Another PS3 update, another round of complaints. It seems as if people on the official Playstation forums are having issues with discs not reading, games locking up, and fans blowing out of control under the recent 2.42 firmware update. We don’t know if it’s just uber-paranoid people who were burned by 2.40 or an actual problem that Sony will need to fix. What about you–any problems with the 2.42 update or are things just peachy? [Playstation.com]
Craig Mc
August 5, 2008 at 7:55 AM
I suspect the 2.40 update broke the media streaming feature. MediaLink, EyeConnect, and Twonky are all broken on my launch system with 2.42.
Otherwise it seems to be working fine.
Report Permalinkjoe L
August 5, 2008 at 8:03 AM
my ps3 dosent read disks since the 2.40 up date called sony said it would cost 150 to fix. im thinking of getting a 360 now that the price is about 250 on ebay.
Report PermalinkVinTheDean
August 5, 2008 at 8:57 AM
No Problems here.
Report PermalinkSean
August 5, 2008 at 4:53 PM
Yeah ive been having some problems with the network connection. It wont find my wireless home router even though my computer 2 meters away is working fine.
Report Permalinkgeorge
August 6, 2008 at 2:50 AM
yeah my ps3 3 wont play high velocity bowling or let me install pro evo soccer 2008 and i cant use my xmb in game any more all since 2.42 i never had any bother with the 2.40 but this time its went all weird
Report Permalinkbickshade
August 7, 2008 at 9:48 AM
why is Sony deliberately screwing up ps3′s?…so u will buy another one of course …do u REALLY think the last 2 updates were an accident?…
Report Permalinkda
August 7, 2008 at 1:39 PM
I am suddenly having problems playing some blu-ray movies such as American psycho just locks up after the intro
Report PermalinkMattG
August 10, 2008 at 1:02 AM
This just happened to me this morning. I update my version to 2.42 and rebooted. At that point, the system seemed to be okay. When I inserted a disk I got an error. After the error, no disks are seen by the system. I have a PS3 / 40GB
Report PermalinkRamSys
August 19, 2008 at 7:47 PM
Since I made the update to 2.42 my PS3 freezes, in games and XMB as well. Contacted support and they told me to send it in and wait for 5-7 weeks for a replacement. Next time, before updating the fw, I’ll wait several weeks and check the forums first.
Report Permalinkcoromba
August 20, 2008 at 4:56 AM
The only thing I can add here is that you should not play Fifa08 PS3 version on your PS3 after you have done the 2.42 patch installation. It started where I last the sound after a penalty, and than I got a black screen, and than it was over. No discs at all can be read (PS3, PS2), and I am trying to get the helpdesk on the phone to know what to do. Should I wait for 2.43 ?
Report Permalinkpointdexler
September 7, 2008 at 4:17 AM
Yes, I am having this problem right after 2.42. while playing COD4 or any games, the sound will go off partly then completely… you can still continue to play the games until you quit… you will get a blank screen and it will stay there forever… when you want to power off, you hear the 3 beeps….after you reboot your PS3, the blu-ray cannot read any games disc
Report Permalinksle_epy
September 7, 2008 at 9:12 PM
my ps3 wont read any discs anymore either. just tried a full system restore (which took like almost 3 hours). did not work, only just got my ps3 from the bravia promo as well….SUCKS!!!
Report PermalinkGregg
October 5, 2008 at 3:46 AM
The day 2.42 came out my Blu Ray discs would freeze at random points. I checked 10 discs all with the same result. I later updated to 2.43 with no improvement. I preformed every fix 3+ times with no result.
This morning I called customer service. I was told since my warranty is out of date, I would have to pay $150 to get it fixed. I had my call escalated to James (48408) who stated there is no problem with the firmware, I’m just unlucky. After insisting for and hour and a half that my system be fixed for free, the CSR hung up on me.\
Not being one to quit, I called right back. I was told that James was the only senior staff on site, I said I was fine speaking to him again. After being put on hold for 45 min+ I spoke with Mike Folden, James’ boss. He told me that he just stopped in quickly – which of course must be true, plenty of CSR’s stop in to work on a weekend just for fun.
Mike gave me the same line, there is no firmware problem, pay up or hang up. I let Mike know that I am aware that many people are having this same problem, and that two of my relatives have experience the same problem with the system being out of warranty in addition to many others on this forum. I let Mike know that others have had their fee waived. He denied this, stating that they never waive the fee, ever.
Calling on my past CSR experience, I asked him to run a quick check on specific case numbers which show that they have in fact waived this fee for many people with this specific problem. He stated this was not possible.
At this point I told him how to look it up on the system he was using, he said ‘well I could do that, but I am not going to’. I asked him why he would not bother to look up two simple case files to prove me wrong, he got very angry.
He very quickly told me that I would get a call back in 3-5 days, and hung up on me mid sentence.
Anyone else have problems like this?
I refuse to give up, I will not pay a penny for a system that they busted.
Report Permalinkbluebear5
October 22, 2008 at 8:26 AM
similar prob just with techno colors at ps3 menu. same version but if someone knows my prob is something else email me at blue-bear-5@live.com. thanks
Report PermalinkJade in San Francisco
November 11, 2008 at 5:37 PM
I own a 60GB model that had firmware version 2.41 installed and I had yet to have any issues with performance and stability. I recently purchased Fallout 3 and was very much excited about playing the third installment of what has been a great set of games. When I put in the game a dialog box came up and told me that I would have to update my firmware in order to play Fallout 3. Instead of updating me to the newest firmware release, which is version 2.5, it upgraded me to version 2.42! I was not connected to the internet. This new title had an outdated firmware update preloaded on the disc!! After the system rebooted and the game was launched it wasn’t even 2 minutes into game play until the game froze and crashed. It’s been all downhill from there. Every time I boot up, the system crashes when I get to the XMB. 2.42 bricked my PS3.The viral code that was insidiously written into the firmware update has permeated throughout the system and corrupted both the system software and hardware. It doesn’t read discs, stops working after booting up, fails to respond to a hard reset request, crashes after formatting, etc.. I contacted Fallout 3 publisher Bethseda to inquire as to why they would have an outdated firmware version preloaded on a new release. What their position apparently is is that they had no reason to believe that users would experience any problems as Sony, who writes the code for the firmware updates, had not issued any formal statement acknowledging flaws with this firmware. This is what some people refer to as “plausible deniability”. Since they (Bethseda) don’t write the code for the firmware, they can’t be held responsible for what it does to certain PS3 models. I find it troubling that they are comfortable allowing their games to serve as a Trojan horse for a corrupt firmware update. I contacted Sony and after numerous failed attempts to troubleshoot this I went ballistic after learning that since I don’t have my original purchase receipt, they want me to fork over $150 to pay for their fuck up. Everything that happened to Greg happened to me. Their policy basically says that if you install their software, and it fucks up your system, that they are not liable for it. This is an egregious violation of any ethical standards that exist. Of course this is to be expected because corporations have no soul, they only care about their bottom line. I’m having a hard time verbalizing how incredibly pissed off I am right now.
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