My PS3 Imploded - Wat Do?

So last night in the middle of warming up for a Titan run, my PS3 went totally off the reservation. Classic YLOD (60 gig launch model) followed by fan failure and a rather terrible stink of burnt bread. She was totally FUBAR, and I had to physically destroy the system to get my ARR install disc back.

I'm picking up a refurb PS3 for cheap on the way home tonight. Is there anything special I'm going to need to do to get back online with FFXIV in a timely manner? Or just install > log in > update?

Thank you for any tips or advice.

access is based on account, so logging in won't be an issue.

If you have a security key, you will still need that.

I don't think the new PS3 will remember your username, so hopefully you remember that.

I don't think there's much of anything else to worry about. :)

Would've been cheaper taking it to a shop to fix it. Don't know all your details but we would've charged 50 for service and 30 for the fan.

You might have to "deactivate" the old PS3 to transfer your licences for DLC, PSN bought games and possibly the licence key for FFXIV.
Check your regions Playstation website support guide for info.

I had to deactive my PS3 last year before sending it back to the shop, basically it desync's your account from the PS3's hardware ID (as you can register 2 PS3s per PSN account) so you can keep bought/downloaded/licenced key'd content.
Re-sign in with your PSN ID on the new PS3 and make it your primary console - sorted.

Again double check on the PS website for your region for instructions.

Buy a new one.

If you can get passed this biggest hurdle then you good......remembering your PSN and password. Countless of friends and family had forgot the password or both. Going to have a hard time if you didn't use current or accessible email address.

It's easy to forget these things because of the auto log in. You really never have to log in again until.... It breaks

Also, there's no reason to leave the install disk in the system. That's just additional wear and tear on the drive. Once the client is on the PS3 you can put the disk away for good.

Can we just have a moment of silence for our fallen hero, this guy's PS3. Launch model? Not a bad run, this guy's PS3. Not a bad run at all.

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Also, there's no reason to leave the install disk in the system. That's just additional wear and tear on the drive. Once the client is on the PS3 you can put the disk away for good.

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^ this.

Once you have the game installed onto the ps3 HDD you can launch it without the disc. On your new ps3 you will also need to use the same PSN account from your old ps3 (can recover this easy using account name/email/password) since the SE account can only be linked to 1 PSN account.

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Originally Posted by DefendPopPunk

Can we just have a moment of silence for our fallen hero, this guy's PS3. Launch model? Not a bad run, this guy's PS3. Not a bad run at all.

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Lol my thoughts exactly. That things been chugging away for what? 8 years!?

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Originally Posted by Galliano

Lol my thoughts exactly. That things been chugging away for what? 8 years!?

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Yup! A moment of silence for a fallen comrade.

Still got mine goin' strong, also the 60gb launch model, the damn things are complete beasts!

I had a YLOD not too long ago, myself. Sent it in to Sony, got it refurbished for $125. Been running like a kitten since. Still, to try and keep it from happening again I did get a couple external cooling fans for it. Well worth the investment to have a launch PS3. The new ones have been gutted so badly as to not even be worth the time to look at, much less think about.

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Can we just have a moment of silence for our fallen hero, this guy's PS3. Launch model? Not a bad run, this guy's PS3. Not a bad run at all.

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And the owner desecrated the ps3's corpse!

Yeah I lost my old fat ps3 recently too, it's heart breaking. Especially with the ps4 out. Be sure to call Sony to deactivate the old one, takes 2 sec. There customer service is really friendly. You would have to look it up but there is a way to turn it on, something about a hair dryer. You will have to redownload everything. Like everyone said, you might have to change your password, but the only thing you lose is your loadouts which you have to do all over.

You probably gonna need to reassign your crossbar, gear sets and macros. Not sure though, maybe ps3 saves this configuration in your ps account unlike the pc version.

^^that's right. He needs to setup UI settings, macros, skill bars and item sets again from scratch. All of this info is stored on PS3 locally in a file. I lost it once after yet another teleport crash to find out this bitter truth. :P