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Mercutio · Jul 3, 2008

Arsenic said:
Well you can, just hold the PS button instead of tapping it.

I'll be damned! Lovely. No more XMB for me!

Andronicus · Jul 3, 2008

1. No
2. N/A
3. N/A

60GB Launch

KTallguy · Jul 3, 2008

I'm back home and it's working fine.

Argyle · Jul 3, 2008

Well, better late than never...

60GB upgraded to 320GB
Swapped recently because my launch-era machine crapped out when playing GTA4.
No problems.

40GB upgraded to 250GB
Purchased a few weeks ago, latest model (H)
No problems.

Both machines were upgraded using a USB thumbdrive after downloading the update to my PC.

My dad updated his last night too - 60GB launch-era machine, downloaded directly from system update. No problems there either.

Grayman · Jul 3, 2008

---1. Did this update brick your PS3?
---2. Define "brick" in your case
---3. If it did brick your system, how many times did you reboot your PS3 before it bricked?

1. No
60gb model, one year old.

domokunrox · Jul 3, 2008

Justin Dailey said:
A. Posts contributing new information about the bricking phenomenon (i.e. news stories, etc...) -- no anecdotal evidence about others, theories about the problem, or advice to others! (let's keep that in the offical 2.40 thread) and,

B. Posts providing short, concise answers to the three following questions:

---1. Did this update brick your PS3?
---2. Define "brick" in your case
---3. If it did brick your system, how many times did you reboot your PS3 before it bricked?[/B]

B
1. No it didn't
2. Bricking your system would be like making your PS3 unusable until someone does some advanced method or secret troubleshoot to get it working. Overall tho, I didn't get "bricked" due to the update
3. I've only booted my system up about 3 times so far today, I'll reboot maybe about 10 times and report what my status is. So far tho, it seems like a clean update. I've switched from MGS4 to Pixeljunk monsters earlier today and it took more then the average patience I had, but waited. Did work, but did annoy me and questioned if doing the whole process manually was faster.

Also my unit is a USA PS3 Motorstorm bundled and manufactured in May 07'

EDIT: I just noticed this, but I have theme setting inconsistencies. Today, I changed my theme to the default theme from a LBP theme I downloaded, but the background color was green. The 3rd reboot I made resulted in a Teal sort of color background. The 4th Reboot is now a black colored background and so far has stayed black for the 6th and 7th reboot.

Dot50Cal · Jul 3, 2008

Err, guys? I turned my PS3 on to see if this was telling me to go back to the previous firmware and its not? I thought it was supposed to? Can anyone else confirm?

Andronicus · Jul 3, 2008

Dot50Cal said:
Err, guys? I turned my PS3 on to see if this was telling me to go back to the previous firmware and its not? I thought it was supposed to? Can anyone else confirm?

what? who said this?

Tntnnbltn · Jul 3, 2008

Dot50Cal said:
Err, guys? I turned my PS3 on to see if this was telling me to go back to the previous firmware and its not? I thought it was supposed to? Can anyone else confirm?

I won't tell you to go backwards. If you've already got the firmware, your fine. It's just people on 2.36 can't update at the moment.

E-phonk · Jul 3, 2008

Stink · Jul 3, 2008

1. no

domokunrox said:
EDIT: I just noticed this, but I have theme setting inconsistencies. Today, I changed my theme to the default theme from a LBP theme I downloaded, but the background color was green. The 3rd reboot I made resulted in a Teal sort of color background. The 4th Reboot is now a black colored background and so far has stayed black for the 6th and 7th reboot.

This is normal. The default theme darkens to black the later on you go into the evening.

west · Jul 3, 2008

1. No

Japanese 20Gb model

jonnyp · Jul 3, 2008

No (60GB PAL Launch model)

peacemountain · Jul 3, 2008

1. No
2. N/A
3. N/A

60GB Launch
40GB

Iced_Eagle · Jul 3, 2008

Nope.

80GB MGS4 bundle.

painful fart · Jul 3, 2008

1. No
2. N/A
3. N/A

60GB PAL

wotter · Jul 3, 2008

1. No
2. N/A
3. N/A

60GB PAL launch.

