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Sony Pulls PS3 v.240 Firmware News
Latest updated removed following reports of the XMB not appearing and other issues hit the official US PlayStation forums...
By Jon WilcoxPosted: 03/07/2008
Sony Computer Entertainment has today removed the long-awaited v2.40 firmware update for PlayStation 3, following reports of major issues with the hardware after downloading the software.
The update, which adds features like an in-game XMB and Trophies, has apparently caused several issues including failing to show the XMB, and even blue and black screens of death! Whilst some on the official US forums have suggested re-formatting the PS3's removable HDD (do so at your own risk), others are planning on returning their console to Sony for repairs.
In a statement, the SCEA Director of Corporate Communications and Social Media, Patrick Seybold, confirmed that the firmware update has now been removed for the update servers:
"...we have temporarily taken Firmware v2.40 offline. We've received a limited number of calls from consumers experiencing an issue with installing the system software update on their PS3. While our consumer services department has seen a low volume of calls on this topic, we are committed to providing the PS3 community with XMB access features delivered in the v2.40 update. We are working diligently to isolate the problem for those few consumers and to identify a solution before we put the firmware back up."
So far, it seems like the issue hasn't jumped across the Atlantic, with little mention of any problems on the European forums. Here, it seems the biggest concern is that the download progress bar jumps from 50% to 100%.
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Added:Sat 24th Oct 2009 22:58, Post No: 757
By: Anonymous
Added:Sat 24th Oct 2009 22:56, Post No: 756
This post need to die so why don't you all shut the fack up and move on with life. the person who made this post has no life. He could be playing his game getting trophies or achivments. or you can get laid for once in a life time instead of posting stupied as sheet
Added:Sat 24th Oct 2009 22:56, Post No: 756
This post need to die so why don't you all shut the [#@!?] up and move on with life. the person who made this post has no life. He could be playing his game getting trophies or achivments. or you can get laid for once in a life time instead of posting stupied[#@!?][#@!?].
Added:Sun 27th Sep 2009 11:09, Post No: 755
but people have come to accept the rrod its been happening for years now unlike the yellow light of death thats not because of unreliable parts but due to a firmware update, is this an indication that sony had tried to overclock the ps3 and may have had a stable overclock but releasing a firmware update with the overclock included may have caused the trapped gas in the circuit boards.
Added:Sun 27th Sep 2009 03:42, Post No: 754
Actually we can still complain about the RROD because the xbox has a 54 percent failure rate compared to the PS3's 14.7
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Added:Mon 21st Sep 2009 18:54, Post No: 753
good point, but who's to say the complaints wont keep coming in? could easily be a majour fault in the system.
but i aint gettin called a fanboy again so ill stick with ur comment =) lets just hope sony can address the problem like microsoft did with the enw motherboards they were using
Added:Mon 21st Sep 2009 01:40, Post No: 752
It's really a low failure rate when compared to Xbox's 45% failure rate in the earlier generations of systems.
A .5% deficiant rate is quite low and seems an acceptable rate for any product. It seems that if Sony can compensate these very few failures with replacement systems ect. then this would be a very small problem.
Added:Sun 20th Sep 2009 20:26, Post No: 751
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Added:Sun 20th Sep 2009 20:22, Post No: 750
NFS on PS3!Heaven on Earth
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Added:Sat 19th Sep 2009 15:24, Post No: 749
hahaha PS3 has the "YROD" XD hehehe now none of yas can complain about the "RROD" =P
Added:Sat 19th Sep 2009 11:21, Post No: 748
736 i mean, sorry my bad