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So far this is the best theory right now.


Here's what's going on right now: something with the PS3's internal clock has borked in some pre-slim models. This is not a PSN issue; it has to do with your PS3's clock. This clock is NOT related to the OS clock. It seems to be a leap year bug. Setting your clock ahead will do nothing. All PS3s around the world were affected at the exact same time.

Does this affect me?

-If you have a Slim PS3, you're good to go. Continue playing it as normal.
-If you have a "fat" PS3, you may be affected. Some fat PS3s have worked ok, but it seems a good majority have been bugged.

What does this bug mean?

-If affected, your date and time has been set to a random past date. This prevents you from signing into PSN, playing any PSN games, or using any DLC. Your trophies will also not display correctly or be able to sync.

How do I fix it?

-You can't. Even if you don't sign into PSN, it won't help. This is a hardware issue.

So, what do I do?

-Wait 24 hours. Other products that have had similar bugs have corrected themselves after the "bugged" day. On Monday around 8pm central time, all PS3s will automatically correct themselves...maybe.

-If that doesn't work, we'll need a firmware update from Sony, which should be a pretty important priority for them right now.

Did I lose my data/themes/etc?

Your save data/games/dlc/themes are fine. They'll be fixed when the PS3 is fixed. Trophies are uncertain right now, but they'll be fine if you've synced them before the PS3 was bugged. Unsynced trophies are an unknown right now.

If I have a bugged PS3, can I still use it?

It's probably not a good idea, as I have no idea what will happen to the trophies you earn during the bugged time. Movies/media will work fine.

Was I the first to have this fucking problem considering I've been bitching about it since Wednesday (see other post)? Did I cause it?! lol

trendon wrote:Was I the first to have this fucking problem considering I've been bitching about it since Wednesday (see other post)? Did I cause it?! lol

your last name will be appropriate if true

my clock is stuck on 12/31/1999......

I just bought Dantes Inferno.. it downloaded the 1.01 update but when I was abou tto start it said loading trophies and then told me to exit game....

I also have two themes that show as corrupted data

This sucks....I will be honest I could give a fuck less about my trophies etc...Just let me get online to play games...and not to sound like a dick but I won't be paying anything to get this fixed will I????

tig5165 wrote:This sucks....I will be honest I could give a fuck less about my trophies etc...Just let me get online to play games..

no shit, who cares about trophies.

Year 2000 bug strkes 10 years late.

They've said it's Leap Year related, but I find that hard to believe since this isn't a Leap Year.

We'll see if it is fixed by tonight like they claim.

dakshdar wrote:They've said it's Leap Year related, but I find that hard to believe since this isn't a Leap Year.

We'll see if it is fixed by tonight like they claim.

It's looking like somehow the PS3 was programmed to believe that 2010 was a Leap Year ... but since of course its not, Feb. 29, 2010 was not included as a date in the PS3, so when it tried to jump to a date that was not in the PS3, that's what sent it to the 99 date.

I may just not turn my on at all until Tuesday, just to be safe.

Funny thing is that if it was this date thing then why didn't it happen at midnight? I played some MW2 for most of the early part of the day with some friends and when I tried to get back on later in the day is when it happened to me and them.

Mtwasik wrote:I may just not turn my on at all until Tuesday, just to be safe.

Pretty sure that doesn't matter since the PS3 has an internal clock.

Frankie7512 wrote:Funny thing is that if it was this date thing then why didn't it happen at midnight? I played some MW2 for most of the early part of the day with some friends and when I tried to get back on later in the day is when it happened to me and them.

Probably some kind of international date line thing. I guess it might be interesting to check when it started yesterday relative to when the first part of the world changed to March 1st.

Their overall system probably runs on GMT.

They are saying it started at 6:00 pm last night which there is a clock somewhere that hit march 1 2010 last night at 6:00 pm

ajalves wrote:

tig5165 wrote:This sucks....I will be honest I could give a fuck less about my trophies etc...Just let me get online to play games..

no shit, who cares about trophies.

jsence does

kdog36 wrote:They are saying it started at 6:00 pm last night which there is a clock somewhere that hit march 1 2010 last night at 6:00 pm

Maybe if it was 6 pm CST that it shifted, since CST is 6 hours behind GMT, but this assumes they're running their stuff on GMT.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/03/ ... rk-status/


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Hoos wrote:

Mtwasik wrote:I may just not turn my on at all until Tuesday, just to be safe.

Pretty sure that doesn't matter since the PS3 has an internal clock.

See, my idea was actually had a good idea - Latest word from Sony

"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."

Must be a hell of a Monday at the playstation HQs.

I care about trophies

Dolemitesooner wrote:I care about trophies

out of curiousity, why?