With the PS3’s latest firmware 2.42 just about a week old, problems are already starting to arise.

According to Kotaku, several members over at the Playstation forums are reporting that upon updating their precious console, it is no longer able to read discs, while others say after a few minutes of gameplay their drives are rendered useless.

A handful of users have noted that doing a system wide reset (see: delete all your game saves) has solved the problem with others saying it had no effect.

There is currently no official fix from Sony on this issue, but once there is we will keep you updated.

Tags: Hardware, PlayStation 3, Update