PS Update 2.40 Brick Diagnostics

Hi guys,

I am doing a diagnostic to find out what is the cause of the bricks and what systems are affected. If you have any kind of problem or your PS3 is bricked, please answer the following questions:

1. Did you have custom themes/icons?
2. Did you change the wave colour?
3. Did you have a disc in the PS3 while updating?
4. Did you download via PC or PS3?
5. What version of PS3 do you have? 60GB, 80GB, etc.
6. When did you puchase your PS3?
7. How many controllers do you have?
8. Were they all connected?
9. Do you have a Blue Tooth headset?
10. Did you upgrade your HDD?

Thank you for your time. Hopefully this will expose the problem so that Sony can rid of it once and for all.

MODS: I know there is a thread for all 2.40 related topics, but I felt that this needed it's own to help us track down the problem as fast as we could.

mine didnt brick.

1. Did you have custom themes/icons?yes
2. Did you change the wave colour?yes
3. Did you have a disc in the PS3 while updating?yes
4. Did you download via PC or PS3?ps3
5. What version of PS3 do you have? 60GB, 80GB, etc.40GB
6. When did you puchase your PS3?january 2008
7. How many controllers do you have?1
8. Were they all connected?yea
9. Do you have a Blue Tooth headset?yea
10. Did you upgrade your HDD?no

mine didnt brickAIH_PSP

From what I know, the may affected where those who had a game in with the option of Auto Start turned on. So when the system rebooted to do the installation, it created a conflict between the Auto Start and the initialiation of the patch which caused the brickness. But From my 50 friends that have them here where I live, none who updated it (around 30) had any problems with it. Myself included.kenshinhimura16

1 Did you have custom themes/icons? Yes
2. Did you change the wave colour? No
3. Did you have a disc in the PS3 while updating? Yes
4. Did you download via PC or PS3? PS3
5. What version of PS3 do you have? 60GB, 80GB, etc. 60GB
6. When did you puchase your PS3? July 2007
7. How many controllers do you have? 3
8. Were they all connected? No only 1
9. Do you have a Blue Tooth headset? No
10. Did you upgrade your HDD? No

And my Ps3 is working fine didn't had any problem with 2.40

I think kotaku already found the problem, here's the link: http://kotaku.com/5021458/ps3-240-update-problems-and-solutionshsaitou

i downloaded it and have had no problems so far. what is bricking? never heard that before.

p.s. xjner please don't respond because you respond like a fat frustrated nerd

GreatFunStuff

I don't know if this helps guys, but I have nothing on auto and haven't had a problem with anything, including GTAIV or the 2.4 upgrade. My games don't auto load, I don't auto-sign on and I don't see messages sent me while in game. I just hate anything that automatically does stuff. Don't know why. But I haven't had one problem with my console. Yes, I just jinxed myself.

[QUOTE="AIH_PSP"]mine didnt brick.

1. Did you have custom themes/icons?yes
2. Did you change the wave colour?yes
3. Did you have a disc in the PS3 while updating?yes
4. Did you download via PC or PS3?ps3
5. What version of PS3 do you have? 60GB, 80GB, etc.40GB
6. When did you puchase your PS3?january 2008
7. How many controllers do you have?1
8. Were they all connected?yea
9. Do you have a Blue Tooth headset?yea
10. Did you upgrade your HDD?no

mine didnt brickwwedx

Mine didn't "brick" either. I don't even have auto sign in on. I shut it off a few weeks ago. Guess I could sense something. Can't wait until the problems are fixed for those that didn't wait up late to download it.

1. Did you have custom themes/icons?Yes
2. Did you change the wave colour?No
3. Did you have a disc in the PS3 while updating?Yes
4. Did you download via PC or PS3?PS3
5. What version of PS3 do you have? 60GB, 80GB, etc.40GB
6. When did you puchase your PS3?April 2008
7. How many controllers do you have? 2
8. Were they all connected? Only 1
9. Do you have a Blue Tooth headset? No
10. Did you upgrade your HDD? No

Edit: Mine did not brick

1. Did you have custom themes/icons?Yes
2. Did you change the wave colour?
3. Did you have a disc in the PS3 while updating?No
4. Did you download via PC or PS3?PS3
5. What version of PS3 do you have? 60GB, 80GB, etc.60GB
6. When did you puchase your PS3?July 2007
7. How many controllers do you have? 2
8. Were they all connected? Only 1
9. Do you have a Blue Tooth headset?
10. Did you upgrade your HDD? No

I have auto sign in on, and I receive messages at any time including when I'm playing a game. I haven't had one single problem with the update so far so I hope that I won't have one at all. I'm using the great features that the patch has and I love it so I hope that notihing will go wrong just because some people are having it and saying that it happened. It could all be a lie, or it probably isn't. What Sony needs to do is fix this problem ASAP or they will get a lot of complaints and PS3s sent in for repair. YOU CAN DO IT SONY!!!

