PS3 won't run Black Ops

[Incognito]

And why drag up a thread 6 months old to have a bitch about? Clearly a sad, sad individual. My money's on AssG.

[stek]

No Owl. He wasn't talking about himself in the third person. I imagine he meant either, you or anyone and most definitely your. One thinks that you are a pretentious a***. Anyway, I had the same issue after running black ops for months. One doesn't know what to do with one's self. Has a solution been found?

Come on, whose sockie is this!!??

[Inlandnights]

You mean "WTF would one buy one's 9 year old kid a gory blood fest of a game?"

I imagine because he nagged his mother until she couldn't take it any more.

No Owl. He wasn't talking about himself in the third person. I imagine he meant either, you or anyone and most definitely your. One thinks that you are a pretentious a***. Anyway, I had the same issue after running black ops for months. One doesn't know what to do with one's self. Has a solution been found?

[Fred Bloggs]

Yes, my son is on his 3rd PS3 (last one failed the day before the slim line ones came out). So far, the slim line version has been more relaible and runs noticeably cooler, smaller power supply etc...

[Spacecadet]

The console is just a slimmer version, smaller cooler running chips allow them to make a smaller box, no difference in functionality.

Less functionality than the original!
Although on key bit of functionality taken out is that they don't over heat and melt the internal solder joints like my first PS3 did

[Moscow Mule]

You mean "WTF would one buy one's 9 year old kid a gory blood fest of a game?"

I imagine because he nagged his mother until she couldn't take it any more.

Parents these days eh?

[Mr.Whippy]

Perhaps he just needs to upgrade the firmware, and if so where can he download the upgrade files? Or would that be something he has to purchase?

It's free. upgrade via the "Settings" menu option (2nd option in from far left) and then the "Update" option at the top. I think 3.55 is the latest.

[gingerjedi]

It's smaller, and drabber looking, than my sleak looking PS3, and displays "HDMI 1" instead of the "HDMI 2" which mine does. But apart from that no message or clue why the game wouldn't work on his - just a blank screen.

HDMI is HDMI the 1 and 2 are just the inputs on the TV Shirley?

The console is just a slimmer version, smaller cooler running chips allow them to make a smaller box, no difference in functionality.

If the boot screen works without the game it's either a knackered disk or parental controls in the settings? Not sure how that works with a PS3 as I'm an Xbox man.

[OwlHoot]

Also, WTF would you buy your 9 year old kid a gory blood fest of a game?

You mean "WTF would one buy one's 9 year old kid a gory blood fest of a game?"

I imagine because he nagged his mother until she couldn't take it any more.

[Moscow Mule]

Perhaps he just needs to upgrade the firmware, and if so where can he download the upgrade files? Or would that be something he has to purchase?

(The game is rated 18, and he is 9 - I guess kids grow up fast these days )

If the ps3 is plugged into the Internet it will download any updates automatically.

Also, WTF would you buy your 9 year old kid a gory blood fest of a game?

[Moscow Mule]

As you know, the ps3 will display a login menu on boot. If that screen is visible, use the menu to turn off the disk auto play then whack the disk in. If it doesn't recognise it the disk is knackered.

Or, perhaps you're trying to load the 360 version?

[dang65]

(The game is rated 18, and he is 9 - I guess kids grow up fast these days )

I reckon about 90% of the people that play Black Ops are under 18. They seem to be learning a lot of detail from it as well. When I was a kid I could identify a Sten gun and an MG42, a Luger and maybe a couple of others. My kids can ID pretty much any weapon made between 1930 and the present day, as far as I can tell. If someone could just find a way of sneaking maths and science problems into these games, we'd soon have a generation of geniuses.

[BolshieBastard]

Have they tried loading another game and see if that runs ok? if the other game is ok then I'd suspect the tv set up.

Is the tv capable of playing this game? We had issues with a game on an XBox. Turns out the game ran on 50Mhz and the tv was set to 60. so wouldnt run the game.

[yorkshireman]

I visited my sister's family on Christmas Day, and had a pretty good time, except I was roped into diagnosing why a game called Black Ops wouldn't load or install on her husband's nephew's Playstation 3.

It's smaller, and drabber looking, than my sleak looking PS3, and displays "HDMI 1" instead of the "HDMI 2" which mine does. But apart from that no message or clue why the game wouldn't work on his - just a blank screen.

Can any PS3 experts think of a reason or suggest a remedy? It seems odd that there are two models called the same thing, especially with such an evident difference in functionality.

Perhaps he just needs to upgrade the firmware, and if so where can he download the upgrade files? Or would that be something he has to purchase?

(The game is rated 18, and he is 9 - I guess kids grow up fast these days )

If the screen is completely blank I would suspect that the video signal is being output at a resolution that the TV cannot handle. I would try to connect it by different leads and/or to different TVs to see what happens.

[OwlHoot]

I visited my sister's family on Christmas Day, and had a pretty good time, except I was roped into diagnosing why a game called Black Ops wouldn't load or install on her husband's nephew's Playstation 3.

It's smaller, and drabber looking, than my sleak looking PS3, and displays "HDMI 1" instead of the "HDMI 2" which mine does. But apart from that no message or clue why the game wouldn't work on his - just a blank screen.

Can any PS3 experts think of a reason or suggest a remedy? It seems odd that there are two models called the same thing, especially with such an evident difference in functionality.

Perhaps he just needs to upgrade the firmware, and if so where can he download the upgrade files? Or would that be something he has to purchase?

(The game is rated 18, and he is 9 - I guess kids grow up fast these days )