Sony PS3 GLITCH thousands affected - Dont turn on your machine yet

gaming_guy

inspace wrote: »

Is it me or was the last post from sony 12 hours ago - maybe I need to sign in but I too never got twitting

40mins if you look at the EU page:

http://twitter.com/PlayStationEU

donnajunkie

my 80gb was working fine when i had it on until after 2am last night. i was only watching a blu ray though. it hasnt been connected to the net or had a game on for over week.

inspace

well dont let curiosity get the better of you is my advice - me thinks lots of formatting on the way for some of us unlucky ones

inspace

Statement due any time now if you can get to read it that is

inspace

Taken from playstation twitter statement

As you may be aware, some customers have been unable to connect to the PlayStation Network today. This problem affects the models other than the new slim PS3.
We believe we have identified that this problem is being caused by a bug in the clock functionality incorporated in the system.

Errors include:

• The date of the PS3 system may be re-set to Jan 1, 2000.
• When the user tries to sign-in to the PlayStation Network, the following message appears on the screen; “An error has occurred. You have been signed out of PlayStation Network (8001050F)”.
• When the user tries to launch a game, the following error message appears on the screen and the trophy data may disappear; “Failed to install trophies. Please exit your game.”
• When the user tries to set the time and date of the system via the Internet, the following message appears on the screen; “The current date and time could not be obtained. (8001050F)”
• Users are not able to playback certain rental video downloaded from the PlayStation Store before the expiration date.

We hope to resolve this problem within the next 24 hours. In the meantime, if you have a model other than the new slim PS3, we advise that you do not use your PS3 system, as doing so may result in errors in some functionality, such as recording obtained trophies, and not being able to restore certain data.
As mentioned above, Please be advised that the new slim PS3 is not affected with this error. We are doing our best to resolve the issue and do apologise for any inconvenience caused.

gaming_guy

inspace wrote: »

well dont let curiosity get the better of you is my advice - me thinks lots of formatting on the way for some of us unlucky ones

The only known way to fix this (at the moment) is to strip the console down and leave the battery out for 5-10 mins.

It's a bug to do with the front panel system clock apparently

edit - If sony advise waiting 24hrs, who here thinks that sony are playing the waiting game and waiting for the clocks to roll over to the 1st of March?

inspace

Some think it may fix itself overnight with a date change but if its still a day behind I think not myself

inspace

Yes I think they are waiting but how many peeps are gonna start pressing buttons tonight formatting - resetting profiles - cleaning lenses ect ect the list is endless.

I just hope theres a good TV schedule tonite worldwide to keep all the PS3 junkies happy

inspace

Next leap year 2012 erm lets not go there lol

maxtweenie

inspace wrote: »

Some think it may fix itself overnight with a date change but if its still a day behind I think not myself

But it probably won't crash the system changing it manually from 1st March to 2nd March?