ps3 after 7 months.
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adalwolfe - 618 days 2 hours ago
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oh yeah, i am on my 3rd ps3 now over the past year.. i continually get this 80010514 error message with the blueray drive.

Its not just me either, i have 5 friends that own ps3's and 4 of them have also had to return their ps3's for the same reason. :(

oh yeah and when i called sony support it took hours just to get a rep on the line, same with all my friends, its like they just have one agent. And their warranty does not cover the error after the first year..

sony sucks.. get a 360, the 3 year warranty is unmatched! And they have better exclusives!
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wow4u - 617 days 23 hours ago
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Hey everyone, look at all the off topic posts about the Xbox 360 trying to deflect attention from PS3 hardware faults.

Hey, Sony has quite a record with hardware problems -- the PS2 was notoriously bad, and Sony didnt pony up the extended hardware warranty and free fixes.

I've got 3 broken PS2s in my closet. In my home town, there were STORES who's only business was to repair broken PS2s.
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superaktieboy - 617 days 23 hours ago
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1.16 - exactly whats that?
huh?
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toughNAME - 618 days 17 hours ago
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2 - Sony needs to learn to make better hardware
I mean I can literally throw my Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Headset at people and it will never break.
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perils - 618 days 17 hours ago
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hmm can you throw your 360 at people without it breaking? anyways this will never catch on i mean the name for one thing! RROD is way snappier than Code 80010514. "holy sh!t my ps3 just code 80010514ed on me!!!!!!!!" nup
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sonarus - 618 days 17 hours ago
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hahaha gunnerforlife just owned you man
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prunchess - 618 days 17 hours ago
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Funny! Made me laugh that!
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timmyp53 - 618 days 17 hours ago
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2.6 - hmm...
alright. ;)
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ruibing - 618 days 17 hours ago
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Of all the companies to use to exemplify solid hardware, it amazes me that you chose MS. The PS3 has one of the lowest failure rate of all the current gen consoles, please don't tell them that they need to learn from the company with the highest failure rate.

Btw, I've thrown (dropped) my Jabra bluetooth headsets around and they really don't break, they are all that rugged. You need to find a better example for a good hardware in terms of their average lifetime, like IBM Thinkpads.
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EZCheez - 618 days 17 hours ago
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2.8 - I wish more people
Appreciated your humor.
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bababrooks - 618 days 16 hours ago
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gunner, what is the life span on the blue -ray laser? i have not got a clue, do you, if so tell all?
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Cupid_Viper_3 - 618 days 16 hours ago
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2.12 - @Toughname
I know what you mean man, I have something else that does that too, it's call a "ROCK". but then agai, we all know that sony can't compare to MS when it comes to things not breaking. which brings us to NEW RULES

NEW RULE everybody
New Rule, you can't be dying of cancer, and worry about the next guy with ã simple cold, you simply can't.
I know ,I know, you want to see it as "see? we all get sick" sort of way, but saddly it isn't so. clearly, one is f*cked, and one is sick.

and I know that all the buzz about the ps3 is driving you nuts, but there's no need to hit people with expansive,
"unbreakable" MS made headsets, use rocks, it's of better value, for that purpose of course.
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Mr_Kuwabara - 618 days 16 hours ago
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2.13 - @toughname
Throw that headset of yours to Chuck Norris and he'll break you in two!!!!!!

lol
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sonarus - 618 days 16 hours ago
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hahaha your a legend man.
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jadenkorri - 618 days 16 hours ago
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2.15 - wow toughname that was lame
cmon, it would a been better to use the ps3 controller, since you are throwing the 360 controller, yes, the headset and controller are linked via a cable on the 360, were as the ps3 controller is separate from the headset since its also wireless
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lilwingman - 618 days 15 hours ago
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better not throw your 360 dude. if you touch it it may break.
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yanikins111 - 618 days 15 hours ago
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2.17 - Dont worry toughname
I got the joke.
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Amanosenpai - 618 days 13 hours ago
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2.18 - @toughname
You just bite your tongue...

