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Sony Explains What Went Wrong with Firmware 2.4

By Mark Wilson on July 9, 2008 at 1:08 AM

PlayStation 3 firmware 2.4 bricked a few systems, was eventually pulled and then, today, got rereleased as firmware 2.41. Hooray!! But wait a second…what exactly went wrong with 2.4 in the first place? Sony has gone on the record with an official explanation:



The PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) system software version 2.41 is now available for update from July 8, 2008. With this update, we have fixed the problem that prevented a limited number of PS3s from activating properly after updating to version 2.40, when certain system administrative data were contained on the HDD…

…We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused you and appreciate your understanding and continued support.

Damn that system administrative data! It gets us every time. [ThreeSpeech]

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  • Dav[e]tech
    July 9, 2008 at 8:42 AM

    thats all good and well but the 2.4 update and even the 2.41 update has broken UPNP on the server, well at least connecting to a server running elgato’s eyeconnect over wireless, something i have had set up for the last 6 months.

    fix it please.

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