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My PS4 died and I can't believe I'm already telling this story
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That isn't how it works.
Crunchy20XX
Banned
Nope no fan. Just got most of the way through the update process and it died on me again. I guess I'm either going to get on the phone with Sony or send it back to Amazon.
Robot Pants
Member
Yea I'm worried now.
I wish mind would get here already.
Out for delivery since 430AM I mean Jesus....
I wish mind would get here already.
Out for delivery since 430AM I mean Jesus....
Puppet Shadow
Member
Thanks for doing this. I know this wasn't the OP's issue, but maybe inner-G can keep the OP updated with solutions that work for certain problems.
its not user error, its faulty. Theres a piece of metal obstructing the cable
I really think it's just the camera angle here.
#oop
anyway I made a thread for troubleshooting the HDMI issue.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
WHAT!
I bought a Wii U and it stopped reading discs. (Bought it used, so had no warranty.)
I think the universe just hates me, lol.
UltimaPooh
Member
its not user error, its faulty. Theres a piece of metal obstructing the cable
So what is the fix on that if your PS4 has that?
its not user error, its faulty. Theres a piece of metal obstructing the cable
Possible solution.
its not user error, its faulty. Theres a piece of metal obstructing the cable
Those Chinese undergrads are getting punished now.
Darklor01
Might need to stop sniffing glue
Didn't one of the sites, Kotaku I think say the PS4 had exactly this issue, and this was the diagnosed issue? A small piece of metal stocking up obstructing the connection, and also breaking teeth out of the HDMI cable connector?
thank god for that.
1/10 of GAF users are not experiencing PS4 failures, so we cannot assume a 10% failure/busted rate for all shipments.
Fucking bullshit.If 1 million have been sold .4% is 4000 broken ps4s. 996000 are still working.
Me too! *High Five*
Only I've been on hold with Customer Support for over an hour.
Where is this .4% number derived from?
PR talk, I think.
They can't be monitoring all of them, mine broke before I ever even logged in.
You're right, you aren't a statistician.
D
Deleted member 20920
Unconfirmed Member
They'll fail their internship and redo another term of it at the same factories.
You know it's easier and cheaper to solve design flaws than fixing issues caused by faulty supplies.
It was Sony's estimate on ones that were out before launch (Taco Bell). No way to know how many are affected now or how many will be going forward.
I'm pretty sure Yoshi was pulling that number off his ass as well. Besides, that .04% referred to the pre-release consoles. I'm guessing the percentage must be larger now.
IAmRandom31
Banned
Yeah and the people with working Ps4's are busy playing them. The people with ones that end up being faulty will of course be heard since they are not out playin their new system.
Def. sucks when you get a faulty unit of anything. I remember replacing my new 360 within a week and ended up replacing more then 7 times before getting tired of it,
Sorry to hear about the system OP!
Def. sucks when you get a faulty unit of anything. I remember replacing my new 360 within a week and ended up replacing more then 7 times before getting tired of it,
Sorry to hear about the system OP!
They don't calculate the percentage of failure rates by "monitoring" units online. They are looking at customer support calls and returns.
Hero_of_the_Day
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its not user error, its faulty. Theres a piece of metal obstructing the cable
THIS PICTURE IS BULLSHIT!
That piece of metal is supposed to be there. You can see the plastic cutout for it. You can't see it in the top photo because of the angle. It is flush against the back, your HDMI doesn't touch it any more than the back of the HDMI port. Every single PS4 is like that. I have access to two PS4s, both look like this (my brothers works, mine doesn't).
As far as I know, Kotaku are the only ones to have this supposed metal problem, and even they didn't really see it, Sony told them that's what it was.
Robot Pants
Member
I'll make it my goal to make sure I'm too busy to post that my PS4 is working if it does. Should help with deez percentileZ
We should really do a GAF poll to try and get a better understanding of this.
"Do you have a PS4, and is it still working" or something to that affect.
Bam Bam Baklava
Member
That'd be wild.
cpp_is_king
Member
Ah. I thought that was just a public statement that they butt-pulled based off of the 4000 taco bell units.
Now that they're monitoring support, it's much more convincing >_>
Doesn't seem to happen with Nintendo systems. Faulty Nintendo systems are very few and far between. I would never be confident getting a Sony or Microsoft on launch day unfortunately.
this is kind of an awesome idea, even if it probably wouldn't be super accurate.
wanderingprostheyltite
Member
Yeah everything has its problems, I hope you get it sorted quickly mate. Be thankful you haven't had my rash of luck automotive wise, three times I've had to take my car to the shop in a month and it still has problems. I think someone cursed my car lol. At least your issues are warranty protected this time!
PanicFreak
Member
There is a user poll asking if people are having problems with their PS4. Keep in mind that these polls typically demonstrate negative bias.
Saw this on IGN - Click on View Results
Saw this on IGN - Click on View Results
MoGamesXNA
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Sony pls. Hopefully that gets resolved for you ASAP OP.
Looking on the lighter side of the situation: Knight Rider did appear to have the same issue
Looking on the lighter side of the situation: Knight Rider did appear to have the same issue
dreamer3kx
Member
Might start getting some fudsters in here.
ElRenoRaven
Member
Yup I'm a member of the club. No signal at all. I've started the return process with Amazon. UPS will pick it up in a couple business days and then I guess I wait and hopefully get a refund. I seriously at this point don't even know if I'm going to replace it. I went through multiple 360's last gen and replaced my ps3 once due to disc drive breakdown. I'm just so sick and tired of companies turning out products that don't work.
Technically, I don't have one now though.
Oh don't get me wrong, I don't know if the 0.4% number is accurate, I am just saying they would not calculate failure numbers based on monitoring customers online.
Bam Bam Baklava
Member
Error code or having Internet connection problems. 15.48%
Don't see why that's there. Basically 15% are working fine but sony servers are hammered.
cpp_is_king
Member
The armchair statisticians in this thread make me feel sad for the future of humanity. My dad always taught me, "It's better to keep your mouth shut and have people think you're an idiot, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."
I really don't think that piece of metal should be there. None of the HDMI cables I own have a dent to allocate that piece. My PS3 doesn't have that piece of metal either, same with the two BD players I have access to, and my receiver, and laptops.
That's a faulty HDMI port.
The_Holy_Puck
Neo Member
Better question.. Where is everyone getting the .4% from! what a baseless statistic. As well as the 10-15% there are no statistics yet.
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