Critical PS3 internal clock error and its aftermath
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Seriously, we should consider 2/28 a PS3 holiday. PS3 developers go on vacation while the the dev kits shut down for a day automatically. Then we all count down to the next day. That GAF thread is so funny.
I think we still need a patch of some sort.
We basically conclude that PS3 can "time travel". With that, I think Kutaragi has delivered all his claims. v_v
I think we still need a patch of some sort.
We basically conclude that PS3 can "time travel". With that, I think Kutaragi has delivered all his claims. v_v
/draeneilaugh
Dammit man, I've had a seriously crappy day (for reasons unrelated to the PS3 issues) and you have to say something like that to screw it all up? Hehe, thanks. Had a good laugh there.
And yea, my phat unit is working fully again. Dunno what Sony did - if anything - but it works...
/draeneilaugh
Dammit man, I've had a seriously crappy day (for reasons unrelated to the PS3 issues) and you have to say something like that to screw it all up? Hehe, thanks. Had a good laugh there.
And yea, my phat unit is working fully again. Dunno what Sony did - if anything - but it works...
Didn't have to do anything.
Just let the internal PS3 clock roll over to 2010/03/01 from the nonexistant 2010/02/29 then the PS3 OS will work fine again.
deathindustrial
Regular
Don't know if it is fair to say that it just "works". The date is still wrong, mine says it is February 28th instead of March 1st and that is obviously not the case. Who knows what ramifications this will have as far DRM issues go.
Cheers
Cheers
Just sync with the Internet time servers again. GAF people have already done that. If you have time to waste, try the GAF thread here:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=388872
I hope they archive the thread.
EDIT:
... and I just turned on my office PS3. 16 people online on my friends list.
london-boy is still playing R&C: Tools of Destruction (since like last night ?).
He didn't barge from the meltdown.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=388872
I hope they archive the thread.
EDIT:
... and I just turned on my office PS3. 16 people online on my friends list.
london-boy is still playing R&C: Tools of Destruction (since like last night ?).
He didn't barge from the meltdown.
ShadowRunner
Veteran
Next year is gonna be funny!
Next year is gonna be funny!
Probably not, since last year was fine. It appears tha the internal clock sets leap years to once every 2 years, leading to this year's problem.
It should happen 4 years from now if they don't fix it, since two years later is a proper leap year, and I suppose they will.
Sony advises against PS3 use. One for the history books
Glad for Sony it fixed itself. If only they had invented a machine before this to turn the massive relief at Sony HQs into energy, then all energy problems would be sorted
Glad for Sony it fixed itself. If only they had invented a machine before this to turn the massive relief at Sony HQs into energy, then all energy problems would be sorted
ShadowRunner
Veteran
I just ment in terms of people waiting to see nervously like the millenium bug or something, i doubt we will see any more of this issue now known to Sony.
This will become a yearly event no doubt, even if Sony announce they fixed it with a firmware update.
I'm just thinking for people whose PS3 model suggest they should be affected and yet weren't, may be the internal clock was reset at some point for unknown reason. In that case, your day of APOCALPS3 may still come at a later date if Sony doesn't fix it before then.
While I'm not a GAF member, I have to say the thread over there is truly epic and funny.
While I'm not a GAF member, I have to say the thread over there is truly epic and funny.
I love the over reaching in PunchJump's "news"...
http://news.punchjump.com/article.php?id=9670
The funny thing is they were serious. LOL They need to stick to just their games deals posts instead of inventing news.
Tommy McClain
http://news.punchjump.com/article.php?id=9670
The funny thing is they were serious. LOL They need to stick to just their games deals posts instead of inventing news.
Tommy McClain
I'm amused by the whole experience to be honest. I've not seen anything quite like this in consumer electronics before, though studying Computer Science you'd hear similar stories on a much larger scale financially (e.g. leaving out a semicolon in some simple bit of code means your satellite overshoots Mercury and you lose a few hundred million dollars).
It does make me a little wary on what is going to happen in 5-10 years when internal batteries start dying on these machines. No more games at all, including disc-based games?
It does make me a little wary on what is going to happen in 5-10 years when internal batteries start dying on these machines. No more games at all, including disc-based games?
Surely this was already known chip errata beforehand, considering Zunes and other devices have been hit by similar problems in the past. One has to wonder why Sony wasn't more proactive in fighting this matter. This is gonna cost them, in badwill and hard cash as well.
Stupid, really.
Yap ! Will cost them dearly in marketing. They will somehow need to plug a hole in their process.
But you gotta admit it's rather cool to fix this without patching the PS3s though. I expected the PSN to suffer congestion when all the PS3s came alive at once too. But it didn't happen. Pretty impressive.
But you gotta admit it's rather cool to fix this without patching the PS3s though. I expected the PSN to suffer congestion when all the PS3s came alive at once too. But it didn't happen. Pretty impressive.
I'm surprised this is a problem in the first place.