All PS3 Trophies

Post edited 4:54 am – 07/29/2010 by Tridon

First off, allow me to apologize in advance. This is going to be a rant… actually, no… not a rant. A rant doesn't even describe what I want this to be. This will be a full-on b!tchfest!

Also, I just want to say that whoever out there thinks that Firmware updates can't screw up your system (oh, and I know there's some of you out there), if you're going to come on here and make me even more angry after what I'm about to say, please refrain yourself. I'd appreciate it.

Okay, here it goes; so I updated my PS3 to version 3.41 yesterday (July 27th) like I'm sure so many of you did. At first, I didn't really notice any difference. I mean, did anything even change anywhere on the XMB or elsewhere? About a half-hour later is when I noticed the real difference.

I went on to the PS Store and it was running ridiculously slow all of a sudden. I thought it was just the network, but it continued throughout the day and the remainder of today. Tonight is where it really came down on me.

I just finished a television show and went to exit back to the XMB. It wouldn't let me. All that was allowed was the option to turn off my system. No big deal. I'll just restart it, right? Wrong. I hit the 'turn off' option and the screen went dark and the power light on my system started to flash a hundred miles an hour. I walked up to my system and held to the power switch to continue the restart but nothing would happen. It was frozen and flashing. Not wanting to turn the main switch off in the back of the system, I tried unplugging my unit from the wall.

When I restarted the system, I was told that my system had turned off wrong and then I was instructed on how to properly turn off a PS3 (thanks for the help on that one, Sony). I continued on only to have my system freeze again a half-hour later. No way was this happening again.

Same thing again; frozen and blinking green lights. Remembering that Sony and my PS3 did not like the way I tried to solve the problem last time, I decided to try the main switch on the back of the console. Click — click. Turn the power back on…

“Your system has received corrupted data. Restore of your PlayStation 3 is about to begin.” Oh, yeah… I knew exactly what this message meant. It meant that I was about to loose 350GB worth of saved memory off of my PS3 (I upgraded to a 500GB hard drive a couple years back). All fifty or so of my downloadable games, demos and videos were about to vanish. Hours upon hours of game saves were about to wave goodbye, too. Add on to that the hundreds of movies, television shows and CDs that I had saved on to my system. Yes, my night was/is officially ruined.

Now, I can't point my finger at Firmware update 3.41 and say, “Uh-huh… it was you!” No, no — can't do that. I have no proof. For all I know, it could've been anything. All I know is that was the last official change of anything that my system had received and it was after that that my PS3 decided to turn for the worse.

At the moment, my system is still restoring. It has been frozen at 48% for about 45 minutes now. How come? I have no idea. However, I do know that whenever my console eventually begins to work again, it will be a long, long week of anxiety-inducing downloading. Wish me luck… and good luck to you proud PS3 owners who have version 3.41.

Yeah, that's why I'm not blaming the firmware. Who knows what the problem may be? I do keep it in a well-ventilated area, though. It's on top of my entertainment unit away from rugs and compacted areas. I also dust it on a regular basis. Oh, and by the way… it's still stuck at 48% for restore.

just want to say Firmware updates can't screw up your system.

Sorry about what happened to your PS3 Tridon, I would raging right now if that were my PS3. Well if that ever happened to my old 80 GB that is,Cause I dont have nothing to lose in my PS3 Slim as of now.

I think your problem is not the PS3 itself but the Hard Disk Drive. Either it died or something must've triggered it to fail. If it doesn't completely restore in formatting,then the HDD is to blame and your gonna need a new one. I've seen reports of this happening throughout the PS Forums if you want to confirm it yourself.

Post edited 11:28 am – 07/29/2010 by I773D33MABL3

I had a similar problem with my original 60GB. The HDD corrupted and was completely inaccessible. I couldn't even get it to restore. 

It definitely wasn't the update that caused your problem as it would have just stopped working straight away. The slow down meant your console was having trouble retrieving info from the HDD or processing it once it was retrieved. 

I'd replace the HDD right away. Even if it restores there's no point leaving yourself in a position where you have to worry about it's reliability. You can get 350GB for dirt cheap so it wouldn't set you back too much.

You have my sympathies over the saved games. I've lost all of mine twice and I can tell you I'm now a big fan of back-ups on external drives.

XeroTheGreat said:

Great, I experienced exactly the same PS store issues last night. It was going pathetically slow, freezing every 5 seconds or so. I'm guessing you have a phat PS3, right?

Yeah, it's a phat system. I hope your system is okay, too.

redbren said:

Post edited 11:29 am – 07/29/2010 by redbren

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Can someone confirm to me what day the store updates? I though it was Tuesdays now?
My store hasn't updated since the 21st July. There's some new Uncharted 2 avatars coming out aswel so I am a little PO'd about this, another week I wouldn't even notice the store updating.

If memory serves correct, I believe the store is now updated every Tuesday in North America and Wednesdays everywhere else.

I know that some games don’t let you copy the save files individually but if you do a full system back-up then they should be copied along with everything else.
Are you saying that Rock Band doesn’t allow copying even then?

Post edited 11:49 pm – 07/29/2010 by Doc-B

Ahhhh… “Copy-protected” saves is it. Some people say you can, some people say you can't…

RB, along with more and more games these days, come complete with CP meaning that you use them on one Ps3. The save get encrypted with your Ps3's serial No. or something rendering them useless unless you use the same system… Problem being is that how do you remove your HDD without it being re-formatted? Well you can't, and that's where everyone gets pissed off with CP saves…

I can remember restoring my RB onto my Ps3 after a got it back from Sony… sure of it. But the problems are with people getting back diff. systems from Sony and as your not sending it away i think you could “back it up” then restore it… But i wouldn't risk it myself as I'm not 100% sure and i wouldn't want you to try it, lose your CP saves then hunt me down and kill me… You would have to back-up the whole system to try and see if this works or not as you can't transfer individual CP saves…

IMO – Find someone with a relatively new and empty Ps3, use the “transfer data” feature from the XMB and transfer your CP saves (along with all other save files) to it (like a safe). The CP saves will then delete automatically from the original machine. Buy a new HDD or whatever then repeat the process onto your new HDD. It wouldn't help with your DL'd stuff but your CP saves would be intact at least… Just remember to check the system your using as a “safe” doesn't have CP saves on it or trouble would arise as only one system would be able to have all the saves on it at one time!

A site with a list and of CP save games – http://www.ps3blog.net/2009/08…..n-the-ps3/

Gashead-64 said:

btw, how do u dust a ps3?

Do u take something off, I have never dusted mine.

You could either just run a vacuum cleaner along the fan holes, but if you wanted to give the system a proper dust, you'd have to actually open up the PS3 by taking the top off. You'd then use some canned air to blow the dust out.