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PS4 Hardware Troubleshooting / Q&A Thread
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Hope you get one good luck
Later on last night I after a complete restore, I was able to play through an entire movie, but then it was beeping like crazy. I had the ethernet cable plugged in, but I had not even logged into my account yet, or downloaded anything, just stock 1.50 playing a blu-ray.
So now that I'm awake I'm going to try to unplug the ethernet, unplug the controller (in case the USB is making it flip out), and run tests that way.
edit: and I've got this 3D Sony Monitor, I really doubt it's an HDCP issue
I knew I would get in trouble for saying europe. I mean ofcourse every country is different but it seems scandinavia is more CC focussed than alot of other countries. I can safely say that CC is very uncommon in the netherlands, germany, belgium and france. Alot of people don't have it because it's risky, costs quite some money per month and there are easier and safer ways to pay stuff. Can be cash, can be debit card.
But even still imo, they should atleast give you the option to NOT give a CC number? It's so silly to make that mandatory while it's a big problem for alot of people.
Someone made a short video of their ps4 fan noise, is this normal?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt6kpU9d6_s
That's about what mine sounds like while playing disc games, not as bad without a disc. I am finding it hard to believe that ps4 is "whisper quiet" and it's just that people have terrible hearing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt6kpU9d6_s
That's about what mine sounds like while playing disc games, not as bad without a disc. I am finding it hard to believe that ps4 is "whisper quiet" and it's just that people have terrible hearing.
No one knows but Sony.
Soliderknowsbest's PS4 is broken. He's one of Youtube's top tech reviewers. So it's not just IGN with a broken PS4.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqcccfy3T60
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqcccfy3T60
Always-honest
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Is there any evidence/ more info/ credibility yet that a Foxconn Intern may to have sabotaged the PS4 manufacture (because they were treated badly)?
Maybe more ahahahaha
Well 5% would at least be believable. At this point I'm pretty damn sure it's not this .4% number people keep throwing around.
KungFucius
King Snowflake
5% would be way too high to not catch it sooner. 10k or even as little as 1k could easily make as much fuss on the internet as we are seeing. That .4% number from Thursday translates into 4,000. I am not saying that number is accurate but 4000 bad PS4s could easily create the hysteria we are seeing now.
Okay just to clarify, that number was the number of PS4s that had been reported to Sony as defective. They can't give a number that says anything more specific than that.
5% is in standard. 10%, meaning 100,000 PS4s, would be high though in line with the PS3...but all at launch would just be INSANE. You can imagine 100,000 angry early adopters on the internet.
It's not .4%. Sony should never have offered it. It was a mistake to do so.
Theres a thread about disc issues in the playstation forums:
http://community.us.playstation.com...ith-ejecting-PS4-discs/m-p/42133811#U42133811
Killroyskbg
Member
My CC cost about 20 euro a year and the banks and card providers refund you if your card gets stolen or anything like that and used to pay for something and it is a lot safer than caring cash. It actually harder to use cash than CC here since some public transportation wont even let you pay in cash or the price is much larger. The reason behind it is to lower robbery by not having large sums of money in the cash registers.
All an all I don´t know anyone over the age of 18 that prefer cash over CC except my granny and seeing people pay in cash is actually very rare. Guess it is a cultural thing.
I hope you can do it some other way without using a CC like a code when you buy PS+ or in the manual to the PS4 otherwise I agree that would be stupid.
Alx
Member
Not true for France, everybody has a credit card here, and you can buy anything with it. I only use cash for the laundromat and to buy bread. Debit cards barely exist, they're mostly for teenagers who can't be trusted a full CC.
But from my experience, it's true that in Germany people still like to use cash a lot.
KungFucius
King Snowflake
I don't think it is .4%, but do we have strong evidence that it is any higher than that?
Where do you get that 5% is standard? This is infant mortality not failure during warranty period. Also I don't know what you mean by 10% being in line with PS3. 1 in 10 failures is not acceptable for either party.
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2008/02/xbox-360-failure-rates-worse-than-most-consumer-electornics/
A link from 2008 covering failure rates. Looks like 3% is standard for non 360s. And this is over an extended period of time, not day 1 failures which infant mortality, something that absolutely should be down to a negligible number due to QA and testing.
Did you call first or just randomly decide to line up? Thinking of doing the same here
Black Republican
Member
this thread is scaring the shit outta me, hope my shop.ca order is gonna be ok in December
I still think it's pretty low and by low I mean like 50k range. There is this assertion that not everyone talks about it on the internet but let's be honest between forums, twitter and facebook pretty much anyone that is buying a launch ps4 does chat on some form of social media.
This is happening to me as well, as it seems anybody else who is doing this. Luckily I have an optical switch and just choose the PS4/XBOX/TV/whatever else whenever I'm playing and the tv is on permanent mute. I know it doesn't help for everybody, but I figured I'd share my solution.
I don't know what's going on with installs, even when a game seems to be finished installing from disc my ps4 doesn't get any quieter while still playing.
You should be able to. I have ACIV/BF4/NFS on disc and don't hear a thing once the initial install is done.
Blackage
Member
Random line up. 4 guys showed up after me. The Gamestop manager just showed up and said they only had 2. So I feel vindicated showing up at 6am. 2 hours to go......
