Vodoochild81 posted...Is it really possible that the ps3 had a hard drive failure and logic board failure??? CouldI possibly need to reset something for it to recognize the new HD?
Before total failure I backed up my PS3 save data to a USB stick. If I buy a ps3 slim tommorow how do I transfer the save files to the new one? As long as I recover my PSN account I should be okay right?
The system should be booting into safe mode so that the hard disk can be formatted, and the OS installed from a System Update file on a USB flash drive (or as you called it USB stick).
The fact that it isn't definitely implies a hardware failure. Anyway, if the system won't even boot properly there is nothing you can do to get it to recognise the new hard drive.
When you get a new PS3, you have to remotely deactivate your old PS3 so you can properly use your PSN account with the new system. Normally a system deactivation should be done on the system to be deactivated, but that is no longer an option for you.
Once that is done, and the new system activated for your PSN account, you can easily copy save files from the USB flash drive using the Save Data Utility. You will have to unfortunately download any DLC, Patches and PSN Games again.
Edit: It is indeed possible (but highly unlikely) that someone could have the misfortune of two simultaneous hardware failures.
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