PS3 Firmware 2.42 Causing Problems?
August 5th, 2008 Posted in Hardware, PlayStation 3, Update
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.
August 5th, 2008 at 8:42 pm
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August 11th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
I think there’s a direct correlation with updating the firmware to screwing up the system of PS3s. And being in the Philippines, I’m not covered by the warranties enjoyed by other countries. Even the Sony Service Centers here are not authorized to honor the warranties. Which really sucks. There are a lot of undeniable instances where updating the firmware via internet damages the unit. It can’t be just a coincidence that my PS3 broke down(can’t ready any disc) right after I installed this 2.42 update (I haven’t even played yet). I looked around the internet and it didn’t happen just to me. Shouldn’t Sony do something about this?
oh, and by the way, My unit is only 2 weeks old. I haven’t even played 2 levels of metal gear solid 4 yet.
I made some searching in various website and it is conceivable that updating the PS3 firmware has the risk of damaging the lens. No idea why though.
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:38 pm
Its true the firmware update 2.42 will destroy Ps3 hardware, my system was maybe a month old when the new firmware destroyed my system. This system I have isn’t the first Ps3 that I’ve had killed by firmware and my original has been replaced and I will be on number 3.