Flickering graphics, mostly GT5

**Tranced** · 08-12-2011,02:46 AM

Even when playing using the original disc I'm getting bad flickering. Sometimes it looks as if I am rapidly pressing the look behind (rear view) button while racing. One would point to the laser, could it be dirty? The machine is still under 1 year old so no chance of opening it. In the entire year the machine has only backed up 4 games and since then their has always been a disk inside but the laser has never really been used. Not even for DVD/Blu-Ray movies. I read that it could be a "handshake" issue between the TV & PS3. Some other minor flickering issues are temporarily fixed by unplugging the HDMI cable while it is flickering and then reinsert it.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

**itzViolence** · 08-12-2011,03:53 AM

You could use the default Scart-cables and if it doesn't flicker with them, you can be sure that nothing is wrong with the game or the disk/laser (well a bad or dirty laser wouldn't make much sense but anyway)

Then you could try a different TV with different cables.

**Tranced** · 08-12-2011,05:05 AM

Originally Posted by itzViolence

You could use the default Scart-cables and if it doesn't flicker with them, you can be sure that nothing is wrong with the game or the disk/laser (well a bad or dirty laser wouldn't make much sense but anyway)

Then you could try a different TV with different cables.

Old school Scart cables, would never have thought of that. Thanks, I shall give it a try. (If I don't have a problem with Scart, it surely has to be HDMI cable handshake issue. And my cable is not cheap but 4 years old.)

**Bayron** · 08-12-2011,06:58 AM

Why don't you try another HDMI cable?

**Tranced** · 08-12-2011,07:55 AM

I don't have any extra HDMI cables laying around. Might borrow one to see if the problem persists.

**d@rk51d3** · 08-12-2011,07:58 AM

Tried another controller?

Might have a dodgy "look behind" button.

**Tranced** · 08-15-2011,03:04 AM

Originally Posted by d@rk51d3

Tried another controller?

Might have a dodgy "look behind" button.

Hi d@rk51d3, after trying all the above I did exactly that on the weekend and yes it is the controller. +1

**d@rk51d3** · 08-15-2011,05:11 AM

WOOOOOO-HOOOOOOO!

I win the cookie.

Glad you got it sorted.

**itzViolence** · 08-15-2011,10:05 AM

Originally Posted by Tranced

Hi d@rk51d3, after trying all the above I did exactly that on the weekend and yes it is the controller. +1

haha
imagine how much it would have cost you just for "repairing" the whole graphic-output-whatever

a friend of mine had a similair problem but it was more like the button was sticking to the rest of the controller, you could try to take it apart, clean it up a bit, and put it back together

**Tranced** · 08-16-2011,03:27 AM

Originally Posted by itzViolence

haha
imagine how much it would have cost you just for "repairing" the whole graphic-output-whatever

a friend of mine had a similair problem but it was more like the button was sticking to the rest of the controller, you could try to take it apart, clean it up a bit, and put it back together

It still has 4 months of it's warranty left, will be taking it back. Otherwise I would have stripped the bugger in a heart beat. Thanks for the advice though. +1

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