PS3 Firmware update 2.0 bricking consoles. Discuss.

Users report, via the official PlayStation forums, running into numerous hardware problems since updating the PS3's firmware to the recently released version 2.0. The complaints include a slowdown in console functionality, the loss of content, and even consoles being unable to read discs or ceasing to function at all.

Next-Gen has contacted Sony for comment.

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Funny. Cows were quick to jump on Microsoft when they experienced some update problems.

Karma's a funny thing, always ends up bitin' ya on the ass.... :D

This is not just a 2.0 problem, one of the best kept secrets is how during a firmware update if your ISP or power is interrupted it bricks the entire system.

I only know 4 people that own PS3s including myself and it happened to two of the guys with PS3s one had his sister turn the system off in the middle of an update and the other had his ISP go out while the update was being applied.

Both had to send the system back to Sony to get it repaired and one actually had to pay for the repair to be done because Sony would not do it for free without the reciept that he had lost.

If this is true thats awful, I never want to see someone's system trashed. I'd wait for a bit more confirmation for this.

Karma is a biatch though.

(Incidently most of the 360's bricked were because they were hacked I believe)

oh god even ps3 gets "disc read error" my ps1 got it my ps2 got it 3 times and it happen 3 times to my psp and my bros ps3 cant read dvds rightdeadmeat59

sounds like BS to me

If this is true thats awful, I never want to see someone's system trashed. I'd wait for a bit more confirmation for this.

Karma is a biatch though.

(Incidently most of the 360's bricked were because they were hacked I believe)

blue_hazy_basic

Looks like confirmation to me

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]

If this is true thats awful, I never want to see someone's system trashed. I'd wait for a bit more confirmation for this.

Karma is a biatch though.

(Incidently most of the 360's bricked were because they were hacked I believe)

jaysin1414

Looks like confirmation to me

oh god even ps3 gets "disc read error" my ps1 got it my ps2 got it 3 times and it happen 3 times to my psp and my bros ps3 cant read dvds rightdeadmeat59

[QUOTE="jaysin1414"][QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]

If this is true thats awful, I never want to see someone's system trashed. I'd wait for a bit more confirmation for this.

Karma is a biatch though.

(Incidently most of the 360's bricked were because they were hacked I believe)

blue_hazy_basic

Looks like confirmation to me

Well, the next time a cow starts on about the RROD, we can throw F2CC (Firmware 2.0 Corrupted Console) right back at them. JediRiff

I LOVE IT!

F2CC FTL

I'm glad I kept my 1.90 version. But sooner or later I will have to get it. Since newer PS3 games are installing these updates.

I'll tell you what... My PS3 gets bricked and they can't fix it... Then give me a handy caped POS....... They better get ready to rumble. Because I'm not excepting anything that isn't of the same standard.

I'm glad I kept my 1.90 version. But sooner or later I will have to get it. Since newer PS3 games are installing these updates.

I'll tell you what... My PS3 gets bricked and they can't fix it... Then give me a handy caped POS....... They better get ready to rumble. Because I'm not excepting anything that isn't of the same standard.

Truth_Hurts_U

Just dont turn off your ps3 while the firmware is upgrading, piece of cake.

Xbox 360 is so unreliable, why would you buy it instead of a PS3!

/sarcasm

I'm glad I kept my 1.90 version. But sooner or later I will have to get it. Since newer PS3 games are installing these updates.

I'll tell you what... My PS3 gets bricked and they can't fix it... Then give me a handy caped POS....... They better get ready to rumble. Because I'm not excepting anything that isn't of the same standard.

