Many PS3 owners complain of Firmware 2.40 freezes


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FW version shouldn't have anything to do with the game version, so on-line game play should not be affected.

what might become an issue is if people who are still on 2.36 update SSHD for the trophy support... that might break more stuff too

http://www.ps3news.com/PlayStation3/sony-c...magic-who-knew/

a very nice article which actually calms me down when i cant see all the features in ps3 that i wanted.

a quote from that article:

"When it comes to developing firmware updates such as 2.40, the development team at Sony will need to consider how much memory they can allocate to the system software while still leaving enough for video games to use. This is, I’m guessing, why features such as the in-game Xross Media Bar take so long to develop and eventually deploy into the public domain; it’s not as easy as simply mapping the XMB to the PS button mid-game so that players can access all of their PS3’s features in the middle of PixelJunk Monsters, or (as many had hoped) while watching I Am Legend on Blu-Ray. A lot of work will have gone into working out which features would be possible to insert into an in-game version of the PS3’s menu without compromising the game you’re playing and causing it to crash, and without swamping the system’s resources completely.

I believe this is why the features that accompany 2.40’s in-game menu additions are very limited; very much aware of their consumer base’s want for such a feature in their system software, Sony have released the closest thing they can get to a complete in-game menu for the time being with as many features as they could cram in. Although this has meant no in-game XMB while watching movies, no voice chat or video reconfiguration and limited custom soundtrack support, the fans who have begged for the inclusion of this feature should be relatively happy since they’ve finally got what they wanted, right? "

Edited by George Bush

IIRC one SPE on the cell is devoted 100% of the time to the OS and the XMB.

Nearly forgot, after updating did anyone elses PS3 rebuild the HDD database? mine did and all was fine except some of my groups I'd set up for my games had been removed?

IIRC one SPE on the cell is devoted 100% of the time to the OS and the XMB.

Nearly forgot, after updating did anyone elses PS3 rebuild the HDD database? mine did and all was fine except some of my groups I'd set up for my games had been removed?

did it do it automatically or you did it manually?

mine did not do such a thing.

No offence, but what's with all the signups with real life names in here (Sony section) :rolleyes:

2 people banned in the past 2 days with Jeremy Clarkson, then there was another real life name before it was changed to "Audioboxers Mother".

Sorry but I can't help be suspicious :pinch:

No offence, but what's with all the signups with real life names in here (Sony section) :rolleyes:

2 people banned in the past 2 days with Jeremy Clarkson, then there was another real life name before it was changed to "Audioboxers Mother".

Sorry but I can't help be suspicious :pinch:

I agree. Its stupid now.

No offence, but what's with all the signups with real life names in here :rolleyes:

2 people banned in the past 2 days with Jeremy Clarkson, then there was another real life name before it was changed to "Audioboxers Mother".

Sorry but I can't help be suspicious :pinch:

to be honest i saw Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond few days ago. And it was funny as hell. and gave me the idea of choosing a real life name. What else should i choose but not George Bush. Also sorry about Audioboxers mother. I did not see that name but that is not even funny in deed childish.

I came home from university a bit late and enjoying my vacation with sun and ps3. been following this forum for sometime. I learned one or two things about my ps3 so far which i did not know before.

Thanks Neowin.

to be honest i saw Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond few days ago. And it was funny as hell. and gave me the idea of choosing a real life name. What else should i choose but not George Bush. Also sorry about Audioboxers mother. I did not see that name but that is not even funny in deed childish.

I came home from university a bit late and enjoying my vacation with sun and ps3. been following this forum for sometime. I learned one or two things about my ps3 so far which i did not know before.

Thanks Neowin.

If you're legit, I truly am sorry.

But two signups in two days with real life names/avatars both banned, and now you're the 3rd in the 3rd day to enter this section with your first string of posts.

No offence, but what's with all the signups with real life names in here (Sony section) :rolleyes:

2 people banned in the past 2 days with Jeremy Clarkson, then there was another real life name before it was changed to "Audioboxers Mother".

Sorry but I can't help be suspicious :pinch:

I must admit, I did find "Audioboxers Mother" quite amusing, if a little uncalled for. God I am so childish. :rolleyes:

I must admit, I did find "Audioboxers Mother" quite amusing, if a little uncalled for. God I am so childish. :rolleyes:

Um thanks, maybe if you read the PM that member had sent me prior to changing their name you wouldn't of found it very funny...

my roommate in college uses neowin actually. Though i dont know his exact name since its name and numbers. When i had questions he did not know he would post them here for me and give me the answers. Now as a senior in college, i better do things myself...

though i admit, hammond and clarkson made me want to have a real life name. so funny in my opinion.

is having real life name against the neowin policy? if so how can i change it?

opps these are all off topic... :( sorry.

No offence, but what's with all the signups with real life names in here (Sony section) :rolleyes:

2 people banned in the past 2 days with Jeremy Clarkson, then there was another real life name before it was changed to "Audioboxers Mother".

Sorry but I can't help be suspicious :pinch:

Sorry, but lol @"Audioboxers Mother" . Who the hell was that anyway?

Looks like many people got banned overnight, I guess things got nasty over here.

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I still haven't update mine (not that I have a choice now anyway), let's hope for a quick fix.

Well back on topic.....

No problems so far here for me on 2.40. I have just purchased SSHD and downloading now, looking forward to building my Trophy collection and seeing if they get displayed in my HOME SPACE :D

other than the somewhat bizarre HDD database rebuild, no complaints.

Just a thought, I bought my 60GB EU unit in late march/early april last year, it has now past its 1 year warranty period. Should a firmware update fail am I still entitled to a free repair/replacement?

other than the somewhat bizarre HDD database rebuild, no complaints.

Just a thought, I bought my 60GB EU unit in late march/early april last year, it has now past its 1 year warranty period. Should a firmware update fail am I still entitled to a free repair/replacement?

Isn't it 2 years warranty in the UK?

Isn't it 2 years warranty in the UK?

All I know is that by law all electrical products have to be covered for 1 year against failure. I'm interested to see if a mandatory firmware update on anything out of warranty still leaves sony liable?

i read somewhere just 1 hour ago that a customer without warranty called sony told the problem and sony asked 150 US dollars for repair.

But this was before that this mistake became common throughout other people.

http://www.ps3news.com/PlayStation3/ps3-2-40-update-removed/

also here it says

According to our member boonflop, Sony insisted on charging him, once his PS3 bricked after updating to 2.40. Hopefully Sony they will change their tune after this debacle, and fix these consoles for free.

Um thanks, maybe if you read the PM that member had sent me prior to changing their name you wouldn't of found it very funny...

Seriously? Sorry to hear that. That's pretty low. I think if you've got something to say, then you should stand up and say it in front of everybody.

Thinking you can hide behind a PM is pretty dumb too.

It's crazy how things get so out of hand in here.

On topic: Being charged for a repair relating to this update is totally unacceptable in my book. You broke it, you fix it.

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