And yea you should throw your 360 trought the window, its going to implode cause overheating sooner or later... (joke)¬_¬
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2.19 kalle | 618 days 9 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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MorganX - 618 days 17 hours ago
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3 - Key being small percentage
I believe it. But, here's the difference. I've had 1 Playstation 3, I've had 4 XBoxes due to failure. The problem isn't failures or warranty. It's the percentage and frequency.

If my PS3 goes out, I'll be disappointed and get it repaired. But I have no reason to believe it will fail. It has been silent and reliable.

I fully expect my Xbox to fail as all others have. I haven't had any problem with the new design (motherboard with HDMI) but I'm still skeptical due to the high failure rate of Xboxes I've owned. And the noise of the fan is getting louder everyday.

Anything man made will fail. Quality is measured by the failure "rate," not the failure.
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Wildarmsjecht - 618 days 17 hours ago
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3.1 - Uh buh?!?!!?
You speak wise words??!?!? YOU CANT BELONG HERE!! OMGZZZZZZ!

Seriously tho, thank you for being one of few people who maintain a sense of logic within their cranium. You give me a slight bit of hope for mankind. Slight.
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InYourMom - 618 days 15 hours ago
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3.2 - Well then
I must be in that small percentage. I've been thru 2 PS3's and am now on my third all because of DOA Blu-ray drives and I've never had any problems with my 360 (knock on a stack of wood).

So just because you don't have a problem doesn't mean there isn't one. I remember this is how the whole RROD thing started with the fanboys denying any problems but as the stories got more and more eventually they had to acknowledge it. For all the crap the 360 has gotten because of the RROD, this would be some wonderful karma in action.

However, I don't wish a broken 360 or PS3 on anyone and I can say right now this issue with the PS3 is nothing(as in not even close) to the hardware issues of the 360. I believe every launch unit sold in the first year is going to fail unless you don't turn it on. I am just waiting for my launch 360 to die but I do often leave it on overnight probably 4 days a week. To the contrary of many posters here it hasn't burst into flames yet. aha
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yanikins111 - 618 days 15 hours ago
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3.3 - Statistical flukes inyourmum
Except for me, the statistical fluke(?) is that every 360 i know of (about 5) has broken.
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MorganX - 618 days 15 hours ago
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The Xbox failure rate went from statistical fluke to numerical fact a long time ago. With most other products a 16% failure rate would be unnaceptable. The product would be branded a faulty product. Fortunately for MS, the faulty machines don't hurt anyone or start fires and the games are really, really good.

That's one reason not adding a Bluray disc to the current Xbox is a good idea. Video game goes out, I can wait. High Def Bluray player goes out.... what the hell...

I would and will say the same thing if the PS3 had a 16% failure rate, or even half that for that matter.
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Remember everyone, if you don't like the story, report it.

That way the story will be removed from N4G. :)
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4.1 - Seriously?
"Remember everyone, if you don't like the story, report it.

That way the story will be removed from N4G."

That is the WORST fanboy logic/instructions I have ever heard for this site. If you dont like the news the report it and it will be removed. Well I am sure there are a ton of 360 fanboys who didnt like the RROD news but it got reported as it should have. Logic like yours is exactly why I cant stand the rabid fanboy... "I dont like that other console so I am going to try and oppress any stories that are good about it, and approve the bad ones and only approve the good ones for my console...."

Try being a gamer and just approve legit stories no matter who's side of the fence they fall on.
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Rageanitus - 618 days 17 hours ago
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5 - the question is
what is the frequency of this issue.
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TripleTags - 618 days 12 hours ago
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5.1 - why its..
OVER 9000!!!!!
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PirateThom - 618 days 17 hours ago
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It's an optical drive. They do sometimes fail. No big deal, it happens sometimes.
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Max Power - 618 days 17 hours ago
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6.1 - precisely...
its a brand new technology that pretty much debuted with the PS3, i would expect a few hiccups.
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