Truth_Hurts_U

any game that comes out after a firmware update has it on the disc, that's how i got 1.94 with R&C

personally haven't had any issues with 2.0 update, although i hear a lot of people having issues with slowdown which might be fixed by turning off that useless stupid news update bar, i know i turned mine off just because (didn't have any slowdown with it)... there's been some other errors too, they're probably going to release a 2.1 update to fix the issues with 2.0

stuff like this happens all the time in the computer world it's just commonplace (what happens when you start making consoles like computers), i know with my mac it's fairly common to get a mac os X update that screws up your computer, then they release a patch a few days later and that fixes everything

as for the update bricking, imo they need to have a backup image on the disc or something so that if power goes out or something random happens that you won't have a bricked console, otherwise you just have to be a little more cautious and make sure nobody is fooling with your system otherwise they get a beatin'

Sony needs to get their **** together.Pripyat

Oh man, this is funny. For the past two years people have been saying this...and Sony continues to make mistakes to the left and to the right.

They mistaked their way into last place...and they will probably mistake themselves out of the console buisiness.

just when i was thinking about buying a ps3 because i havent heard many problems with it compared to 360s. Tjeremiah1988

lol Don't let this ridiculous rumor that you heard on SW deter you.

Look guys the last thing I am is a Sony fan, but RROD are a real issue (although cows obviously overblow it and absolutely hate the fact MS will fix/replace for 3 yrs for free) but this is just a very vague unconfirmed rumour. Lets not get too carried away eh? If it was that bad there would be people posting it on here that it had happenned to them.blue_hazy_basic

Again. That's the rational reaction. However, Cows don't hesitate to pounce on ANY bad 360 news, then neither am I.

The PS3 forums have plenty of longtime posters that say that the update bricked their system. And contrary to what some have said in this thread, they DIDN'T turn off their system and it STILL bricked.

F2CC > PS3

any game that comes out after a firmware update has it on the disc, that's how i got 1.94 with R&C

personally haven't had any issues with 2.0 update, although i hear a lot of people having issues with slowdown which might be fixed by turning off that useless stupid news update bar, i know i turned mine off just because (didn't have any slowdown with it)... there's been some other errors too, they're probably going to release a 2.1 update to fix the issues with 2.0

stuff like this happens all the time in the computer world it's just commonplace (what happens when you start making consoles like computers), i know with my mac it's fairly common to get a mac os X update that screws up your computer, then they release a patch a few days later and that fixes everything

as for the update bricking, imo they need to have a backup image on the disc or something so that if power goes out or something random happens that you won't have a bricked console, otherwise you just have to be a little more cautious and make sure nobody is fooling with your system otherwise they get a beatin'

beavisofcod2

I don't care if my system gets bricked.... Because they have to fix it. I care because they no longer make 60 GB units... So if my 60 GB breaks what are they gonna give me? A 80 GB? No thanks, I want max BC. Thats what I bought the 60 GB for.

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]Look guys the last thing I am is a Sony fan, but RROD are a real issue (although cows obviously overblow it and absolutely hate the fact MS will fix/replace for 3 yrs for free) but this is just a very vague unconfirmed rumour. Lets not get too carried away eh? If it was that bad there would be people posting it on here that it had happenned to them.jaysin1414

Again. That's the rational reaction. However, Cows don't hesitate to pounce on ANY bad 360 news, then neither am I.

The PS3 forums have plenty of longtime posters that say that the update bricked their system. And contrary to what some have said in this thread, they DIDN'T turn off their system and it STILL bricked.

F2CC > PS3

[QUOTE="Pripyat"] Sony needs to get their **** together.Pimpshigity21

Oh man, this is funny. For the past two years people have been saying this...and Sony continues to make mistakes to the left and to the right.

They mistaked their way into last place...and they will probably mistake themselves out of the console buisiness.

you're beginning to sound like a one trick pony

[QUOTE="Tjeremiah1988"]just when i was thinking about buying a ps3 because i havent heard many problems with it compared to 360s. Amnesiacx

lol Don't let this ridiculous rumor that you heard on SW deter you.

and reported on the Official Sony Forums: http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=ps3&thread.id=2144203&view=by_date_ascending&page=1

There's a little more to this than some 360 fanboy trying to irritate Sony-fans. While I think it's epic-funny that Karma continues to kick the crap out of Sony, there's something to this rumor.... How big a deal it is remains to be seen, but there's plenty of folks on the Sony board that look legit claiming that their PS3 was bricked. Sony-fans didn't hesitate to jump all over the RROD and blow it out of proportion, nor did they hesitate to blow the 360's update problem of about a year ago out of proportion.

