PS3 Slim freezing during gameplay
Hi everyone, just wanted to see if anyone had any advice or maybe encountered a similar issue. GTA V is the only game I play and recently it is causing my machine to freeze after anywhere between five minutes to a half hour of gameplay.
I factory reset the machine which did not work, and recently I re-pasted and gave the whole unit a good clean, however it is still freezing during gameplay. The game will not unfreeze, so the console has to be manually turned off. Occasionally the game will pause momentarily, leading me to believe the HDD may be corrupted. My next course will be to probably replace the HDD, however this could be an expensive option for it to not work.
Has anyone been able to fix a similar problem? I am running a CECH 2001B. Any and all feedback is greatly appreciated!
Posted Jul 7, 2020, 5:44 PM UTC
Do you play on disc or digital version? And have you faced this problem with any other game?
Disc, and this is the only game I play so I am not sure about other games
Well so I think first of all check with some other game, probably a digital one and if the game doesn’t freeze, the problem is likely your disc reader or the GTA disc itself. If some other game does freeze and it is a digital one, then move on to HDD replacement.