PS3 firmware 3.41 said to be causing hard drive upgrade problems

The recently released PS3 firmware 3.41 perceived to just be a minor update that added a new \” You’ll Like\” section to the PlayStation Store, nevertheless it appears like it\’s been causing nothing but headaches for anyone seeking to upgrade the hard disk in their console. As a 30-page strong thread on the official PlayStation forums reveals, folks upgrading their hard disk had been getting a \” no applicable data\” error after seeking to install the update, which has left them with a non-working PS3 and, occasionally, a corrupted original drive. In step with CVG, the difficulty could have something to do with a newly discovered feature of the 3.41 update that permits for more incremental patches, which can also explain why the issue only appears affecting PS3s where the firmware is stored in on the hard disk rather than the system\’s memory. As for Sony, it hasn\’t offered an official explanation just yet, but all indications are that it\’s a bug and not an intentional blocking of harddrive upgrades — at the least we hope it really is. Head on past the break for a video of the issue.

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