Firmware (v.2.40) Walkthrough Part 1: the XMB

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But can any employee/staff tell me why my PS3 is constantly freezing? It is brand new, and i am treating it the best i could. Believe me i am treating it better than my 2 year old daughter. I haven’t downloaded a single demo, i haven’t used folding@home, i haven’t used the web browser, i haven’t transfered music/videos through a USB/SD card. All i’m doing with my PS3 since i purchased it are downloading firmwares and gaming. Still, i am getting the freezes. It happens with every game..the game freezes, then the PS3 bips 3 times and restarts. I am worried because my brother’s PS3 died few days ago, and it was due to the freezings. He was playing FIFA08 when suddenly the sound went off, the game froze, the controller wouldn’t respond so he manually reset the PS3..surprise: XMB screen disappeared. When he ejected the disc, the PS3 couldn’t read any disc anymore. I know 2 people that have had the same disc-reading issue. What are you waiting to fix it? The PS3 has been out for so long now, and you still haven’t fixed it! We paid 599 euros, and this is how you treat us? With a console that lasts less than a year?!! You see, i have been a loyal SONY consumer for over 20 years. Sony is part of my life..my TV, my walkmans, my MP3s, my dvd players, my video game consoles, my handycams and cameras..everything i have is signed SONY, because it is a company i trusted. It is a company i loved. But what you’ve done to us with the PS3 is unacceptable. What it causing that goddamn disc-reading issue? Why are you not fixing it? You see, i love gaming. I always loved gaming. I collect video game consoles; i have over 30 different one. Some like the atari2600 are +20 years old, and they still work as if i just bought them today. +20 years and working perfectly, while my PS3 that isn’t even 6 months old and it’s death countdown has started since i got my first freeze. My brother gave up on the PS3 after it broke, and i will do the same when my unit will die too. The day we hear that SONY fixed the disc-reading issue, we’ll purchase new Playstation3 consoles. But as of now, as of this right moment, believe me SONY you have truly disappointed me. SONY and me, it’s over.