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Latest PS3 update is bricking consoles
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article published on 2 July, 2008
After many complaints surfaced that the latest PlayStation 3 firmware update, version 2.40, was bricking user's consoles, Sony has confirmed that it is looking into the matter.
The latest update, which will bring gamers a few of their most requested features, in-game XMB (XrossMediaBar) and "trophies" for online gaming, was officially released this morning but many users have claimed ... [ read the full article ]
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2. July 2008 @ 21:05 |
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this sounds like the iphone lol
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2. July 2008 @ 22:53 |
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Yeah mine bricked. Sucks but hopefully Sony will take care of it.
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3. July 2008 @ 00:12 |
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Originally posted by leo8013:
I tried again via the pc to memory card with still no luck. On the playstation site it now lets you download the file but when I put the card into the ps3 and do the update via other devices it still wont work. it says that there is no update applicable. i read on another site Kotaku. that the update is affecting all models of the ps3 new and old but it is at random if it messes them up. I will check again in the morning
Ahh, the update on the site is 2.36. They still haven't brought back 2.40 even though it says on the update section. The date on the link says 2008_0618 standing for June 18th, the day which 2.36 was released. The 2.40 FW on the other hand gave 2008_0702 which obviously stands for July 2nd. That's why the update on your memory card isn't considered "new".
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3. July 2008 @ 01:58 |
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Originally posted by japhy:
Yeah mine bricked. Sucks but hopefully Sony will take care of it.
lol you read in the article the update bricks then everyone keeps saying its fine..there are people confirming that their consoles is "old" and still wasnt affected whixh is fine and somewhat informative due to the fact we thought it were the old consoles but some just wanna let the afterdawn community know that THEIR precious console is fine and we should not worry for them..geez thanks i wouldve had nightmares if you didnt tell me ..throughout the whole discussion only one guy said his console was bricked and he didnt give us any info on his console..guess people just dont do much thinkin nowdays..
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3. July 2008 @ 02:11 |
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I don't think "bricked" is the correct term if you can fix it by reformatting! Usually "Bricked" refers to a bad bios/Firmware Update where it fails & leaves the system with no or incomplete BIOS as where you can not get into it except some back door as of FTPing into it during 5-15 seconds of initial boot!
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3. July 2008 @ 02:27 |
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Software + hardware is an interesting creature I mean look at some or the 360 games that have simi wide spread issues with this and that, the tech both hard and soft is outpacing checks and balances.
Anyone think it could be a hardware version issue or merely bugs software can so easily devolp?
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3. July 2008 @ 03:33 |
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i got a call from one of my freinds. it seems the firmware does kill consoles
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3. July 2008 @ 05:44 |
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Did the update without an issue (yet).60gb pal release day and to the 40gb.
The only issues that i faced was that at my 40gb i had a demo download paused, and after the update i resume it, installed ok, bur the demo couldent start, PS3 totally freezed, i had to switch it off from the back cause the touch button even after 1 min couldn't shut it down.
I've re-downloaded the demo it and works now.
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3. July 2008 @ 07:47 |
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I have a 60GB PS3.
I downloaed 2.4 with no problems.
Then again...I don't play too many games....I usually use it to watch movies and listen to music via the HDD.
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3. July 2008 @ 08:53 |
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No problems here either nor with 10 of my friends/family. In the Sony forums out of 50+ pages of replies something like 10 people have some issue plus the reverse of 50+ additional pages with people without an issue at all, also over at NeoGaf they are doing a member count issue thread
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=324089&page=14
From what I read it was said to be only 1 member out of 14 pages of replies and like ~600 PS3's to have a problem...only to later find out his issue was prior to 2.4 as he never even dl'ed/installed it!
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3. July 2008 @ 09:29 |
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Originally posted by japhy:
Yeah mine bricked. Sucks but hopefully Sony will take care of it.
Tried formatting your hard drive through a computer and popping it back in?
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3. July 2008 @ 09:42 |
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seems ppl are too dumb to understand my comment and have gone on the defensive because its a ps3 news article i shall post it again.
Originally posted by me:
you really shouldn't have to but seems as the "release before testing" has now emigrated to the consoles from pc's you are all beta testers to companies selling unfinished products.
imho purchase a snes or mega drive as they didn't have this problem as they were plug and play, not this purchase, patch, install, format, reinstall, cross figures ect, if they are unable to release code for a single device it's a very poor show.
