PS3 beeps 3 times and restarts sometimes after exiting game or app using the PS button

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Sometimes, the PS3 beeps thrice and restarts after exiting a game or app using the PS button with an USB device connected to my PS3.

Occasionally, PS3s which had never been hacked also had this problem (like mine and a friend of mine's) so is it normal behavior and the PS3 isn't broken?
 
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I've never had YLOD and it did that right after turning it on. Maybe it's normal behavior, although in that case is surreal.
Pretty sure you'll find some log files on the PS3's HDD that will let you know why it did that. Not sure where but it should contain a record of what crashed and an error code or codes that you can look up to get more relevant information.
 

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Could be a Problem with the PSU and it's a good idea to swap it out.

Even in new PS3s?

Pretty sure you'll find some log files on the PS3's HDD that will let you know why it did that. Not sure where but it should contain a record of what crashed and an error code or codes that you can look up to get more relevant information.

I find it odd that I'm having this issue in different PS3s, especially in new ones.
 
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Even newer models right after being bought when they were released?
That's rather improbable...... here and there there can of course also be a device that breaks down quickly - but those are rather rare coincidences.

Or are you referring to some kind of source that said many new devices had such effects?
 

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That's rather improbable...... here and there there can of course also be a device that breaks down quickly - but those are rather rare coincidences.

Or are you referring to some kind of source that said many new devices had such effects?

My previous PS3 Slim had this problem right after being bought.

I just find it odd that so many users complain about this problem that now I'm not sure if it's normal behavior.
 
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My previous PS3 Slim had this problem right after buying bought, especially when exiting a game using the PS button after clicking "Yes" to return to XMB.

I just find it odd so many people complain about this problem that now I'm not sure if it's normal behavior.
If these problems occurred before the jailbreak, it is very likely a hardware error.....it's best to just take a look at the log file as mentioned above.
Here you have an overview of the error codes:

https://www.psdevwiki.com/ps3/Error_Codes
 
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Some games can cause this issue

Tales of vesperia eng patch have this problem sometimes when you exit games , rarely happen here

FFX and X2 remastered also have this problem sometimes when you don't hear any music in new games , load screen and settings screen , usually will restart after you exit from games , kinda rare here

Other than this games , I don't remember any other RPG games have this problem

It's just beep once thought for me before restart in xmb if my memory not wrong , cfw user here
 
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Some games can cause this issue

Tales of vesperia eng patch have this problem sometimes when you exit games , rarely happen here

FFX and X2 remastered also have this problem sometimes when you don't hear any music in new games , load screen and settings screen , usually will restart after you exit from games , kinda rare here

Other than this games , I don't remember any other RPG games have this problem

It's just beep once thought for me before restart in xmb if my memory not wrong , cfw user here

So, is it normal behavior?

This is normal behavior if too much memory is being used.

Where did you read that? I was told it might be because of a HDD or CPU/GPU issue. Anyway, why did Sony release a console in such a state?
 
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