PlayStation® General

[kythunder]

i know for a 110% fact that when the disk is in the drive it only spins for 2 minutes and then stops and if you go to where you launch the game at xmb before you press to start it you can hear the drive start up and i have confirmed this proof positive because i have worked on many and had the top of the drive off and can see the disk start and stop so yea they are wrong..and it dont matter if its installed game or not,if the disk isnt needed after 2 minutes it stops..so that tells me they don't really know as much about these things as they let on or people think..

[kythunder]

and before someone says im wrong,just give me a day or two and i will prove this with a video....i won't recommend EE to anyone anymore after you told me that because that just said alot about them right there..

[gR3yGh051]

Unless the disc is actually accessed for data, it stops spinning.

I would think its more of a safety measure against any unnecessary heat creation, because even PCs have the drive spin down if the data is no being requested.

If you ever owned one of the CD-Rom drives that have insane speeds, they make A TON of heat..... I used to have a Kenwood 72x TrueX drive and man did I always fear my discs were going to melt whenever I installed a new game or program. But after so many years of using the drive on my desktop, it never skipped a beat and always delivered performance within a 5% margin of error

Even if the drive keeps a disc spinning, its not going to harm the drive..... I mean come on..... I still have my Sony Walkman CD player that works like a dream without any noises.

[kythunder]

exactly,i always have a disk in the drive and my ps3 rarely ever gets turned off,my L01 model has many thousands of hours just sitting running folding@home and the drive in it is still original and works like new..lol.

[J04115]

Playstation Store.

[ne1atall]

kythunder wrote:
and before someone says im wrong,just give me a day or two and i will prove this with a video....i won't recommend EE to anyone anymore after you told me that because that just said alot about them right there..

Okay, first they didn't say it would harm the drive. It was supposed to be an unnecessary heat issue. Second, let me find the letter and make sure it was them that said it and not me confusing something I read on a thread here. I wouldn't want you to stop recommending them if I made a mistake. I have used them and am very satisfied with their work and warranties.

<Edit> Okay I found the letter and under the heading "Protecting Your PS3" the third item is "Don't leave a disk in the drive." They do claim it's the #1 source of drive failure AND contributes extra heat. I still feel their repairs are excellent and will continue to recommend them. I don't know which of you is correct.

[kythunder]

yea i can assure you they are incorrect,but i will have this video up just to show anyone the facts..

like i said i always have folding@home running and i have logged several thousands of hours and mine always has a disk in it and i know many others that do,i would actually say that just removing the disk for no reason will put more wear on it than anything else..

[SunnyDLuisba]

You can do it with Xbox

[CaptainAlbator]

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SunnyDLuisba wrote:
You can do it with Xbox

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So go play your XBox. 

[GhostCapt]

Installing games on the hdd is much better then using the bluray player drive for some games like mw3 . Your bluray player takes a beating when playing this game also produces more heat then the hdd would.

For those people that had a chance to experience the difference most would say it's better to play off the hdd . As a matter of fact Robert Bowling former infinty ward creative strategist said he recommends installing the game to the hdd then playing from the dvd player.
It's a disadvantage that the ps3 system does not have this option .