DO NOT TURN ON YOUR FAT PS3 - date bug is majorly screwing up systems

[SolidShane]

joeorc said:

SolidShane said:

HexenLord said:

SolidShane said:

HexenLord said:

Porcupine_I said:
what happens if you try to set the right date again?

I would say at least ONE of the ~25 million Ps3 fat users has tried that already.. and if it worked we'd know about it.

Wow..now that I think of it, wouldn't it be horrible if Sony had to replace these systems. I'm pretty sure there's some kind of fail safe for this....well let's just say I hope there's a cheaper solution.

 

I get aggravated everytime I see someone say that theres going to be a recall...

 

I am a highly overpaid PC Tech and I can tell you that there won't be a recall or a need to send in your PS3. This is a BIOS issue, and can be fixed via firmware update.

 

STOP SPREADING RUMORS OF A MASSIVE RECALL/REPLACEMENT.

Whoa, excuse me highly overpaid PC Tech. I only said, "Wouldn't it be horrible if Sony had to replace these systems?" I never said anything like, "Sony said on their Twitter that you'll have to send those Fat daddies in. We'll fix 'em right up." By cheaper solution, I did mean a firmware update as well. As a said earlier, my 60gb PS3 works great and I have the first model. It may also be because I fixed it and unplugged the battery inside.

I do not think he read what happened to your unit or what you did to it..

but I think the reset of the PS3's Bios by disconnecting the PS3's motherboard  battery is

A solution. a warranty voiding Solution that is..though I can see how you pretty much did not have a choice , if you did not want it to be sent back in, and you felt you could do the repair yourself..congrat's by the way on the repair.

Thanks. Yeah it took me about 3 hours because I have the biggest fingers and I didn't want to miss anything when fixing it. I actually work at a Gamestop and so I knew trade-in would be low on it and so I called Sony. Sony tells me that they'll fix it for about $178 after shipping. I was pissed because I was an early adopter of the system when it was $600. I didn't wanna spend anymore money on it than I had to. So, I bought a heat gun, which I returned afterwards, and some arctic silver thermal compound and fixed it for about $10. Like you said, I had no warranty, so I figured I'd give it a try. The worse part of the whole process was putting it back together and hitting the button....I prayed it wouldn't turn yellow...lol