PC vendors are able to issue code from systems built for 1000's of different components with different system configurations and are usually able to make it work ffs.
ok, games, software, gui's are all released incomplete or "patches" would not be nescercary at all as it woul work 100%.
the public are always used now as beta testers as it saves costs if the "public" finds the errors for them from their incomplete roll-out.
what has probably happened in this instance is that there was a crucial fix and as it was happening the line dropped or the signal was interrupted or the data was corrupted en rout, and just as the warning ALWAYS states on firmware fixes "DO NOT TURN YOUR POWER OFF DURING INSTALLATION" as it can total your system.
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3. July 2008 @ 10:30 |
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No doubt that there is a problem. 1 person on blu-ray.com has a problem. Seams that more NON-PS3 owners are having a problem with it than PS3 owners. See post above ^^^^
Where did you get your information that they released it before testing it? The same place you get the rest of your info.
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3. July 2008 @ 10:36 |
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I've just had a look on the UK Sony site and they're issuing this statement:
PLAYSTATION®3 system software update 2.40 temporarily unavailable.
It has been been reported from a limited number of PLAYSTATION 3 users that the PS3 Home Menu (XMB?) does not display after updating to the PS3 system software update version 2.40.
As a result of this, system software update 2.40 has been temporarily withdrawn while Sony Computer Entertainment investigates the cause of the problem. Keep checking back to find out when the system software update is available once again.
We apologise for the inconvenience caused and appreciate your understanding.
At least they have acknowledged the problem and are working on it. For me personally this whole access XMB in game is no great shakes, so I'm happy to wait a little while until they get it right
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3. July 2008 @ 11:00 |
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I remember one company that went 2 years saying that they did not have a problem with their product but had a +33% failure rate. Took them 2 years to confess to the problem. Sony starts taking care of their problem with in a matter of hours. Bad Sony, you should just ignore the problem and hope it goes away like the other company.
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3. July 2008 @ 11:05 |
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Originally posted by glassd:
I remember one company that went 2 years saying that they did not have a problem with their product but had a +33% failure rate. Took them 2 years to confess to the problem. Sony starts taking care of their problem with in a matter of hours. Bad Sony, you should just ignore the problem and hope it goes away like the other company.
I cannot recall what company that is.... Somebody help me out, lol.
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3. July 2008 @ 11:12 |
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Originally posted by nobrainer:
@ oner
did you check out the official playstation forums?
Umm? Are you serious?
Originally posted by Oner:
No problems here either nor with 10 of my friends/family. In the Sony forums out of 50+ pages of replies something like 10 people have some issue plus the reverse of 50+ additional pages with people without an issue at all, also over at NeoGaf they are doing a member count issue thread
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=324089&page=14
From what I read it was said to be only 1 member out of 14 pages of replies and like ~600 PS3's to have a problem...only to later find out his issue was prior to 2.4 as he never even dl'ed/installed it!
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3. July 2008 @ 11:42 |
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I'm glad they pulled it. Ive already had two bricked PS3's from previous firmware updates, I dont need a third.
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3. July 2008 @ 11:46 |
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Isn't pulling the patch be a RESPONSIBLE move? I would expect a bigger reaction if they left a patch up that had an issue (which isn't the case exactly).
The "failure rate" of this patch is limited at best. Like Oner said, if you read the Playstation forums, or ANY other forum pertaining to this update you find a very low # of people with an issue. Those WITH an issue still don't have a "Bricked" console. They have a corrupted hard-drive which CAN be fixed. The rate of "failure" is estimated to be low by the tech-support hotline.
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Now, in addition, Jeff Rubenstein added some good news further on down in the comments section: "Weve received no reports of hardware issues following a successful install." This means that if you have downloaded firmware 2.40 and you're experiencing no issues, everything is fine. You don't need to worry about your PS3 blowing up at some point down the road because you downloaded a faulty firmware update, and that's a relief for many of us. As for those of you who had some major problems, Sony is working to figure this out, and have already responded to some of you. In fact, according to some results from a few of our readers, Sony is offering to fix "bricked" PS3s for free, so feel free to call 'em up and explain the situation.
I would say the failure rate is well below 33%. If it were more, then there would be a significant # of help calls to Sony by now. At least we don't have to worry about sending in a console for a BS refurb return.
