The link should be easily found under the 'Download the System Software' heading on the page. Once this is done, you'll want to visit the website I've provided below to download the most recent software version. In order to do so, you'll need to create the following folders on the flash drive itself: If performing a system update with your PS3 fails, you may wish to try updating using a USB flash drive and your home computer instead. After it formatted, it automatically install the 3.01 version and the system is fixed. Then it gave me another error at around 65% that said the disk is corrupted and tell me to press OK to format the disk. So I had repeat step 1 and 2, but this time when I put back in the PS3 HDD I chose 'restore file system' without having to do the system update again. At this point, you want to select 'system update' and update to the 3.01 version.įor some reason, the first time doing this the system froze at 67% with a new error (but i didn't write down the code). I also downloaded the 3.01 firmware from the PS website and uploaded into my USB drive and put that in the PS3 slot.Ĥ. Once I'm in the recovery menu, I took out the laptop HDD and put back in the PS3 HDD.ģ. (for those who do not know how to get into the recovery menu, here is the instruction message?messageĢ. So what I did was I swapped the laptop HDD into the PS3, it won't be able to read the HDD but it will allow you to enter the recovery menu now. So we all know with this error, it won't allow you to enter in the recovery menu because it would try to re-install the bad 2.8 update firmware again and again once it turned on.ġ. Will need to go through the initial set-up process before you can use Operation is complete, you will see the initial set-up screen thatĪppeared the first time you turned on the PLAYSTATION 3 system. Them and press the X button to restore the settings. You will see a list of settings that will be restored. Once you select Restore Default Settings, You can check online to make sure you haveįrom the PS3 Home Menu, go to Settings > Your PLAYSTATION 3, from the PS3 Home Menu go to Settings > [System To check what version of the System Software is currently installed on Install the Latest System Software Update We recommend performing the following steps which may correct the If you receive an 800 series error code on the PLAYSTATION 3 system,

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