Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Technical Questions PS3 locked up while updating...

Thanks for the precision!

Doc, I absolutely hate the dust magnet finish and the overall look of the PS3 ... reminds me of something that should be in the kids room and not in an A/V equipment rack. But that's just me.

I wasn't a fan of the gloss finish, either. I prefer the matte black of the PS3 Slim. I haven't had anything to complain about regarding the performance of the PS3, though.

Yeah, I love my PS3 but hate the shiny black look.

Id much rather have the PS3 slim

Aw, the gloss black is my favorite. Matches my TV's surround, the face of my DVD player, and receiver, along with the base of my equipment stand.

Weekly dustings with Swiffer clothes keep everything shiny.

Oh, usually after a PS3 update, you have to power it on with the switch on the unit, not a wireless device.

Chris the issue wasn't trying to reboot after a system update, it kept locking up on the setup page for the update and it did turn off and back on using the on/off switch of the PS3 but would go right back to the setup page and lock up again, to get it unlocked from that particular page I had to use one of the hardwired controllers to cancel the setup ... I was initially trying to do that with the optional remote. For some reason (wireless router perhaps?) my PS3 would not accept the 3.21 system update so I just canceled the update altogether.

Did they get enough complaints to put back the "Other OS" option I heard they took away? I haven't run an update in a while and don't run Linux on it anyway, but that could be pretty annoying if it was something you wanted to be able to do.

The Other OS is gone in 3.21. I don't know if the pending law suits, the refunds in the UK, or the complaints will make Sony put it back at this point.

I kinda wish I had not upgraded to 3.21, but instead bought a Slim. I did use Linux on it from time to time. Keeping my old model for Linux and PS2 games would have been a good idea, and supplement it with a newer, quieter, cooler unit would be idea. Oh well.

Updates have been finicky lately for the PS3 and I'm reading about all sorts of horror stories in another tech news blog I sometimes frequent.

Luckily, my extreme procrastination for things not urgent still has my PS3 broken (BR laser dead) so I have not bothered to do any updates. I'll let them do that when I finally send it in for repairs.

I do miss watching BRs though. It's been broke since December.

Edit for a last minute thought:
So if you do decide to throw it in the pool, please send me your Blue Laser assembly first.

Maybe I'll just stay away from firmware updates for now. I'm mostly using it for just movies anyway.