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PS3 firmware 2.40 is live
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var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/playstation/PS3_firmware_2_40_is_live'; Yeah, that's right -- you can get it right now. In game XMB, trophies... the whole nine. Why are you still reading this?

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Author: Joshua Topolsky
Category: firmwarefirmware 2.40firmware updateFirmware2.40FirmwareUpdateplaystation 3Playstation3ps3xmb
Publish Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:02:00 EST
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Source: Engadget
Description: Engadget

Extra feature of 2.40: BRICKSTATION 3

Good job I hadn't got around to updating it before finding out that a bunch of people have had the update brick their playstations

Whoopsy.
Is there no recovery console? I know PSP only has one with CFW, but it seems like a logical thing to have as firmwares get bigger and more complex.
Hell, even my Zen has a recovery mode for if firmware fucks up.

Stoat wrote:Hell, even my Zen has a recovery mode for if firmware fucks up.

haha and yeah thank god it does, I've already had to use it on mine because it just kinda locks up at times when it's plugged in and there's no other way to make it usable again except using the reset button.

deject wrote:haha and yeah thank god it does, I've already had to use it on mine because it just kinda locks up at times when it's plugged in and there's no other way to make it usable again except using the reset button.

Mine locked up after a few hours play when I first got it (to the point where I'd carry a paper-clip in my wallet so I could reset it), but after a firmware update it's been solid.

I'm lolling at the Official Playstation Forums thread linked in the post. Everyone with a problem is being accused of trolling.

There's some fun/creative damage control going on as well. I read a <s>nice</s> retarded story about hackers hijacking some of the downloads and forcing malicious programs in place of the firmware

They seem to be suggesting [When not suggesting the people with problems are from Microsoft] that the load on the Sony servers caused firmware downloads to finish without being complete... but surely it would run some sort of hash check on the file before running it? That's just common sense...

Stoat wrote:They seem to be suggesting [When not suggesting the people with problems are from Microsoft] that the load on the Sony servers caused firmware downloads to finish without being complete... but surely it would run some sort of hash check on the file before running it? That's just common sense...

Yes, you would have to assume that any update system would make sure all the data was received before moving on. Rocket science it is not.

My update worked fine and I did it via wireless, which a lot of people are blaming the problem on...

TezzRexx wrote:My update worked fine and I did it via wireless, which a lot of people are blaming the problem on...

Yeah, from the posted "solutions" it seems something is screwing the harddisk. If you can format the disk somehow you can boot properly.

Worked okay for me too. Pain did about ten updates, then worked too.

Was planning to take it to Wales me next week, but a lot of the downloaded games, like GT5 prologue don't work when not connected to the PSN and everyone knows there isn't any internets in Wales.

FatherJack wrote:GT5 prologue don't work when not connected to the PSN and everyone knows there isn't any internets in Wales.

Really?! I had no idea, I've not tried playing it without the internets. Then again I've not played it much at all...

Doesn't seem to be available now. I checked a few hours ago.

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http://www.5punk.co.uk/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=25186 will explain that