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

otoniel on 01 March 2010

is it safe to turn my phat PS3 ? cuz i want to play Uncharted 2



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BenVTrigger on 01 March 2010

From Kotaku:

UPDATE 3 - Citing unnamed "developers and studios", British site Develop say that the issue is affecting titles currently in production for the PlayStation 3, with debug consoles - used by developers to actually make games - thrown "into a rebooting cycle, due to an endlessly-looping error message".

Man guys this could be really really bad news if their losing information on games curently in production....hopefully they get a fix soon cause this could turn out awful



joeorc on 01 March 2010
Pock3R said:
couldnt we just pull out the cmos battery? lol

you could..

that is the option, but a) you still do not have the update to your BIOS

B) most important it would break your warranty.



I AM BOLO

100% lover "nothing else matter's" after that...

ps:

Proud psOne/2/3/p owner.  I survived Aplcalyps3 and all I got was this lousy Signature.

Random Canadian on 01 March 2010
Gilgamesh said:
aoixgp said:

 

Gilgamesh said:
NJ5 said:
On another note, the US Air Force must be loving this.

I'm pretty sure they got the Slim so they dodged a bullet there when they bought the 2200 PS3's. But they also bought 336 PS3's a couple years ago so there problably screwed with them.

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ps3-air-force-usaf-playstation,news-5297.html

those don't look like slims to me

That picture is just of the 336 PS3's they bought a long time ago that I knew wasn't Slims. But when they got the 2200 it was around December 2009 so they should of been the Slims.

But slims have no Other OS function what use would they be aside from watching BD or playing games?



Netyaroze on 01 March 2010
otoniel said:
is it safe to turn my phat PS3 ? cuz i want to play Uncharted 2

 

If you have a CECHL or CECHP series model yes just look at the bottom of your PS3.



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GuyDuke on 01 March 2010

Will my cousin have trouble if he turns on his PS3?



joeorc on 01 March 2010
lonardoflambado said:
joeorc said:
lonardoflambado said:
I can't believe this!
I just lost all my trophies from Brutal Legend (70ish percent)

Are they lost forever??

not very likely, due to the fact your trophy's are tied to your PSN account online. check online with your PC if you can and you can see if your updated trophy stat's are there then you have not lost any. other than maybe the one's not sync. since the last time you were online and sync the trophy's.

Thanks for the info!! I checked and my trophies are really there.

You really helped a man from having a heart failure.

no problem, I think this has more to do with the Mother board manuf. than it would be Sony, most likely FOXCONN last time i heard they were the one's manuf. the Mother Board for Sony.



I AM BOLO

100% lover "nothing else matter's" after that...

ps:

Proud psOne/2/3/p owner.  I survived Aplcalyps3 and all I got was this lousy Signature.

rccsetzer on 01 March 2010
BenVTrigger said:
From Kotaku:

UPDATE 3 - Citing unnamed "developers and studios", British site Develop say that the issue is affecting titles currently in production for the PlayStation 3, with debug consoles - used by developers to actually make games - thrown "into a rebooting cycle, due to an endlessly-looping error message".

Man guys this could be really really bad news if their losing information on games curently in production....hopefully they get a fix soon cause this could turn out awful


OMG! Was Gran Turismo 5 affected?



haxxiy on 01 March 2010

Wow haha. I got to know this on the front page on the news site I usually visit. It seems my fat PS3 is safe for now.

Interesting to say at least. I've seen a date bug on some time now. This is like Gears of War PC (playable only on Janary) plus the millenium bug. I wonder what actually happenned? It seems that the cmos battery on older PS3s screwed up with 29th February or something like it. I hope this do not lead to a major bios malfunction. At worse Sony would have to replace some 10 million PS3s! (I'm kidding! I mean, kind of).

Don't worry guys, most likely you'll get some free games.



 

 

 

 

 

Raistline on 01 March 2010

They can update the BIOS through a firmware update. You will not be able to download the firmware update on your PS3, but can download it from the net onto a USB and update it that way.