Why is 2.40 bricking PS3s? Let's solve this mystery!

Even though my PS3 didn't get bricked by the 2.40 firmware update (so far), I'm still looking for answers as to why it's bricking systems. Post all your theories, news, and possibilities as to why 2.40 is bricking PS3s. Here's what I know and what I think could be causing the problems:

Some say that the servers were overloaded upon the release of the 2.40 update and started sending out corrupted packets of data therefore causing bricking in some PS3s.

It's possible that this whole problem with bricking happened only in a few isolated cases but 360 fanboys blew it all out of proportion.

The 2.40 update might not be causing the bricking itself but instead acts like a catalyst that increased the chances of other bugs and glitches already in the PS3 and certain games from happening.

According to a page in Yahoo news, sony was attacked by a virus on the day of the update. Not sure if that has anything at all to do with bricking systems but it's good to know.

I'm going to keep this bumped until sony can officially say that 2.40 is safe to install.

During the install process their is a bug which in a few select cases caused PS3's to reset when attempting to boot up games...

Also SONY servers in some parts of the world become overloaded for a few hours which prevented some people from viewing others Trophies...

As far as im aware the number of PS3's which suffered from porblems or being 'bricked' so low that SONY is considering it a normal hardware problem... i mean SONY took 2.40 down due sites like 1up, Gamespot, gametrailer, etc all reporting 2.40 was bricking PS3... after spending a day checking the update for problems they released it again -- exactly the same. IF their was a problem with 2.40 bricking PS3's SONY would of done something like release 2.41 which either fixed the problem or disabled anything they thought might have the potential to create a problem.choasgod

Agreed

Its coded horribly, you can see it lagging whenever you do the in-game xmb feature. All-Star-Gamble

I honestly doubt that.. I think it's brilliantly coded.. If you take a game, that uses most capacity of the machine.. You expect it not to lag? The game doesn't stop meanwhile your using in-game XMB.. On the oppesite though, I've had better experience with fluently/smooth use of the in-game XMB, compared to the 360 dashboard.. So far I'm yet to experience crashes during the use of XMB, which I am on my Elite, when I use that in-game dashboard...

As for the reason why some PS3's getting bricked is quite a mystery.. I doubt it has anything to do with the firmware being corrupt, as the firmware updates checks for that before installing, safety precaution.. Only very old hardware doesn't check for corrupted data..

I think it's more likely that this is a case of having 'special' setup on the ps3.. As it is not based on one special ps3, obviously, as it's hitting 60gb, 40gb, (haven't heard of the 20gb, but probably the same).. etc... It's likely it's about what you got currently on the hdd, whats installed, whats activated etc.. and some people got a 'wrong' mixture of the settings..

Its coded horribly, you can see it lagging whenever you do the in-game xmb feature. All-Star-Gamble

I blame the Patriots!

So far there's no proof of any of this. I believe this is just a hoax.DJCUEBALL

Agreed, the PS3 didn't brick PS3s as far as im aware of. It just messed them up during installation. So the people who took all those drastic mesures were overreacting and should just wait for a patch...

During the install process their is a bug which in a few select cases caused PS3's to reset when attempting to boot up games...

Also SONY servers in some parts of the world become overloaded for a few hours which prevented some people from viewing others Trophies...

As far as im aware the number of PS3's which suffered from porblems or being 'bricked' so low that SONY is considering it a normal hardware problem... i mean SONY took 2.40 down due sites like 1up, Gamespot, gametrailer, etc all reporting 2.40 was bricking PS3... after spending a day checking the update for problems they released it again -- exactly the same. IF their was a problem with 2.40 bricking PS3's SONY would of done something like release 2.41 which either fixed the problem or disabled anything they thought might have the potential to create a problem.choasgod

Eh? 2.4 still isn't up for me. I just checked.

i dunno bout bricking the ps3 but i did have a problem with the in-game xmb, i was in a loading screen for mlb08 and pressed the ps button to access the xmb, but it ended up freezing my whole ps3, i waited for like 15 min but nothing happened so i turned it off and then back on, tried it again and same thing happened, does anybody else hav this problem? i tried doing it when it wasn't loading and it worked fine...really weird none of my friends had this problem on their ps3s...MiiOnWii

yeah accessing the XMB while on a loading screen would be very taxing on the machine. of sourse its gonna freeze. i haven't even tried to get into XMB during loading cause i just figured it would happen.

