PS3s Fix Themselves After Leap Year Bug Snafu
On Sunday night, PS3 users began experiencing problems with their consoles. They couldn't connect to the PSN and some games wouldn't work offline, either. Thankfully, it seems the issue has resolved itself.
Yesterday, speculation suggested that the affected older generation PS3s were confused and thought 2010 was a leap year. The problem had occurred when the clocks ticked past midnight on February 28 and for the duration of March 1, PS3 users experienced a myriad of problems.
These included:
- The date of the PS3 system being re-set to Jan 1, 2000.
- When the user tried to sign in to the PlayStation Network, the following
message appeared on the screen; “An error has occurred. You have been
signed out of PlayStation Network (8001050F)”. - When the user tried to launch a game, the following error message appeared
on the screen and the trophy data may have disappeared; “Failed to install
trophies. Please exit your game.” - When the user tried to set the time and date of the system via the
Internet, the following message appeared on the screen; “The current date
and time could not be obtained. (8001050F)” - Users were not able to play back certain rental video downloaded from the
PlayStation Store before the expiration date.
PlayStation told us they hoped to have the situation resolved within 24 hours and although everything is working just fine now, it was more a case of waiting out the storm than waiting for a fix. Sony today confirmed that the issue was leap-year related:
"We are aware that the internal clock functionality in the PS3 units other than the slim model, recognized the year 2010 as a leap year. Having the internal clock date change from February 29 to March 1 (both GMT), we have verified that the symptoms are now resolved and that users are able to use their PS3 normally. If the time displayed on the XMB is still incorrect, users are able to adjust time settings manually or via the Internet."
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You are meant to remove batery from inside to fix it, to reset your clock inside ps3. Mine is fine, but I wouldnt advise to do it.
Unbelievable is all I could say for this whole debacle.
I just wonder HOW 2010, or any year ending by XX10 could be a leap year...
Unbelievable is all I could say for this whole debacle.
PSN Network glitch - 24 hours resolved
RROD - 5 years strong
You are meant to remove batery from inside to fix it, to reset your clock inside ps3. Mine is fine, but I wouldnt advise to do it.
Uh no. You are meant to leave it alone and let it fix itself for this problem.
I just wonder HOW 2010, or any year ending by XX10 could be a leap year...
Cause it's the japanese. 4 inches is 10 centimeters.
Just a temporary inconvenience.
Hehe, Sony's solution is like my IT strategy...
"Did you reboot your system?"
"Come back tomorrow, if there's still a problem I'll look into it."
No one ever comes back
PSN Network glitch - 24 hours resolvedRROD - 5 years strong
Why did you have to mention RROD? This is all about PS3. What a fan boi.
Known software issue; funny how Y2k's decendents still are floating around...
Next up: the 2038 bug [which will probably bring down 90% of all systems, simply due to legacy issues with such an old bug...]
Known software bug. Y2k lives on
Why did you have to mention RROD? This is all about PS3. What a fan boi.
oh man we will not even get to that with judgment day coming in 2012
I haven't seen a rrod fixing itself.
This is similar to the Zune leap year problem on a different month.
I knew y2k2 would come back to haunt us...
Hehe, Sony's solution is like my IT strategy... "Did you reboot your system?""Come back tomorrow, if there's still a problem I'll look into it."No one ever comes back
I think I'm going to adopt your policy. =)
Daylight Savings issues: understood, countries keep moving the date around after all.
Leap-Year issues: WTF? "if (Year % 400 == 0 || (Year % 4 == 0 && Year % 100 != 0)){ Is_LeapYear = 1; }" There, Sony, copy it and use it. My consulting fee is $1 billion dollars.
For the record the Zune leap year problem was Toshiba's fault. (I've got one of the ones that had it happen)
Also, don't forget the yellow light of death - the PS3 is not without it's own issues.
And yeah, I've had 2 RRoD's.
Why did you have to mention RROD? This is all about PS3. What a fan boi.
Touchy subject I see..
I just wonder HOW 2010, or any year ending by XX10 could be a leap year...
well, in fairness, they haven't had too many XX10 years go buy with which to test it.
you think this is bad? try have it happening to all your ATMs and eftpos machines...
Known software issue; funny how Y2k's decendents still are floating around...Next up: the 2038 bug [which will probably bring down 90% of all systems, simply due to legacy issues with such an old bug...]
pfft... do you really think the world will last that long anyway?
so its fixed 4 sure on march 2 2010
unfair comparison to the rrod. rrod is a hardware failure, the leap year ps3 problem was just a software glitch. software glitches can be fixed. saying rrod is going strong after 5 years is moot. you expect a failed piece of hardware to repair itself?
but its worth noting that after 3 years, brand new 360s had a few hardware refreshes that resolved the rrod. ofcourse those failed launch consoles are still dead, but thats a very silly point to make.
@hixbot: Great way to explain the situation without falling in the "Reverse Fanboïsm Theorem"
ps3 fails mathematics
Doesn't this smell like a lawsuit waiting to happen? Those games that didn't work should have a disclaimer that says you need to be online to be able to play. If not, that sounds like false advertising.