PlayStation®3 General Discussion

[LFC4LIFE777]

Mine got YLOD, now im hoping to get a new slim, put my old hard drive in the new one and format it, but ive seen posts saying you need to deactivate it but I dont know why

[TTDegs]

because you can only activate your PSN ID on 5 consoles - by not deactivating it, you risk running out (or more to the point)

[ratchetnclank]

Deactivation works by telling the sony server the console is inactive. Simply formating a drive wont do this.

[LFC4LIFE777]

If the old one gets fixed will the account be able to be re activiated, becuase i may be giving it to someone, obviously i would want them activating my account

[ratchetnclank]

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LFC4LIFE777 wrote:
If the old one gets fixed will the account be able to be re activiated, becuase i may be giving it to someone, obviously i would want them activating my account

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Not if you formatted the drive since your user data will be deleted they cannot sign in as you.

[LFC4LIFE777]

Ok, that was meant to say wouldn't lol

[ratchetnclank]

I realised that. So my reply is still relevant.