[QUOTE="MiiOnWii"]i dunno bout bricking the ps3 but i did have a problem with the in-game xmb, i was in a loading screen for mlb08 and pressed the ps button to access the xmb, but it ended up freezing my whole ps3, i waited for like 15 min but nothing happened so i turned it off and then back on, tried it again and same thing happened, does anybody else hav this problem? i tried doing it when it wasn't loading and it worked fine...really weird none of my friends had this problem on their ps3s...enygma500

yeah accessing the XMB while on a loading screen would be very taxing on the machine. of sourse its gonna freeze. i haven't even tried to get into XMB during loading cause i just figured it would happen.

very true sometimes like when using programs such as xfire on a pc, it lags a bit if loading a level.

Even though my PS3 didn't get bricked by the 2.40 firmware update (so far), I'm still looking for answers as to why it's bricking systems. Post all your theories, news, and possibilities as to why 2.40 is bricking PS3s. Here's what I know and what I think could be causing the problems:

Some say that the servers were overloaded upon the release of the 2.40 update and started sending out corrupted packets of data therefore causing bricking in some PS3s.

It's possible that this whole problem with bricking happened only in a few isolated cases but 360 fanboys blew it all out of proportion.

The 2.40 update might not be causing the bricking itself but instead acts like a catalyst that increased the chances of other bugs and glitches already in the PS3 and certain games from happening.

According to a page in Yahoo news, sony was attacked by a virus on the day of the update. Not sure if that has anything at all to do with bricking systems but it's good to know.

I'm going to keep this bumped until sony can officially say that 2.40 is safe to install.

nintendo_fan135

There is nothing wrong with 2.40. Your name is nintendofan. You don't have a single PS3 game on your profile. Your just a wii fanboy trying to say that sony did a bad job with 2.40

[QUOTE="nintendo_fan135"]

Even though my PS3 didn't get bricked by the 2.40 firmware update (so far), I'm still looking for answers as to why it's bricking systems. Post all your theories, news, and possibilities as to why 2.40 is bricking PS3s. Here's what I know and what I think could be causing the problems:

Some say that the servers were overloaded upon the release of the 2.40 update and started sending out corrupted packets of data therefore causing bricking in some PS3s.

It's possible that this whole problem with bricking happened only in a few isolated cases but 360 fanboys blew it all out of proportion.

The 2.40 update might not be causing the bricking itself but instead acts like a catalyst that increased the chances of other bugs and glitches already in the PS3 and certain games from happening.

According to a page in Yahoo news, sony was attacked by a virus on the day of the update. Not sure if that has anything at all to do with bricking systems but it's good to know.

I'm going to keep this bumped until sony can officially say that 2.40 is safe to install.

robobie

There is nothing wrong with 2.40. Your name is nintendofan. You don't have a single PS3 game on your profile. Your just a wii fanboy trying to say that sony did a bad job with 2.40

if sony had to take the update down then there was obviously something wrong with it. just cause his name is nintendofan doesn't mean he's in here to start a fight.

[QUOTE="nintendo_fan135"]

Even though my PS3 didn't get bricked by the 2.40 firmware update (so far), I'm still looking for answers as to why it's bricking systems. Post all your theories, news, and possibilities as to why 2.40 is bricking PS3s. Here's what I know and what I think could be causing the problems:

Some say that the servers were overloaded upon the release of the 2.40 update and started sending out corrupted packets of data therefore causing bricking in some PS3s.

It's possible that this whole problem with bricking happened only in a few isolated cases but 360 fanboys blew it all out of proportion.

The 2.40 update might not be causing the bricking itself but instead acts like a catalyst that increased the chances of other bugs and glitches already in the PS3 and certain games from happening.

According to a page in Yahoo news, sony was attacked by a virus on the day of the update. Not sure if that has anything at all to do with bricking systems but it's good to know.

I'm going to keep this bumped until sony can officially say that 2.40 is safe to install.

robobie

There is nothing wrong with 2.40. Your name is nintendofan. You don't have a single PS3 game on your profile. Your just a wii fanboy trying to say that sony did a bad job with 2.40

So because his name is nintendofan and he doesn't have a PS3 game in his profile, he doesn't have a PS3 and is just starting crap? Wow, ignorance is bliss.

