DON'T TURN ON YOUR PS3 - Page 3

Melfice · 03-01-2010, 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Hawk

So er, what exactly's happened? I would read either/or of those articles, but then someone mentioned about one of them being possibly virus ridden too, so I dare not touch either. I want details people; How, when and what?

Specifically, What is the problem, How serious is it, When did this occure?

What: Most anybody using a "Fat" PS3 is unable to log into the PSN and some games will not load at all due to this. Current theories say that this has to do with the PS3's internal calendar.
How (serious): Well... You've got a �300 machine that doesn't do one of it's main functions.
When: February 28th, carrying on today (March 1st). Nobody knows how long it'll take, though Sony's saying they're working on fixing it.

The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk · 03-01-2010, 06:15 AM

Oh so it's just stopping people logging in then? And it's been doing it for 2 days already? And only affects older models?

Well seeing as I spent those last 2 days playing online and downloading stuff on the store I'm guessing I'm safe. I thought this was some sort of "connect to the internet and your machine DIES/EXPLODES/DELETES ALL YOUR SHIT", kinda things.

Over reacting thread title is over reacted.

Meister · 03-01-2010, 06:23 AM

Bad news guys, I just poked around the admin CP and it seems the hacker virus has spread to this thread via the links. Basically if you've read this thread, there's a good chance your PS3 has the bug now. Sorry.

Viridis · 03-01-2010, 07:18 AM

Relevant from reddit:

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This is not about games not working because the PlayStation Network going down - this is a firmware/corruption problem. PS3s including mine are resetting the date/time and corrupting some Themes (seems to be dynamic ones only), and my Wipeout HD has oddly reverted to the trial version. This is also happening to PS3s that have not been connected to the internet for months.
Of course if the firmware wasn't at fault and the PSN was just down you could still play Heavy Rain etc., but there is something more at fault here (doesn't make it any less shitty, mind you).

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In plain English: When Sony programmed certain models of PS3, it put in faulty code that said "In 2010, February has 29 days." ... which isn't true, and will generally fuck up all sorts of time-related things, like: network communications, timestamps for achievements, figuring out if something has expired, etc.
What will be the most interesting is seeing how Sony will attempt to fix this since the severity of the bug actually keeps people off PSN.
.. How the hell will they pass out a firmware update to correct this if the consoles can't even get online?
This is going to cost them quite a bit of money to correct (if they have to mail physical discs) and I wouldn't be surprised to see a class action lawsuit come out of it.

I'm inclined to believe the leap year thing, given the timing.

The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk · 03-01-2010, 07:56 AM

Yeah seems to be a Millenium Bug type issue, only this one actually happened. Can't you just reset the date on the console though?

bluestarultor · 03-01-2010, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Hawk

Yeah seems to be a Millenium Bug type issue, only this one actually happened. Can't you just reset the date on the console though?

That doesn't work.

BitVyper · 03-01-2010, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Meister

Bad news guys, I just poked around the admin CP and it seems the hacker virus has spread to this thread via the links. Basically if you've read this thread, there's a good chance your PS3 has the bug now. Sorry.

I heard it can spread to your microwave now. My friend's friend's vacuum cleaner died yesterday, and he owns a PS3.

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I thought this was some sort of "connect to the internet and your machine DIES/EXPLODES/DELETES ALL YOUR SHIT", kinda things.

I remember way back when I played PSO on Dreamcast, people had built up hackers into beings of mythic legend. At one point I was told that a hacker could cause your Dreamcast to spin the disk so fast that it would overheat and slag the system. And this was generally accepted by the population at large.

It was stupid, but it sure made calling the wannabes out fun.

Professor Smarmiarty · 03-01-2010, 09:11 AM

I was thinking about buying a ps3 and now the right side of my brain is gone.

BitVyper · 03-01-2010, 09:19 AM

Well I say it was.... hacked off *puts on shades*

YYYYYYYEEEEEEEAAAAA-BSOD *shades fall off*

My pun! My pun was HACKED!

The hackers have gotten to The Who!

**Satan's Onion** · 03-01-2010, 09:45 AM

The hackers have gotten into our literature! I just picked up a copy of P.G. Wodehouse's How Right You Are, Jeeves that had been laying on my bed the last time I read this thread, and all the words in it had been changed to leetspeak and pictures of boobs!

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03-01-2010, 09:45 AM	#30
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03-01-2010, 06:23 AM	#23
Meister Pure joy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 10,689	Bad news guys, I just poked around the admin CP and it seems the hacker virus has spread to this thread via the links. Basically if you've read this thread, there's a good chance your PS3 has the bug now. Sorry.

03-01-2010, 09:11 AM	#28
Professor Smarmiarty Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: K-space Posts: 9,758	I was thinking about buying a ps3 and now the right side of my brain is gone.