I also found a few, but relatively minor problems with the new firmware update. I have the 40GB version if it helps.
After I downloaded the update, I restarted the PS3, excited to see the new friends list and Facebook features. After about 5 minutes however, I began to hear my PS3's fan noise increase greatly. I took a glance, and saw it shaking viciously on the TV stand. Sharp objects began coming out of the blu-ray drive, and I assumed that the disk inside cracked and shattered. I was very wrong. Within the next 5 minutes, it began growing arms and legs, and the sharp objects were its teeth. I quickly plugged the PS3 out of the electrical outlet but it was too late. It seemed as if the PS3 managed to build its own electrical generator inside within those 5 minutes. My 6 year old brother tried hitting it with a hammer, but the PS3 became angry and swallowed him whole. In half an hour, the PS3 grew to the size of my two story home! The swat team was alerted and managed to take down the PS3, but not without heavy damage to my house and car. I have tried contacting Sony over this issue, but they haven't responded yet.
Is anybody else facing this issue? I have found that the weakness of the monster-like PS3 that transforms post-firmware 3.10 is the power switch behind it. If you manage to hit the switch after it transforms, it gets deactivated and crumbles down. That is how the Swat team managed to disable it. If you have a PS3 Slim and this has happened to you, I honestly hope you have a spare RPG hanging around, because I think the power switch is the only way to "kill" it.
Hopefully Sony fixes this in their next patch before anyone gets hurt. For now though, I wouldn't update if I were you.
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