So I guess that company named SONY taking down the update has nothing to do with it, right? God, I love me a cow that is ignorant.

During the install process their is a bug which in a few select cases caused PS3's to reset when attempting to boot up games...

Also SONY servers in some parts of the world become overloaded for a few hours which prevented some people from viewing others Trophies...

As far as im aware the number of PS3's which suffered from porblems or being 'bricked' so low that SONY is considering it a normal hardware problem... i mean SONY took 2.40 down due sites like 1up, Gamespot, gametrailer, etc all reporting 2.40 was bricking PS3... after spending a day checking the update for problems they released it again -- exactly the same. IF their was a problem with 2.40 bricking PS3's SONY would of done something like release 2.41 which either fixed the problem or disabled anything they thought might have the potential to create a problem.choasgod

I think it's a few people who may have a few hardware issues and some fanboys started posting..also my in-game xmb actually seems MORE fast than usual.Alex_grist

[QUOTE="robobie"][QUOTE="nintendo_fan135"]

Even though my PS3 didn't get bricked by the 2.40 firmware update (so far), I'm still looking for answers as to why it's bricking systems. Post all your theories, news, and possibilities as to why 2.40 is bricking PS3s. Here's what I know and what I think could be causing the problems:

Some say that the servers were overloaded upon the release of the 2.40 update and started sending out corrupted packets of data therefore causing bricking in some PS3s.

It's possible that this whole problem with bricking happened only in a few isolated cases but 360 fanboys blew it all out of proportion.

The 2.40 update might not be causing the bricking itself but instead acts like a catalyst that increased the chances of other bugs and glitches already in the PS3 and certain games from happening.

According to a page in Yahoo news, sony was attacked by a virus on the day of the update. Not sure if that has anything at all to do with bricking systems but it's good to know.

I'm going to keep this bumped until sony can officially say that 2.40 is safe to install.

CMPunk13

There is nothing wrong with 2.40. Your name is nintendofan. You don't have a single PS3 game on your profile. Your just a wii fanboy trying to say that sony did a bad job with 2.40

So because his name is nintendofan and he doesn't have a PS3 game in his profile, he doesn't have a PS3 and is just starting crap? Wow, ignorance is bliss.

So I guess that company named SONY taking down the update has nothing to do with it, right? God, I love me a cow that is ignorant.

Ok so maybe there is something wrong with 2.4 but I have seen no actual PS3 owners say that they have had there PS3 bricking because of 2.4. Only wii and xbox 360 owners have been making up crap about 2.4. Now maybe this guy is a PS3 owner who is concerened but I don't think so.robobie

Its coded horribly, you can see it lagging whenever you do the in-game xmb feature. All-Star-Gamble

Lol i dont know about you but my ps3 take slike 4-5 seconds to display anything i dont see any problem with the update at all.

[QUOTE="robobie"]Ok so maybe there is something wrong with 2.4 but I have seen no actual PS3 owners say that they have had there PS3 bricking because of 2.4. Only wii and xbox 360 owners have been making up crap about 2.4. Now maybe this guy is a PS3 owner who is concerened but I don't think so.bdhoff

my ps3 is working fine(touch wood), i Bought Metal gear solid 4 just about a couple of days, and i don't have any trouble, i think that the reason of the briking ps3 is for the custom ps3 themes, we know that 2.40 add some iccons and options, and some custom themes may not support the upgrade, thats what i think, that may be the reason that some ps3 stop in the waves.

what do you think guys ???????????????

No, it's not the custom themes. This works fine for me and others have confirmed this as well.

I have a feeling that this is just a hoax. Sony's taking it seriously anyway though, since I guess they would want to avoid any real problems if possible.

No, it's not the custom themes. This works fine for me and others have confirmed this as well.

I have a feeling that this is just a hoax. Sony's taking it seriously anyway though, since I guess they would want to avoid any real problems if possible.

StanAce

then it's not the custom themes it must be a corrupted firmware( that because that day was too much people downloading fron the same server)

anyway this is not going well with the "coments" of other consoles fanboys.

dieee wii360fanboys dieeeee..............