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Latest PS3 Firmware Update Requires Hard Disk Wipe to Fix

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the entire-qa-department-is-fired dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Earlier today Sony launched firmware V2.40 for the PS3 which is mandatory for online play. To my horror after installing the update my console wouldn't boot, and this appears to be a not uncommon problem affecting all ages and models of PS3s. Although there is rampant fanboy denial over at the official Playstation forums, the Kotaku article details the issue and has a suggested solution if you don't mind yanking your PS3's hard drive."

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  1. Thank GOD I didn't use my PS3 today! by Doug52392 · · Score: -1, Troll

    I was busy playing PC games today, good thing I didn't turn my PS3 on! Unfortunatly, I bet all teh Xbox fanboys are using this as an example of why the PS3 "SUXORZ" (which, compared to the Xbox 360, is not true)!

    1. Re:Thank GOD I didn't use my PS3 today! by lowlymarine · · Score: -1, Troll

      I KNOW YOU HAVE THAT CELL AND IT'S SO AWESOME AND AND AND...

      Never mind that the 360's GPU and 3D API are vastly superior. It's not like the sole use for these things is games or anything...

      Oh wait, c wut I did thar?

  2. Details Of Who Is Getting The 2.4 Problem by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The only people having 'problems' with are the same old teenage Xbox 360 owners who sit around creating new accounts on the Playstation forums like they've been doing ever since the RRoD to become a publicized.

    Yawn...

  3. Re:Backup early, Backup often by Squozen · · Score: 0, Troll

    Um. It comes with the console. System Settings -> Backup Utility.

    It's not Sony's fault if people don't back up their data.

  4. Re:Rampant..? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    FLAMING HOMOSEXUAL

  5. But Xbox IS like that. by twitter · · Score: -1, Troll

    It would be like rather then just patching Windows, you formatted your HD and started over

    That's what I recommend anytime I see Windows TM.

    --

    Friends don't help friends install M$ junk.

  6. Could it be that this is the fault of by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    niggers?

  7. You get what you pay for? by pembo13 · · Score: 0, Troll

    May Sony should have spent some more dollars on the system, and charged closer to its value. Mistakes can't always be avoided, but it helps to not have to be saving every penny so you don't go broke trying to sell your product.

    --
    "Thanks for all the money you paid to us. We've used it to buy off ISO among other things" -Microsoft
  8. Re:Which is why... by Entropius · · Score: -1, Troll

    A retard user couldn't fuck that up.

    A retard at Microsoft could.

    I heard they have a few on staff -- it's just a matter of time before there's a botched firmware patch.

  9. Re:ha ha by Annymouse+Cowherd · · Score: 0, Troll

    twitter is well known for his multi-accounting around here.

    Fixed.