Payback's a beeotch Cows!

F2CC > PS3

[QUOTE="jaysin1414"]

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]Look guys the last thing I am is a Sony fan, but RROD are a real issue (although cows obviously overblow it and absolutely hate the fact MS will fix/replace for 3 yrs for free) but this is just a very vague unconfirmed rumour. Lets not get too carried away eh? If it was that bad there would be people posting it on here that it had happenned to them.blue_hazy_basic

Again. That's the rational reaction. However, Cows don't hesitate to pounce on ANY bad 360 news, then neither am I.

The PS3 forums have plenty of longtime posters that say that the update bricked their system. And contrary to what some have said in this thread, they DIDN'T turn off their system and it STILL bricked.

F2CC > PS3

Honestly guys, with Sony's track record you had to have been expecting something like this sooner or later. Personally, I was just waiting for the cows' one valid argument to blow up in their faces, and now it has. It's kind of delicious, don't you think?OremLK

It's got a buttery goodness to it :lol:

This is not just a 2.0 problem, one of the best kept secrets is how during a firmware update if your ISP or power is interrupted it bricks the entire system.

I only know 4 people that own PS3s including myself and it happened to two of the guys with PS3s one had his sister turn the system off in the middle of an update and the other had his ISP go out while the update was being applied.

Both had to send the system back to Sony to get it repaired and one actually had to pay for the repair to be done because Sony would not do it for free without the reciept that he had lost.

Riverwolf007

Is there not an option to download the update first and then install it like on the psp?

Honestly guys, with Sony's track record you had to have been expecting something like this sooner or later. Personally, I was just waiting for the cows' one valid argument to blow up in their faces, and now it has. It's kind of delicious, don't you think?OremLK

lol in computer debates people use the same argument to bash macs because updates and non-crashing is what mac people tout, then apple releases an update and some people have bad issues so the pc people goto war proclaiming the mac as trash, then apple releases patches for different mac hardware and it's fixed, but of course the pc people completely ignore this because then they would be wrong, nobody wants to be wrong grrrrr wrong bad! if i look bad on the internet then the terrorists win! aaarrrrghgh

oh and that electronics war has been going on for over 2 decades, rinse repeat wipe hands on pants

So the Wii is going to wii is going to win by default because the 360 and PS3 self-destruct? Man. Talk about an ex machina ending...

Oh well! It worked for war of the worlds!

[QUOTE="OremLK"]Honestly guys, with Sony's track record you had to have been expecting something like this sooner or later. Personally, I was just waiting for the cows' one valid argument to blow up in their faces, and now it has. It's kind of delicious, don't you think?beavisofcod2

lol in computer debates people use the same argument to bash macs because updates and non-crashing is what mac people tout, then apple releases an update and some people have bad issues so the pc people goto war proclaiming the mac as trash, then apple releases patches for different mac hardware and it's fixed, but of course the pc people completely ignore this because then they would be wrong, nobody wants to be wrong grrrrr wrong bad! if i look bad on the internet then the terrorists win! aaarrrrghgh

oh and that electronics war has been going on for over 2 decades, rinse repeat wipe hands on pants

I wouldn't know, I don't debate with Mac users. I let them live in their own private little world and don't disturb them for fear it'll push them over the edge.

I wouldn't know, I don't debate with Mac users. I let them live in their own private little world and don't disturb them for fear it'll push them over the edge.OremLK

Oh no, How will cows watch their blu-ray exclusives?

