Sony Bring on v2.43 Firmware quickly as 2.42 is all Messed Up

Bosh, flimshaw. I haven't had a hitch since installing 2.42, neither has any of my friends. We are probably dealing with a hoax put together by xbox owners.

well actually its not of the firmware.. i have blueray bricked caused by 2.35 if i remember correctly but still its damn annoying :(

I have asked around as well and i haven't had any issues my self and none of my buddies have. I dont think its a hoax as much is its just some peoples ps3 are messing up and there looking for an excuse. I could be wrong and i would think sony would have these issues resolved soon if there were issues with the 2.42... I do feel for those that have lost there ps3 do to the past updates tho... If that is the case.

i havent have any problems @ all with any of the updates [i got the ps3 that came with MGS4]

My bluray got bricked during a game loading process. They wanted a 150 bucks to fix it. I hope they offer free service to people to got their bluray drives messed up during the update process. I really dont feel like paying 1/3 of a ps3 just to fix one.

I am glad that I did not update to 2.42. This is getting to be a serious matter. Right now, Sony is even worse than Microsoft, IE Red Ring of Death (RROD). At least Microsoft accepted the RROD responsibility. Now that PS3 is heading in the general direction and it is even worse. PS3 Firmware updates keep coming out weekly and if you mess it up, Sony will not pick up the cost.

Come on, Sony, how often do I flash the firmware to my VAIO laptop? The answer is NONE!!

I think my best bet is now the Wii. At least they did not force you to update the firmware to go online.

Yeah but its not like your programs are stored in flash. Pretty much that is what a firmware update for the ps3 is. But I think that the 360 was way worse. If you research it Microsoft has lost over a billion dollars due to repairing 360's after gettin the rrod. And it was caused by numerous reasons like (certain game bugs, overheating, and os bugs) The ps3 is just being hit by bugs in the os.

YES!! Pan0k .... the "force" update sucks me too ... :mad:

like many people before have said, i updated my ps3 with the new firmware and everything is ok. i think someone made a valid point of saying that people are just looking for excuses and they think its the firmware because of what happened with the 2.40 update.

sony do take responsibility when its clearly their fault, them pulling the 2.40 and saying sorry is the first example i would give, also they helped people out of the problem for free by formatting your hard drive.

at least the problems caused by the firmware are fixable unlike the problems at microsoft where you have to send in your xbox to get a new one which has the same problem.

I can't play any BD movies after the update... kinda sucks, waiting on that 2.43 update!

I agree with you that there are some people that uses the excuse of the updating for ps3 problems. i have the system since the launching and did all the updates at the day they were released. nothing wrong until now.

I believe that the problem with the updates are because of the complexity of the firmware installation. If you look at flash dumps you will see each dump is different due to the firmware being "paired" to the hardware. I think because of this some people encounter small problems. What I think sony should do to help combat this is to release not just a firmware update but also a cumulative update that installs just everything over again. This might help fix the bluray issue since most people see their drive work but the ps3 doesn't read the discs. (to me sounds like a driver is missing.)

As soon as I updated all of my streaming avi's wouldent play. was the wierdest thing ever i even changed my media server and OS nothing.. it was on, so i put my finger on the power button till it turned off then a quick on then off again let it sit then on voila magic!

its just pickey i guess. hope this helps with anyone's problem.

Every firmware update contains the entire firmware. Unlike the 360 which uses incremental updates, the PS3 has never done partial updates.

I know that the updates contain all the previous updates but I think the update should include some of the things that come default with the ps3 and basically are never touched through an update process. Things like the drivers for the bluray drive. Basically that is what I am missing because the drive still detects the discs but the ps3 can't seem to gather data.

if there would be any general bug in this update, i'm sure sony already would have stepped back, like they did with 2.40, relax and have a little patience and they'll fix those issues (if there are any issues, maybe there are only excuses, like others said)

well I hope that they do one of two things. One create a new firmware update that doesn't have the bug and a fix for people who were affected by the bug. Or fix our ps3 without billing us.