Mine is fine as are most peoples and I've used the XMB in game. I do not have auto-sign in or auto-game start.

1. Did you have custom themes/icons?Yes
2. Did you change the wave colour?
3. Did you have a disc in the PS3 while updating?Yes
4. Did you download via PC or PS3?PS3
5. What version of PS3 do you have?40GB (Original)
6. When did you puchase your PS3?March 2007
7. How many controllers do you have? 3
8. Were they all connected? 1 (3 rockband peripherals were in at the time and maybe my USB headset)
9. Do you have a Blue Tooth headset? No
10. Did you upgrade your HDD? ??

i have everything on auto , auto sign in , auto game , i custom themes/icons and i had a disk inside and everything is just fine , so i guess those are not the things that are causing the problems.focus_233

Hi guys,

I am doing a diagnostic to find out what is the cause of the bricks and what systems are affected. If you have any kind of problem or your PS3 is bricked, please answer the following questions:

1. Did you have custom themes/icons?
2. Did you change the wave colour?
3. Did you have a disc in the PS3 while updating?
4. Did you download via PC or PS3?
5. What version of PS3 do you have? 60GB, 80GB, etc.
6. When did you puchase your PS3?
7. How many controllers do you have?
8. Were they all connected?
9. Do you have a Blue Tooth headset?
10. Did you upgrade your HDD?

Thank you for your time. Hopefully this will expose the problem so that Sony can rid of it once and for all.

MODS: I know there is a thread for all 2.40 related topics, but I felt that this needed it's own to help us track down the problem as fast as we could.

AIH_PSP

1.Yup

2.Nope

3.Yup, MGS4, of course, what else!

4. Via PS3

5.60GB, the very, very, very first ones from day one, Pal Version

6. see 5

7. one, Sixaxis

8. Only via Bluetooth

9. Nope

10. and Nope

And finally, for now, my system hasn't bricked. But I am not going to change the game disc or play any other games for now, because I think that this still can happen to my console as well .

I wondered that myself. I have yet to see one person post on gamespot that says they had problems.

PSN: Zizaner

yes i had a disc in the drive , i guess i was lucky dunno , i just feel bad for the ones that got the ps3 bricked and im now angry with sony , i mean i bought the ps3 just to be sure i wont be needing one of those boxes where you send your system back... after this im not that sure i made the right choice. Its a sad day for sony .... at least por the ps3 =(focus_233

Nar man you made the right choice. It just this one update and i'm sure they will fix it soon. Plus it might of been everyone yelling at sony to get it out there that they didn't get to fully test it.

2.40 is fine in my 80gb ps3, I had a disk in but had auto run off, I also have auto sign in on.

Yes only posts I seen yesterday was just that people weren't happy with the update nothing about ps3's getting bricked. This is real odd. And yea after reading the article here it did come across my mind if 360 owners masking as ps3 owners saying they had issues. But then again I didn't see not one post about issues with 2.40.

Hi guys,

I am doing a diagnostic to find out what is the cause of the bricks and what systems are affected. If you have any kind of problem or your PS3 is bricked, please answer the following questions:

1. Did you have custom themes/icons? YES
2. Did you change the wave colour? NO
3. Did you have a disc in the PS3 while updating? NO
4. Did you download via PC or PS3? via PS3
5. What version of PS3 do you have? 60GB, 80GB, etc. original 60GB

6. When did you puchase your PS3? Launch

7. How many controllers do you have? 3
8. Were they all connected? NO

9. Do you have a Blue Tooth headset? YES , it was not connected
10. Did you upgrade your HDD? YES 320 GB

Thank you for your time. Hopefully this will expose the problem so that Sony can rid of it once and for all.

MODS: I know there is a thread for all 2.40 related topics, but I felt that this needed it's own to help us track down the problem as fast as we could.

AIH_PSP

Its working perfectly.

I updated mine, it didn't brick, but it won't play DVD's anymore, I just get a black screen when I click on the dvd icon and its under a week old

The problem doesn't have to do with your system. Sony's website was infected with a virus yesterday. It made the file download incomplete in some cases. I wanted to download it onto a flashdrive, when i heard it came out, But the first time I downloaded it, it was only 57Mb. I was suspicious so I downloaded it again and this time it was 130Mb (The normal size).

One thing everyone with a bricked PS3 has in common is that the download bar jumped from 50% to 100%, probably not downloading the software that boots your PS3.

Anyway that is my two cents, I hope it helps anyone who is confused...

One thing everyone with a bricked PS3 has in common is that the download bar jumped from 50% to 100%, probably not downloading the software that boots your PS3.

t431

My PS3 always jumps somewhere around the 50 line to 100%

[QUOTE="t431"]

One thing everyone with a bricked PS3 has in common is that the download bar jumped from 50% to 100%, probably not downloading the software that boots your PS3.

