why it happens not 100% sure, but if you get this error your ps3 playin ps3 games is over, Call Sony, tell'em its good old error 80010514 and they'll send you the (black box) within a week, you send it back with your flawless ps3 in it, they recieve it and send the box back with the new 1 in it. about 1-2weeks there. you must have your recite or sony wont replace it. you can replace it unlimited times for 1 year, after that they only replace it for Coin. Its funny we know everything about error 80010514 except how to prevent or fix this problem, yea yea people say they know but its all speculation. what I do know is that the more you try to play the game and get that error 80010514 over n over your clogging up the drain pipe, soon you wont even get a response just the good old error 80010514 screen. this is my second ps3 with this problem, you get it by playing online somehow, make sure your connection is strong, now understand here this is the worst error you can get. you get it you need a new PS3.

and for all you ps3 owners postin your messages sayin crap like (Mines never done that) or laughin at us unfortunate ps3 owners in general I hope error 80010514 happens to you the day your 1 year warrenty runs out, you wont be smilin then, beware error 80010514 its the mother of all ****ERS!!!

it used to say that when couldnt get online or if me router was a bit pete tong wasnt really an issuee amte just moved the cables a bit and was sorted. no ones gonna laugh at u mate cos no one would like theres to mess up. good look anyway mate bang on a bit of marley and chilax.

I just got the error last week, is a bit of a bummer , just waiting for a reply.
Can any of you guys that have received the PS3 back if all your game data has been deleted? I'm guessing it would be but just wanna check as could save it onto a usb stick or something.
Thanks for the help

Thank you very much, a lot of help

Just saying called Sony up on Sunday 27th April, courier came and replaced it on Wednesday 30th April. Thumbs up to Sony, quick and easy. 08705 99 88 77 is the Sony number I called and helped a lot. Thanks to Lyndon for your help as well. Now to get playing GTA 4

Not to sound like a fanboy or what not, but this drive failure, its nothing new to Sony. Think about the early Playstation one, and how you had to flip it upside-down to play games. Then the god awful PS2 drive....

hi i got the same problem error code so so i bin reading around and i found alot of people seem to be having this problem when playing cod4 thats when it happened to me on cod4 any one no y it seems to happen while playing it ???

also could u please give me a number to contact playstation to send off my ps3 or link please and is there any way i can save the data i got on it ? like my internet profile on cod4 as i bin playing it for about 9 days in total time and i really dont want to loose it and updates ive had to pay for...

i will still be able to get it fixed even tho i got my 40 gig ps3 from a mobile phone contract (free) and ive had it since novemeber 07
many thanks any help wpuld be very appriciated

hi sorry im not in usa im in uk i could'nt find gmt london lol sorry wat about a external hardrive could i save all my data on that and recconect it once it sorted ??? many thanks

hi so would a normal external hard drive work to kee pthe data on and would i be able to transfer it bak on to a ps3 when i got it fixed or a new 1 ????
could u please give me uk number please

hi again thanks for your help much apriciated i have rang them an and first they tried to tell me to restore it but i told them i done it which i have'nt but i dont think thats the problem i think its the lense and they will be out to pick it up monday yay
soo all i have to do now is back up all my data and wait
thank u very much

my ps3 has the same error.
so the only solution is to ring sony and ask for a new ps3? if so, does somebody know the number of sony in holland?

thx!

it suddenly began to work again. i couldn't be more happy :-)
thx anyway.

I've been fighting with the error for a couple days now. I reformatted my hard drive and restored the original settings. And now it's working just fine and I'm even able to play the game that the error occurred on.

ok i got same message, called ps3 they blew me off did s**t 4 me. then was searching around my ps3 messing w/ alot of setting and found something. my hdmi cable seems loose in the back alot of times it goes blurry and i have 2 push it back in 2 get normal again. and sometimes when i first power it up my ps3 thinks i have just installed the hdmi cable and goes threw the process of when u first get it. so any ways, i went to Turn off the BD 1080p 24Hz Output(HDMI) option. If the Blu-ray Disc does not support 1080p 24Hz video mode, the video output may not display properly. Go to [BD 1080p 24Hz Output(HDMI)] under (Settings) > [BD/DVD Settings] and select "Off. then it worked fine 4 me. for now anyways. so try this out and tell me if it works for u guys.

forget that message. damm thing worked 4 one day, now its back to the error and guess what its sunday sony is closed gotta wait an extra day 2 return this piece of garbage. also has anyone ever turned in the 60gig after they stopped making them cuz that what i have i was wondering if they will give me the 80 or 40 or a refirbished pos 60.

oh another thing. when u guyys call sony 2 get ur new ps3 if u have one of those add on fans take it off b4 u call them beacuse they will ask u if the serial number on the back is in good condition, in any case just say yes anyways. well i said i cant see it because of my fan and the bitch tried 2 say my warranty is void beacuse of this ******* fan, its not my fans fault the bd fried wtf. anyways i hung up on the ***** and called right back to get someone else lol

I just got the error message today. I restored the ps3 and copied all my save files onto a USB stick. I did a virus scan and it found one virus. trojan horse PSW from online gaming. I could have only got it when playing fifa 08. I was going to play a match and all of a sudden it froze and i've had the problem ever since. this is proof that virus's can be spread through online games on the ps3 system. I'll keep trying to fix it and if no luck i'll ring sony.