There have been numerous reports of PS3 system not working the way they should after installing the new update. That is a shame, considering that this was a great update. I have updated my system, and I haven’t had any problems, fortunately. Firmware 2.40 included ingame XMB, ingame messaging, trophies and more. Read more about the new features at molybda.com.
Joystiq reports that PS3 systems have been affected. People are not able to boot up their system properly. The only known solution is to take out the hard drive, format it, and then insert it. This should solve the problem, but the drawbacks are that you will lose all your save games, downloads and so on.
In this thread from the PlayStation message boards, people tell about their broken systems. Apparently the problems affects all PS3 versions. In response to the problems, Sony has taken the update down temporarily. They are working to find out what the problem is, and their are trying to find a solution. In the meantime, you will not be able to update to 2.40.
This is another good reason to back up your saved games and other files regularly.
» Firmware 2.41 out for PS3 - Lai Alexander on 10 Jul 2008 at 6:08 pm #
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