This is two weeks old but I just saw it and no mention of it here so I'm posting this.
Over at PSPGen forums a member has discovered a system recovery menu for the PS3. Apparently, the french PS3 owner who made the discovery stumbled upon it after messing up his installation of Linux on Firmware 2.50. There is a video below displaying the discovery (close to the end of the video).
Continue for more information and instructions of how you can use the recovery menu on your PS3!
According to PSPH, the recovery menu can be accessed by doing the following (given that you're running FW 2.50, of course):
- Place your PS3 in STANDBY mode
- Hold the power button until you hear 2 beeps.
- If it goes into the video reset setting then you messed up, and do it again till you hear a double beep.
This is an interesting discovery, and might lead to further advancements in the PS3 scene, but for now the only use this has is to recover your PS3 from a semi-brick without having to take it back to the store.
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