Oh nice, didn't realize this was posted already. I was first in line at my store and got there at 6:45.
GameSeeker
Member
I think folks in this thread can stop panicking about PS4 failure rates.
Given that Sony has announced 1 Million (1,000,000) sold to customers, if there was a high failures rate for PS4's, NeoGAF would have several thousands more posts in this thread than currently exist.
Of course, some consoles will be defective - it's the nature of new electronics. My sympathies to anyone who received a defective unit. Hopefully Sony can provide you a replacement unit with a few days and you can join the rest of PS4 owners.
FYI - I bought two PS4's (1 Amazon, 1 GameStop) and both are working flawlessly.
Given that Sony has announced 1 Million (1,000,000) sold to customers, if there was a high failures rate for PS4's, NeoGAF would have several thousands more posts in this thread than currently exist.
Of course, some consoles will be defective - it's the nature of new electronics. My sympathies to anyone who received a defective unit. Hopefully Sony can provide you a replacement unit with a few days and you can join the rest of PS4 owners.
FYI - I bought two PS4's (1 Amazon, 1 GameStop) and both are working flawlessly.
It might be more convenient for it to be DOA but it potentially speaks to much larger quality issues than products that break a year after purchase from heavy use. Who is to say that even the 'good' units now won't face some sort of issue in the next year? We don't really know the nature of the problem yet.
As for .4%...PLEASE. The day before launch when we heard some whispers that some users units were bricking and IGN and Kotagaru both reported dead units it became incredibly probable that this was going to be a significant issue.
Mr. Helios
Neo Member
Mine runs perfectly fine except it runs loud when playing Killzone (haven't tried another game). I keep hearing people say theirs is virtually silent, but I have nothing to compare to. Is this a sign of bad things to come? I got mine from Amazon, I should be able to exchange at the Sony Store this month/next month, no? Please any advice/opinions would be much appreciated.
Has this been posted yet?
http://www.amazon.com/review/R34TYNIRGVJKUE/ref=cm_aya_cmt?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00BGA9WK2#wasThisHelpful
Nothing new here but the Sony rep. stating oficially that amazon units seems to be the faulty ones in most cases.
http://www.amazon.com/review/R34TYNIRGVJKUE/ref=cm_aya_cmt?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00BGA9WK2#wasThisHelpful
Nothing new here but the Sony rep. stating oficially that amazon units seems to be the faulty ones in most cases.
Thanks for the updates! Here's hoping...
I wonder how many consoles amazon sold compared to other stores. If they sold way more that would explain why they're seeing so many consoles from amazon.
This is entirely anecdotal but from working a shift at EB Games yesterday. Out of the 160 we had for pre-orders, about 150 of them picked up so far. We've had a total of 3 QA issues pop up so far. 1 was a loud fan, 1 was a DOA, the last one was firmware bricking (this one I was told about second hand). I did ask a lot of people who were buying PS4 games how their systems were fairing the majority of them seem quite happy.
I do feel sorry for those customers and anyone running into issues, but it looks like Sony will have plenty of consoles for replacements and repairs. It just may not be instant at this time.
I do feel sorry for those customers and anyone running into issues, but it looks like Sony will have plenty of consoles for replacements and repairs. It just may not be instant at this time.
PoweredBySoy
Banned
Has anybody experienced their sound cutting out? Mine did this this morning - after playing a little bit of Flower and transitioning over to Netflix. The sound went away except for short chirps every second or two.
Using optical out into receiver, DTS.
I tried restarting a couple apps but it didn't go away. After rebooting the system it was fine. Hope it's just a one-time thing.....
Using optical out into receiver, DTS.
I tried restarting a couple apps but it didn't go away. After rebooting the system it was fine. Hope it's just a one-time thing.....
was there ever a follow up on the whole amazon halted production deal? there was that one guy who heard it from customer support when he called up, then a second guy who posted a online chat which seemed to confirm it, then nothing until another vague transcript where amazon stated they didn't know of any problem.
seemed kinda up in the air.
PoweredBySoy
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That doesn't make any sense. Why would Amazon's PS4's be more faulty? They all come from the same factories in China.
Probably because Amazon sells a shit ton.
It says this on their page:
I don't think anything seems halted except Amazon's ability to get more PS4s from Sony.
https://www.facebook.com/AmazonVideoGames
No posts on their page about it.
I doubt Amazon would stop selling unless Sony refused to buy back broken devices. I think that's what happened with Nintendo.
biggersmaller
Banned
Anyone else having a controller issue where the sticks will seem to lose connection?
Most common point this happens is in Killzone or BF4 - and essentially the camera will become unresponsive or erratic.
Most common point this happens is in Killzone or BF4 - and essentially the camera will become unresponsive or erratic.
PoweredBySoy
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Not at all.
My PS4 is near quiet when games are digital. Jet engine with discs.
NathanMcMahon
Banned
Didn't want to start a new thread so hope I can get an answer in here.
What's the status on digital content purchased on the PS3? How is it being handled and is there the possibility of it carrying over at some point?
What's the status on digital content purchased on the PS3? How is it being handled and is there the possibility of it carrying over at some point?
None of the PS3 games will play on PS4, only the games they ported, like Flower.