Those PS4 brick things and all make me scared...
Why not opening a thread, with 2 groups: people who have a working PS4, people who have a bricked/hdmi problem, etc PS4? Then we can have a (little) idea of the purcentage of all this mess. I dunno if it's a good idea, I was just thinking about it now.
Poor Yoshida. He genuinely seems like he wants everyone to be happy.
I work at a best buy and out of the 250 we sold today we had 2 doa.
I work at a best buy and out of the 250 we sold today we had 2 doa.
Ouch. That is terrible. Come on, one day and 2 are dead already. This is unacceptable. And I was thinking that due to the low power processor and stuff we wouldn't have these kinds of problems.
It's also funny that some people were thinking this would happen with the XBone due to yield issues and so on.
Ouch. That is terrible. Come on, one day and 2 are dead already. This is unacceptable. And I was thinking that due to the low power processor and stuff we wouldn't have these kinds of problems.
It's also funny that some people were thinking this would happen with the XBone due to yield issues and so on.
Sony lied
It's 0,8%, not 0,4%
European Preorder cancelled
joking
Dude. Whatever the number is, this is with the console out for ONE DAY. Think about it.
Just out of curiosity, since removing the HDD has resulted in some activity, has anyone with a failed unit tried swapping in a different hard drive?
It happens with electronics. Doesn't matter if it's a smartphone, a grapicscard, a notebook, a console, etc. We had some bricked WiiU's, too.This thread is breaking my heart. This should not be happening.
So I just read there are many complains of broken PS4s out there and I am now concerned of my box.
Here's my experience with it using it for 2 hours or so for Be,killzone,and resogun. I did USB 1.5 patch and after patching, first time booting, the UI got bugged at the guide. Was not showing the whole page (some img wasn't loaded). There was instruction for buttons but DS4 wasn't functioning. My second restart of resogun hang on blue or maybe black screen where the game logo show be showing. I closed the app using the home button to PS4 on main menu. This happened many times. And then it loaded after I opened up information on the game (using down button on the game in main menu) and the game after playing with those items. There was at least 1 other system hang while I was the system UI and I had to shut down and restar.
Has any of this happen to people here?
I am now thinking that if the under preforming PSN could be causing these issues?
PS.I am not able to reply back much atm as I am busy with something for a day or 2
If your console light turns white (and don't stay at pulsating blue), it can be that HDMI cable or connection issue. Fix with a pin.
Wait, is the light not supposed to be white at all times? I've been playing for hours and hours yesterday and the light has been only white. Never blue, only orange when in standby.
I also have an optical audio cable plugged into the PS4 and into my DVI converter, which isn't turned on. I have an HDMI going straight from my PS4 to my TV.
Wait, is the light not supposed to be white at all times? I've been playing for hours and hours yesterday and the light has been only white. Never blue, only orange when in standby.
I also have an optical audio cable plugged into the PS4 and into my DVI converter, which isn't turned on. I have an HDMI going straight from my PS4 to my TV.
You can process a return if you won't be playing much over the next few days but your issue sounds firmware related. 1.5 is obviously causing a lot of shit for a lot of people.
Wait, is the light not supposed to be white at all times? I've been playing for hours and hours yesterday and the light has been only white. Never blue, only orange when in standby.
I also have an optical audio cable plugged into the PS4 and into my DVI converter, which isn't turned on. I have an HDMI going straight from my PS4 to my TV.
My father got a defective unit from Amazon. I just spent an hour or so trying to fix it, but nothing seems to work. The odd thing is I actually got it to boot up properly and when I tried to install the update it just turned off and had a constant white pulsating light instead of blue. I let it sit for about 10 minutes, but it didn't appear to be doing anything.
updated fine, played fine
started to download resogun and blacklight, checked about an hour later system froze with psn down for maintenance on the main screen, system wouldnt respond to controller inputs or touching the power button
held the power button until system turned off
should it just turn back on when i try it again tomorrow?
So mine pulsed white during update but then it booted. I wonder if it does a PSN check or something during firmware installation (similar to how the iTunes updates query the Apple server for signature) and when PSN is down the thing just hangs. But, I doubt this is happening. It can be done entirely offline.
God, there are so many variables...
edit: But maybe it can't be done offline if you have a network cable plugged in?
I though the same thing after seeing issues pop up on GAF. That's the reason why I opted to install via USB. I just didn't want to take the chance of bricking the console with a firmware update on servers that are being hammered.So mine pulsed white during update but then it booted. I wonder if it does a PSN check or something during firmware installation (similar to how the iTunes updates query the Apple server for signature) and when PSN is down the thing just hangs. But, I doubt this is happening. It can be done entirely offline.
God, there are so many variables...
edit: But maybe it can't be done offline if you have a network cable plugged in?
It would be great if we heard from someone who could enter safe mode after a BLoD :/ I still think this is maybe a software issue.
My controller headset jack goes too far in (i.e. doesn't work unless i pull the plug out slightly). Going to have to get a replacement. Hopefully I can get my replacement before I ship it out. Has anyone else had this problem? Everything else seems fine. The wobble is there but not really any sort of an issue.
Mine was manufactured in China in September. Working fine.
I've got to say, I was initially thinking these complaints of dead consoles were just the normal numbers you would expect. But after checking out that Amazon page, and seeing the number of verified purchasers in the 1 star reviews, I'm now convinced the failure rate is higher than it should be.
Just exactly how high is the big question, but for that many to be dead almost instantly, it certainly makes me wonder how many will be dead after the first month. Hopefully it was just some poor early manufacturing, or a particular batch or two, using a certain part type that varied slightly from others. Who knows.
Anyway, I'm sure Sony execs are sitting on pins and needles to see how this shakes out in the coming weeks.
This honestly looks like a manufacturing problem... maybe some components with really low quality were used? Or simply something went wrong, and the manufacturing process was going so rushed that nobody worried about the quality of the final product?
I see it divides between hardware and software problems, where the software seems more widespread and variable. At this point there are many variables to say is this or that exactly, even poor packagin from the likes of amazon could be part of the equation.
Someone mentioned earlier but has anyone tried a different HDD. It could be totally unrelated but wouldn't hurt to tryIt would be great if we heard from someone who could enter safe mode after a BLoD :/ I still think this is maybe a software issue.
Wait, is the light not supposed to be white at all times? I've been playing for hours and hours yesterday and the light has been only white. Never blue, only orange when in standby.
I also have an optical audio cable plugged into the PS4 and into my DVI converter, which isn't turned on. I have an HDMI going straight from my PS4 to my TV.
Same here. White light at all times, unless it is booting (blue) or in standby (orange). For some reason I was expecting it to be blue at all times, but that could've just been lack of knowledge on my part. I haven't ran into a single issue with it yet, so I assume it's fine.Yeah my light is always white and I played all yesterday. It starts off blue at start up.
Same here. White light at all times, unless it is booting (blue) or in standby (orange). For some reason I was expecting it to be blue at all times, but that could've just been lack of knowledge on my part. I haven't ran into a single issue with it yet, so I assume it's fine.
OK, that's weird. I woke up at 6AM, ready to call Sony, went downstairs, brought the system out of standby, popped in a disc one more time to try it... and it worked! I installed and started Need for Speed and Killzone without any problems. My drive isn't particularly noisy either - in fact, I could barely hear it from about 4 feet away.
So yay, I guess? I hope it's still working when I go back to play it later...