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Killing your phone's GSM buzz with ferrite beads {Engadget}
Aug 3rd 2008 12:30AM I have been dealing with this at work. I'm in the business of digitizing 16mm film. Problem is, our digitizer does not capture audio as well, so we are using another projector to capture audio, then sync the two together. Problem is, the 16mm projector we use for audio receives that GSM buzz from somewhere outside our office. I found the article on lifehacker that talked about this, but the problem is, even if I attached it to the speaker cables, the GSM buzz still comes through the audio output (unbalanced 1/4"). There are no cables that go to the output, it is wired directly into the sound board inside the projector. In a desperate attempt, I attached the ferrite beads to the cable coming out of the projector, but it didn't help. If anyone has any ideas, I'd love to hear them.
Firmware update 2.42 now available {PS3 Fanboy}
Jul 29th 2008 11:45PM I'm not touching this one for a week or so. Still jittery after 2.40 bricked my system.
Sony pulls 2.40 firmware update after reports of bricked PS3s {Engadget}
Jul 2nd 2008 10:17PM When the service rep I talked to tried to get me to pay $149 to get my console fixed, I wouldn't stand for it and explained to him how the firmware caused the problem, not my use of the system. When he insisted there was nothing he could do, I explained it to him again, thusly: "I shouldn't have to pay to fix something that Sony's software broke." Then I asked to speak to his supervisor. I never ended up talking to her, apparently the sales rep did it for me because when he came back he said they would fix it for free.
Two hours later I swapped the hard drive out for a new one and it is working fine now.
Sony pulls 2.40 firmware update after reports of bricked PS3s {Engadget}
Jul 2nd 2008 10:09PM Well, I did the hard drive swap thing, and it works, no problems (and what a damned easy process, I can't believe I didn't upsize my hard drive ages ago). The one thing that worries me a little is that the firmware is 2.40. I'm a little nervous that if I put whatever data on there that didn't agree with the firmware the first time, it is gonna fry the thing again. I guess we'll have to wait and see...
I'm gonna plug my old PS3 hard drive into my PC and see if I can't pull off the saved game data...
Eric Lempel talks more about 2.40 and PSN's 'leap forward' {PS3 Fanboy}
Jul 2nd 2008 8:09PM Thanks for that link rjhubs. I'm one whose had 2.40 problems and PS3 Fanboy has certainly let me down by not covering the issue. It's like, "Move along, nothing to see here." I think I'm done with this site. Posters such as you have done more to help me out than PS3 Fanboy itself.
Sony pulls 2.40 firmware update after reports of bricked PS3s {Engadget}
Jul 2nd 2008 6:41PM Just got off the phone with Sony. After telling me I had to pay for service because my PS3 was out of warranty, I explained to them that I would gladly pay for service if it was I who broke my console. I very calmly outlined how it was Sony who broke my console, and so they should pay for it. The guy tried his hardest to make money for Sony, but after asking to talk to his supervisor, he got back on the phone with me and said that they would do a "good will gesture" or some bullshit like that. Anyway, they are fixing it for free. But since there's no warranty issue to deal with, I'm going to try the hard drive fix. I've got an old 40 gig lying around here. If it works, I'm going to buy myself a 160 and just do that. I've always wanted a bigger drive anyway. Losing game data isn't that big of a deal to me, either. I love all the games I own, so don't have a problem playing them all again. And again and again and again.
Sony pulls 2.40 firmware update after reports of bricked PS3s {Engadget}
Jul 2nd 2008 5:15PM Go to hell. All I did was allow the damn thing to install itself.
Sony pulls 2.40 firmware update after reports of bricked PS3s {Engadget}
Jul 2nd 2008 5:12PM Yep, it bricked mine. Everything seemed to be running fine until the system rebooted. It never got past those swirly things. XMB never came up and it would not allow a controller to connect. After leaving it running for about 10 mins, I decided to turn off the power. Upon powering back up, it didn't even get to the swirly things (is there a name for that?). It is not working at all.
Firmware 2.40 removed from update servers {PS3 Fanboy}
Jul 2nd 2008 5:02PM Yeah, this is great. But how about finding out from Sony what the hell has happened to those of us who installed 2.40 and got our consoles bricked? Sony is not giving any info out. How about working those contacts and finding out what the hell happened and if they're going to fix our consoles for us.
Last time I ever download a firmware upon release.
PS3 firmware 2.40 is live {Engadget}
Jul 2nd 2008 3:49AM You are not the only one.
This sucks.
