PS3 Update has crashed my system

[Myth]

Any news on this?

[Yoshimax]

Just reading about the delivered busted PS3 reminded me of this one - What happened in the end Phantasmical ?

[mackemansj1]

I dunno but reading all these threads of duff drives and bricked firmwares is really putting me off importing for the sake of a few months.

[Diggler]

Wise man.

[FelixofMars]

Sounds like any other next Gen console to me

[quexex]

I dunno but reading all these threads of duff drives and bricked firmwares is really putting me off importing for the sake of a few months.

What both of them so far I've only seen the drive error issue for 2 people and the firmware for one (which is possible not even a fault we dont know yet)

So far it would seem that the failure rate on PS3 out of the box is very low - correct me if I'm wrong. I remeber the 360 being a lot worse than this fopr units failing out of the box!

Obviously time will tell -

[Yoshimax]

What both of them so far I've only seen the drive error issue for 2 people and the firmware for one (which is possible not even a fault we dont know yet)

So far it would seem that the failure rate on PS3 out of the box is very low - correct me if I'm wrong. I remeber the 360 being a lot worse than this fopr units failing out of the box!

Obviously time will tell -

In context - There were a LOT more 360's out at launch than there have been PS3's.

[quexex]

true - what were the launch numbers for the 360 worldwide?

[mackemansj1]

Ive seen alot more than just these few on this forum mate, forums across the net are littered with people who are having problems. Now importing a ?600 console without any warrenty and such makes me nervous as hell.

[jammi]

i wouldnt put all the blame on sony iv seen how ppl in parcelforce chuck the packages around they have no care

[Yoshimax]

Yeah but this thread is about firmware bricking the machine that has nowt to do with Parcelfarce or any other courier.

Where is the thread starter ? Saw him on yesterday seems weird he hasn't come back to update.

[jammi]

i dont know what happend to his ps3 but i cant see anything going wrong with what he did as yesterday i forgot about this thread and left the ps3 downloading the 1.11 update came back like a hour later the screen was just black moved the pad it was waiting for me to hit ok for update as he said he never got to that point i dont know how he could have bricked his firmware?

[jammi]

btw it doesnt start the update unless you have the pad connected

[The_G_Man]

Slightly off topic and back to Jammis point. The packaging inside the PS3 box is not transport friendly in my opinion. If you shake the box the PS3 has a lot of lateral movement in there and if handled roughly I reckon parts could be shaken loose no problem ie disc drive failures. I know that is no explanation for the firmware issue but could explain other failures.

[GODZOOKI]

Slightly off topic and back to Jammis point. The packaging inside the PS3 box is not transport friendly in my opinion. If you shake the box the PS3 has a lot of lateral movement in there and if handled roughly I reckon parts could be shaken loose no problem ie disc drive failures. I know that is no explanation for the firmware issue but could explain other failures.

Good post fella, my mom is bringing mine back next week and i called her to ensure she insulates the box as well as package it securely.