PS3 overheats with 3.61 FW.

This proble affects specifically users who have a 60GB and 80GB versions of the console.


So good news PSN is back online but bad news you need to update to F/W 3.61 which is causing problems with older generation PS3's. The F/W according to RockStar, is causing the console to shutdown because it overheat with.

“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 two 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.”

“The issues of PS3s overheating appears to be due to the latest Sony firmware update. We recommend contacting Sony if your console is shutting off during play.”

The PS3's firmware will probably be fixed very soon as there is also a Password Reset Exploit which has been discovered recently which will probably give Sony a lot of headaches if now fixed.

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