[QUOTE="beavisofcod2"]

[QUOTE="OremLK"]Honestly guys, with Sony's track record you had to have been expecting something like this sooner or later. Personally, I was just waiting for the cows' one valid argument to blow up in their faces, and now it has. It's kind of delicious, don't you think?OremLK

lol in computer debates people use the same argument to bash macs because updates and non-crashing is what mac people tout, then apple releases an update and some people have bad issues so the pc people goto war proclaiming the mac as trash, then apple releases patches for different mac hardware and it's fixed, but of course the pc people completely ignore this because then they would be wrong, nobody wants to be wrong grrrrr wrong bad! if i look bad on the internet then the terrorists win! aaarrrrghgh

oh and that electronics war has been going on for over 2 decades, rinse repeat wipe hands on pants

I wouldn't know, I don't debate with Mac users. I let them live in their own private little world and don't disturb them for fear it'll push them over the edge.

yeah, they're basic casuals (kinda like the wii! j/k), i also think it's funny the whole fashion gimmick thing of macs, like if you wear a turtle neck or buy starbucks, buy a mac

i actually have a mac myself (using it right now), bought it from a computer repair friend for cheap, pretty much use it for email and photoshop that's it :| EDIT: i also use it as a shelf

Look guys the last thing I am is a Sony fan, but RROD are a real issue (although cows obviously overblow it and absolutely hate the fact MS will fix/replace for 3 yrs for free) but this is just a very vague unconfirmed rumour. Lets not get too carried away eh? If it was that bad there would be people posting it on here that it had happenned to them.blue_hazy_basic

I know, I know. I just wanted to have a little fun with it. ;)

I was one of them that said that I was scared that my PS3 bricked in the PS forums!

But I just shut it off and turned it on and it worked.

[QUOTE="jaysin1414"][QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]

If this is true thats awful, I never want to see someone's system trashed. I'd wait for a bit more confirmation for this.

Karma is a biatch though.

(Incidently most of the 360's bricked were because they were hacked I believe)

blue_hazy_basic

Looks like confirmation to me

if you're waiting for one from sony, you'll be waiting a while.. they STILL haven't publicly acknowledged the ps2's DDE problem.....

I really hope mine does not brick. I've had so many issues with other systems all ready.

This digitally connected generation has some great pros, but quite a few large cons...

Funny. Cows were quick to jump on Microsoft when they experienced some update problems.

Karma's a funny thing, always ends up bitin' ya on the ass.... :D

jaysin1414

Sony can send 100,000 people to literally break a PS3 after PS3 and you won't reach the 360's level of brickness.

LOL how we all forgot that 2006 firm were update when gears came out brick systems too. we all bashing sony for this but it also happen to the 360 as well.GARRYTH

And people like you are why we are loving this. You just proved our point. Thanks so much for your valuable input, yet again, Garryth.

I haven't had a problem with 2.0 update even leaveing the information bar on. The only problem I have had is when my IP had some issues the following day after the update (no internet) that was fixed with a new modem and bame sunday night the IP had a major failure that took several hours to fix at a local server box. Now both times this happened my PS3 was slower than anything (because the XMB information tool bar was trying to find a internet connection is my thoughts). Reason for this is because as soon as I turned the information bar off it worked as good or better as it always has.

This may be something that some of us can check out to find a cure for others on here. This could happen from a slow down in internet speeds or the wireless signal drops in strenth somewhat. This can happen with any type of IP.

As for updates createing problems over the years I have had tons of them from M$ when they update the Windows OS's. Some would take hours to correct and some would require a complete reinstall of the OS before it could be fixed.

Just some things that we all should think about.

[QUOTE="jaysin1414"]

Funny. Cows were quick to jump on Microsoft when they experienced some update problems.

Karma's a funny thing, always ends up bitin' ya on the ass.... :D

Xolver

Sony can send 100,000 people to literally break a PS3 after PS3 and you won't reach the 360's level of brickness.