I have a ceche01 ps3 that froze during an update installation, giving me the 8002F14E error code. I have tried restarting the update installation but it keeps freezing at the same point. I would try to manually update the system via thumb drive, but I am unable to get to the system restore menu. I have tried everything I can think of, including including swapping hard drives and disconnecting the watch battery off the mobo. The update install is stuck in a loop. Anyone have any ideas for what I should do, sony wants me to send it in, but I am out of warranty and they want to charge me. Let me know what you think.
Remove the hard drive from the system and connect it to a windows PC. Open command prompt as an administrator.
type "Diskpart" hit enter, and type "list disk", and hit enter again.
Figure out which number your PS3 drive is.
type "Select disk X" (with X being replaced with the ps3 drive's number) and hit enter.
now, enter each of the following lines following each with enter.
clean
create partition primary
select partition 1
active
format fs=ntfs quick
assign
exit exit
Now, shut down the PC and put the drive back in the PS3. Start your PC, format the USB drive you are using for your update to FAT32, and put a freshly downloaded copy of the update onto the drive.
Actually, if that doesn't work (and chances are pretty high) I have read that this error is normally because of faulty hardware, mostly because of a defective drive. There are some people who solved it with removing the internal PS3 battery for about a minute. Try googling the Error code, that might give you some more solutons to it, but if your PS3 is still under waranty I would send it in to Sony.
Xbox 360: Slim untouched with a faked 320 GB harddrive for XBL, phat with LT 3.0, played Halo early, so going on live would be an instand ban, also with a faked 320 GB harddrive
PS3: Untouched 160 GB Slim, 60 GB Fat with latest Rogero and 160 GB internal harddrive.
PSVita: hardly ever play it
GameCube: Black with a Viper chip installed. With gameboy player. Trying to get a Wavebird controller.