JIT93

My PS3 always jumps somewhere around the 50 line to 100%

Hmmmm... Mine always starts working faster from about 60%, But when I downloaded it for the first time last night, It teleported from exactly 50%

[QUOTE="JIT93"][QUOTE="t431"]

One thing everyone with a bricked PS3 has in common is that the download bar jumped from 50% to 100%, probably not downloading the software that boots your PS3.

t431

My PS3 always jumps somewhere around the 50 line to 100%

Hmmmm... Mine always starts working faster from about 60%, But when I downloaded it for the first time last night, It teleported from exactly 50%

mine gets quicker after 50%, always has with most downloads on the ps3.

[QUOTE="JIT93"][QUOTE="t431"]

One thing everyone with a bricked PS3 has in common is that the download bar jumped from 50% to 100%, probably not downloading the software that boots your PS3.

t431

My PS3 always jumps somewhere around the 50 line to 100%

Hmmmm... Mine always starts working faster from about 60%, But when I downloaded it for the first time last night, It teleported from exactly 50%

First, I have 2 PS3's, and original 60GB model and a MotormStorm 80GB bundle. I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THE 2.40 FIRMWARE UPDATE.

Well.. Let me answer...

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Yes. The "Windows Vista" Icons look great!

B. 80GB MotorStorm Bundle PS3

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[QUOTE="t431"][QUOTE="JIT93"][QUOTE="t431"]

One thing everyone with a bricked PS3 has in common is that the download bar jumped from 50% to 100%, probably not downloading the software that boots your PS3.

AIH_PSP

My PS3 always jumps somewhere around the 50 line to 100%

Hmmmm... Mine always starts working faster from about 60%, But when I downloaded it for the first time last night, It teleported from exactly 50%

Thank god I didn't install the firmware after I downloaded it, I was scared after I read that It bricked some PS3's...

1. Did you have custom themes/icons? No
2. Did you change the wave colour? No
3. Did you have a disc in the PS3 while updating? Yes
4. Did you download via PC or PS3? PS3
5. What version of PS3 do you have? 60GB, 80GB, etc. 40GB
6. When did you puchase your PS3? 1 month ago
7. How many controllers do you have? 1
8. Were they all connected? Yes
9. Do you have a Blue Tooth headset? No
10. Did you upgrade your HDD? No

1. Did you have custom themes/icons? No
2. Did you change the wave colour? No
3. Did you have a disc in the PS3 while updating? No
4. Did you download via PC or PS3? PC
5. What version of PS3 do you have? 60GB, 80GB, etc. 60GB
6. When did you puchase your PS3? February 2007
7. How many controllers do you have? 2
8. Were they all connected? No, 1
9. Do you have a Blue Tooth headset? Yes
10. Did you upgrade your HDD? No

AIH_PSP

I have found a mirror for the update and I have installed it. No problems.

[QUOTE="kenshinhimura16"]From what I know, the may affected where those who had a game in with the option of Auto Start turned on. So when the system rebooted to do the installation, it created a conflict between the Auto Start and the initialiation of the patch which caused the brickness. But From my 50 friends that have them here where I live, none who updated it (around 30) had any problems with it. Myself included.AIH_PSP

:roll: I highly doubt MS fans from a system wars forum on GS caused a global company to pull their update. Jeez. Mine updated fine, but a fellow GUFU member had his brick. It just seems to hit random consoles. I'm curious as to what the cause is. Hopefully when Sony figures it out, they'll disclose what the problem was.

1. Did you have custom themes/icons? No
2. Did you change the wave colour? No
3. Did you have a disc in the PS3 while updating? Yes
4. Did you download via PC or PS3? PS3
5. What version of PS3 do you have? 60GB, 80GB, etc. 40GB
6. When did you puchase your PS3? Around March this year
7. How many controllers do you have? 1 Sixaxis and 1 DS3
8. Were they all connected? Only the DS3
9. Do you have a Blue Tooth headset? The one that comes with Warhawk yes
10. Did you upgrade your HDD? No

Mines been working fine ever since I downloaded 2.4, my PS3 even turned off accidentily due to a power cut when I was downloading it, not installing it if that makes any difference. I really think this is being blown out of proportion.

1. Did you have custom themes/icons?No
2. Did you change the wave colour?No
3. Did you have a disc in the PS3 while updating?Yes
4. Did you download via PC or PS3?PS3
5. What version of PS3 do you have? 60GB, 80GB, etc. 40GB
6. When did you puchase your PS3?December 2007
7. How many controllers do you have?2
8. Were they all connected?No
9. Do you have a Blue Tooth headset?Yes, not connected at the time
10. Did you upgrade your HDD?No

I updated 2.4 about 2:30 am EST on Wednesday. Downloaded it over my wireless network to PS3 and installed it. Everything works fine at the moment. XMB pops up in game (MGS4), games load, can see friends profiles/trophies...etc. As far as I can tell its totally normal.

I dont know why people are having problems. Could be user error, or could be something wrong with their network when downloading. I actually fell asleep while downloading 2.4, so for all I know the PSN knomes sprinkles some magic dust on my PS3 to patch it.