So H console gamers I need to know if any of you have experienced the symptoms I'm having with my PS3.
Last night I updated to newest firmware, installed the free games from the Welcome Back promotion, and downloaded some themes. Fired up netflix and went to browse through my instant queue and this is where I noticed the "slowness". I used to be able to zip right on through my movies by holding the arrow key/joystick and then stop. Now when I hold it over it only moves one movie. Press the button twice or whatever and it moves only once. I noticed that almost every time I do this, the HDD light kicks on and I cannot move onto the next movie until it stops. Googling around its either the HDD is dying a slow death or my internet connection is sucking (which can't be because I've been downloading crap hella fast on my PS3). Turning on the console takes about a minute for everything to load up on the menu. Entering or exiting Netflix takes a lot longer than it used to.
Things I've done/tried to remedy:
Safe mode options 3, 4, and 5. Option 3 reported my drive was corrupt and "fixed" the issue
Reformatted the hard drive and installed everything.
Downloaded the firmware update to thumb drive and reinstalled this (and it took about fifteen minutes to copy over to the HDD and install).
Thoughts? Questions? Opinions?
Last night I updated to newest firmware, installed the free games from the Welcome Back promotion, and downloaded some themes. Fired up netflix and went to browse through my instant queue and this is where I noticed the "slowness". I used to be able to zip right on through my movies by holding the arrow key/joystick and then stop. Now when I hold it over it only moves one movie. Press the button twice or whatever and it moves only once. I noticed that almost every time I do this, the HDD light kicks on and I cannot move onto the next movie until it stops. Googling around its either the HDD is dying a slow death or my internet connection is sucking (which can't be because I've been downloading crap hella fast on my PS3). Turning on the console takes about a minute for everything to load up on the menu. Entering or exiting Netflix takes a lot longer than it used to.
Things I've done/tried to remedy:
Safe mode options 3, 4, and 5. Option 3 reported my drive was corrupt and "fixed" the issue
Reformatted the hard drive and installed everything.
Downloaded the firmware update to thumb drive and reinstalled this (and it took about fifteen minutes to copy over to the HDD and install).
Thoughts? Questions? Opinions?