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[mrmarioman]

rockstar just said that firmware 3.61 is causing older ps3 models to freeze and overheat (ylod) when playing L.A NOIRE!!

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We have received some reports of PS3s overheating while playing L.A. Noire or beeping three times before shutting down/turning themselves off, mostly on older 60GB and 80GB fat models.

Primary reports seem to be that updating to firmware 3.61 will cause PlayStations to overheat. There have been various reports of this on a few different games now, all reporting their PS3s turning off or "Red Lighting" after having installed 3.61. This can range from games randomly freezing to PS3s turning off anywhere between 30 mins use to 2 hours. We have confirmed locally that multiple games (Rockstar and non-Rockstar) overheat or freeze only when 3.61 is installed.

At this time we are recommending contacting Sony directly to report the overheating issue. However, this is not the end of our support; we are continuing to test L.A. Noire on all firmware versions and hardware models to isolate the issues and see what can be done. As always, we will update this article as soon as we have updates.

We have received some reports of PS3s overheating while playing L.A. Noire or beeping three times before shutting down/turning themselves off, mostly on older 60GB and 80GB fat models.

http://support.rockstargames.com/entries/20127883-ps3s-shutting-themselves-off-while-playing-l-a-noi...

[eltonkev]

@ mrmarioman  rockstar have removed this story

[McNeilio]

how the hell can a firmware cause overheating exactly ????

[mrmarioman]

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McNeilio escribió:
how the hell can a firmware cause overheating exactly ????

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i dont know man i just read it and freaked out! hope its not true, but why would rockstar say something like this?!!

[ashman123]

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Worstedorphan wrote:

After getting la noire, I am highly disappointed. I had the game pre-ordered before psn went down for the extra case mission. Well, guess what? I wont be able to use the code till psn store is back up. When is the store coming back? Next year?

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The name of this post doesn't make sense, it needs to be changed to:

a) Totally disgraceful.

b) Total disgrace.

And they say GCSE's aren't getting easier.

[Mulletino]

I guess if you were worried about the security loopholes created by the old PS3s and their "Other OS" feature, that would be a good way to kill them off.

(Just stiring up the conspiricy theorists)

[BiosNova]

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Neoteam1 wrote:

It will probley take them a year to figure out whats wrong like when ps3 first launch it took them 2 year to figure out how to get the ps3 pal compatible.

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lul wut? Fail post is fail

[drmorris79]

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McNeilio wrote:
how the hell can a firmware cause overheating exactly ????

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Firmware updates cause all sorts of problems - http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6314530.html?tag=newsticker%3Bheadline%3B1

I updated my very first Xbox 360 (The first batch of white ones/heaps) after being off line for a few months, it was when the new and improved XBM came in, after it had updated to the crap I didnt want it utterly fried the graphics chip in it. I wasnt very happy at the time but looking back it was a god send to be honest. The crud machine kept scratching discs left right and centre.

[x-shaney-x]

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eltonkev wrote:

@ mrmarioman  rockstar have removed this story

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Yes, I wonder if they either realised they were wrong or Sony have threatened them with some legal activity.

Sony have enough problems I think without Rockstar putting that info up which, to my knowledge, has not undergone any "proper" testing or is proved in any way.

In fact wasn't their some bad feelings going on a couple of weeks ago with Rockstar and Sony?

Not to mention Rockstar pointing out how much the PSN downtime has cost them financially.

[InfiniteStates]

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mrmarioman wrote:

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McNeilio escribió:
how the hell can a firmware cause overheating exactly ????

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i dont know man i just read it and freaked out! hope its not true, but why would rockstar say something like this?!!

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Because blaming Sony is easier/cheaper than admitting you cocked up your code?