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3. July 2008 @ 11:49 |
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I just got my 40 GB PS3 the other day and updated yesterday morning. It froze at 99% and pissed me off. I power cycled it and it recovered, booting to a reinstall update screen and finished perfectly.
I've had my PS3 less than a week and am feeling a little disappointed with the way it works. Hopefully it's just temporary. It rocks as a BD player but the gaming I feel is only so-so.
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3. July 2008 @ 12:09 |
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Originally posted by bass_hit:
I just got my 40 GB PS3 the other day and updated yesterday morning. It froze at 99% and pissed me off. I power cycled it and it recovered, booting to a reinstall update screen and finished perfectly.
I've had my PS3 less than a week and am feeling a little disappointed with the way it works. Hopefully it's just temporary. It rocks as a BD player but the gaming I feel is only so-so.
Bad timing m8, have not been that many problems with the ps3 firmware, this is pretty much a first for me and ive had mine for a long time.
I'm sure it will get better.In terms of games,Try drakes fortune; its a really good story game.
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3. July 2008 @ 12:19 |
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Originally posted by nobrainer:
imho purchase a snes or mega drive as they didn't have this problem as they were plug and play, not this purchase, patch, install, format, reinstall, cross figures ect, if they are unable to release code for a single device it's a very poor show.
....and we should all get back to caves, and hit the women with a glob to their head.
Thats an evolution for sure.
Originally posted by glassd:
Seams that more NON-PS3 owners are having a problem with it than PS3 owners.
^^100% agree.
From people that i know , no one is having issues yet and most of them have the 60gb, and here in AD i havent seen anyone saying that he's PS3 bricked.
Of course there is an issue, sony confirmed too, but it is very very limited.
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3. July 2008 @ 12:32 |
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seems ppl are either too dumb or too young to understand my comment and have gone on the defensive because its a ps3 news article i shall post it again.
Originally posted by me:
you really shouldn't have to but seems as the "release before testing" has now emigrated to the consoles from pc's you are all beta testers to companies selling unfinished products. Why do you think that adults don't pre-order and always w8 for the first patch for PC software!
imho purchase a snes or mega drive as they didn't have this problem as they were plug and play, not this purchase, patch, install, format, reinstall, cross figures ect, if they are unable to release code for a single device it's a very poor show.
PC vendors are able to issue code from systems built for 1000's of different components with different system configurations and are usually able to make it work ffs.
ok, games, software, gui's are all released incomplete or "patches" would not be nescercary at all as it woul work 100%.
the public are always used now as beta testers as it saves costs if the "public" finds the errors for them from their incomplete roll-out.
what has probably happened in this instance is that there was a crucial fix and as it was happening the line dropped or the signal was interrupted or the data was corrupted en rout, and just as the warning ALWAYS states on firmware fixes "DO NOT TURN YOUR POWER OFF DURING INSTALLATION" as it can total your system and because the PS3 is basically the same across the board if it was the patch it would have effected the whole range, unless the new PS3's have cheaper components than the launch 60gig model.
If you cant write code for 1 piece of hardware that is reliable and complete it is a very, very bad show.
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Originally posted by nobrainer:
If you cant write code for 1 piece of hardware that is reliable and complete it is a very, very bad show.
I actually agree with you here. Its pretty bad that anybody has problems. I get easily ticked off about this stuff though as I have had problems with previous frimware. I will say though that I am glad to see Sony finally addressing the problem and not hiding from it like they've done in the past.
For the record, even though they have never fessed up and took the blame for the BD-drive issues from 2.20 (im guessing the number) they were NEVER unwilling to help me. Always good customer service, just to hard headed to own up to stuff.
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3. July 2008 @ 13:20 |
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Quote:
Originally posted by nobrainer:
If you cant write code for 1 piece of hardware that is reliable and complete it is a very, very bad show.
I actually agree with you here. Its pretty bad that anybody has problems. I get easily ticked off about this stuff though as I have had problems with previous frimware. I will say though that I am glad to see Sony finally addressing the problem and not hiding from it like they've done in the past.
For the record, even though they have never fessed up and took the blame for the BD-drive issues from 2.20 (im guessing the number) they were NEVER unwilling to help me. Always good customer service, just to hard headed to own up to stuff.
What BD issues were you talking about?
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