Ello · Jul 3, 2008

1. Nope
2. N/A
3. N/A

60gb US PS3 in EU.

Starfire · Jul 3, 2008

1. No
2. n/a
3. n/a

60gig launch unit, update via wireless internet

Arsenic · Jul 3, 2008

Mercutio said:
I'll be damned! Lovely. No more XMB for me!

Yea it wouldve been annoying to change simple things like controller ports with this XMB setup.

Darkpen · Jul 3, 2008

1. No
2. N/A
3. N/A

60gb

Dot50Cal · Jul 3, 2008

Tntnnbltn said:
I won't tell you to go backwards. If you've already got the firmware, your fine. It's just people on 2.36 can't update at the moment.

Ah, alright. I was reading posts saying they reverted back, I was wondering what on earth was happening :lol

ChryZ · Jul 3, 2008

1. No
2. N/A
3. N/A

(US 60GB incl EE+GS)

itxaka · Jul 3, 2008

Pal 40GB

1.No

I heard that the brick (it´s not a total brick) can be fixed by taking out the HD and formatting in on a PC and putting it back. Anyone can confirm?

EDIT: Yes it appears that it can be fixed formatting the HDD

Put the info on the OP please so if anyone have his PS3 bricked they can fix it looking at this thread

http://boardsus.playstation.com/pla...by_date_ascending&message.id=3044947#M3044947

Tailzo · Jul 3, 2008

1. No
2. N/A
3. N/A

PAL 60GB

Dre · Jul 3, 2008

1. No (60 GB PAL, but I updated via my US PSN Account)
2. -
3. -

BlackGoku03 · Jul 3, 2008

1. No.

The_Inquisitor · Jul 3, 2008

keyrat · Jul 3, 2008

Launch US 60gb.

No.

snorggy · Jul 3, 2008

1. No
2. N/A
3. N/A

Naruto · Jul 3, 2008

1. No
2. N/A
3. N/A

PAL 40GB.

TheOMan · Jul 3, 2008

No - 60GB launch unit.

Billy Fookchops · Jul 3, 2008

1. No
2. N/A
3. N/A

wolforce · Jul 3, 2008

1)No
2)N/A
3)N/A

60G PAL with 120G HD

Jaeyden · Jul 3, 2008

chico · Jul 3, 2008

1. No
2. N/A
3. N/A

40GB PAL

DJ Crimson · Jul 3, 2008

1. No
2. N/A
3. N/A

60 GB Launch Unit

Baka Zeitgeist · Jul 3, 2008

1. No
2. N/A
3. N/A

60G PAL bought when they introduced the 40GB without BC

McBacon · Jul 3, 2008

No

60GB PAL Launch System

craker · Jul 3, 2008

!. No

60 gig US region.

xenix · Jul 3, 2008

To answer your question:

1. No
2. N/A
3. N/A

60GB PAL Lauch

PuppetSlave · Jul 3, 2008

Garegga · Jul 3, 2008

No

60GB PAL

amar212 · Jul 3, 2008

No.

60GB PAL, 1st release model.

hirokazu · Jul 3, 2008

2 Minutes Turkish said:
Yeah, it really is bricking consoles.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23962652-661,00.html

holy shit

edit: Must be a VERY vocal minority for Sony to pull it

Where in that article does it say it bricks consoles? That article talks about issues I haven't heard of yet, although I can vouch for the freezing on booting a game, since it happened to me - though it was via Remote Play.

neorej · Jul 3, 2008

---1. Did this update brick your PS3?
---2. Define "brick" in your case
---3. If it did brick your system, how many times did you reboot your PS3 before it bricked?

1. No

60GB launch PAL-model

Kweh · Jul 3, 2008

1. No (PAL 40GB)
2. N/A
3. N/A

noirebanana · Jul 3, 2008

1. No
2. N/A
3. N/A

I have an 80 GB PlayStation 3.

BatmanX · Jul 3, 2008

1. No, got my first trophy yesterday too

60gb pal

Forsete · Jul 3, 2008

1. No
2. N/A in demo
3. N/A in demo

60GB PAL launch model. Upgraded to 160GB HDD.

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