ok I just found some new info in the playstation official board. (sorry if you wanted me to add this to my previous post but I don't seem to see an edit button)

One user reported that his ps3 stopped reading discs after applying the recent 2.42 update. He opened his console and I guess he saw that when the ps3 booted that the laser would not light up. So he ordered a replacement laser and installed it himself and after his console could read all disc formats again. (Except SACD)

"http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=ps3updates&thread.id=9361"

wow if this gonna happen with every new firmware its just making people think about not updating. $ony should be getting it right every time by now with the psp's numerous firmwares they should be pretty familiar with it.

im guessing this means don't update to the latest 2.42 and wait for the 2.43...

Please be kind enough to let us know if/when firmware 2.43 comes out if it fixes all your problems or if it fixes anything at all for you, would be nice to know if updates will kill our consoles at certain point.

well I took apart my ps3 about 3 hours ago (I know I am shocked as well) and found my laser doesn't light up at all. So I am gonna order a new one. Cost about 40 bucks. And it is a lot cheaper than 150 DOLLA! Dont tell me they pay the technicians a couple hundred dollars an hour cause it took me 6 minutes to take apart my ps3. So I guess a full laser replacement would take them like 20-25 minutes.

I dont know if you have access to another ps3 and if you can, but would be really interesting to see if swapping the lasers fixes the problem, and both ps3s work. And also see if the new laser works and what happens if you put the old one to see if it works again, or after a new firmware upgrade if it starts working again.

Im just curious to know if this is software related, my ps3 is working but I really am bugged by knowing a firmware upgrade can kill my console or part of it. I have become somewhat attached to my ps3 hahaha.

well I guess what you can do for future updates is to wait a few days after an update is released if any problems are reported don't download. I would say 4 days would be a good margin.

Yeah - but problem seems to be not in the actual code of the update but in the way the (mandatory) update performs the update of BD drive - it's quite prone to failing and thus any update even without any (major) bugs in it is effectively dangerous to your PS3 ... :(

Updating of firmware should be optional and this will reduce failed updates and bricked PS3 / BD drives ... ;)

I updated with USB and i have no problems @ all on my 60 GB. But it seems, that my mate has some :D

He couldn't read any BluRays. :p

Well as soon as psxboy gets restocked with the laser they used in the 20gb, 60gb, and 80gb models then I will order and let you know what happens after I install it.

You dont seem to get the point, at least my fear is that even though the firmware upgrades arent that buggy its the way they are installing thats killing some BD.

And what sucks the most is I use my ps3 mostly online so I need to install the firmware upgrades or else I cant play. I sure can wait 4 days after the firmware upgrade is released but anyway my ps3 can get killed and why will I have to wait 4 days to play MY PS3 and MY ORIGINAL GAMES. Fix your stuff Sony!

This was the reason I sold my 360, because RROD, I bought a PS3 thinking I wouldnt have this problems, at least the rate is not as high but seems like a gamble to me.

For those who have had their BD drives 'break' updating to 2.42, I'd be interested to know what version they updated *from*. If going from 2.40/1 to 2.42, then it's more likely to be either FUD-spreading, or a genuine hardware failure.

But for a machine going from an old firmware (1.80, for example) up to 2.42.. that's when I'd expect BD firmware to be flashed with a new version. Which could potentially break.

luckily i havent had any issues with 2.42, but im updating to 2.43 regardless just to be safe. I wonder how many people sony's just upset...

Well I am still waiting for the lasers to get in stock at psxboy. I hope they come in today or tomorrow seeing that it is the beginning of the week. Not sure if I am gonna go for express shipping though.

enit the new update is so fustrating because my headset stoped working :mad:

grr

well i updated from 2.30 to 2.35 and then got blue ray probs..

i think every update contains full firmware so you can update from 1.50 to 2.35 without a prob. it would be nice if sony could let user choose whether update all the files in file system or just replace the old packages like they are doing now XD

I'm using 2.42, can't see anything wrong with it.

mine works perfectly... maybe sony is putting out a new fw because of some bugs in it. :confused: