Maverik Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 I plan to play AC and COD4 on my PS3 (if I get it after 10days). Do we need to update the console to play these games??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reaper Posted December 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 ^^ u cant play online without the latest firmware update 2.01 ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnackChap Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 Well, yes you can play online with firmwire 2.0.(without gohses) :tongue4: you cant play online without updating to 2.01. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reaper Posted December 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 bypass firmware check rolling back firmware update 1.60 to 1.50 too complicated .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ne0 Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 damn ! this sucks a*s....fw upgrades bricking systems - what the world has come to ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinitwins Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 http://www.ps3-hacks.com/2007/02/20/bypass...firmware-check/ rolling back firmware update 1.60 to 1.50 too complicated .... the firmware check bypass trick is an awesome find +500 to reaper. V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arun360 Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 ^^ what was that again?? When you have two fully functional PS3s and feel like selling one of them, I'd be very interested. Please do let me know first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 @reaper:i know its a long shot,can u try and use the system restore option!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reaper Posted December 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 nope no use .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 im sry bro!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixeljunkie Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 reaper, i own a ps3 myself and it just got bricked a few days back so the feeling's mutual. BR drive won't read any discs and this happened while playing COD4. now we both can do one of two things, 1)sit tight and wait for another f/w update from sony that resolves the issue or 2)fix it ourselves. now when COD4 screwd the BR drive what it did was screw the drive/spindle motor. i pulled apart the ps3 and tried everything to get the damn drive to read discs. well after i took apart the drive i realized the drive keys are stored on the logic board which is replaceable. the laser is just fine but the spindle motor i guess is burnt out. all that needs to be done is to switch the logic boards between the burnt drive and a spare drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khanak Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 So your sure that your drive is fried and its not just a software issue? The problem is only with those who have played COD4 right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixeljunkie Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 well from what i can make out the drive is fine actually. the drive is split into 4 main parts 1)optical unit 2)slot loading mechanism 3)logic board 4)drive/spindle motor the 1st 3 work just fine. the whole drive kinda works like this. when you load a disc, the slot loading mechanism sucks in the disc, mounts it onto the spindle and the optical unit resets its position under the inner side of the disc and then the spindle which is nothing but a brushless DC motor with stepper charcteristics rotates the disc in four steps to detect type and content of the loaded disc media. i can hear the motor trying to rotate the spindle due to 4 clicking sounds but it doesn't spin. and thats why the activity/reading/busy icon appears on the top righthand screen. well i'd suggest that everyone who is facing this problem wait until sony releases the next f/w that probably resets this motor. and when i say reset the motor i mean that i'm hoping sony built a failsafe mechanism into the drive to disable the motor, incase it was on the verge of exceeding a threshold rpm limit. sounds a bit farfetched but you never know. if not, then the only option left is to either replace the drive or the motor, both of which are tough. the motor is a nidec brushless dc motor and i haven't been able to find any spare parts on the internet. replacing a drive will be as big a headache as trying to replace the motor since we're located in india and it's tough talking down to those techies at the sony service center let alone doing our best to explain the situation to them. since the drive keys are located on the logic board(which i'm assuming), one can just swap logic boards between the faulty and spare drive. again i'm saying this because i read somewhere, someone had the same problem and replaced his 60gb BR drive with that from a 80gb model and it wouldn't work. it would read and detect but would just display a blank screen upon trying to load. plus the problem i guess is not just due to COD4 or just the f/w, but i have a feeling it's interelated between the two. people face the same problem in this descending order of games a)COD4 b)RFOM c) AC d)NFS PS. so it could be a problem with the media-ROM quality itself. maybe the initial batches were bad in terms of quality. also people with HK ps3 models are complaining the most. all of this adds up to a very confusing pic finally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jR dONKEY kONG Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 i think even i am getting warning signs from my ps3. happened in fifa08 only. i finish playing online, and then returned to the arena. after that i press the ps button and then choose "quit game" and choose yes to confirm. instead of quitting the game, the ps3 reboots . it has happened thrice and only today a few minutes ago. is it going the same way as what ppl say happened with some cod4 copies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinitwins Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 ^ welcome to the forums pixeljunkie one Q - if your assumptions are correct and the drive motor is indeed fried, a firmware fix by sony wont really help, will it? it might prevent others from facing this issue (by limiting the maximum motor speed), but not those already affected by the 'spin of death'... V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarketTantrik Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 ^^ "Spin of Death" :roflroll2: Priceless !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixeljunkie Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 lol i don't play any of those games so i think i'm fine. Btw 40GB NTSC/J "HK" PS3. still i wouldn take chances. stick to demos until the next f/w just to be on the safer side i think even i am getting warning signs from my ps3. happened in fifa08 only. i finish playing online, and then returned to the arena. after that i press the ps button and then choose "quit game" and choose yes to confirm. instead of quitting the game, the ps3 reboots . it has happened thrice and only today a few minutes ago. is it going the same way as what ppl say happened with some cod4 copies? your problems aren't the same as mine and reaper's but i have read that the gaame freezes result in completely bricking the ps3, welcome the yellow light of death ^ welcome to the forums pixeljunkie one Q - if your assumptions are correct and the drive motor is indeed fried, a firmware fix by sony wont really help, will it? it might prevent others from facing this issue (by limiting the maximum motor speed), but not those already affected by the 'spin of death'... V where's the rest of the welcoming party?!? anyways thanks vini hoping that sony would've built in a failsafe mechanism for turning off the motor incase it exceeded the threshold rpm value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverik Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 :) wtf.....I came back to Gi site after 2 days and read about the yellow lights of death....man whats going on with these companies ....I've just had a RRoD Xbox...somehow I managed to arrange some money and ordered a 40 GB PS3 from US...and now this problem. Sh****t. Plz can ne1 tell me that is thiss a hardware failure or just because of F/W update problem. Also I've ordered CoD4....should I play it or not????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarketTantrik Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 where's the rest of the welcoming party?!? anyways thanks vini hoping that sony would've built in a failsafe mechanism for turning off the motor incase it exceeded the threshold rpm value. Why dont you go to this thread and introduce yourself ? http://www.IndianVideoGamer.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinitwins Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 ^^ "Spin of Death" :roflroll2: Priceless !! Spin-of-Death ©®™ V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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