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Posted on Jun 25, 2009

Powers up but will not play game or movies

Green and blue light on blank screen already checked cords and shut system down by holding down front power switch for 10 seconds what should i do

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Here's what you do send it to Sony and wait a year to get it back that's if your still under warranty which is about a year or..........go to staples and ask for a DVD or blue ray disk cleaner to put into your ps3 system a blue ray cleaner would be better but a DVD cleaner could work. this is mostly caused by putting dirty disks into your ps3 system the blu ray laser is probley just dirty nothing to worry about
ps. have you tried out burnout paradise and midnight club LA they are awesome you should check them out and for some good reviews of ps3 and xbox 360 games you can go to rawgamplay.com

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