The BRROD thread.

[DMeisterJ]

starcraft said:

Arcturus said:

NJ5 said:

Audiomatic said:
ok lets clear things up. This is not a hardware failure

Its caused by idiots who have screw with the firmware updates

end of story

How is it possible to screw with the firmware updates? Isn't it like "would you like to update your firmware?", "yes please.", "thank you very much, it's updated now".

 

From starcraft's third link:

"Indeed, some users have experienced the error after mistakenly installing firmware meant for a region other than their own."

Is the console silly enough to offer firmware updates from other regions?

No, people download firmwares from Japan or other regions becausae they may come out a few hours earlier, or a few days or weeks earlier.  I'm not keen on PS3 fw updates, but with PSP, some updates come out a fee hours-days later, and some people don't have patience.  And it tells you not to update from other regions before you accept their policy but do some idiots listen?  no.

I hope that we can call this the 'boosolit'!  That would be awesome.  Then I would be an internet legend.

Has anyone thought that this could be the work of 'T3H CELL!'?  I mean, it is a living breathing organism.  It could throw this error code on your screen so you send it back to sony, and all the cell's can regroup and make a super PS3 to take over the world!