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Blue Light of Death Plagues PlayStation 4

Posted by timothy on from the lights-of-death-always-with-the-lights-of-death dept.

jones_supa writes "A classic game console freezing problem seems to affect the newest generation too. It has been found out that a bunch of Sony PlayStation 4s suffer of a problem which has been christened 'Blue Light of Death'. When a PS4 is turned on with a press of the power button, the light that runs along the side of the console should first pulse blue and then switch to white. At this point the console turns on the picture signal to the display device. Those who have a unit with the glitch are instead finding that their PS4 pulses blue, never goes to white and never outputs an image. We do not have accurate statistics of how widespread the issue is, but reports are popping up in Amazon reviews, Twitter, YouTube and other websites. PlayStation support is still in midst of investigating the issue, but has already posted a bunch of magic tricks you can try to get the console past the initial startup stage."

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  1. attention kmart shoppers there is a bule light spe by Joe_Dragon · · Score: 4, Funny

    on all Sony stuff.

  2. Rambo by tuo42 · · Score: 5, Funny

    What's that?
    It's blue light.
    What does it do?
    It pulses blue.

  3. Stats by Spad · · Score: 5, Funny

    "We do not have accurate statistics of how widespread the issue is, but according to Amazon reviews and Youtube comments, over 500% of PS4 units sold so far are suffering from this issue"

  4. Glitch? GLITCH? by bignetbuy · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's a little more than a "glitch" when the unit don't play games, display output, or otherwise do what it's supposed to do.

  5. Power On! by the_skywise · · Score: 4, Funny

    Awww screw it... let's just mix and match memes...

    Han Solo: "Oh yeah? Watch this!"

    Pulse blue: Atomic Batteries to power
    Switch to white: Turbines to spee... BLAM

    Leia: "Watch what?"

  6. I much prefer the name... by Anonymous+Cowled · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... Pulsing Blue Dickpunch of Sadness

    1. Re:I much prefer the name... by captjc · · Score: 5, Funny

      The best part is that after publishing the comic, Tim received his PS4 and it too had the Pulsing Blue Dickpunch of Sadness.

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  7. blow on the cartridge by Gothmolly · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's easy, take the cartridge out, blow on the contacts, wave it around if it feels hot, then put it back in.

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  8. Re:attention kmart shoppers there is a bule light by mrwolf007 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Correction.
    Its called the "Pulsing blue Dickpunch of sadness", in case you didnt know